Media Networks - Cable Networks

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Toon Disney

Targeted to kids aged 2-11, Toon Disney features an array of family-friendly animated programming from the Disney library. In recent Beta Research surveys, both cable subscribers with kids under the age of 13, and non-cable subscribers with kids, ranked Toon Disney as the number-one emerging network they are most interested in watching. This year, Toon Disney, which reaches 17 million homes, participated in its first upfront ad sales offering and was received very enthusiastically by advertisers. Toon Disney began carrying national advertising in September 2000.

Soapnet

Launched in January 2000, SoapNet reached nearly five million Nielsen homes in its first year. SoapNet offers a wide variety of soap opera programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

SoapNet's primetime schedule features same-day telecasts of the top-rated ABC Daytime series All My Children, General Hospital, One Life to Live and Port Charles. The network also airs the popular classic Ryan's Hope and serial dramas such as Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, Hotel and The Colbys, as well as the original soap news series, SoapCenter. Lifetime Television This past season, Lifetime Television not only solidified its status as "television for women," but also achieved its highest ratings ever. Lifetime ranked number two throughout the day among all basic cable networks for the first time in its 16-year history, moving up from number four a year ago, while also continuing number one status in all key female demographics among all basic cable networks. In 2000, Lifetime also achieved record levels of distribution, reaching more than 78 million homes.

Lifetime Television's programming slate for the 2000-2001 season boasts its highest number of original primetime hours ever, including the launch of two new original one-hour drama series. Strong Medicine is executive produced by Whoopi Goldberg (and the highest-rated new primetime series in all basic cable as of August 2000). The Division stars Bonnie Bedelia and launches in January. Lifetime launched two new original daytime series: the game show Who Knows You Best? and the reality series The Things We Do For Love. It continued to air Lifetime Live, a one-hour information program for women produced by ABC News and hosted by Deborah Roberts and Dana Reeve.

The critically acclaimed series Any Day Now entered its third season, while the popular reality series Beyond Chance, hosted by Grammy Award-winning artist Melissa Etheridge, began its second season. Rounding out Lifetime's strong schedule are new monthly Lifetime Original Movies, with such stars as Christine Lahti, Stockard Channing and Lorraine Bracco, and new installments of the award-winning Intimate Portrait series.

A&E television Network

A&E is the winner of the 2000 Governor's Award from The Television Academy of Arts & Sciences for The Biography Project for Schools. The network won five 1999 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Miniseries for Horatio Hornblower. A&E offers viewers a unique blend of original programming, including the highly acclaimed BIOGRAPHY® series, original movies, drama series and engaging documentaries. A&E is available in more than 79 million Nielsen homes in the U.S.

The History Channel

The History Channel received the prestigious Governor's Award from the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences for the network's "Save Our History" campaign dedicated to historic preservation. Now reaching more than 69 million Nielsen homes, The History Channel reveals the power and passion of history, inviting people to experience history personally by connecting their own lives to the great lives and events of the past. The History Channel is truly "Where the Past Comes Alive."

The Biography Channel Featuring the programming of the Emmy Award-winning BIOGRAPHY® series, The Biography Channel takes viewers into the world of exceptional people, 24 hours a day. Here viewers will find a total entertainment experience, where biographies, documentaries and original short features are woven together into rich themes and tapestries, creating a unique, multi-dimensional view of fascinating people.

History Channel International

History Channel International focuses on global history and issues. Viewers can broaden their horizons with a mix of historical docu-mentaries, original short features, interviews with historians, foreign-language programs and historyinternational.com, a companion Web site. History Channel International is a brand extension of The History Channel.

E! Entertainment Television

E! Entertainment Television, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in July, is now available to 66 million cable and direct broadcast satellite subscribers in the U.S. Its programming reaches 400 million homes in 120 countries worldwide. The 24-hour network, with programming dedicated to the world of entertainment, has experienced significant growth in both ratings and profile in 2000 due to the success of trademark shows The E! True Hollywood Story and E! News Daily.

style. Now in its second year, style., a 24-hour network with programming dedicated to fashion, beauty, home design and the people and events that shape these worlds, is available to 10 million cable subscribers. It further solidified this position this year when it signed a multi-year deal with the Council of Fashion Designers of America to be the official network of the fashion event "7th on Sixth" and the New York Fashion Weeks.

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