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OXYGEN RENEWS MULTIYEAR CARRIAGE AGREEMENTS WITH COX AND INSIGHT AND ADDS NEW SUBSCRIBERS ON COMCAST AND ADELPHIA

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 3, 2005 -- Oxygen has completed multi-year distribution renewals with Cox Communications and Insight Communications, with continued distribution in markets including Orange County, Northern Virginia (including DC suburbs), Columbus, and Louisville. Oxygen recently announced a renewal agreement with Charter Communications and with the edition of Cox and Insight; it now has long term agreements with every major multi-system operator. In addition, as of April 6th, the network will add 80,000 new Comcast subscribers in Cleveland, Ohio, rounding out full distribution in that market. In March, Oxygen added additional customers throughout Southern California on Adelphia’s expanded basic tier. Oxygen was also recently launched on Comcast in Anne Arundel County, Maryland and Augusta, Georgia.

Oxygen launched in eight million cable households in 2000 and is presently carried in 54.5 million homes. The women-owned and operated network is the only independent network to have gained widespread distribution in the last five years. Over 90% of the network’s carriage is on expanded basic tiers.

“The conventional wisdom has always been that it would be harder for us to gain distribution as an independent programmer,” said Geraldine Laybourne, Chairman and CEO for Oxygen. “We’ve disproved that theory by working closely with our partners and going the extra mile to deliver the best network for women 18 to 49. We intend to build on our relationship with our distribution partners by working hard to be their favorite network.”

“Oxygen has a formula for programming that’s unique, fresh and very different than any other network,” said Pamela Euler Halling, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Programming for Insight.

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