Mixed Signals Partners With HBO To Produce Interactive TV Boxing

CULVER CITY, CA -- (INTERNET WIRE) -- 11/28/00 -- Mixed Signals Technologies (MST), the world leader in advanced Interactive TV (ITV) technologies, services and content development, and Home Box Office (HBO), today announced that viewers with AOLTV and WebTV set-top boxes will be able to interact with a live boxing event via the TV set. This landmark event, which will air December 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on HBO's late-night boxing series "Boxing After Dark," is the first interactive live TV program to launch simultaneously on both platforms. Future "Boxing After Dark" fights will continue to feature the interactive capabilities.

The December 1 match between middleweights Bernard Hopkins and Antwun Echols will incorporate interactive enhancements that will enable HBO boxing viewers with AOLTV or WebTV set-top boxes to participate during the event. Boxing fans will be able to score the fight round-by-round and match their scores against those of HBO judges as well as access fighters' stats, check out event rules, read up on fighters and trainers, plus much more.

"Mixed Signals' technology enables us to provide a richer and more engaging experience to our boxing fans," said Sarah Cotsen, vice president, HBO Interactive Ventures "Now even more fans can participate in a live fight event right from their living rooms."

"Analysts have anticipated the current growth in the ITV industry and we at Mixed Signals believe this particular breakthrough with HBO supports these predictions and exemplifies our significant efforts in advancing the interactive experience on all platforms," Said Alex Thompson, MST chief executive officer. "Live interactive television, particularly sports, will have a major impact on the industry and we look forward to applying our technology to a growing volume of interactive programming."

ABOUT MIXED SIGNALS TECHNOLOGIES

Founded in 1997, Mixed Signals Technologies (MST), an all-encompassing solution for intelligent TV, is the world leader in advanced Interactive TV technologies, service and content development. In 1999/2000, MST defined the state-of-the-art in intelligent interactive television with its production of two full seasons of "JEOPARDY!" Interactive and "WHEEL OF FORTUNE" Interactive, enabling viewers with interactive-enabled set-top boxes (e.g. WebTV, AOLTV, Liberate, Microsoft TV) to play along with on-screen contestants five days a week. MST interactive partners and/or clients include Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, USA Networks, E!, HBO, The Weather Channel, Microsoft/Web TV, Liberate Technologies, Rainbow Media, Walt Disney Company, Viacom, Oxygen Media, EchoStar, Microsoft Japan, KCTS, Game Show Network, and Turner Networks.

MST's name derives from the company's goal of "mixing" the power of the Internet with traditional television broadcast. MST is a standard-bearer for an ITV platform based on open standards able to accommodate a "mix" of technologies. MST is based in Culver City, California. For more information, please visit: www.mixedsignals.com.

ABOUT HBO

Home Box Office is the premium television programming division of Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P., providing two 24-hour premium television services, HBO and Cinemax. Together, both networks reach nearly 36 million subscribers in the United States via cable and satellite delivery. Home Box Office's international joint ventures bring HBO branded services to more than 45 countries around the globe.