20.04.2006 12:00:00

Let Sprint Entertain You with Three New Premium Channels; Blip TV, Comedy Time, Saturday Morning TV Bring Customers Even More Variety

Now you don't have to wait until the weekend to see yourfavorite Saturday-morning shows. Sprint (NYSE:S) is making themavailable to customers 24-7 on Sprint TV with Saturday Morning TV onchannel 40 - along with two other channels that give customers moreentertainment choices than ever before. Blip TV, on channel 31, bringswacky, humorous shorts and clips, and Comedy Time, on channel 37, letsviewers pick the laughs they like best with stand-up comedy sorted bysubject and funny original shows made for mobile.

"Sprint is bringing not only the best known TV channels to themobile phone, but also unique and made-for-mobile channels that givecustomers a broader range of entertainment with something foreveryone," said Alana Muller, director of entertainment productmarketing for Sprint. "Sprint was the first to offer live TV andstreaming video clips on a mobile phone in 2003. With these newchannels, Sprint TV now offers more than 40 video and audio channelsof live and on-demand programming."

Blip TV

Blip TV brings you the most popular funny and quirky cutting-edgeshorts, video clips, spoofs and animations - all 30 seconds to 3minutes in length. Ever get one of those funny video clips in an emailfrom a friend and wish they would send you more? Now you can havethose great video clips right on your mobile phone brought to you byBlip TV. Blip TV goes through a grueling selection process to picksome of the best content from all over the world. Blip TV's shortscome from some of the best established and up-and-coming directors tothe young kid with a new camera and are the perfect quickentertainment for the on-the-move viewer.

Comedy Time

Comedy Time lets Sprint customers "pick their poison" with avariety of stand-up comedy in six categories and originalmade-for-mobile shows:

-- Urban/Hip-Hop: Enjoy the satirical voice of the street.

-- Latino: Choose your favorite Latin-related comedy on demand.

-- Relationship: See the funny side of love.

-- Observational: Watch comedians give their view of the world around them.

-- Family: See the best of family comedy from a comic's perspective.

-- Alternative: Out of the box comedy.

-- Shows: Funny original episodic programming made especially for your phone.

Comedians featured on the new Comedy Time channel include JudyTenuta, Lisa Lampenelli, Chelsea Handler, Todd Glass, Jeff Garcia,Kyle Cease, Darren Carter, Rick Shapiro, Michael Gelbart, MorganMurphy, Sebastian, Natasha Leggero, Bert Kreischer, Brett Ernst, AlMadrigal, Dan Levy, Shang, Nick Thune, Sam Tripoli, Maz Jabronani,Jimmy Dore, Henry Phillips and Rob Pue.

Saturday Morning TV

Remember when Saturday morning was all about eating cereal andsitting in front of the TV to watch your favorite cartoons? Join us ina mind-rewind with Saturday Morning TV -- the grooviest collection ofcartoons and memories from the 1960s, 70s and 80s -- including Mr.Magoo, Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends, Dick Tracy, Casper the FriendlyGhost, Little Lulu and Roger Ramjet.

Blip TV, Comedy Time and Saturday Morning Classics are eachavailable for $4.95 per month.

About Sprint Multimedia

Sprint has a strong history of providing wireless data servicesthat are innovative and unique, and Sprint's multimedia offerings area distinct example of this leadership. Sprint offers more than 40video and audio channels of live and on-demand programming, and Sprintwas the first U.S. mobile carrier to:

-- Receive an Emmy(R) Award (Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development from The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences)

-- Offer live television programming on mobile phones (MobiTV)

-- Broadcast the first live concert directly on mobile phones (Bon Jovi)

-- Offer full-length feature films on mobile phones (Mspot Movies)

-- Provide any type of multimedia experience on mobile phones, beginning with video slides and audio (1KTV)

-- Deliver a continuous streaming audio and video product up to 15 frames per second

About Blip TV

Blip TV offers the best in mobile entertainment with its largecollection of 3-minute-and-under video clips and popular shorts. BlipTV, founded by President Paula Montondo, is available as one ofSprint's premium multimedia channels and is also on mobile phones inChina and soon in most of Europe. Blip TV can be seen by millions ofviewers on public screens in transits and gas stations in the UnitedStates. For more information, visit www.bliptv.com.

About Comedy Time

The Comedy Time Network is one of the first made-for-mobilenetworks and is the global market leader in original comedy contentcreated for wireless handsets. In the United States alone it isdistributed to over 500,000 subscribers. Internationally Comedy Timeis distributed in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, Mexico,South America, South Africa, the Philippines and Singapore and israpidly growing its international presence.

About Classic Media

Classic Media owns and manages some of the world's mostrecognizable family properties across all media including featurefilm, television, home video and consumer products. The company'sextensive library features a diverse collection of popular animatedand live-action characters such as: Casper the Friendly Ghost, Rudolphthe Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Lone Ranger, Lassie, Underdog and Rocky &Bullwinkle.

About Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of communicationsservices bringing mobility to consumer, business and governmentcustomers. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing,engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including tworobust wireless networks offering industry leading mobile dataservices; instant national and international walkie-talkiecapabilities; and an award-winning and global Tier 1 Internetbackbone. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.

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