TV Guide Magazine and SCI FI Channel Offer Unprecedented Giveaway on iTunes

TV Guide magazine and SCI FI Channel announced today an exclusiveoffer in which 1.4 million downloads of an episode of BattlestarGalactica will be given away in TV Guide. Each newsstand copy of theMarch 6 issue (on sale today) will feature a unique 12-digit code onthe cover, which readers can enter on the iTunes Music Store(www.itunes.com) to receive their free download. Complete instructionswill be provided in the magazine.

Said Ian Birch, editor-in-chief of TV Guide magazine, "We'rethrilled to be teaming up with both Sci Fi Channel and iTunes on thisexciting initiative. Our magazine is a portal to the ever-changingworld of television. Now more than ever, consumers are turning toiTunes for access to their favorite TV programs, and BattlestarGalactica is an enormously popular show. All this makes thispartnership a perfect fit for us--but more importantly, for thereaders of TV Guide."

In the episode, guest-starring Lucy Lawless andtitled--appropriately enough --"Downloaded," Battlestar Galactica fanswill get their first peek into the Cylon world. On Caprica, thereincarnated Number Six (Tricia Helfer) from Baltar's (James Callis)past and the Sharon (Grace Park) who shot Adama (Edward James Olmos)find themselves thrust into the role of Heroes of the Cylon, while onGalactica, a child--a human-Cylon hybrid--is born.

"SCI FI is delighted to be working with TV Guide to provide thisexclusive opportunity for free downloads of Batttlestar Galactica,which the magazine has already named one of the Top 10 shows of 2005,"said Blake Callaway, Vice President of Brand Marketing, SCI FIChannel. "If someone isn't already a fan, then we are confident thatsampling this episode on iTunes will bring them to SCI FI for more."

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About SCI FI Channel

SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what'son. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series andevents, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasyprogramming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com(http://www.scifi.com)) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currentlyin 85 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, oneof the world's leading media and entertainment