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Digital Home Entertainment Guide Movies + TV Music Games Photos Technology Overview Intel® Viiv™ (sounds like “five”) technology is Intel’s new brand for a suite of hardware and software that is an essential ingredient for consumer PCs and establishes a baseline in performance and features for home entertainment. The technology is enabling a new breed of exciting home PCs that is transforming how consumers manage, share and enjoy a broad and growing assortment of digital movies, music, and other entertainment-related content in and around the home. Each Intel Viiv technology-based PC brings consumers such capabilities as surround sound audio, stunning playback of high definition video, instant on and off (after initial boot up), and the power to handle simultaneous usages with an Intel dual core processor. Consumers can also enjoy all of their digital entertainment from the comfort of the sofa while several feet away from the actual PC, using the Microsoft Windows* XP Media Center Edition operating system and a remote control. In order to provide consumers with a growing library of premium on-demand, Internet-delivered entertainment services, Intel is working with a wide variety of entertainment companies worldwide to verify millions of hours of movies, TV shows, music, games and more with Intel Viiv technology to ensure a seamless digital entertainment experience. As part of this effort, Intel is also working to make certain that all verified content and services carry an identifier that reads, “Enjoy with Intel Viiv technology.” Digital content premiering throughout 2006 on Intel Viiv technology-enabled PCs can be found on pages 4-15. Your Intel Viiv technology-based PC will display specific offerings available in your country. THIS DOCUMENT AND ALL RELATED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITH NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. INTEL ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND HAS NO LIABILITIES OR OBLIGATIONS FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENT. ALTHOUGH INTEL HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THIRD-PARTY SERVICE AND APPLICATION PROVIDERS TO VERIFY THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FEATURED HEREIN FROM SUCH THIRD PARTIES WITH INTEL VIIV TECHNOLOGY, INTEL MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE QUALITY, RELIABILITY, FUNCTIONALITY, OR COMPATIBILITY OF SUCH THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. All products, dates, descriptions and programs are based on current expectations and subject to change without notice. Verified services will vary, and content restrictions may apply. Wireless and network performance varies with specific hardware and software configurations, usage, and environmental interference. Use a wired connection for improved performance with video and other media. May require TV tuner card and/or remote which may be sold separately. Instant on/off feature works after initial boot, when activated. See www. intel.com/go/viiv_info for more information. Intel, the Intel logo and Intel Viiv are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. Copyright © Intel Corporation 2006. All Rights Reserved. Digital Home Entertainment Guide > Prime Time Lineup 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Movies + TV New Releases Entertainment News Movies + TV News & Weather Music Hip-Hop Top 40 Games Interactive Video Games Billy’s Summer Photos Birthday Vacation ‘05 Party Photos Create Photo Slideshows Digital Home Entertainment Guide Movies + TV Music Games Photos Bellrock Media Japan, Inc. – Broadband Tower, Inc. – ZZZ.TV*(Japan) Detective Office 5* (Japan) Bellrock Media is creating new ways of delivering “Detective Office 5” brings the movie and Internet entertainment content with “ZZZ.TV,” a new VOD industries together to provide a new style of service where users can access a wide range of entertainment for the digital home era. “Detective entertainment video and content free of charge, Office 5” is a series of net cinema originally including HD-quality short movies and comedy produced and developed for the Internet that will shows. offer users 26 exciting new stories a year, with two new stories every month following. British Sky Broadcasting – SKY BY BROADBAND* (United Kingdom) CANAL+ group – CANALPLAY* (France) Sky is offering a new service exclusive to Sky With a very large choice of videos, CANALPLAY is the digital customers in the United Kingdom and groundbreaking VOD store of CANAL+ group. With the Republic of Ireland1 who have a broadband CANALPLAY, consumers can choose the videos they Internet connection and subscribe to Sky Movies want to download and then watch them whenever 1& 2, Sky Sports 1 & 2 or the Sky World package. If they want, wherever they want. CANALPLAY offers you subscribe to Sky Movies 1 & 2, you can enjoy a wide range of videos, including new releases and arvato mobile – GNAB for Video hundreds of great films on your PC, including a French and international films, as well as programs and Music* (Multiple Countries) mix of Hollywood blockbusters and classic movie for kids and much more to come. GNAB is a white label download platform for all titles. In addition, if you subscribe to Sky Sports types of digital content, including music, music 1 & 2 you can also enjoy highlights from many of CyberLink Corp. – CyberLink videos, HD movies and TV series. GNAB is based on the major sporting events on Sky Sports. MagicDirector* (PRC, Korea, Taiwan and Japan) an innovative Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology and CyberLink MagicDirector is an automated video increases customer loyalty in core target groups by 1Sky will be making some of this service available to non-Sky digital customers in August 2006. editing software that takes out tedious work actively including them in the community design. from editing videos. It offers a number of movie End users can browse through the homepages style options that once applied to a video clip, of other users and recommend content to each MagicDirector will automatically trim out unwanted other. Therefore GNAB allows highly-advanced videos based on an intelligent video analysis community features. algorithm; and apply video effects, transitions, frames and clip arts to produce exciting home The architecture of this P2P platform allows movies. Users can add background music and titles distribution of content in a more efficient way via the virtual keyboard. It also offers options and in better quality compared to centralized allowing users to brighten up video images and download platforms. GNAB can also implement remove background audio noise. different business models, like download-to- own, video-on-demand (VOD) and electronic-sell- through. The GNAB platform has been successfully implemented in consumer brands like in2movies, JPC and Medion. BBC Newsfeed* (United Kingdom) Watch BBC Newsclips when it suits your lifestyle – all of the world’s news is just two clicks away. The United Kingdom version gives prominence to the breadth and depth of BBC content in the United Kingdom including news, sports and weather along with United Kingdom radio and TV. The international version gives prominence to world news, sports and weather along with BBC’s international radio and TV services. Digital Home Entertainment Guide Movies + TV Music Games Photos ESPN Motion* (United States) ESPN Motion is a proprietary technology that brings sports videos directly to the PC. Integrated into the pages of ESPN.com, ESPN Motion delivers highlights, original content, studio program segments and more to the site’s 15 million-plus monthly users – with no streaming or waiting. In 2006, select ESPN Motion content will be accessible at high-resolution quality on Intel® Viiv™ technology-based PCs. Content will be refreshed based on a pre-determined schedule and viewers’ interests. Glowria* (France) Glowria is one of the leading European online DVD rental services, with over 10,000 titles available for the French and German Internet users. It also offers a compelling and wide VOD catalogue, ranging from new releases and blockbuster movies to TV series and documentaries. Glowria currently proposes 1,000 Movielink* (United States) NEC – BIGLOBE Stream* (Japan) titles in VOD, an offer that will grow to 2,000 titles by Movielink is a movie download service offering a BIGLOBE Stream is one of the most frequently the end of July 2006. wide selection of movies, TV shows and more for visited, free broadband video portal sites in rental or purchase. Download from Movielink* with Japan. It provides high-quality videos of various Gretech Corp. – ipop Movie* (Korea) no subscription and no late fees, and enjoy on your categories from entertainment programs to daily With an excellent lineup of the most recent movies Intel® Viiv™ technology-based PC from the comfort news, practical information and more. and animations, ipop Movie offers users more than of your couch. 7,000 titles of high-quality VOD service supporting NHN Naver* (Korea) 5.1CH sound systems. This movie service has been MTV Networks – MTV Overdrive* Naver VOD service offers more than 2,000 movies developed based on GOM Player - the No.1 multi- (United States) with a dynamic and attractive user interface. media player in Korea. Create your own playlists and stream the latest news, celebrity interviews, behind-the-scenes one4all LTD. – one4movie* (Germany) LOVEFILM.com* (United Kingdom) footage, movie previews, live performances, short- one4movie is the new home cinema at your Let the cinema come to you form shows, music videos and clips from top MTV fingertips. Within minutes, gain access to hundreds With more than 400,000 subscribers, LOVEFILM. shows. of net movies either for a single flat-rate fee or as com is Europe’s leading home entertainment pay-per-view.