New York, NY – (Nov. 19, 2008)

Screenvision Continues To Expand Sports Alternative Content with the Release of 2008 World Series Film To Select Pennsylvania and New Jersey Theatres For A One-Time Only In-Theatre Event

Continuing the strategy to offer theatre exhibitors compelling alternative content programming that drives revenue during off-peak periods, Screenvision, a leading cinema advertising sales, services and content distribution company, will partner with Major League Baseball Productions, the Emmy® award-winning in-house production department of Major League Baseball to bring the Official 2008 World Series Film to select New Jersey and Pennsylvania theatres. The film, chronicling the Philadelphia Phillies epic 2008 Championship Season, will be featured at participating National Amusements, Clearview Cinemas and Frank Theatres locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey on November 24th at 7:30pm for a one time only event. National Amusement’s The Bridge Cinema de Lux in Philadelphia will hold a public red-carpet event that night with the World Series trophy on display and members of the Phillies’ organization attending. Tickets for the red carpet event are $25 (all other screenings are $10) and are available at mlb.com.

In the sports arena, Screenvision has garnered strong success with several recent initiatives including: “Mets at the Movies,” live baseball game events in the New York/New Jersey market; “Return to the Rafters,” the story of the 2007-2008 Boston Celtics, which recently ran at select National Amusements theatres in New England; and the documentary UltraMarathon Man: 50 Marathons • 50 States • 50 Days, which was showcased in theatres across the country.

“Screenvision is committed to our exhibitor partners’ success. Our growing alternative content slate provides added entertainment options that bring additional revenue streams during off peak hours. Over the past year, we have found that sports is an area that works extremely well in the theatre,” said Darryl Schaffer, executive vice president, exhibitor relations for Screenvision. “The Official 2008 World Series Film is an incredible sports documentary that Philadelphia fans have been waiting a long time for – in fact more than 28 years. We believe the exciting content coupled with the feverish fan base in the Philadelphia area will make this an in demand event for our participating exhibitors.”

“With our first-ever multi-theater and HD offering of the World Series Film, Philadelphia Phillies fans can relive the larger-than-life moments of their team’s incredible Postseason journey on the big screen in theatres throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey,” said Elizabeth Scott, Vice President of Programming of Business Affairs, Major League Baseball Productions. “We’re excited to partner with Screenvision, whose network of partner exhibitors has allowed MLB to scale this event up as fan interest has demanded. It’s a week out from the event and we’ve already sold more tickets than the capacities at the single venues we’ve hosted the screenings at in years past.”

Launched in 2007, Screenvision’s alternative content division has been able to provide exhibitors with a wide array of intriguing programming ranging from operas and sports to documentaries and children’s films. In addition to the sports programming, the division has presented La Scala opera series as well as the family film The Ballet Shoes. Screenvision is able to develop programming strategies for both wide national releases as well as more localized and regional events presented through Screenvision’s High Definition digital network.

ABOUT SCREENVISION

Headquartered in New York, N.Y., Screenvision is a national leader in cinema advertising, offering on-screen advertising, in-lobby promotions and integrated marketing programs to national, regional and local advertisers and providing comprehensive cinema advertising representation services for its theatrical exhibitor partners. In the U.S., the Screenvision cinema advertising network is comprised of over 14,000 screens in 2,300 theatre locations across all 50 states and 92% of DMAs nationwide and delivers more than 550 million consumer impressions annually through 150 theatrical circuits, including 12 of the top 15 exhibition companies. Screenvision is a joint venture between ITV plc (LSE: ITV), the UK’s largest commercial television network, and Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS), a global supplier of technology, services, and systems to the media and entertainment industries. For more information: http://www.screenvision.com.

For more information regarding Screenvision, contact:
Jason Gellar
Dan Klores Communications
212-685-4300
jason_gellar@dkcnews.com

ABOUT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PRODUCTIONS

Major League Baseball Productions is the television and video production division of Major League Baseball and the official video archivists of the game. Since 1943, MLB Productions has documented baseball’s history and has amassed 58 Emmy® nominations and 17 Emmy® Awards this decade. With more than 100,000 hours of baseball content, MLB Productions’ footage spans more than 100 years and includes the all-time greats from Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Babe Ruth to the stars of today. With unparalleled access to the Clubs and their players, Major League Baseball Productions creates original programming for growing audiences worldwide through its network specials, exclusive home videos, commercials and other specialty programming. For more information on Major League Baseball Productions, log on to www.MLBProductions.com