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Spice Networks Added To TCI's 'All TV' Programming Line-Up
Spice and The Adam & Eve Channel Only Adult PPV Services Offered on Digital Platform
NEW YORK, March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Spice Networks -- SPICE and the ADAM & EVE CHANNEL have been included in the debut programming line-up for Tele-Communications Inc.'s "ALL TV" offered through its Headend In The Sky (HITS) digital platform. "ALL TV" was introduced late last year in the Hartford, Connecticut, TCI cable system. TCI plans to roll-out "ALL TV" in over 40 markets during the next twelve months. SPICE and the ADAM & EVE CHANNEL, which are both carried 24 hours daily on "ALL TV," are the only adult pay-per-view networks currently offered by the service.
Steve Saril, President, Spice Networks commented: "We're delighted to be included in TCI's historic digital launch and look forward to the benefits this platform will offer Spice Networks viewers."
"ALL TV" is a digital programming platform of TCI, which gives cable operators an opportunity to offer a vast number of digitally-transmitted programming networks through its HITS technology. "ALL TV" not only offers cable customers a greater variety of programming, the service also provides impulse buying opportunities, digital audio/video signal quality and interactive on-screen guides. The HITS digital transmission also provides increased audio/video signal security.
Spice Networks owns and operates SPICE and the ADAM & EVE CHANNEL. SPICE is America's most successful adult network, offered 24 hours daily as a pay-per-view, pay-per-night or monthly subscription service. Currently available in over 700 cable systems serving over 14 million addressable homes nationwide, plus over 2.3 million DBS households, SPICE offers a provocative monthly package of 50 "SPICE-exclusive" cable version adult films. Eight different films are offered each day, scheduled in 90-minute blocks, with 12 different World Premiere movies scheduled each month. SPICE also offers special events. In addition, SPICE offers an array of tasteful adult oriented products on a direct marketing basis through its "Erogenous Zone" shopping segments. The ADAM & EVE CHANNEL, launched in 1994, is also available 24 hours daily, seven days-a-week and offers complementary exclusive programming and start times to SPICE. The ADAM & EVE CHANNEL offers eight different films each day in 90 minute blocks, with 12 Premieres monthly, plus 38 encore exclusives. The ADAM & EVE CHANNEL is currently available in over 100 cable systems serving over 4 million addressable homes nationwide. SOURCE Spice Networks |
