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EBLD News: Any response GATOR!!!!! (BSNS WIRE) Entertainment Boulevard, Inc. to Join Level 3 Communications Entertainment Boulevard, Inc. to Join Level 3 Communications Network Business Editors/Entertainment Writers MARINA DEL REY, CALIF.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 1999-- Entertainment Boulevard, Inc. (OT BB:EBLD) announces its entry into the "Level 3 Partner Alliance Program" with Internet Protocol (IP) technology pioneer Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ:LVLT). Entertainment Boulevard (www.entertainmentblvd.com) hosts such entertainment-oriented web sites as Vidnet, Screen Clips, ComedyNet, and Pro Sports Net, which provide music videos, movie trailers, live comedy and sports programming respectively. Entertainment Boulevard is pleased to announce that Level 3 Communications (www.Level3.com) has agreed to host the Entertainment Boulevard web sites which will allow viewers to experience them as efficiently as possible. Strategic alliances have been a key element in Entertainment Boulevard's business strategy. Level 3 is the first company to build an advanced fiber-optic network, combining both local and long-distance IP technology, which works far more efficiently than the standard telephone networks, connecting customers end-to-end. The network will consist of fiber-optic loops within major metropolitan areas as well as intercity networks connecting them. The plans call for the network to be extended from United States to Europe and Asia. Since voice is a diminishing percentage of communications traffic, due to the significant growth in data transmission, IP technology is becoming far more economically and technologically reasonable. The technology breaks down information into pieces, places them into electronic packets, and then fills a pipe with these packets of information. Routers direct the information along the fastest route to its destination, where all of the pieces of information are reassembled, ready for receipt by fax, computer, or listener. All of this takes place in a fraction of a second. Level 3 is dedicated to network reliability, quality and high capacity and is highly selective in its Partner Alliance Program. Forward looking statements in this press release are made pursuant to the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the continued popularity of the Company's websites and product orders stemming therefrom, increased levels of competition, technological change, dependence upon third party suppliers, and other risks. --30--dlc/ix* CONTACT: Entertainment Boulevard, Inc., 877/711-7788 (Toll Free) KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENTERTAINMENT Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com *** end of story ***