To: CoffeePot who wrote (213 ) 3/2/1999 12:20:00 PM From: CUBBY Respond to of 639
Recovery Network Launch Momentum Continues; Network to Reach an Additional 550,000 Homes in First Quarter, 1999 March 2, 1999 10:35 AM SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2,1999--Recovery Network RNET has confirmed launch commitments with Cable One systems in Greenwood, Indiana and Modesto, California; Insight systems in Jeffersonville, IN and Rockford, IL; Time Warner systems in Monroe, Louisiana and Jackson, Mississippi; Frontiervision in Bangor, Maine. In addition to these launches, Access Sacramento, the Community Access Channel in Sacramento, California has agreed to begin airing Recovery Network programming in prime time to over 240,000 homes. William Moses, Chairman of the Board of Recovery Network, stated, "This sustained interest in Recovery Network programming, reinforces the acknowledgement by more and more communities of the need for the resources we can provide. The recognition that behavioral health issues affect over 1 in 3 people in our country has helped us significantly with our distribution efforts." The Recovery Network is a digital media company utilizing its cable television network currently being delivered into over 5 million U.S. households, Internet and telephony platforms to provide social and behavioral health programming, products and services to a national audience. The Company's primary market are those impacted by social and behavioral problems that effect 100 million Americans at a cost to the economy in excess of one-half trillion dollars annually increased health care costs, crime and lost productivity. Recovery Network's National Partnership for Recovery and Prevention (NPRP) consists of over 50 prominent national health, recovery and prevention organizations such as Betty Ford Center, Child Welfare League, D.A.R.E. America and Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America that represent over 40 million people throughout the United States. Information on the company may also be found on the Internet at www.recoverynetwork.com. RecoveryNet Interactive is a joint venture of The Recovery Network, TCI Digital Health Group, a subsidiary of Liberty Media, and FHC Internet Services, Inc. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements which are not historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties including but not limited to risks associated with the uncertainty of future financial results, additional financing requirements, development of new products, government approval processes, the impact of competitive products or pricing, technological changes, the effect of economic conditions, and other uncertainties detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CUBBY