ECHL, B2 Network Extend, Expand Partnership

March 31, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL announced that it has extended and expanded its partnership with B2 Networks as the "Official Broadband Broadcast Provider of the ECHL". The new three-year agreement will provide ECHL fans with the largest and widest variety of services and options ever offered by B2 Networks.

"The ECHL was the first place B2 Networks was able to show our company's technology and make games available to fans around the world," said B2 Networks Chairman and CEO Greg P. Bell. "This contract renewal shows the strength of our partnership to the league, teams and fans. We look forward to being a premier broadcaster of hockey for many years to come."

"B2 Networks provides the ECHL with a very attractive global medium platform," said ECHL Senior Vice President of Marketing/Business Development Glen Thornborough. "This partnership allows the ECHL to take advantage of B2 Networks' innovation and advancements in the constantly evolving tech world. We look forward to being part of their growth as they launch new products and platforms in the broadband and wireless digital media era."

B2 Networks will continue to telecast ECHL games live online for $6 per game, but beginning in 2007-08 will also offer fans the opportunity to purchase a "Season Ticket Package" for a one-time payment of $130 or seven monthly payments of $20. In addition to access to home and away regular season games, the "Season Ticket Package" also provides a "Highlights" section where teams will be able to feature as many as five highlights each week and access to the "B2 Networks ECHL Game of the Week".

B2 Networks also announced that it will offer B2toGo, a mobile network that will enable its subscribers to view ECHL games and highlights on mobile devices. Fans will have the opportunity to combine the "Season Ticket Package" and B2toGo for access to games and highlights from anywhere.

B2 Networks is also offering to provide each ECHL team an audio-only online broadcast that would be available at no cost to listeners.

B2inVenue, a new system developed by B2 Networks to allow the use of cellular telephones and personal data assistants for text auctions, was unveiled in January at the 2007 ECHL All-Star Game in Idaho. B2inVenue will be integrated into more arenas and game events throughout the ECHL during the length of the new agreement.

B2 Networks has broadcast ECHL games the past four seasons, including the 2007 ECHL All-Star Game as well as every game of the conference finals and the Kelly Cup Finals each of the past three years. The first hockey game ever broadcast by B2 Networks was the Las Vegas Wranglers in February 2004 and the first hockey championship broadcast by B2 Networks, was the 2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs. During the current season, has broadcast a National Hockey League preseason game between the Washington Capitals and the Philadelphia Flyers, and provided live coverage of six games from the NCAA Division I hockey conference playoffs while continuing to be the official broadband broadcast provider for the AHL, the ECHL and the UHL. At the conclusion of the current hockey season, B2 Networks will have broadcast more than 6,000 hockey games at all levels including the championships from five different leagues.

The 2005 Kelly Cup Playoffs had more connections than any other hockey playoff series in B2 Networks history and the most viewers of any league in the postseason, including the 2005 Kelly Cup Finals which were the most-watched playoff series ever carried by B2 Networks.

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