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Posted at 4:52 p.m., Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Oceanic Time Warner to carry Fox Business Network

News Release

FOX BUSINESS NETWORK LAUNCHES ON OCEANIC TIME WARNER CABLE

Mililani, HI (October 16, 2007) - The much anticipated FOX Business Network (FBN) is now available on Oahu and Kauai, thanks to Oceanic Time Warner Cable. The news network is located on digital channel 108 and provides the business news behind every story, from how to make smart financial decisions, to reporting on domestic crisis, to demystifying the business market. It will be rolled-out to Maui and the Big Island in early 2008.

"There has been a lot of buzz surrounding the launch of FBN, so we were very pleased to be able to assign it to one of our digital channels," said Vice President-Marketing Alan Pollock. "At Oceanic, we are committed to offering

a wide variety of programming to our subscribers and welcome the advantages of providing such a highly anticipated news broadcast network to our daily lineup of channels."

Currently, FBN has 30 million subscribers under contract after securing distribution agreements with major cable operators in top markets around the country, including Oceanic. Headquartered in News Corporation's street level studio in midtown, Manhattan, FBN has also established bureaus in such

key markets as Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and London.

Owned by News Corp, FOX News operates the FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX News Radio, FOXNews.com, FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace, The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, FOX News Edge and FOXBusiness.com. FNC has been the number one cable news channel for over

five years and is available in more than 90 million homes in the United States and 108 countries internationally.

Oceanic currently delivers a diverse selection of entertainment and information services by way of an advanced fiber optic/coax network to more than 400,000 households, schools and businesses on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai and the Big Island. Among its products are Road Runner high-speed Internet as well as Digital Phone services. The company has

provided quality cable service for Hawaii residents since 1969. Oceanic Time Warner Cable is the thirteenth largest system in the U.S. and its parent company, Time Warner Entertainment, LLP, is a major developer of entertainment and information content.

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