The Sixth Annual Screen Actors Guild AwardsÆ On TNT To Be Enhanced With TV/Web Convergence Activities

ACTV, Inc. (NASDAQ: IATV) and Turner Network Television (TNT) announced that TNT will enhance its airings of The Sixth Annual Screen Actors Guild AwardsÆ with the synchronous delivery of related Web information and online viewer chat powered by ACTV's patented HyperTVÆ software. The SAG Awards, the only industry honors devoted solely to actors honoring actors, will be telecast live from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center by TNT on Sunday, March 12, 2000 at 8:00pm (ET/PT). The program, along with the simultaneous HyperTV-cast, will be rebroadcast on TNT on March 12 at 10:00pm (ET/PT). To participate, consumers need a television set with access to TNT programming, and a computer with an Internet connection (minimum 28.8kbps) located in the same room. The innovative TV/Web convergence experience will be accessible at tnt.turner.com or at hypertv.com. TNT viewers who haven't already downloaded and registered for HyperTV, simply need to register and download the free HyperTV software plug-in from the TNT or HyperTV Web sites. Viewers will then be able to log-on to automatically receive and interact, free of charge, with Web content whose automated delivery will be synchronized to correspond with The Sixth Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards as it airs on TNT. Bruce Crowley, President of ACTV's HyperTV Networks, said, ""We're looking forward to another successful HyperTV event with a Turner Broadcasting entertainment network. Working together, we are creating an entirely new and extremely powerful entertainment experience. Using HyperTV, Turner is enhancing its brand while building a truly dynamic online community around its traditional programming. Movie fans can expect an exciting interactive HyperTV experience come March 12 on TNT and tnt.turner.com."" ""We've gotten a tremendous response from our viewers for the previous HyperTV events we offered with our James Bond festival and the Bob Marley tribute, and we want to build upon that convergence audience,"" said Blake Lewin, Vice President, Turner Entertainment Online. ""The Sixth Annual SAG Awards lends itself very well to HyperTV's unique ability to provide our viewers with an enhanced TV experience which extends our television broadcast to an online community. Viewers will receive a steady stream of web information related to this live event in real time, while being able to interact with one another throughout the program."" The online HyperTV content will include additional information about the nominated actors and films, fun facts about the presenters and categories, and interactive movie trivia, among other features. For example, one interactive game, ""Six Degrees of Whoopi,"" will challenge viewers to discover how nominees are related in some way to Whoopi Goldberg. Ms. Goldberg will open The Sixth Annual SAG Awards. TNT's HyperTV viewers will also be able to ""chat"" live in real-time with other movie fans participating in the TV/Web convergence experience nationwide. Along with SAG President William Daniels, previously announced ceremony participants for The Sixth Annual SAG Awards include: Hank Azaria, Roberto Benigni, Halle Berry, Cameron Diaz, Michael Clarke Duncan, Michael J. Fox, James Gandolfini, Whoopi Goldberg, Catherine Keener, Jane Krakowski, Jack Lemmon, Peter MacNicol, Camryn Manheim, Ming-Na, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vincent Pastore, Rick Schroder, Gary Sinise, Tony Sirico and Denzel Washington. The Screen Actors Guild Awards are a presentation of Jeff Margolis Productions in association with the Screen Actors Guild. EmmyÆ and Directors Guild award-winner Jeff Margolis is Executive Producer, with Kathy Connell as Producer. Sandy Shapiro is Executive Producer for TNT. About Turner Network Television (TNT)Turner Network Television (TNT) is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s 24-hour, advertiser-supported service offering original motion pictures and miniseries; original series, non-fiction specials and live events; contemporary films from the world's largest film library, the combined Turner and Warner Bros. Film libraries; exciting NBA sports action; exclusive coverage of both the 2000 Winter and 2001 Summer Goodwill Games and popular television series. About ACTV, Inc.ACTV, Inc. has pioneered TV/Web convergence programming with its patented HyperTV software solution. The company also created interactive one-to-one digital television with its proprietary ""Individualized Television"" and ""Individualized Advertising"" software and programming capabilities. ACTV offers superior, practical solutions for television programmers, advertisers, cable operators, educators and consumers looking to leverage the emergence of digital television and the broadband delivery infrastructure. ACTV has relationships with many of the dominant players in the Internet, television and digital technology fields, including key strategic investments from Liberty Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: LDIG) and Motorola's (NYSE: MOT) Broadband Communications Sector (formerly General Instrument Corporation [NYSE: GIC]). For more information, visit ACTV's Web site at http://www.actv.com or visit http://www.hypertv.com.