Home & Garden Television Grows In NYC

NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 19, 2001--

HGTV Launching Full-Time on Time Warner Cable's DTV Service on

April 2, 2001

Beginning on April 2, 2001, Home & Garden Television (HGTV), the only network devoted to providing comprehensive information to inspire the home enthusiast, will be available to New Yorkers fulltime on Time Warner Cable's digital television service -- DTV -- channel 131 in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.

"We are pleased to be able to bring 24 hours of HGTV programming to the city that never sleeps," said HGTV President Burton Jablin. "With great city-living shows such as `Lofty Ideas,' `This Small Space' and `New Spaces,' HGTV is not just for suburbanites. Whether New Yorkers are looking for ideas and inspiration for a Manhattan apartment or a country getaway, HGTV has it covered."

New Yorkers will now be able to catch the April premieres of exciting new HGTV shows such as "At Home With..." Week, hosted by Joy Philbin and featuring tours of celebrities' homes including Rick Dees, Ivana Trump, Brian Boitano, Jack Hanna, Catherine Crier and Robert Conrad (10:00 PM, Monday-Friday, April 2-6 and 9:00 PM, Sunday, April 8), "The Secret World of Gardens" (8:00 PM, Tuesdays) "Bargain Hunt" (7:30 PM, Saturdays) and "LightHouses" (9:00 PM, Sunday, April 15)

"Our customers deserve a rich assortment of program fare, and by offering HGTV 24 hours a day we give busy New Yorkers the opportunity to tune in around their schedule," stated Barry Rosenblum, president, Time Warner Cable. "DTV - our digital service - features over 250 channels with crystal clear digital picture and sound and offers customers a great entertainment value. After a successful part-time introduction, I am pleased to officially welcome HGTV to Time Warner Cable's New York City lineup."

Time Warner Cable in New York City serves over 1.2 million customers in Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and portions of Brooklyn. The company also includes NY1 News, Staten Island Cable and Time Warner CityCable Advertising.

Time Warner Cable owns and manages the world's most advanced, best clustered cable television operations, with 90 percent of its 12.6 million customers in systems of 100,000 subscribers or more. It is a division of AOL Time Warner Inc.

Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta, Home & Garden Television (HGTV), which is now distributed in more than 69 million U.S. households, is one of the fastest-growing networks in cable television history. Internationally, HGTV owns 33 percent of HGTV Canada and provides much of the Canadian network's daily programming. HGTV branded programming can also be seen in Japan, Australia, Thailand and the Philippines. HGTV is wholly owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP), which also operates the Food Network, Do It Yourself (DIY) network and Fine Living, a new network to launch in 2001.

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