Midcontinent Communications Introduces Customized High-Speed Internet Portal With Subscription Music & Content

New Premium Subscription Packages Delivers Access to Online Games, News, Sports and Unlimited Music

November 1st 2005

SIOUX FALLS, SD – NOVEMBER 1, 2005 – Midcontinent Communications has
introduced a more powerful broadband Internet experience with the launch of
Midco.net, a new fully-featured portal for all Midcontinent Broadband Internet
customers. With a single login, users will be able to access their email and
view free content such as news, weather, sports, etc. Midcontinent is also
introducing new premium online services including MidcoNet Plus – a package that
includes samplings from the best premium content on the web, and MidcoNet Tunes
a cutting-edge online music subscription service with more than two million song
tracks.

"Our new web portal combined with music and best of the net content reflects
our continuing commitment to offer our customers an unparalleled Internet
experience," said W. Tom Simmons, Midcontinent’s Vice President of Public
Policy.

MidcoNet Tunes priced at $7.95 per month, offers customers a choice between
two music services designed to meet their specific needs. MidcoNet Tunes is a
robust music service that allows them to stream, download and purchase tracks
from a two-million-song music library to any PC and enjoy online magazine
subscriptions to "PC World" and "Sync." Both publications are definitive high
tech sources for the latest on digital technology for today’s modern lifestyle.
The service includes exclusive song titles, music videos, editorial play lists
and other features, all of which are available in CD quality audio.

Consumers can also choose to take their music "to go." MicoNet Tunes offers a
portable option, which includes the same music features listed above, at the
same price, with the exception of the online magazines, allowing subscribers to
take their music downloads with them on more than 25 compatible MP3 players,
from brands like Creative, Dell, iRiver and Toshiba. Now Midcontinent customers
can take their music with them whenever and wherever they go, fostering
unparalleled music discovery and exploration.

MidcoNet Plus, priced at $8.95 a month, includes access to more than ten of
the Internet’s most popular subscription-only websites. By bundling these
premium services together, Midcontinent subscribers will save over $40 per
month.

MidcoNet Tunes Plus is for the customer who wants it all – best of the web
premium content found in MidcoNet Plus, as well as the MidcoNet Tunes
extraordinary subscription music offering. This value package is being
introduced at $14.95 per month.

The MidcoNet Tunes package features:

Enormous Music Catalog: Over two million tracks from all four major record labels – Sony BMG Music Entertainment, EMI, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group – as well as tracks from over 25,000 independent labels
One Low Monthly Price: Customers can discover and experience music without incurring additional costs for each track and album they want by providing an "all-you-can-download" subscription for one low monthly price. Unlike other online music offerings, it’s unlimited, there is no cost per tune
Easy-To-Use: Provides customers with an easy way to download music, create personalized playlists and manage music between their service, PC or portable device
Music Anywhere: Enables MidcoNet Tunes customers to transfer unlimited tracks, albums and unique user-created playlists from their PC onto their compatible portable device/MP3 player for a flat monthly fee
Music to Burn: Customers who want to "burn" a music track onto a CD can do so by purchasing the song for $.99 per tune

MidcoNet Tunes is powered by MusicNet, the world’s leading music service
provider. Offering the world’s largest online subscription music library,
MusicNet boasts licensed tracks from all major record labels, as well as tracks
from thousands of independent labels.

The MidcoNet Plus package features some of the most popular web destinations
and tools, including:

AmericanGreetings.com is the leading provider of online social expression products. Users can chose from thousands of eCards, printable greetings and projects, online invitations and more. AmericanGreetings.com also offers a reminder service to alert users of birthdays, holidays and other important dates as well as an address book to store the email addresses of family and friends.
CNN: Access the most comprehensive and quality video news service on the Web from the most trusted name in news. Updated every hour all day 7 days a week, CNN delivers a concise wrap up of the top stories in the news featuring unmatched newsgathering resources and well-known personalities.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online®: Provides users with unlimited access to the full, updated 32-volume Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary and Thesaurus and more – all in an advertising-free environment.
FOX Sports: Brings the power of FOX Sports and the regional interest to of FOX Sports Net to interactive media. Provides subscribers with unlimited and exclusive access to unique sports news video – direct from satellite. Highlights include clips from over 30 new sports videos per day and popular Fox Sports TV shows including: The Best Damn Sports Show Period, Beyond the Glory and You Gotta See This!
MLB.com: Offers fans the most complete baseball information on the web, including up-to-date statistics, game summaries, extensive historical information, and exclusive features about Major League Baseball events and programs, including on-line ticket sales, baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles, fantasy games, live radio broadcast of games, live and archived webcasts of games, pitch-by-pitch enactment of games, and video highlights.
MidcoNet Radio: Powered by Musicnet, MidcoNet Radio provides users with the ability to listen to premium commercial free radio stations, covering every genre, with no interruptions.
NASCAR.COM TrackPass and PitCommand: Access live NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series qualifying, practice and race coverage, and NASCAR Busch Series qualifying and race coverage; audio clips, custom video highlights and much more. Patch in to the in-car audio and pit conversations between NASCAR drivers and crews.
Shockwave.com – GameBlast: Delivers 24-7 access to a collection of more than 100 premium games, including Collapse, Wild Card Football and Nothin’ But Net 3D Basketball. Each game offers premium features, such as unlimited, uninterrupted play, extra levels, full-screen play, and more.
Weather.com®: Provides a package of rich media local weather content including 5-day local and regional video forecasts for the United States. The site also features Extreme Weather, featuring video clips of key global weather events including expert analysis and forecasting from The Weather Channel and Weather Archives and provides a searchable video database of historical storms.

Synacor, a leading provider of private-label portal technology, is handling
the integration of all premium content services for www.midco.net. Synacor’s
software platform supports the integration of a variety of premium services
accessible via a single user-ID, password and interface, along with the ability
for Midcontinent to add these services directly to the cable bill.

"We are confident that these exciting services and our unique technology
platform will play an integral part of transforming the Internet experience for
Midcontinent high-speed Internet customers," said Ron Frankel, Synacor President
and Chief Executive Officer.

About Synacor
Synacor develops portals that enable Internet Service Providers (ISP) to
easily bundle a wide variety of free and subscription-only, value-added services
into their platform. Synacor has integrated with over 30 online content and
service providers to offer a highly valued bundle to consumers. The company has
developed the most extensive catalog of subscription services available from one
source today. Their private-label technology platform reinforces the brand of
the ISP, allowing them to easily bundle, provision, support, and bill for
multiple services offered as part of a single rate code. Today, the company’s
portal and bundled services are available to over 12 million online subscribers.
For more information visit www.synacor.com.

About Midcontinent Communications
Midcontinent Communications, a subsidiary of Midcontinent Media, Inc. and
Comcast, is the Upper Midwest’s leading provider of cable television, local and
long distance telephone service, high-speed Internet access, and cable
advertising services to communities in North and South Dakota, Northern
Nebraska, and Western Minnesota. Midcontinent’s service area includes over 200
communities serving over 200,000 customers. For more information, please visit
our website at www.midcocomm.com.