Appendix A. Prepared by the Writers Guild of America

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1 Appendix A Prepared by the Writers Guild of America Group Ownership of Major National Television Networks (Networks Available In More Than 16 million Homes) [See Note 11] NETWORK HOEHOLD Major Networks With Ownership Shared By More Than One Network Group Owner Court TV Liberty Media / AOL TW Animal Planet Liberty / Cox /2 Discovery Channel Liberty / Cox Discovery Health Channel Liberty / Cox Learning Channel Liberty / Cox Travel Channel Liberty / Cox Telemundo Liberty / Sony /3 Comedy Central AOL TW / Viacom /4 Rainbow Media American Movie Classics Cablevision / NBC / MGM/5 Bravo Cablevision / NBC/ MGM Independent Film Channel Cablevision / NBC / MGM Much Music A Cablevision / NBC WE: Women's Entertainment Cablevision / NBC / MGM A&E Networks A&E Network Disney / NBC /6 History Channel Disney / NBC APPENDIX A PAGE 1 OF 5

2 Major Networks Owned By Network Group Owners HOEHOLD BET: Black Entertainment Viacom /7 Television The Box Music Network Viacom /8 CBS Television Network Viacom CMT: Country Music Viacom Television Flix Viacom The Movie Channel Viacom MTV Viacom Nickelodeon Viacom Showtime Viacom Showtime Too Viacom Showtime Showcase Viacom Showtime Extreme Viacom Showtime Beyond Viacom TNN: The National Network Viacom TV Land Viacom UPN Network Viacom VH Viacom ActionMax AOL Time Warner /9 Cartoon Network AOL Time Warner Cinemax AOL Time Warner CNN AOL Time Warner CNN Headline News AOL Time Warner HBO AOL Time Warner HBO Comedy AOL Time Warner HBO Family AOL Time Warner HBO Plus AOL Time Warner HBO Signature AOL Time Warner HBO Zone AOL Time Warner MoreMax AOL Time Warner TBS Superstation AOL Time Warner ThrillerMax AOL Time Warner TNT Network AOL Time Warner Turner Classic Movies AOL Time Warner WB Network AOL Time Warner APPENDIX A PAGE 2 OF 5

3 HOEHOLD Encore Liberty Media /10 Encore Love Stories Liberty Media Encore Western Liberty Media Encore Mystery Liberty Media Encore Action Liberty Media Encore True Stories Liberty Media Hallmark Channel Liberty Media /11 WAM! Kidz Network Liberty Media ABC Family Channel Disney /12 ABC Television Network Disney Disney Channel Disney ESPN Disney /13 ESPN Classic Disney /13 ESPN Disney /13 ESPNews Disney /13 Lifetime Television Disney /14 Fox Broadcasting Company News Corporation /15 Fox News Channel News Corporation Fox Sports News Corporation /16 FX Network News Corporation Speedvision News Corporation /17 CNBC NBC MSNBC NBC NBC Television Network NBC PAX Television Network NBC /18 E! Entertainment Television Comcast /19 Golf Channel Comcast Outdoor Life Comcast Sci-Fi Network A Networks /20 A Network A Networks APPENDIX A PAGE 3 OF 5

4 HOEHOLD Major Networks Owned by Owners with Two or Fewer Networks C-SPAN :4 C-SPAN C-SPAN C-SPAN Galavision Univision Univision Univision Game Show Network Sony Home & Garden Scripps Tech TV Vulcan (Charter Cable) WGN Superstation Tribune Broadcasting Weather Channel Landmark Communications Eternal Word Television Network Trinity Broadcast Network PBS / The list is taken from the NCTA Directory of Cable Networks, in Cable Television Developments National Cable Networks are listed if they are indicated to have more than 16 million subscribers. Corporate ownership is identified from these listings unless otherwise indicated. The list includes only national networks; Non- or Regional Network are not included. Broadcast Networks are added and listed with complete coverage of the million households that Nielsen estimates as the TVHH universe for the season. Home shopping channels are not included. Pay-Per-View and Video-On-Demand services are not included. 2/ According to information at Liberty Media owns 50'0 of Discovery Communications. According to information at Cox Communications is a major shareholder, as well. 3/ NBC has announced that it has agreed to buy Telemundo from Liberty Media and Sony, see "NBC To Acquire Te!emundo Communications Group," 10/11/2001, Dow Jones News Service. 4/ Ownership from 5/ See APPENDIX A PAGE 4 OF 5

5 6/ According to Disney owns 37.5% of A&E Networks and NBC owns 25%. Hearst Corporation owns the remaining 37.5%. 7/ BET sold its networks to Viacom in Nevember See "Can a Black Media Concern Owned by a White Media Behemoth Stay True to Its Roots" by Sally Beatty, Wall Street Journal, November 6, 2000, page 84. Also, we note from that Liberty Media owns 15.2 million shares of Viacom stock. 8/ The Box Music Network was purchased by Viacom in July 1999, see 9/ The HBO and Cinemax and related networks report the same subscriber count for all networks. We note from that Liberty Media owns the equivalent of million shares of AOL Time Warner. 10/ Encore digital theme channels were not listed with individual subscription counts. Ownership by Liberty Media is from 11/ Household Coverage figure taken from Kagan Economics of Basic Cable Networks Hallmark Channel ownership by Liberty Media is 15% according to information at 12/ Widely reported, See for example, "Walt Disney to Acquire Fox Family Television," by Sallie Hofmeister, Los Angeles Times, July 21, / Ownership from Walt Disney Company Fact Book / Ownership by Disney (with Hearst Corporation) from 15/ We note that Liberty Media owns more than 20% of News Corp according to 16/ Household Coverage figure taken from Kagan Economics of Basic Cable Networks / Ownership from Press Release at regarding Comcast/News Corp transactions. 18/ NBC Minority Ownership of Paxson and option to acquire full ownership is widely reported. See, for example, "Paxson CEO Sagansky Says NBC Disrupting Takeover," By Dwight Oestricher, Dow Jones News Service, December 5, / Ownership from 20/ We note from that Liberty Media owns a 21% stake in A Networks. Due to this significant stake we treat A Networks as an owner with more than two networks. APPENDIX A PAGE 5 OF 5