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CloverLeaf Digital Adds Two Additional Regional Telcos to Interactive TV Walled Garden Network
[July 17, 2006]

CloverLeaf Digital Adds Two Additional Regional Telcos to Interactive TV Walled Garden Network


BROOKLYN, N.Y., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- CloverLeaf Digital LLC, a leading provider of interactive television applications and services, today announced two additional IPTV deployments of CloverLeaf's localized interactive TV walled garden network. By launching CloverLeaf's localized interactive network, CT Communications and Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, Inc. are now able to offer on-demand local news and information to their digital video subscribers.



CT Communications, an independent telephone company provides CloverLeaf's interactive network to residents of Urbana and West Liberty, Ohio; and Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, Inc. distributes the service to communities throughout the Oklahoma Panhandle area and Perryton, Texas. CloverLeaf's interactive TV network is now available in over 100 cities.

"We have received great response from our customers," said Panhandle Telecommunication Systems' CEO, Ron Strecker. "We are especially excited about the ability to provide local information such as community calendars and local movie guides to our customers -- right on their TVs."


"We are very pleased to add CT Communications and Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, Inc. to our network," said Lawrence Brickman, Managing Partner of CloverLeaf. "These deployments in Ohio and Oklahoma reflect the appeal of our localized interactive network to television subscribers in all types of communities, as well as the value of the service to digital video providers as they meet the needs of their customers in an increasingly competitive environment."

CloverLeaf's localized interactive TV walled garden service provides national, international, business, and entertainment news from Associated Press, local weather, local cinema guides, horoscopes, and local information such as school lunch menus and community events calendars to digital video subscribers -- allowing subscribers to access localized content on their television -- whenever they want it, and just by using their remote control.

About CT Communications
CT Communications is a full-service, high quality telecommunications provider serving Champaign County and parts of surrounding counties in central Ohio. The company offers local phone service and calling features through approximately 11,500 access lines. Additional services include long distance, wired and wireless broadband Internet access, wireless telephone service and all-digital television. CT Communications is part of The Champaign Telephone Company, an independent telephone company that has been an active member of the Champaign County/Urbana, Ohio community since 1898. Company headquarters are located at 126 Scioto Street in Urbana. For more information, call 937-653-4000 or visit CT Communications' Web site at http://www.ctcn.net/.

About Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, Inc. (PTSI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. PTSI is a provider of Digital Interactive Television, traditional cable television, traditional telephone service, (Texas only) and high speed Internet in the Oklahoma Panhandle area and the north Texas Panhandle. PTSI is also a cellular telephone licensee and provider in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

About CloverLeaf Digital LLC
CloverLeaf Digital is the leading independent provider of interactive TV walled garden portal services in the United States. Distributed in over 100 cities, CloverLeaf's interactive network provides telephone companies, cable operators, and other distributors of digital video with the ability to offer on-demand localized news and information to their subscribers. CloverLeaf's turnkey offering is optimized for the underlying TV platform, customized to meet the operator's requirements, and localized for the communities in which it is distributed. For more information, visit CloverLeaf Digital at http://www.cloverleafdigital.com/.

Media Contact:
Lawrence Brickman
718/438-6448

CloverLeaf Digital LLC

CONTACT: Lawrence Brickman of CloverLeaf Digital LLC, +1-718-438-6448

Web site: http://www.cloverleafdigital.com/http://www.ctcn.net/

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