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August 12th, 2008

ICO's G1 To Deliver Even More Programming


ICO G-1 satellite ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (ICO) (NASDAQ:ICOG) has reached agreements with Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. to provide content from the Cartoon Network and Adult Swim for use in ICO’s alpha trials of its mobile interactive media service, known as ICO mim™. ICO mim is a fully interactive mobile video, navigation, and emergency assistance service powered by the ICO G1 satellite, which launched in April 2008. The trials will take place in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina and Las Vegas, Nevada starting in late summer of this year. Cartoon Network and Adult Swim join a growing list of well established programming brands for the trial, which already includes offerings from NBC Universal and Discovery Networks. The ICO mim service will include a broad mix of news, children’s, entertainment, and sports offerings.