TV Bank Corporation. (Head Office: Minato-Ku, Tokyo; Representative and President: Masayoshi Son; hereinafter TV Bank) and Club iT Corporation (Head Office: Minato-Ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Taro Hashimoto; hereinafter Club iT) will start distributing popular drama and comedy titles of BBC Worldwide Japan Limited (Head Office: Minato-Ku, Tokyo; President: Katsuhiko Waza; hereinafter BBC Worldwide) on February 16, 2007. These titles will be distributed by TV Bank at Yahoo! Streaming^*1 (http://streaming.yahoo.co.jp/), a video portal website provided by Yahoo Japan Corporation, and by Club iT at Club iT Arena^*2 (http://www.clubit-arena.net), a video streaming website for PCs.

The content lined up to be distributed includes titles that will appear for the first time in Japan, such as "Waking The Dead," the International Emmy award-winning thriller that was highly acclaimed worldwide; "Coupling," a comedy that portrays relationships among 6 men and women in their thirties humorously; and "Cutting It," a romance that achieved high television ratings in the UK. "The League of Gentleman," a popular and much talked-about comedy, is also scheduled for distribution.

©BBC 2000
"WAKING THE DEAD"

©BBC 2003
"Cutting It"

In January 2007, Yahoo! Streaming started distribution of three BC Worldwide documentary programs including the "Top Gear" motoring information program and "The Planets," a scientific documentary. By adding such popular titles as "Waking The Dead," "Coupling," "Cutting It" and "The League of Gentlemen," a total of 7 titles from BBC programming are included in the lineup.

Set to enhance its overseas drama lineup, Club iT Arena is incorporating popular British titles such as "Waking The Dead," "Coupling," "Cutting It" and "The League of Gentlemen" into its offering.

TV Bank and Club iT have received more than 100 hours of BBC content from BBC Worldwide. Strengthening the cooperation with BBC Worldwide to provide more BBC content to Japanese viewers, the companies will strive for the further development of the content distribution business in the broadband era.

^*1Yahoo! Streaming
A video portal site in Japan which has the largest number of monthly users, operated by Yahoo! Japan. The site distributes various genres of content, such as movies, animation, music, sports, drama, and comedy programs.
^*2Club iT Arena
A video streaming service website for PCs, operated by Club iT. It distributes a wide array of content centering on Japanese and overseas dramas as well as movies, animation, music and idol programming.