FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September
29, 2006
LIBERTY
COMPLETES FINAL STAGE OF IDT ENTERTAINMENT ACQUISITION
Englewood,
Colo. and Newark, N.J. - Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LINTA, LCAPA) and
IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT, IDT.C) announced today the completion of the final
stage of Liberty’s acquisition of IDT’s Entertainment Division. Today’s closing
encompasses the division’s Australian and Canadian operations and follows the
closing of the U.S. and
U.K.
operations which occurred on August 24, 2006.
Liberty
Media Corporation is a holding company that owns interests in a broad range
of
electronic retailing, media, communications and entertainment businesses. Those
interests are attributed to two tracking stock groups: the Liberty Interactive
group, which includes Liberty's interests in QVC, Provide Commerce,
IAC/InterActiveCorp and Expedia, and the Liberty Capital group, which includes
all of Liberty's assets that are not attributed to the Liberty Interactive
group, including Liberty's interests in Starz Entertainment Group and News
Corporation.
Starz
Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) is a premium movie service provider operating
in the United States. SEG offers 16 movie channels including the
flagship Starz® and Encore® brands with approximately 14.6 million and 26.4
million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment Group airs more than
1,000
movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services
including Starz HDTV, Starz On Demand and Vongo(SM). Starz Entertainment
Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is
attributed to Liberty Capital Group. www.Starz.com.
IDT
Corporation is an innovative and opportunistic multinational holding company
with operations that span various industries. Through its Telecom subsidiary,
IDT provides telecommunications services worldwide to the retail and wholesale
markets. IDT’s Capital division incubates newer businesses, and the company’s
Spectrum subsidiary holds its spectrum license assets.
IDT
Telecom provides retail and wholesale telecommunications services and products,
including pre-paid and rechargeable calling cards, consumer local, long
distance, and wireless phone services, and wholesale carrier services. Through
Net2Phone, the company also provides a range of voice over Internet protocol
(VoIP) communications services. IDT Capital’s operations include an Energy
Services Company (ESCO) in New York State, ethnic food distribution, brochure
distribution and other initiatives.
IDT
Corporation's Class B Common Stock and Common Stock trade on the New York Stock
Exchange under the ticker symbols IDT and IDT.C, respectively.
Liberty
Media Contact: John Orr (720) 875-5622
Starz
Contact: Tom Southwick (720) 852-5821
IDT
Contact: Gil Nielsen (973) 438-3553