January 2, 2002 -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT) announced it has become the primary provider of broadband services for Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment's (SPDE) Screenblast. The Level 3 services will support SPDE's new broadband creativity platform. To enable its new Screenblast broadband Internet offering, Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment has purchased multiple Level 3 services, including (3)Center Colocation and (3)CrossRoads Internet access.

According to Sony, Screenblast is an innovative entertainment offering aimed at consumers with broadband Internet connections. Through the SPDE web site or the Screenblast web site, consumers can enter an interactive world where they can choose to navigate through five genre channels-action, comedy, drama, sci-fi and music. From there, users can then move into the "director's" seat to create and showcase their work and connect with others online through a multitude of new devices.

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