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Santa Claus' Christmas Box: A new broadband Christmas service in Japan offered [22.11.01]

Europe's leading Christmas content provider Joulupukki TV, based on the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, together with Japanese leading Internet broadcasting site Impress TV, Music Media Research and the biggest Internet greeting card service provider Ynot, will open a new unique Christmas service called "Santa Claus" Christmas Box" this Christmas. This new chargeable download service offering original Christmas content about Santa Claus and Lapland will be offered by Impress TV, (http://www.impress.tv) from it is opening on the 1st of December until the 24th of December. Internet Flash animation greeting cards can be found on the http://www.Ynot.co.jp site. The cards have a link and information about the "Christmas Box" and they will be promoting the "Santa Claus' Christmas Box" from the 20th of November.

Services included in the Santa Claus' Christmas Box are:

1. Santa Claus' Magic Gift Calendar
A 24 episode advent calendar series produced by Joulupukki TV Oy
Price - 900 yen (24 episodes)

2. Digital album ~Christmas Songs J-POP version ~
Popular independent musicians have produced 6 Christmas songs (MP3) and Music Media Research has produced video clips
Price - 600 yen (6 songs)

3. Digital album ~Christmas Songs traditional version ~
6 traditional Christmas music (MP3) and video clips produced by Joulupukki TV
Price - 300 yen (6 songs)

Information about the partners

Impress TV
Impress.tv has been online since 15th of November 2000. It belongs to the Impress Group, one of the biggest publishing companies in Japan. It is a futuristic Internet broadcasting channel. It provides useful and unique real time streaming video contents on demand. http://impress.tv

Ynot
Ynot is an Internet greeting card service, with about 2 000 000 registered users. It is aggressively developing its marketing activity, which utilises a rich user profile. http://www.ynot.co.jp

Music Media Research
Music Media Research belongs to the Impress group. It manages the "MUSIC Watch" site http://musicwatch.impress.co.jp and is presently developing a music download service, produced mainly by independent artists. The company also provides music for the NTT DoCoMo' "M-stage music" service among others.

Joulupukki TV
Joulupukki TV ("Joulupukki" meaning Santa Claus in Finnish) is the Europe's leading provider of Christmas-related digital content. The company, based in SantaPark on the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, produces television programmes, mobile entertainment content and Santa Claus' Internet television channel http://www.santatelevision.com



Additional information:

Joulupukki TV Oy (Ltd)
Mr. Tommi LAPPALAINEN
Deputy CEO
Address: FIN-96930 Arctic Circle
Tel. +358 (0)16 311 445
GSM: +358 40 835 14 28
E-mail: santatelevision@santatelevision.com
15.04.04

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