NBCi Expands Local Content and Services for NBC Owned and Affiliated Television Stations.

New Content Deals Unveiled With Zagat, EarthCam, inshop, BestPlaces.net

And Others

Restaurant Reviews, Web Cams, Movie Listings, Civic Information and Local

Shopping Services Enhance NBCi's Interactive Neighborhood

SAN FRANCISCO, June 22 /PRNewswire/ --

NBC Internet, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBCI), a leading Internet company connecting buyers to sellers through premier portal, entertainment, utility and e-commerce services, today announced major additions to NBCi's Interactive Neighborhood program (www.nbcin.com), a localized Internet content service that NBCi offers to NBC's owned and affiliated television stations, nationwide.

NBCi's Interactive Neighborhood program is a customizable service used by local NBC television stations to expand their local Web site content offerings by tapping into the broad-based portal resources of NBCi.

NBCi today announced multiple content and commerce agreements to broaden the set of services provided to local NBC TV stations. In addition to distribution on local NBC TV station Web sites, NBCi's Interactive Neighborhood local services currently are available to users on NBCi's Snap Internet portal and will soon be integrated into the new NBCi.com flagship portal launching in the Fall.

"NBC is pleased to join with NBCi to distribute and promote expanded localized Internet services to NBC viewers and users, nationwide," said Jay Ireland, President, NBC Television Stations, "NBCi's new localized product offering provides a high-quality turnkey solution for local NBC television stations interested in a cost-effective approach toward building robust station Web sites."

"Today's announcement is a prime example of the deepening commitment between NBC and NBCi. We are excited to continue to extend NBCi's alliance with NBC to reach both national and local TV audiences as we acquire high quality users and monetize them over the lifetime of their relationships with NBCi and our partners," said Will Lansing, CEO of NBCi. "NBCi has begun to successfully turn NBC's national television audience into NBCi users and members, and we're confident that a robust NBCi Interactive Neighborhood will help enable local NBC TV stations to leverage their relationships with their communities to grow local Web businesses."

NBCi Interactive Neighborhood city centers currently are available in 210 metro areas across the country. In addition to providing such popular information services as local news, yellow pages, weather, maps and driving directions, TV listings, schools, events, personals and lottery, NBCi Interactive Neighborhood now offers several new features, including:

-- Restaurant Reviews: Through an alliance with Zagat, a premiere provider of survey-based dining, lodging and leisure information, NBCi's local services offer a world-class restaurant guide where users can search for a restaurant by neighborhood or cuisine, or browse the top favorites. Whether it's best buys or top decor, users will quickly find interesting restaurant selections from this well-respected resource.

-- City Earthcams: The country's most beautiful cities are only a click away as NBCi Interactive Neighborhood focuses its constantly updated Webcam pages on cities across the U.S., powered by EarthCam.

-- Movie Showtimes: NBCi's Interactive Neighborhood offers a one-stop guide to the silver screen that features daily updates on showtimes for theaters around the country, photos and synopses of the movies users want to see, and the ability to vote for favorite films.

-- Civic Information: BestPlaces.net, the service known for powering "Best Places to Live" features, provides city profiles and statistics in such categories as housing, cost of living, crime, education, economy, health and climate. Users can compare cities by choosing any two cities and displaying their attributes side-by-side.

-- Local Shopping: Integrated Snap Shopping offerings and inshop's local sales listings in 52 cities connect users to great buying opportunities in their own neighborhood.

About NBC Internet, Inc. (NBCi):

NBC Internet, Inc. (NBCi) is a leading Internet media company connecting buyers to sellers through premier portal, entertainment and e-commerce services. NBCi serves its users and its partners by brokering information, commercial, and entertainment transactions. NBCi's consumer portal -- www.snap.com -- provides Internet search and directory, information, community, e-commerce, and entertainment services. NBCI's broadband destination -- www.nbci.com -- aggregates top quality multimedia content and services for high-speed users. NBCi's business-to-small business portal -- www.allbusiness.com -- offers information, products, and services to help small businesses start and grow.

NBCi was launched in November 1999 through the combination of Snap, Xoom.com, NBC.com, NBC Interactive Neighborhood, VideoSeeker, and a 10 percent equity stake in CNBC.com. NBC Internet publicly trades under the ticker NBCi on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R). NBC, a subsidiary of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), holds a 40.3 percent ownership stake in NBCi. NBCi is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. For more information about NBCi and its Internet services, please see the NBCi corporate Web site at www.NBCi.com/corporate.

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking. These statements are based on NBCi's expectations of its future results as of the date of this press release. Actual results may differ materially from those projected because of a number of risks and uncertainties, including those listed from time to time in NBC Internet Inc.'s SEC reports, including but not limited to the Registration Statement on Forms S-1 and S-4 filed by NBC Internet, Inc., as amended. Important factors that could cause the results to differ materially from those in any such forward-looking statements include: NBCi's limited operating history; unpredictability of its quarter-to-quarter results; its unproven business model and dependence on members; risks associated with its international operations; its reliance on a network infrastructure; its dependence on vendors and suppliers; management of its growth and expansion; risks associated with brand development; its reliance on advertising revenue; intense competition with other Web communities and businesses; the risks of infringement of intellectual property rights; risks associated with acquisitions; and reliance on strategic relationships.