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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Form 10-K

(Mark One)

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2003
or

Commission File Number: 0-22334

LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation

3900 West Innovation Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57107

(605) 988 - 1000

		Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [   ] ..
		Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of the Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [   ]
		Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes [X] No [   ]
		State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter. $92,117,250.

The number of shares of common stock of the Registrant outstanding as of March 2, 2004, was 13,074,726 shares.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE - Portions of the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement for the 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K.

This Report contains a total of 68 pages, excluding exhibits. The exhibit index appears on page 37.

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     As used herein (unless the context otherwise requires) “LodgeNet”, the “Company” and/or the “Registrant” mean LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.

     “LodgeNet “, the LodgeNet logo, “SigNETure TV”, “SigNETure PC”, “Hotel SportsNET”, and “TechConnection” are service marks or registered trademarks of LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation; all other trademarks or service marks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

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PART I

Item 1 - Business

Overview

     LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation is one of the world’s largest and leading providers of interactive television systems and broadband services to hotels, resorts and casinos throughout the United States and Canada, as well as select international markets. It is estimated that more than 260 million guests a year have access to a wide variety of LodgeNet’s interactive television services, which are designed to make their stay more enjoyable, productive and convenient. As of December 31, 2003, the Company provided television services to approximately 5,800 hotel properties serving nearly one million rooms.

     The Company’s services are purchased by guests on a per-view, hourly, or daily basis and include on-demand movies, video games, music and music videos, Internet on television (which does not require a laptop) and television on-demand programming (all such products are referred to by the Company as Guest Pay interactive services). Service packages may also include satellite-delivered basic and premium television programming, and other interactive entertainment and information services that are paid for by the hotel and provided to guests at no charge (referred to by the Company as free-to-guest services). In addition, the Company provides high-speed laptop Internet access services that hotels can also provide to their guests. The Company provides its services to various corporate-managed hotel chains such as Baymont Inns & Suites, Delta Hotels, Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Grand Casinos, Hampton Inn, Harrah’s, Hilton, Homewood Suites, LaQuinta, Omni Hotels, Outrigger, Red Roof Inn, Ritz Carlton, Sheraton and Wingate Inn, plus major REITs and management companies such as Felcor, Flagstone, Interstate, Kimpton, Prime, WestCoast Hospitality, as well as many independent properties using the Fairmont, Holiday Inn, Inter-Continental, Marriott, Courtyard by Marriott, Prince, Radisson, W Hotel, Westin and other trade names.

     As shown in the table below, the Company has experienced substantial revenue growth over the past five years, primarily as the result of the rapid expansion of the number of rooms installed with the Company’s interactive services.

	(1)		End of year statistics.
	(2)		Digital rooms are equipped with an interactive digital system where on-demand movies, television on-demand programming, and music content are stored in a digital format and are updated and delivered via satellite to the Company’s systems within respective hotels. Digital rooms are included

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			with the total Guest Pay interactive rooms and represent 42% of the Guest Pay interactive rooms served as of December 31, 2003.
	(3)		Total rooms served include those rooms receiving one or more of the Company’s services, including rooms served by international licensees.
	(4)		Operating income before depreciation and amortization is calculated by adding depreciation and amortization to operating income. Operating income before depreciation and amortization is not intended to represent an alternative to operating income and is not representative of funds available for discretionary use due to the Company’s financing obligations. Management utilizes operating income before depreciation and amortization to provide a stable and consistent comparison of operating performance exclusive of historical costs of capital related to depreciation and amortization. The Company believes that depreciation and amortization are fixed or “sunk” costs, which do not provide a stable measure for variable or controllable operating performance.

     The Company provides its services directly to hotel customers and their guests throughout the United States and Canada, and through licensing arrangements with companies in other select countries. Typically, the Company’s contracts with hotels, resorts and casinos are exclusive and have initial, non-cancelable terms of five to seven years. As of December 31, 2003, the Company’s average remaining contract term was approximately 41 months. The exclusive nature of these contracts allows the Company to estimate (based on certain operating assumptions) future revenues, cash flows and rates of return related to the contracts prior to making a capital investment decision.

     The Company designs, develops, owns and operates the interactive television systems installed at each property. The interactive system connects each individual hotel room to a server, referred to as the “headend,” located in the hotel. Because of the flexible and modular design of the system architecture, the Company can typically upgrade its software and hardware to support the introduction of new interactive services and integrate new technologies as they become commercially available and economically viable.

     The Company also provides high-speed Internet access through the sale and installation of equipment to subscribing hotels. The Company also receives monthly service fees from such hotels for technical maintenance and call center support services following the initial installation.

     In 2001, the Company introduced a digital-based system that enhances and expands the delivery of content and services through its interactive television system, providing travelers with enhanced levels of choice, convenience and control in the guest room. As of December 31, 2003, the Company had installed its digital system in over 385,000 rooms, or 42% of its installed Guest Pay interactive base. In addition to the on-demand movies, video games, and other services provided by the Company’s installed tape-based systems, the digital system offers (i) increased variety and availability of on-demand movies; (ii) television on-demand programming; (iii) digital music and music videos; (iv) Internet on television; (v) access to Internet-sourced content; (vi) on-screen controls that allow the guest more viewing control and flexibility; (vii) improved guest marketing and merchandising capabilities; and (viii) a system architecture that receives video and music content via a satellite distribution network, resulting in operating cost reductions for the Company. The Company plans to continue to install its interactive digital system in all newly installed hotel properties and in selected existing sites as current service contracts are successfully renewed and extended.

     The Company remains focused on executing its long-term business strategy, which is based on five key elements:

	1.		Continued expansion of the Company’s interactive digital room base.
	2.		Increased revenue per room by continued expansion of product offerings to hotels and their guests.
	3.		Continued increases in operating margins through effective cost controls.
	4.		Continued integration of cost-effective system technologies.
	5.		Continued reduction of the Company’s reliance on external financing.

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     The Company is a Delaware corporation with its principal executive offices located at 3900 West Innovation Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57107. The Company’s telephone number is (605) 988-1000.

Markets and Customers

     Domestic Market. The Company’s primary market for its services is predominantly the mid-size and large hotel segments within the United States and Canada. Based on industry sources, the Company estimates that these segments account for approximately 72%, or 3.5 million, of the lodging industry’s estimated 4.8 million rooms. Additionally, whereas the Company served nearly one million rooms as of December 31, 2003, the Company believes that growth opportunities remain available through (i) economically-viable rooms not yet served by any provider; (ii) supply growth within the lodging industry; and (iii) rooms currently served by other service providers when their contracts expire.

     Diversified Customer Base. The Company believes that its interactive hotel base is well diversified in terms of (i) location; (ii) demographics; and (iii) customer contracts. As of December 31, 2003, no single state or province accounted for more than 10% of the hotel properties served by the Company. In segmenting the Company’s hotel base according to six demographic classifications set by industry sources, no segment of the Company’s served hotels represented more than 30% of its interactive base. The Company provides its services to various corporate-managed hotel chains such as Baymont Inns & Suites, Delta Hotels, Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Grand Casinos, Hampton Inn, Harrah’s, Hilton, Homewood Suites, LaQuinta, Omni Hotels, Outrigger, Red Roof Inn, Ritz Carlton, Sheraton and Wingate Inn, plus major REITs and management companies such as Felcor, Flagstone, Interstate, Kimpton, Prime, WestCoast Hospitality, as well as many independent properties using the Fairmont, Holiday Inn, Inter-Continental, Marriott, Courtyard by Marriott, Prince, Radisson, W Hotel, Westin and other trade names. In 2000, the Company signed a contract with Hilton Hotels Corporation (Hilton) to install, on an exclusive basis, its interactive television system in all Hilton owned properties and to be the exclusive recommended provider of choice for its managed and franchised properties. During 2003, hotels covered by the master services agreement with Hilton represented approximately 12.5% of the Company’s consolidated revenue.

     International Market. The Company also provides services in select international countries—primarily countries located in Central and South America—through licensing arrangements with companies in these areas. Under the arrangements, the Company does not provide any capital investment. Instead, the Company sells equipment and licenses its interactive television system and technologies to the licensee and receives a royalty based on gross revenue. Financial information related to the Company’s international operations is included within the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Services and Products

     Guest Pay Interactive Services. The Company’s primary source of revenue is providing in-room, interactive television services to the lodging industry, for which the hotel guest pays on a per-view, hourly or daily basis. The high-speed, two-way digital communications design of the Company’s system architecture enables the Company to provide interactive features, such as on-demand movies, video games, music and music videos, Internet on television (which does not require a laptop), and television on-demand programming. Guest Pay interactive revenue packages may also include satellite-delivered basic and premium television programming, which is paid for by the hotel and provided to guests free of charge. Programming is delivered through a long-term agreement with DIRECTV via satellite and distributed to guest rooms over the internal hotel network. Premium channels, such as HBO, Showtime and The Disney Channel broadcast major motion pictures and specialty programming, while non-premium channels, such as CNN, ESPN and TBS, broadcast news, sports and informational programs. The Company also sells system equipment and provides contracted services such as high-speed Internet equipment maintenance and customer support to hotels.

     In 2001, the Company began wide-scale deployment of a digital-based system. In addition to the services already offered on its tape-based systems, the digital system allows guests to choose from an expanded menu of video as well as other forms of programming, including digital music services and access to Internet content through the television. Rooms having the Company’s digital system generated an average of 39% more revenue during 2003 than its traditional tape-based systems. Additionally, the interactive digital systems are equipped so that content such as on-demand movies and music content are updated and delivered via satellite to the Company’s system within each hotel. This not only eliminates videotapes and shipping costs and reduces the need for technician visits to update the content,

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but also ensures that all of the Company’s digital hotels can offer the content as of the first date available for exhibition. In 2003, the Company introduced its next generation digital system — SigNETure TV^SM. This system allows each hotel, working with the Company’s designers, to customize the “look and feel” of the system’s user interface to reflect the hotel’s brand standards and to utilize the guest room televisions for its internal or brand marketing campaigns. As of December 31, 2003, the Company had over 385,000 digital interactive television rooms.

     The revenues generated from Guest Pay interactive services are dependent upon a number of factors, including: (i) the number of rooms equipped with the Company’s interactive television system; (ii) the range of interactive television and broadband services offered at each hotel; (iii) the popularity of content offered; (iv) the price of the service purchased by the hotel guest; and (v) the occupancy rate at the property. The Company’s ability to increase the number of rooms served is dependent on a number of factors, including the desirability of the Company’s technology, new hotel construction, and the Company’s ability to market its services to hotels upon expiration of competitors’ contracts with those hotels. The range of services offered is greater in those rooms equipped with a digital system versus those with a tape-based system and, therefore, digital equipped rooms generally generate greater revenue. Revenues vary with the number and popularity of the major motion pictures available and the guests’ other entertainment alternatives. The price charged for each programming option is established by the Company and is set according to the guest mix profile at each property and overall economic conditions. Movie prices are set by the Company on a title-by-title basis and may be higher in some locations and for more popular titles. Occupancy rates vary by property, based on the property’s competitive position within its marketplace, over time based on seasonal factors, and as a result of changes in general economic conditions. Typically, occupancy rates are higher during the second and third quarters due to seasonal travel patterns.

     Other Services. The Company also provides satellite-delivered basic and premium television programming at properties not receiving Guest Pay interactive services for which the hotel, rather than its guests, pays the charges. The Company competes with local cable television operators by tailoring different programming packages to provide specific channels desired by the hotel subscriber, which typically reduces the overall cost to the hotel of the services provided.

     The Company also sells system equipment and provides contracted services such as high-speed Internet equipment maintenance and customer support to hotels. The Company believes that these services complement its goal of being a full-service provider of in-room entertainment and information services to the lodging industry.

Operations

     Contracts. The Company provides its Guest Pay interactive television services under contracts with lodging properties that generally run for a term of five to seven years. Over the five-year period ended December 31, 2003, the average initial term of new contracts was six and a half years. The Company’s contracts typically provide that the Company will be the exclusive provider of in-room, on-demand television entertainment services to the hotels, permit the Company to set prices for Guest Pay interactive services, and allow the Company to terminate the contract and remove its systems if the results of operations of the Company’s system installed at the hotel do not meet the Company’s return on investment criteria. These contracts also typically grant the Company a right of first refusal regarding the provision of additional video related services to the hotel. Under these contracts, the Company installs its interactive television system in the hotel free of charge and retains ownership of all equipment utilized in providing its services. The terms contained in the contracts with corporate-managed hotels generally are negotiated by that hotel’s corporate management, and the hotels subscribe at the direction of corporate management. In the case of franchised hotels, the contracts are generally negotiated separately with each hotel. For Guest Pay interactive services which are paid for by the hotel guest, the hotel collects such charges, coincident with the collection of room and other charges made by the hotel guest, and the hotel remits monthly to the Company. The hotel retains a commission from such charges, which varies depending on the size and profitability of the system and other factors. The Company generally seeks to extend and renew hotel contracts in advance of their expiration on substantially similar terms. The average remaining life of the Company’s current Guest Pay interactive contracts is approximately 41 months. Approximately 16% of current Guest Pay contracts are coming up for renewal prior to 2005.

     Programming. The Company obtains non-exclusive rights to show recently released major motion pictures from motion picture studios pursuant to an agreement with each studio that is typically two to three years in length. The

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royalty rate for each movie is pre-determined, with the studio receiving a percentage of the gross revenue from the movie. For recently released motion pictures, the Company typically obtains rights to exhibit the picture while it is still in theatrical release, but prior to its release to the home video market or for exhibition on cable television. For its television on-demand programming, the Company obtains rights to release television on-demand content for which the Company pays a predetermined percentage of gross revenue or a one-time fixed fee. The Company obtains independent films, most of which are non-rated and intended for mature audiences, for a one-time fixed fee. The Company also obtains non-exclusive rights to digital music content through an agreement with a third party vendor, whereby the Company pays a predetermined percentage of the gross revenue from the music service. The Company obtains its selection of Nintendo video games pursuant to a non-exclusive license agreement with Nintendo. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company pays a monthly fee based on revenue generated from Nintendo video game services. The Company monitors guests’ entertainment selections and adjusts its programming and pricing of the programming to respond to viewing patterns.

     The Company obtains most of its basic and premium television programming pursuant to a seven-year agreement entered into with DIRECTV in January 2000. The Company also has direct agreements with certain other select programming providers. The Company pays its programming providers a fixed, monthly fee for each room or subscriber receiving the service.

     Management believes that relations with the programming suppliers are good and expects to renew these contracts as necessary on competitive terms.

     Technology, Product Development and Patents. The Company designs and develops its own interactive television systems. Because such systems utilize an open architecture system incorporating industry standard interfaces, the Company can upgrade system software to support the introduction of new services or integrate new technologies as they become economically viable. The Company’s interactive television system incorporates the Company’s scaleable broadband system architecture with commercially manufactured, readily available electronic and computer components and hardware.

     The Company’s system architecture utilizes the Company’s proprietary, two-way digital communications design to process and respond rapidly to input commands from the viewer. This capability enables the Company to provide sophisticated interactive television services such as on-demand movies, network-based video games, music services, Internet on television, and a variety of other interactive services such as review of room charges and video checkout, guest surveying, and other guest services.

     The Company’s interactive television systems consist of equipment located within the guest room and a headend (associated equipment required for the reception, storage, amplification and modulation of signals) located elsewhere in the hotel. Typical in-room equipment includes a terminal unit, a hand-held television remote control and a video game controller. For those properties equipped with the digital systems, in-room equipment may also include an infrared computer keyboard. Video and music programming originates from the system headend and is transmitted to individual rooms over the hotel’s internal network. Video game programs are downloaded into dedicated video game processors also located within the headend. Keystrokes and other system commands and communications are transmitted from the room using the Company’s proprietary communications infrastructure and the video and other signals are transmitted to the guest room over the network. The system computer controls the delivery of the Guest Pay interactive services to the guest room and also records purchase transactions and billing data to the hotel’s accounting system, which posts the charge to the guest’s bill. Those rooms equipped for high-speed laptop Internet capabilities have a desktop device, which allows for the guest to link to a high-speed Internet connection using a laptop computer.

     It is the Company’s policy to apply for patents on those product designs which management believes may be of significance to the Company. The Company currently holds 11 United States patents, and has other applications for patents pending, which pertain to various other aspects of the Company’s interactive systems. The Company also licenses industry-related technology from third parties.

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the Company has not sought registration are governed by common law and state unfair competition laws. Because the Company believes that these trademarks are significant to the Company’s business, the Company has taken legal steps to protect its trademarks in the past and intends to actively protect these trademarks in the future. The Company believes that its trademarks are generally well recognized by consumers of its products and are associated with a high level of quality and value.

     Sales and Marketing. The Company focuses its sales and marketing strategies on acquiring new contracts from hotels, extending and retaining existing contracts, and marketing the Company’s Guest Pay interactive services to hotel guests. The Company’s sales and marketing organization includes national account representatives who develop relationships with national hotel franchise organizations and management groups, and regional sales representatives who maintain relationships primarily with regional hotel management and ownership organizations. The Company markets its services and products to hotels by advertising in industry trade publications, attending industry trade shows, direct marketing and telemarketing. The Company’s sales activities are coordinated from its headquarters.

     The Company markets its services to hotel guests by means of an interactive, image-based menu and purchasing protocol using on-screen graphics, promotions and programming information. The system also generates a “Welcome Channel” which appears on-screen when the television is turned on and describes the programming and interactive services available through the Company’s system.

     Installation Operations. The Company’s installation personnel prepare engineering surveys for each hotel, install the Company’s systems, train the hotel staff to operate the systems and perform quality control tests. Due to the Company’s geographically diversified customer base, the Company has determined that it is usually more cost effective to utilize subcontracted installation teams. In 2003, subcontractors completed approximately 87% of the Company’s new and conversion of tape-to-digital installations.

     Service Operations. The Company believes that high quality and consistent systems support and maintenance are essential to competitive success in its industry. The Company emphasizes the use of Company-employed service personnel operating from 27 locations throughout the United States and Canada, but also uses Company-trained subcontractors in areas where there is not a sufficient concentration of Company-served hotels to warrant a Company-employed service representative. Currently, the Company-employed service organization has responsibility for approximately 90% of the Guest Pay interactive hotel rooms served by the Company. Service personnel are responsible for all preventive and corrective systems maintenance.

     The Company maintains a toll-free customer support hot line, TechConnection^SM, which is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by Company-employed and trained support technicians. The on-line diagnostic capability of the Company’s systems enables the Company to identify and resolve a majority of reported system service issues from the Company’s service control center without visiting the hotel property. When a service visit is required, the modular design of the Company’s systems permits service personnel to replace only those components that are defective at the hotel site.

     Component Suppliers. The Company contracts directly with various electronics firms for the manufacture and assembly of certain of its systems hardware, the design of which is controlled by the Company. The Company has found these suppliers to be dependable and generally able to meet delivery schedules on time. The Company believes that, in the event of a termination of any of its sources, with proper notification from the supplier, alternate suppliers could be located without incurring significant costs or delays. Certain electronic component parts used within the Company’s products are available from a limited number of suppliers and can be subject to temporary shortages because of general economic conditions and the demand and supply for such component parts. If the Company were to experience a shortage of any given electronic part, the Company believes that alternative parts could be obtained or system design changes implemented. In such event, the Company could experience a temporary reduction in the rate of new installations or tape-to-digital conversions and/or an increase in the cost of such installations. All other components of the Company’s systems are standard commercial products, such as computers, hard drives, modulators and amplifiers that are available from multiple sources. The Company believes its anticipated growth can be accommodated through existing suppliers.

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Competition

     Based on the number of hotels and rooms served, the Company is one of the world’s largest and leading providers of interactive television systems and broadband services to hotels, resorts and casinos, serving over 5,800 hotels and nearly one million rooms. Competition in this industry is very active and includes virtually all aspects of the entertainment industry. Market participants include, but are not limited to (i) other interactive television service providers (such as On Command Corporation, Hospitality Networks, SeaChange, InRoomVideo, Verizon, Sprint, NexTV, General Dynamics, SVI and other international providers, such as Quadriga); (ii) cable television companies (such as Comcast, Cox Cable, Time Warner and Charter Communications); (iii) direct broadcast satellite companies (such as DIRECTV and EchoStar Communications); (iv) television networks and programmers (such as ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, HBO, and Showtime); (v) Internet service providers and high-speed portals (such as STSN, Wayport, Guestek, Time Warner, and Yahoo); (vi) companies offering web sites that provide on-demand movies; (vii) rental companies that provide videocassettes and DVDs that can be viewed in properly equipped hotel rooms and on other portable viewing devices; and (viii) hotels that offer in-room laptops with Internet access or other types of Internet access systems. Lodging industry guests also obtain entertainment and information from print media (such as newspapers, magazines, and books), concerts, sporting events, and movie theatres. Given the dynamism of communications technology, the Company expects to continue to confront new sources of competition.

     A number of potential competitors could use their existing infrastructure to provide in-room entertainment services to the lodging industry, including some of the aforementioned franchised and wireless cable operators, telecommunications companies, Internet service and digital broadcast service providers. Some of these potential competitors are already providing Guest Pay, free-to-guest or Internet-related services to the lodging industry. Some of these companies have substantially greater financial and other resources than the Company, and it is possible that such competitors may develop a technology that is more cost effective than the Company’s. To respond to competition, the Company will need to continue to enhance its interactive systems, expand its operations and meet the increasing demands for competitive pricing, service quality and availability of value-added product offerings.

     Competition with respect to hotel contracts centers on a variety of factors, depending upon the features important to a particular hotel. Among the more important factors are: (i) the features and benefits of the service offering and Internet systems; (ii) the quality of the vendor’s technical support and maintenance services; (iii) the financial terms and conditions of the proposed contract (including commissions to the hotel); and (iv) the ability to complete system installation in a timely and efficient manner. In addition, with respect to hotel properties already receiving in-room entertainment or high-speed Internet services, the incumbent provider may have certain informational and installation cost advantages as compared to outside competitors.

     The Company believes that its competitive advantages include: (i) its interactive television system and broadband architecture that enables the Company to deliver a broad range of interactive features and services such as on-demand movies, television on-demand programming, network-based video games, music services, Internet on television, and high-speed Internet access; (ii) the flexible design of the Company’s system which typically enables it to add enhancements or integrate new technologies and services as they become commercially available and they are economically viable; (iii) high quality customer support and field service operations; and (iv) an experienced management team and sales organization. The Company believes that its past success in securing contracts reflects the strong competitive position of the Company’s products and services.

     While the Company believes that its system architecture is comparable or superior to the systems currently being used by its competitors in the lodging industry, there can be no assurance that such competitors will not develop a cost-effective system that is comparable or superior to the Company’s system. There can be no assurance that the Company will continue its current level of success in obtaining new contracts from hotels currently served by other vendors or previously unserved, or that the Company will be able to retain contracts with hotels it serves when those contracts expire.

     Although in the free-to-guest market, the local franchised cable operator in a hotel’s market may have a substantial market presence, such operators typically offer the hotel owner only standard packages of programming typically developed for the residential market rather than the lodging market, and at a fixed price per room based on all the channels provided. The Company competes with the franchised cable operator for free-to-guest contracts by

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customizing packages of programming to provide only those channels desired by the hotel, typically reducing the overall cost per room to the hotel operator.

     Competitive pressures in the guest pay, free-to-guest and high-speed Internet access segments could result in reduced market share for the Company, higher hotel commissions, lower margins and increased expenditures for marketing, product development and systems installation, each of which could adversely affect the Company’s financial condition and operating results.

Business Strategy

     Continued expansion of the Company’s interactive digital room base. Within the Company’s target market of hotels with 75 or more rooms (which is estimated, based on industry resources, to contain 3.5 million hotel rooms), the Company believes opportunity exists for continued, selective growth in its Guest Pay interactive room base. The growth opportunities remain available through (i) economically-viable rooms not yet served by any provider; (ii) supply growth within the lodging industry; and (iii) rooms currently served by other service providers when their contracts expire. Historically, the Company has experienced significant success in capturing such rooms. Over the last three years, approximately 34% of the Company’s growth has come from rooms previously under contract with other providers. Conversely, the Company has lost an average of approximately 2% of its installed base per year. Of those hotels that the Company did not renew, the majority was at the discretion of the Company, as the expected return on required renewal upgrade capital did not meet the Company’s return on investment criteria. The Company believes that the cost-effective and flexible design of its scaleable interactive digital system which offers enhanced revenue opportunities, combined with its expertise in installation, programming, technical support and customer service, will allow the Company to continue to expand and retain its interactive room base pursuant to long-term contracts. Internationally, the Company intends to continue to expand into selected countries in Asia, Latin America, South America and other regions through licensing agreements with entities in those areas.

     Increased revenue per room by continued expansion of product offerings to hotels and their guests. The Company plans to increase the revenue it realizes from each Guest Pay interactive room by expanding and enhancing the scope of its interactive television programming and broadband services. The Company intends to continue installing its interactive digital system in properties new to the Company and in selected existing properties currently served by the Company in exchange for long-term contract extensions of its services. The Company’s interactive digital system, which is currently installed in 42% of the Company’s Guest Pay interactive room base, generated 39% more revenue during 2003 than the traditional tape-based rooms due in part to the increased variety and availability of movie content, television on-demand programming, digital music services, Internet on television, improved marketing and merchandising capabilities, and on-screen controls that allow the guest more viewing control and flexibility. The Company also intends to expand the number of hotels at which it provides high-speed Internet access services, for which it receives maintenance and customer support services fees.

     Continued increases in operating margins through effective cost controls. Complementing the Company’s room and revenue growth objectives is its ongoing goal of increasing operating margins by reducing direct and overhead expenses, as measured on a percentage of revenue and on a per-installed basis. Further, the Company’s digital system continues to lower operating costs by distributing movies, television on-demand programming, and music content via satellite, eliminating videotape and shipping costs as well as a technician’s visit to the hotel to load the content. The on-line diagnostic capabilities of the Company’s systems also enable the Company to identify and resolve a majority of reported system service issues from the Company’s service control center without visiting the hotel property. The Company believes that further efficiencies will be achieved as it continues to expand the number of installed rooms and the scope of its interactive television and interactive product offerings.

     Continued integration of cost-effective system technologies. The Company intends to continue to use its product design and development expertise to make system improvements as well as lower the installation cost of new and upgraded systems. Lower installation costs allow the Company to economically install its system into more diverse hotel properties as the Company makes its investment decisions based upon estimates of future revenues, cash flows and rates of return related to the contracts. In addition, lower installation and upgrade costs increase the return on invested capital for any given revenue stream. Lastly, system enhancements typically increase the market

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demand for the Company’s interactive systems based on new system features and benefits and many times also increase the revenue generating capability of the system.

     Continued reduction of the Company’s reliance on external financing. During 2003, the Company generated $48.6 million in cash flow from operations and $6.5 million of operating income. Additionally, the Company controlled discretionary spending, further reduced its capital investment per new digital room and managed its working capital to generate increased cash from operations. Given the Company’s current business plan for projected capital investment over the next several years, the Company anticipates that it will continue to reduce its reliance on external financing to grow its business.

     The following table sets forth the decreasing reliance on external financing for the years ended December 31:

Regulation

     Cable Television Regulation. The Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996, (collectively, the “Communications Act”) governs the regulation of cable systems. The law defines a “cable system” as a facility, consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment that is designed to provide cable service which includes video programming and which is provided to multiple subscribers within a community, but the law exempts from that definition, among other facilities, a facility that serves subscribers without using any public rights-of-way. The Company constructs and operates separate headend systems at each hotel and those systems do not use public rights-of-way. Consequently, the Company is not required to comply with many of the Federal Communication Commission’s (“FCC”) rules relating to cable systems, including, among other things, rate regulation and the requirement to obtain a franchise from local government authorities in order to provide video services.

     As a multichannel video programming distributor, however, the Company is subject to various provisions of the Communications Act. These include laws and regulations that benefit the Company, such as provisions that ensure the Company access to programming on fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms, as well as provisions that subject the Company to additional requirements, such as the requirement to obtain consent from broadcasters in order to retransmit their signals over the Company’s systems.

     Internet Regulation. The Internet-based services offered by the Company potentially may be affected by various laws and government regulations. There are currently few laws or regulations directly applicable to access to or commerce on commercial online services or the Internet. However, because of the increasing popularity and use of commercial online services and the Internet, new laws and regulations may be adopted. The adoption of such laws or regulations in the future may slow the growth of commercial online services and the Internet, which could in turn cause a decline in the demand for the Company’s Internet-based services and products or otherwise have an adverse effect on the Company.

     On January 18, 2001, the FCC released a Notice of Inquiry regarding interactive television services (“ITV”) over cable television. The FCC sought comment on, among other things, an appropriate definition of ITV services, whether access to a high-speed connection is necessary to realize ITV capabilities, and whether a nondiscrimination rule is necessary and/or appropriate. The FCC has not yet taken any action in response to this proceeding. It is not possible at this time to predict the outcome of the proceedings or its effect on the Company.

     The foregoing does not purport to describe all present and proposed federal, state and local regulations and legislation relating to the video programming industry. Other existing federal, state and local laws and regulations

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currently are, or may be, the subject of a variety of judicial proceedings, legislative hearings, and administrative and legislative proposals that could change in varying degrees the manner in which private cable operators, other video programming distributors, and Internet service providers operate. The Company cannot predict the outcome of these proceedings or their impact upon its operations at this time.

Employees

     As of December 31, 2003, the Company had 794 employees in the United States and Canada, none of which are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The Company has not experienced any significant labor problems and believes that its relationship with its employees is good.

Web Site Access to SEC Filings

     The Company’s web site address is http://www.lodgenet.com. It makes its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports available free of charge on its web site as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC.

Item 2 - Properties

     The Company’s headquarters, including its distribution center and principal executive offices, are located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Company owned facility occupies approximately 228,500 square feet including approximately 126,500 square feet for executive, administrative and support functions, approximately 60,000 square feet for assembly and distribution functions, and approximately 42,000 square feet for warehouse space. The opening of the facility in 1997 allowed the Company to consolidate its local operations into a single, multipurpose facility, which is designed to enhance operational efficiency and to facilitate any necessary future expansion needs of the Company. The Company believes that its facility is sufficient to accommodate its foreseeable local operational space requirements.

     The Company leases 26 facilities, in various locations, from unaffiliated third parties. These facilities are combination warehouse/office facilities for installation and service operations and are located throughout the United States and Canada. No individual facility occupies greater than 8,000 square feet.

Item 3 - Legal Proceedings

     The Company is subject to litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. As of the date hereof, the Company believes the resolution of such litigation will not have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

     In connection with the Company’s effort to support the development of technology, which could utilize the Company’s interactive system, the Company advanced $1.0 million to Gamet Technology, Inc. pursuant to a written promissory note (the “Note”) during the first quarter of 2003. The Note was personally guaranteed by Steve and Margaret Urie, the principal owners of Gamet and collateralized by the unconditional assignment of rights to receive quarterly payments due to the principal owner pursuant to a long-term note held by the principal owner in connection with the sale of a prior business. The Note was due and payable on April 18, 2003. On July 2, 2003, the Company filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, Southern Division, in South Dakota, against Gamet and against the Uries, demanding payment of the Note. On August 12, 2003, the defendants submitted an answer denying liability on the Note. Gamet also asserted counterclaims against LodgeNet alleging that LodgeNet’s failure to procure private financing for PointOne Technologies, L.L.C., a joint venture between LodgeNet and Gamet, caused Gamet to suffer damages in an undetermined amount. On December 29, 2003, the Uries and various companies owned or controlled by the Uries, including Gamet, filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the District of Nevada. It is expected that the various bankruptcy cases will be consolidated for court management and trustee administration purposes into one case. As a result of the bankruptcy filings, LodgeNet’s claims against the Uries and Gamet are stayed. Based on the Company’s current expectation and analysis, collection on the Note is expected to begin in 2005 and to be completed by 2008.

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Item 4 - Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

     There were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders during the quarter ended December 31, 2003.

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Item 5 - Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

     The Company’s Common Stock currently trades on the NASDAQ National Market System (“NASDAQ NMS”) under the symbol “LNET”. The Company’s Common Stock began trading on the NASDAQ NMS on October 14, 1993 upon the effectiveness of its initial public offering. As of March 2, 2004, there were outstanding 13,074,726 shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

     The following table sets forth, for the fiscal quarters indicated, the range of high and low sales prices of the Company’s Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ NMS.

     On March 2, 2004, the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock, as reported by NASDAQ NMS was $18.76. Stockholders are urged to obtain current market quotations for the Company’s Common Stock. As of March 2, 2004, there were 126 stockholders of record of the Company with approximately 99% of the shares held in “street name”. The Company estimates that as of March 2, 2004, there were more than 2,500 stockholders of the Company.

Dividends

     No dividends have been paid to date on the Common Stock of the Company. The terms and conditions of the Company’s 9.5% Senior Notes and of the Company’s bank Credit Facility both contain covenants which restrict and limit payments or distributions in respect of the Common Stock of the Company.

Stockholder Rights Plan

     On February 28, 1997, the Company adopted a stockholder rights plan. The rights plan is intended to maximize stockholder value by providing flexibility to the Board of Directors in the event that an offer for the Company is received that is either inadequate or not in the best interest of all stockholders.

     Under the rights plan, the Board of Directors declared a dividend distribution of one right for each outstanding share of common stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 10, 1997. Each right, when exercisable, entitles the registered holder to purchase one one-thousandth of a share of a new series of Series A Participating Preferred Stock, at a price of $60.00.

     Initially, the rights are “attached” to the common stock and trade with the common stock. They separate from the common stock if a person or group acquires 15% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock or a public announcement of a tender offer or exchange offer is made which would result in someone becoming the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding common stock. Following a separation, the rights become exercisable, are separately tradable and the Company will mail separate rights certificates to stockholders.

     The rights expire on the earliest of February 28, 2007, the date of the consummation of a merger with a person who acquired common stock with the approval of the Board of Directors or the redemption of the rights by the Company.

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     The number of rights is adjusted to prevent dilution in the event of a stock split or stock dividend. The purchase price, and the number of shares of preferred stock issuable upon exercise of the rights, are also adjusted for stock splits and dividends, as well as for other events, including the issuance of preferred stock at less than the market price or the distribution of Company assets to preferred stockholders.

     If the Company is acquired without the approval of the directors who are neither officers of the Company nor related to the acquirer, the rights become exercisable for shares of common stock of the acquiring company with a market value of two times the exercise price. If there is merely an acquisition of at least 15% of the common stock of the Company without such approval, the rights become exercisable for common stock with a market value of two times the exercise price

     Prior to a 15% acquisition or the expiration of the rights, the Company may redeem the rights at a price of $.01 per right. The rights are also redeemable in connection with a merger or other similar transaction not involving a 15% acquirer or if the acquirer has acquired less than 15% and there are no other acquirers.

     In addition, the Board of Directors may, after a 15% acquisition (but less than a 50% acquisition), exchange the rights for shares of common stock on a one for one basis or for cash or other assets or securities of the Company.

     If issued, the preferred stock will be non-redeemable and junior to any other series of preferred stock the Company may issue, but will have a preferential quarterly dividend equal to 1,000 times the dividend, if any, declared on each share of common stock, but not less than $25.00 and, in the event of liquidation of the Company, a preferred liquidation preference equal to the greater of $1,000 or 1,000 times the payment per share of common stock. Each share of preferred stock will have 1,000 votes and will vote together with the common stock.

     Until a right is exercised, the holder will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company. The Company and the rights agent have broad discretion to amend the Rights Agreement governing the rights; however, following a separation, no amendment may adversely affect the rights holders.

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Item 6 - Selected Financial Data

     The following is a summary of Selected Data, the Statement of Operations data and other data is derived from the audited financial statements. The data should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, the notes thereto, and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, all included elsewhere herein. Dollar amounts are in thousands, except share data and per room amounts.

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(1)		During 2002, the Company entered into settlement agreements with Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), which resolved claims for alleged nonpayment of royalties on copyrighted musical works performed in major motion pictures. BMI and ASCAP had asserted that the music, primarily background music, used within major motion pictures required licensing. BMI and ASCAP sought damages for public performances of such music from their respective catalogues. As a result of the settlements, the Company recorded a provision for the litigation settlements of $2.7 million that is related to pre-2002 reporting periods. This nonrecurring charge has been reported as a litigation expense in the accompanying statements of operations.
(2)		In June 2003, the Company retired its 10.25% Senior Notes. As a result of the early retirement, the Company incurred a $7.1 million loss on the write-off of related debt issuance costs and payment of call and tender premiums, and transaction expenses. In 2001, the Company recorded a $2.1 million loss on the early retirement of its 1999 bank Credit Facility.
(3)		Presented as cash used for property and equipment additions as reported in the Statement of Cash Flows.
(4)		During 2001, the Company transitioned from installing tape-based systems to installing digital systems.
(5)		Operating income before depreciation and amortization is calculated by adding depreciation and amortization to operating income. Operating income before depreciation and amortization is not intended to represent an alternative to operating income and is not representative of funds available for discretionary use due to the Company’s financing obligations. Management utilizes operating income before depreciation and amortization to provide a stable and consistent comparison of operating performance exclusive of historical costs of capital related to depreciation and amortization. The Company believes that depreciation and amortization are fixed or “sunk” costs, which do not provide a stable measure for variable or controllable operating performance.
(6)		End of year statistics.
(7)		Total rooms served include those rooms receiving one or more of the Company’s services, including rooms served by international licensees.

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Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

     Certain statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Company’s Annual Report to Stockholders, which is being provided to stockholders together with this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including, without limitation, statements in Item 1, including certain statements under the headings “Overview”, “Markets and Customers”, “Services and Products”, “Operations”, “Competition”, “Business Strategy”, and “Regulation”, in Item 3 under the heading “Legal Proceedings”, and in Item 7 under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” constitute “forward-looking statements”. When used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K or the Company’s Annual Report to Stockholders, the words “intends,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “believes,” “goal,” “no assurance” and similar expressions and statements which are made in the future tense or refer to future events or developments, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition to the risks and uncertainties discussed herein, such factors include, among others, the following: the effects of economic conditions, including in particular the economic condition of the lodging industry, competition, programming availability and quality, technological developments, developmental difficulties and delays, relationships with clients and property owners, the availability of capital to finance growth, the impact of government regulations, international crises, acts of terrorism, public health issues, and other factors detailed, from time to time, in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company, including the notes thereto, appearing elsewhere herein.

Executive Overview

     LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation is one of the world’s largest and leading providers of interactive television systems and broadband services to hotels, resorts and casinos throughout the United States and Canada, as well as select international markets. It is estimated that more than 260 million guests a year have access to a wide variety of LodgeNet’s interactive television services, which are designed to make their stay more enjoyable, productive and convenient. As of December 31, 2003, the Company provided television services to approximately 5,800 hotel properties serving nearly one million rooms.

     Throughout 2003, the Company delivered solid financial results in the face of the Iraqi war, public health outbreaks, and a slowly recovering economy, all of which affected the travel and lodging industry. The Company controlled discretionary spending, further reduced its capital investment per new digital room, managed its cash position, and remained debt-neutral during the second half of 2003, while at the same time the Company continued to grow its business. The Company expanded its digital room base by 45%, or approximately 120,300 rooms during 2003, and at year-end, total rooms served reached approximately 994,000. The digital system is now installed in over 385,000 rooms, or 42% of the Company’s interactive room base.

     Guest Pay Interactive Services. The Company’s primary source of revenue is providing in-room, interactive television services to the lodging industry, for which the hotel guest pays on a per-view, hourly or daily basis. The Company’s services include on-demand movies, video games, music and music videos, Internet on television (which does not require a laptop), and television on-demand programming.

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     The Company’s total guest generated revenue depends on a number of factors, including:

•		The number of rooms equipped with the Company’s system. The Company can increase revenue over time by increasing the number of rooms served by its interactive systems. The Company’s ability to expand its room based is dependent on a number of factors, including the attractiveness of the Company’s technology and service and support to hotels currently operating without an interactive television system, newly constructed hotel properties and hotels with expiring contracts currently served by one of the Company’s competitors.
•		The variety of services offered at the hotel. Rooms equipped with the Company’s digital system generate higher revenue than rooms equipped with the Company’s tape-based system primarily because they offer a greater variety of services and content choices. The Company plans to continue to grow the revenue it generates per average room by the installation of its digital system in all newly contracted rooms and by converting selected tape-based rooms to the Company’s digital system in exchange for long-term contract extensions.
•		The popularity of content offered at the hotel. The Company’s revenues vary to a certain degree with the number and popularity of major motion pictures available for viewing. Historically, a decrease in the availability of popular major motion pictures has from time-to-time adversely impacted revenue. Although not completely within the Company’s control, the Company seeks to program and promote the available major motion picture and other content to maximize revenue and gross profit.
•		The price of the service purchased by the hotel guest. Generally, the Company controls the prices charged for its products and services and manages pricing in an effort to maximize revenue and overall gross profit. The Company establishes pricing based on such things as the demographics of the property served and the popularity of the content.
•		The occupancy rate at the property. The Company’s revenue also varies depending on hotel occupancy rates, which are subject to a number of factors, including seasonality, general economic conditions and world events, such as terrorist threats or public health issues. The Company targets higher occupancy properties in diverse demographic and geographic locations in an effort to mitigate occupancy-related risks.

     The Company also generates revenue from the sale of content and services directly to its hotel customers, which are generally provided free to hotel guests. Included in these services are satellite-delivered basic and premium television programming for which the hotel pays the Company a fixed monthly charge per room. In addition, the Company also sells high-speed Internet maintenance and customer support services. While this is a highly competitive area, the Company believes it has important advantages as a result of its existing hotel customer relationships, nationwide field service network and 24-hour call center, providing services 7 days a week.

     The primary direct costs of providing Guest Pay interactive services are:

	•		License fees based on a percent of guest-generated revenue paid to studios for non-exclusive distribution rights of recently released major motion pictures;
	•		Commissions paid to the Company’s hotel customers, which are also based on a percent of guest-generated revenue;
	•		Fixed monthly programming charges paid primarily to DIRECTV for satellite-delivered basic and premium television programming;
	•		Internet connectivity costs;
	•		License fees based on a percent of guest-generated revenue for television on demand, music, music video and video games; and
	•		One-time license fees paid for independent films, most of which are non-rated and intended for mature audiences.

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Key Metrics:

Rooms Served

     One of the metrics the Company monitors is the growth, net of de-installations, of its Guest Pay interactive room base. De-installation activity has not had a material effect on the Company’s growth and historically averaging approximately 2% of total installed rooms per year. In the years indicated, the Company installed its systems in the following number of net new rooms and had the following total rooms installed as of December 31:

(1)		100% of the Guest Pay interactive rooms installations in 2003 and 2002 received the digital storage system, while the majority of rooms installed in 2001 received the tape storage system.
(2)		Guest Pay interactive rooms are equipped with the Company’s interactive television system. The high-speed, two-way digital communications design of the Company’s system architecture enables the Company to provide interactive features such as on-demand movies, network-based video games, music services, Internet on television, and television on-demand.
(3)		Total rooms served, representing rooms receiving one or more of the Company’s services, including rooms served by international licensees and properties receiving only basic and premium television programming.

Digital Room Growth

     The Company continues to expand its digital base as it installs the system in all newly contracted rooms as well as converting select tape-based served rooms to the digital system in exchange for contract extensions. Total installations declined in 2003, as compared to 2002, as the Company reduced capital investment in light of an uncertain economy early in the year and the decision to remain debt neutral in the second half of the year. The Company’s goal is to have approximately 75% of its room base installed with a digital system by the end of 2006.

(1)

Digital rooms installations include both newly contracted rooms and rooms that have been converted from a tape-based system to a digital system in exchange for a long-term contract extension.

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Cost of Installation

     In addition to the continued expansion of the Company’s digital base, the Company will continue monitoring capital expenditures per new or converted room. The following table sets forth the Company’s average installation and conversion cost per room during the years ended December 31:

(1)

During 2001, the Company transitioned from installing tape-based systems to installing digital systems.

Revenue Per Room

     As set forth below, in assessing average monthly revenue per room, the Company also compares rooms served by its digital system versus rooms served by its tape-based system.

Free Cash Flow

     One of the Company’s goals is to generate free cash flow, which the Company defines as having cash provided by operating activities exceed cash used for investing. The Company seeks to generate free cash flow to reduce its reliance on external financing to grow its business. In addition to increasing revenue and controlling expenses, the Company intends to manage its actions related to this goal by reducing the per-room installation cost of a digital room and by varying the number of rooms it installs with the digital system in any given period.

     The progress toward the goal of generating free cash flow is set forth in the following table:

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Operating Expense Per Room

     In addition to the Company’s goal to generate free cash flow and minimize its dependency on external financing, the Company will continue controlling operating expenses per room. The following table sets forth the Company’s decreased operating expenses per room and SG&A as a percent of revenue during the years ended December 31:

     Net cash provided by operating activities has increased as the Company has increased revenue through room additions and new services while controlling costs and working capital. Cash used for investing activities has decreased as the cost of installing a digital room has decreased and, for 2003, by a reduction in the number of rooms installed. These factors have resulted in a declining need for cash provided by external financing.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

     The Company historically has required substantial amounts of capital to fund operations, expand the Company’s business and service existing indebtedness. During 2003, cash flow from operations was sufficient to cover all long-term debt service and all but $5.1 million of its investing activities. In 2002, cash flow from operations was sufficient to cover all debt service, capital expenditures classified as renewal, general corporate, or maintenance capital as well as a portion of growth capital. The funding for the balance of the growth capital expenditures, $26.9 million, was provided by the Company’s Credit Facility. In 2003, net cash provided by operating activities during 2003 was $48.6 million as compared to $43.8 million in 2002. Capital expenditures related to property and equipment additions for 2003 were $52.9 million as compared to $72.1 million for 2002.

     Net cash provided by operating activities has increased as the Company increased revenues through new room additions, digital conversion, and new services while controlling costs and working capital needs. Cash used for investing activities decreased as the average cost per new installed room decreased over the past three years from $456 per room in 2001 to $405 in 2003 and average conversion cost per room decreased over the past three years from $356 per room in 2001 to $337 in 2003. In light of an uncertain economy early in the year and the decision to remain debt neutral in the second half of the year, the Company also selectively decreased the number of rooms converted or installed with the digital system during 2003. These factors have resulted in a declining need for cash provided from external sources.

     Depending on the rate of growth of its business and other factors, the Company expects to incur capital expenditures of $58 to $60 million in 2004. Based on that range, the Company estimates it will install approximately 50,000 to 55,000 new rooms and convert approximately 70,000 to 75,000 existing rooms from tape-based to digital systems in exchange for long-term contract extensions.

     The Company believes that its operating cash flow and borrowing available under the Credit Facility maturing in 2007 will be sufficient for the foreseeable future to fund the Company’s future growth, financing obligations, and its negative working capital. As of December 31, 2003, working capital was negative $6.1 million, compared to negative $5.2 million at December 31, 2002. If adverse economic conditions persist for an extended period of time, resulting in lower than anticipated operating cash flows, the Company anticipates that it could cover any short fall through any combination of additional borrowings available under its current Credit Facility of approximately $50.7 million, a

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reduction in capital spending and/or a reduction in operating expenses. If the Company were to reduce its projected capital spending significantly, the Company’s growth rate would be less than historical levels.

     The Company’s principal sources of liquidity are its operating cash flow and its Credit Facility. In order to continue to operate and expand its business, the Company must remain in compliance with covenants imposed by its Credit Facility and Senior Notes. As of December 31, 2003, the Company was in compliance with all covenants, terms and conditions related to its Credit Facility and Senior Notes. Given the Company’s current business plan for projected capital investment during 2004, the Company believes it will remain in compliance with all covenants, terms and conditions related to its Credit Facility and Senior Notes. The Company is not aware of any events that qualify under the material adverse effect clause of the current Credit Facility. The total amount of long-term debt outstanding, including that portion of debt classified as current, as of December 31, 2003 was $368.2 million versus $353.8 million as of December 31, 2002.

     The Company’s leverage and interest coverage ratios were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2003:

(1)		The Company’s maximum consolidated leverage ratio is a function of total indebtedness divided by operating income exclusive of depreciation and amortization and other miscellaneous non-recurring items as defined by the covenant.
(2)		The Company’s maximum senior secured leverage ratio is a function of total indebtedness less total unsecured indebtedness, divided by operating income exclusive of depreciation and amortization and other miscellaneous non-recurring items as defined by the covenant.
(3)		The Company’s minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio is a function of operating income exclusive of depreciation and amortization and other miscellaneous non-recurring items divided by interest expense as defined by the covenant.
(4)		Maximum consolidated leverage, maximum senior secured leverage ratio, and minimum consolidated interest coverage ratios are not statistics based on generally accepted accounting principles. The statistics are presented here to demonstrate compliance with lender’s covenants, as noncompliance with such covenants could have a material adverse effect on the Company, and the statistics are not presented as alternative measures of operating performance or liquidity.

     The Company does not utilize special purpose entities or off-balance sheet financial arrangements.

     In June 2003, the Company amended its existing bank Credit Facility. The amendment modified the covenants for maximum consolidated total leverage ratio and minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio. The allowable maximum consolidated total leverage ratio increased from 4.5 to 5.0 until the end of the fourth quarter 2003 and the minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio increase from 2.25 to 2.50 was deferred from the third quarter 2004 until the first quarter 2005. The Company’s future debt covenant ratios are outlined below:

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     Upon refinancing of the 10.25% Notes as noted below, the Company, at its sole discretion and without the payment of any additional costs, expenses or fees, extended the maturity dates of the term loan and the revolver loan under its bank Credit Facility from June 2006 to August 2008 and August 2007, respectively.

     On June 18, 2003, the Company issued $200 million, principal amount, of unsecured 9.50% Senior Subordinated Notes (the “9.50% Notes”), due June 15, 2013. The proceeds of the 9.50% Notes, which were issued at par, after underwriter fees and offering expenses, were approximately $192.5 million. Approximately $154.8 million of such proceeds were used to redeem the outstanding principal amount of the 10.25% Senior Notes, pay accrued interest, pay call premiums, and pay related fees. Approximately $35 million of the proceeds were used to pay all outstanding amounts under the Company’s Credit Facility. The remaining proceeds of approximately $2.7 million were for use in funding general corporate purposes.

     The 9.50% Notes are unsecured, are subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future senior debt of the Company and rank pari passu in right of payment with any future senior subordinated indebtedness of the Company. The 9.50% Notes require semi-annual interest payments, commencing December 15, 2003, and contain covenants which restrict the ability of the Company to incur additional indebtedness, create liens, pay dividends or make certain distributions in respect to its common stock, redeem capital stock, issue or sell stock of subsidiaries in certain circumstances, effect certain business combinations and effect certain transactions with affiliates or stockholders. As of December 31, 2003, the Company was in compliance with all covenants, terms, and conditions of the 9.50% Notes.

     The 9.50% Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on or after June 15, 2008, initially at 104.75% of their principal amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest) declining ratably to 100% of their principal amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest) on or after June 15, 2011. At any time prior to June 15, 2006, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount at 109.50% of the principal amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest) with the cash proceeds of certain equity offerings.

     In December 1996, the Company issued $150 million of unsecured 10.25% senior notes (the “10.25% Notes”), due December 15, 2006. On June 20, 2003, the Company redeemed approximately 79% of its outstanding 10.25% Notes at 102.688% of their principal amount, with the balance of the outstanding 10.25% Notes redeemed on July 1, 2003 at 102.563% of their principal amount, as part of its refinancing in which the 9.50% Notes were issued.

     In the event of significant international crises, acts of terrorism, public health issues, or catastrophic events, the Company believes that the general economy and the lodging industry could be negatively affected. If such a crisis is protracted or the effects on the lodging industry are severe, the effect on the Company’s financial performance could result in the Company being in violation of one or more of its bank or note covenants. This could require the Company to renegotiate its covenants, significantly reduce its growth plans and/or curtail expenditures for operating expenses. While the Company believes it could renegotiate its covenants, there is no assurance that this could be accomplished, nor can it determine at this time the financial cost of such a renegotiation or that refinancing, if required, would be available on terms favorable to the Company.

     The foregoing statements regarding capital expenditures and cash requirements are forward-looking statements and there can be no assurance actual results will not vary from expected results. The Company’s actual cash flow and cash requirements will vary (and such variations could be material) depending upon the number of new contracts for services entered into by the Company, the cost of installations, demand for the Company’s

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services, competitive factors, hotel occupancy rates, general economic factors and other factors including, without limitation, those set forth above under the “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”.

Obligations and Commitments as of December 31, 2003 (in thousands).