365.L Regulatory News (365)

22 May 2006 07:00

ukbetting PLC22 May 2006 22 May 2006 ukbetting plc Agreement with O2 ukbetting plc (UKB), the online content and gaming business, is pleased toannounce that its sports content provider, TEAMtalk Media, has signed a partneragreement with network operator O2 to build a community of football fans viatheir mobile phones. "Football365 Chat", to be launched just ahead of the World Cup, will offer fansa 24-hour, monitored forum in which to discuss the latest football action, winprizes and chat with football celebrities. It will form the centrepiece of "Football365 in Germany", a mobile site built by TEAMtalk Media on behalf of O2to provide its customers with full tournament coverage on O2 Active. Alex Woodhams, Head of Sports & Gambling at O2, said: "I felt the strength of the Football365 brand and the unique nature of theircontent would offer the perfect scenario to develop a community around ourfootball content. It can only serve to encourage the fans to create their owncontent and meet fellow, or rival, supporters on their mobile." Peter Dubens, Chairman of ukbetting plc, commented: "I'm delighted that we have signed this agreement with 02. This is our firstpartnership agreement to provide mobile chat. It will be launched ahead of theWorld Cup and we expect it to be very popular." ukbetting is also partnering with three other mobile network operators thissummer. It has signed an agreement for its range of Football365 wallpapers,news bulletin video clips, animations and "terrace chant" realtones to beoffered by Orange and T-Mobile customers. ukbetting this week also launches "Football365 in Germany" on 3, where it will host and publish 3's tournament newscoverage plus offer its full range of fun downloads. -ends- For more information, contact: ukbetting plc 020 7766 6909 Peter Dubens, Vice Chairman Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113 Edward Bridges / Juliet Clarke / Hannah Sloane About ukbetting plc:ukbetting plc (AIM: UKB.L) is the UK's leading online gaming and sports contentoperator. Listing on the Alternative Investment Market in August 2001,ukbetting has since pursued an active acquisitive strategy and now owns andoperates ten sports content sites (sportinglife.com, sportal.com,bettingzone.co.uk, TEAMtalk.com, www.rivals.net, www.football365.com,www.planetrugby.com, www.planetf1.com, www.golf365.com and www.cricket365.com),an odds comparison site (oddschecker.com) and three wagering sites(ukbetting.com, totalbet.com and goldbet.com). Through these sites it ispossible to find in-depth information, and place fixed-odds bets on a variety ofsports including horse racing, football, cricket, rugby, tennis, as well as playpoker, casino and skills based games. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange