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14 Dec 2005 12:30

Yoomedia PLC14 December 2005 YooMedia plc / Ticker: YOO / Index: AIM / Sector: Media 14 December 2005 YooMedia plc ('YooMedia' or 'the Group') to launch Avago channel on ntl digital cable YooMedia plc, the AIM traded interactive content and services provider, hassigned an agreement with ntl to operate its interactive gaming and bettingchannel, Avago, on ntl's platform. Avago will be the first live-studiopresented interactive gambling channel on UK cable TV. ntl's digital TVsubscribers will be able to play Avago for fun or for real on the channel. Theservice will launch early next year. As well as being the only channel of its kind operating on ntl's platform, Avagois the only product of its type to be distributed on Sky, cable, internet, andmobile phones. YooMedia's proprietary cross platform back end systems and singlee-wallet allows customers to use their accounts on TV, web and mobiles.YooMedia has agreed with ntl to launch other video and graphics play for fun/real games behind the channel in 2006. YooMedia's Group Managing Director, Neil MacDonald, said: "Expanding our popularinteractive gaming and betting channel, Avago, onto ntl's platform is abreakthrough for the Group. With over 200,000 registered account holders, Avagois gaining recognition all the time. We believe that this deal will contributegreatly to its continued success." ntl has 1.4m subscribers across its digital cable TV service. Avago willfeature within ntl's Base and Family packs. * * ENDS * * Contacts: Neil MacDonald YooMedia plc Tel: 020 7462 0870Isabel Crossley St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: 020 7242 4477 Notes on YooMedia plc YooMedia is one of the fastest growing interactive entertainment companies inthe UK. Essentially, it develops and delivers premium interactive content andservices to households and individuals via TV, the web, telephony and mobilephones. It has four main divisions: • YooMedia Dating - manages dating brands including Dateline and Avenues from over 20 locations throughout the UK. Operates across traditional media, digital TV, internet and mobile phones. • YooMedia Gambling & Games - interactive fixed odds, play for fun casino and poker related games services for digital TV, the web and mobile phones. Brands include Avago and Channel 425. It also manages YooPlay, the only interactive games channel found on all four Digital TV platforms in the UK. • YooMedia Enhanced Solutions (YES) - delivers interactive content that enhances consumer and audience experiences. Customers include the BBC, Nestle, Celador, William Hill, Channel 4, ZipTV, The Cartoon Network and HR Owen. • YooMedia Public Sector - provides digital solutions/media services to leading public sector organisations including the NHS Direct Interactive TV service for the Department of Health, the Learning and Skills Council TV Kickstart service and a range of local authority TV services. The Group's experienced management team includes: Chairman, Dr. MichaelSinclair, who holds a number of directorships in both the UK and the USA havingpreviously founded Lifetime Corporation; and Managing Director, Neil MacDonald,whose career spans 11 years in multimedia and interactive sectors plus a further19 years in the retail industry. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange