Directorate Change

Yoomedia PLC
09 July 2004





Press Release



9 July 2004

YooMedia brings high-profile talent on board at iPublic



YooMedia plc, the interactive media group, is pleased to announce the
appointment of Margaret McDonagh as chairwoman of iPublic, the company's public
sector division. Waheed Alli (Lord Alli of Norbury) is also to join the iPublic
board as a non-executive director.



Ms McDonagh is former general secretary of the Labour Party and a former general
manager of Express Newspapers. Lord Alli co-founded Planet 24, the leading
independent television production company, and was subsequently managing
director of Carlton TV Productions and a main board director of Carlton
Communications plc. He is chairman of Chorion, a leading owner and manager of
entertainment brands.



David Docherty, chief executive of YooMedia, said: 'It is a tremendous boost to
our ambitions in the public sector to attract non-executives of this calibre. It
shows how serious we are about the opportunities to use interactive television
imaginatively as a valuable tool to deliver public services.



'Margaret's experience in politics and the media and her understanding of the
public sector will be of huge benefit, as will Waheed's outstanding experience
of the television industry.'



Margaret McDonagh said: 'I am hugely excited by the possibilities that new media
and technology industries are opening up for the delivery of public services.
iPublic is clearly in the forefront of developing creative solutions that could
greatly enhance people's experience of accessing such services and I am looking
forward to being part of that.'



Lord Alli said: 'YooMedia is a young and dynamic company that can make a real
difference in the public sector through iPublic and I am delighted to have the
opportunity to contribute to its development.'



iPublic, a division of Yoomedia plc, focuses on delivering interactive digital
television (IDTV) and wireless solutions for public service organisations.



YooMedia has more than six years experience in creating innovative interactive
digital TV content and is the only company with the capability to deliver
services across Sky, Freeview, NTL, and Telewest.  These skills were recognised
in 2003, when iPublic was selected by the Office of Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)
as the only dedicated interactive TV company to take part in the iTV e-voting
framework.



Further information



YooMedia
David Docherty, chief executive                        020 7462 0870



Powerscourt PR
John Murray, partner                                   020 7236 5630





About YooMedia



YooMedia plc is an interactive media group that has built strong, deep content
businesses in the areas of dating, games, gambling and chat across interactive
TV, Internet and mobile communication channels.



Its brands include YooPlay, the only gaming channel available on all four
digital TV platforms; Fancy-a-flutter, one of the leading gambling channels on
the Sky Digital Interactive Platform; and YooChat, the only interactive TV chat
service in the UK. It owns a portfolio of dating agencies, including Dateline,
Club Sirius, Avenues and Simply Love, and has already introduced a Dateline
dating service on Sky Active.



YooMedia has also pioneered the use of mobile phones to interact in real time
with TV and radio programmes. The Trigger TV technology, which is exclusive to
YooMedia and protected by a worldwide patent, has been successfully trialled
with the BBC and Turner Broadcasting.



The group's public sector arm, iPublic, has been selected by the government as
the only dedicated interactive TV company for the E-voting Framework.



YooMedia's partners include Sony Digital, which has a substantial shareholding
in the group and a seat on the board.



YooMedia plc is quoted on the Alternative Investment Market.




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