ADVFN.COM PLC
5 June 2000
ADVFN.COM PLC AND TELEWEST AGREE TERMS FOR ADVFN TO
BROADCAST OVER TELEWEST'S BROADBAND NETWORKS
ADVFN.COM PLC, (LSE: AFN), ('ADVFN'), one of the UK's foremost providers of
financial information, announced today that it has signed an agreement with
Telewest Communications, a leading provider of broadband communications
services.
Under terms of the agreement, ADVFN will provide real-time share prices, stock
market news and information, investment tools, bulletin boards and investment
education on Active Digital, Telewest's interactive television service.
Commenting on the agreement, Michael Boydell, Managing Director of ADVFN,
stated, 'The move by ADVFN into interactive television with Telewest is part
of ADVFN's vision of reaching investors by the broadest range of media.
Interactive television, along with our forward thinking plans towards WAP
technology and other new media, will keep us at the forefront of the provision
of services for investors.'
Chris Townsend, Telewest's Director of Interactive Services, said, 'Financial
services is a key area for our interactive television platform. ADVFN's
products and services will be valuable to Telewest customers interested in
investment in stocks and shares.'
For further information please contact:
Michael Boydell (MD)/Martin Talks (Director New Media) +44 207 816 2635/6
ADVFN.COM PLC
Charles Ryland/Alison Cole +44 207 466 5000
Buchanan Communications
EDITOR'S NOTE:
ADVFN went live in the last quarter of 1999 and has attracted considerable
attention for its unique range of services, and floated on the AIM market in
March 2000. Its current services:
* Real-time prices direct from the Stock Exchange.
* User-configurable E-mail alerts.
* Comprehensive fundamental data.
* Stock monitor. Track stocks - with automatic updates.
* Portfolio service. Update and track your portfolios.
* Fast quotes.
* Top Lists.
* RNS news
* ADVFN in house Newswire
* Trade Analyser
* Charts (historic, intraday, Microscope)
* Data download area
* Informed and active Bulletin Boards
* Investment education through its recently acquired investment raining
company, Success Events Limited
In addition, ADVFN have recently announced:
* e-mail alert features and the Metatrade service graphically depicting
share price movement and market activity; and
* the extension of its real time services to include Level 2 London
Stock Exchange data (SEAQ and SETS).
Telewest is a leading broadband cable communications operator, currently
providing pay television, telephony and Internet services to 1.6 million UK
households; and voice and data telecommunications services to over 60,000
business customers.
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