Distribution Deal With C & W

Newsplayer Group PLC
13 February 2002

13 February 2002





            NEWSPLAYER SIGNS WORLDWIDE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

                              WITH CABLE AND WIRELESS





Newsplayer Group Plc (NPG), the New Media company, announces that is has signed

a distribution agreement with Cable and Wireless, to syndicate its entire range

of current and future video-on-demand channels through Cable & Wireless'

worldwide network of over a thousand Internet Service Providers (ISP's), that

procure IP access and transit from them.  The one year renewable agreement

means that NPG's content will be promoted to over 80 million subscribers in 70

countries on a subscription or pay per view basis with the resulting revenue

being shared between NPG, Cable & Wireless and the ISP.



NPG's existing streaming media content includes Newsplayer.com, 20th Century

history from the video archives of ITN and Reuters; Screenplayer.com,

biographies and documentaries of the Hollywood Stars and Frost.TV, landmark

interviews conducted by Sir David Frost over the past forty years.  VideoTV, a

hundred years of streamable music and videos from the archives of EMI, will be

launched in March and further channels are planned to follow.



Paul Duffen, Chief Executive Officer of Newsplayer, said: 'This is a win, win,

relationship for NPG and Cable & Wireless.  The combination of our compelling

content, the world class Cable & Wireless network and the marketing power of

their syndication partners will generate revenues for all parties. This

agreement means that NPG have secured worldwide distribution for our content

and the scalability to grow our business.'





Enquiries:



Newsplayer Group Plc

Paul Duffen, CEO                                  020 7927 6699

Barry Llewellyn, Marketing Director



Brunswick Group Ltd

Harry Chathli                                     020 7404 5959

Pamela Small







Notes to editors:



Newsplayer

Newsplayer Group plc is a new media company that exploits rights and/or

licences to television and cinema content and markets them globally to

business, educational and consumer audiences using interactive technology.

Revenues are generated from the licensing of content to third parties, from

subscription and pay-per-view fees paid by consumers, and from shared

advertising revenues.



NPG has a range of on-line channels including:



  * Newsplayer.com - a thousand hours of 20th century news material from ITN

    and Reuters

  * Frost.tv - hundreds of interviews conducted by Sir David Frost

  * Screenplayer.com - Hollywood and showbiz footage

  * Ucreate.tv - online video editing service

  * Birdstream - archives of RSPB film unit

  * Video.tv - hundred years of music videos from EMI





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