Directorate Change

Yoomedia PLC
08 January 2004

YooMedia PLC ('YooMedia' or the 'Company')

                                 Board Changes



YooMedia, the interactive television and wireless group, is pleased to announce
the following board changes in the light of the company's continuing growth and
the recently announced acquisition of GoPlay TV Limited ('GoPlay').



David Docherty, currently Chief Executive of the company's public sector arm,
has been appointed group Chief Executive. Michael Sinclair continues as
Executive Chairman. Dr Sinclair said: 'Given the accelerating pace of our
development, both the board and myself have agreed that it is time to split my
dual role as Chairman and Chief Executive and consolidate our excellent senior
management team in a more structured way. I am delighted that David, with his
energy and considerable skills and experience at the highest level in the media
business, has agreed to become group Chief Executive.'



YooMedia is also pleased to announce the appointment of Nizar Allibhoy, aged 32
as a non-executive director with immediate effect.  Mr Allibhoy is Vice
President, Content Distribution Services of Sony Pictures Digital Inc., and
joins the Board following the successful acquisition of GoPlay.



Mr Allibhoy resides in the United States, and was formerly a director of
AccelerateTV, Inc.





No further disclosures are required in relation to Nizar Allibhoy under Schedule
2 paragraph (f) of the AIM rules.





For further information, please contact:



Michael Sinclair

Executive Chairman                                           020 7462 0870



David Docherty

Chief Executive Officer                                        020 7462 0870



Andrew Fearon

Chief Operating Officer                                        020 7462 0870





About YooMedia:



YooMedia plc is a digital TV and wireless entertainment company that provides
services including chat, games, and dating and gambling products. YooMedia has:



•                     signed an exclusive three-year partnership agreement with
Sportingbet Group, one of the world's leading online gambling business, which
will initially see YooMedia launching Sportingbet's popular games products on
all digital platforms in the UK in 2004.

•                     the exclusive license for Tetris across UK digital cable
and Freeview.

•           signed an exclusive partnership with Dateline to develop and launch
all of its interactive dating services on digital television.

•           invested in and launched the first ever games channel on Freeview
called Free2Play and has secured the right to run pay to play games on the
platform.

•           recently announced an agreement with ntl: Home to distribute all its
products on its digital interactive cable platform.

•           pioneered (and successfully trialled in partnership with Turner
Broadcasting) the use of mobile phones to interact in real time with a TV
programme. The Trigger TV technology is exclusive to YooMedia and protected by a
worldwide patent.

•           been selected by the government as the only dedicated interactive TV
company for the

E-voting Framework.



YooMedia plc is quoted on the Alternative Investment Market.



www.yoomedia.com


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