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Yoomedia PLC 19 October 2004 News Release 19 October 2004 YooMedia makes a date with ITVi anytime and Sky Active YooMedia, the interactive entertainment group, is to offer one of the UK's best-known dating services to ITV viewers in digital satellite homes, via an interactive link to its Dateline service within Sky Active. ITV is the UK's biggest commercial broadcaster and is launching its new ITVi anytime service on ITV 1 and ITV 2 on Sky this month. Dateline has already enjoyed success on the Sky Active TV portal, with dating the second most popular interactive TV service after games. The extension of Sky Active's services to ITVi anytime will mean that viewers can press the red button to try out interactive dating from the comfort of their own home. They can search Dateline's huge online database of lonely hearts by following the simple on-screen instructions. The link from ITV's anytime interactive services menu (ISM) will be supported by cross-promotion from commercial and promotional airtime and eTV applications that drive viewers directly from relevant programmes to the service ITV's long association with dating programmes in peak time means it can offer a specialised mass audience receptive to participating in dating and community services. David Docherty, chief executive of YooMedia, said: 'It is great to see ITV embracing interactive applications for its channels with such enthusiasm and it is a measure of the pre-eminence of the Dateline brand that we have been chosen as a partner.' Further enquiries YooMedia David Docherty, chief executive, 020 7462 0870 Powerscourt PR John Murray, partner, 020 7236 5630 ITV/Sky Heidi Bruckland, Sky press office, 020 7705 3275 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. It also recently acquired MMTV Limited, which holds the contract to deliver NHS Direct information via interactive digital television platforms. 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. About Sky Active Sky Active can be accessed via the interactive button on the Sky digital remote control or by pressing the red button whilst watching one of the Sky Channels, such as Sky One (Sky digital channel 106). One of the key benefits of Sky Active is that many applications can be accessed while viewers continue to watch their favourite TV programmes. Over 56% of the UK's 16 million digital satellite users have pressed the red or interactive button on the Sky remote. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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