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Forbidden Technologies PLC 03 February 2004 FORBIDDEN TECHNOLOGIES PLC Italy Licensing and Distribution Agreement Forbidden Technologies plc has reached agreement with Mediaconcept Srl, a company established by TechExperts Srl and Business Design Srl to promote and develop Forbidden Technologies' new generation of online and mobile video streaming products in the Italian market. Mediaconcept has licensed Forbidden's FORmobile video system for mobile phones and FORadvertisers system for web distribution of TV commercials. Mediaconcept will use FORmobile to build a mobile video content portal, VJ Portal. FORadvertisers will be promoted to major brand owners through the Italian advertising agencies. Italy is the second largest mobile market in the EU with over 50 million mobile subscribers. The number of mobile data customers is on the increase in Europe. There were approximately 16 million active users of services run over GPRS in Europe at the end of September 2003, a quarterly increase of just under 30%. Greg Hirst, Business Development Director, Forbidden Technologies said: 'We are pleased that Mediaconcept has chosen our products as the basis on which to launch VJPortal and their offer to advertisers. The Italian market is already an enthusiastic consumer of high quality data services, particularly on mobile phones, and we look forward to supporting Mediaconcept in this dynamic growth market.' Paolo Rossi, Managing Director, Mediaconcept added: 'Using Forbidden's high quality compressed video products will allow us to launch VJPortal in the shortest possible time with a range of exciting, high quality video material. Italian viewers are quick to adopt new sources of entertainment and information and we are convinced that they will rapidly become enthusiastic consumers of mobile video.' 3rd February 2004 ENQUIRIES: Forbidden Technologies plc Tel: 020 8879 7245 Greg Hirst, Business Development Director College Hill Tel: 020 7457 2020 Nicholas Nelson/Corinna Dorward Note to Editors: Forbidden Technologies Forbidden Technologies plc (www.forbidden.co.uk) develops and markets products and services for video distribution over the fixed line and wireless Internet. Forbidden's highly efficient compression allows the streaming of large pictures at high frame rates over the existing infrastructure of modems, broadband and mobile networks. There is no need for dedicated serving software or hardware and its Java player side steps the need for PC plug-ins. Forbidden's range of end-to-end video communication solutions provides an unrivalled set of tools for anyone who believes that the moving image is the best way to get their message across. Mediaconcept Mediaconcept's mission is the development of new business models through an association between its internal technical and strategic division and other internationally renowned organisations. This synergy will allow Mediaconcept to make in-roads into the 'new economy', which is characterised by high mobility and interaction. Mediaconcept produces and markets a range of products and services based on the latest generation of multimedia technologies that exploit both the Internet and Mobile. These solutions are particularly focused on company communications, interactive advertising and entertainment. Within this service set, Mediaconcept produces professional solutions that increase the efficiency of the internal organization and add value to the Client Relationship Management Process. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange FGGGZNZZGDZM

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