Distribution Deal

Catalyst Media Group PLC
04 October 2004

4 October 2004

 Catalyst Media Group plc announces worldwide distribution deal with CinemaNow,
                                      Inc.

Catalyst Media Group plc ('Catalyst Media'), the leading provider of services
supporting the distribution of audio-visual content on digital platforms, today
announces a significant worldwide distribution deal with leading video-on-demand
distributor, CinemaNow, Inc. The agreement will be on a revenue share basis.

Catalyst Media has agreed to licence its 40-year archive of Sir David Frost's
interviews with the world's most famous public figures and its collection of
Hollywood-related documentary programming for distribution on the CinemaNow
platform.

CinemaNow operates a broadband website offering users on-demand access to
thousands of Hollywood movies, as well as music and TV content. It is part-owned
by Lions Gate Entertainment, Microsoft and Blockbuster. Catalyst Media joins
Twentieth Century Fox, Disney, MGM, Sony and Warner Bros. among the licensors
whose content currently is available on CinemaNow. Content is available on a
pay-per-view, download-to-own and subscription basis making CinemaNow the most
complete and flexible service for accessing movies online.

Paul Duffen, CEO of Catalyst Media, commented:

'We are pleased to announce our worldwide distribution agreement with CinemaNow
and to be working with one of the leading web-based programme distributors.

'This agreement highlights the value of Catalyst Media's global programming
rights which enable CinemaNow to market our documentaries and interviews to its
large customer base around the world, as well as creating new revenues for
Catalyst Media.

'We will continue to seek revenue-generating distribution partnerships whilst
maintaining a direct relationship with customers via Catalyst's own web
channels.'

Added Bruce Eisen, Executive Vice President of CinemaNow, said:

'CinemaNow is committed to bringing high quality content to the masses through
the global reach of our broadband entertainment network. We are excited about
the addition of Catalyst Media's distinct programming to our library and believe
our users will find the content both entertaining and informative.'

                                    - Ends -

Enquiries:

Catalyst Media Group plc                                Tel: [phone]
Paul Duffen, CEO

Merlin (PR for Catalyst Media)
Rebecca Penney                                          Tel: [phone]

Edelman (PR for CinemaNow)
Elisa Wiefel                                            Tel: [phone]

Notes to Editors:

CinemaNow

CinemaNow, Inc. (www.cinemanow.com) is the global leader in Internet-based
video-on-demand (VOD) and subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) distribution and
technology.  Through its growing list of content partners including 20th Century
Fox, Disney, Lions Gate, MGM, Miramax, Sony and Warner Bros., the CinemaNow Web
site has become the premier destination for the authorized downloading and
streaming of feature films on the Internet. CinemaNow has also developed
PatchBay(R), a proprietary content-on-demand distribution and management system
that runs the CinemaNow Website, and is available as a licensable technology
solution.

Catalyst Media Group

Catalyst Media Group is a media company that manages, produces and distributes
high quality audio-visual content using interactive digital technology. It
provides clients with a comprehensive range of professional services to support
their online strategies and is becoming the partner of choice for media
companies in the digitisation and distribution of broadcast content and
interactive programme creation.  Additionally, Catalyst Media supports
corporations and organisations from other industrial sectors by enabling them to
use streaming and download distribution to support communication with customers,
investors and employees.

Furthermore, Catalyst Media is a rights holder on its own account specialising
in historic entertainment and educational content. It generates revenues from
the licensing of content globally to third parties, from consumer subscriptions
and pay-per-view fees and from advertising revenue.

Catalyst Media's channels and licensed content include:

Footage.net - a leading stock footage portal which manages the databases of many
of the world's leading stock footage libraries, including ABC News, CNN, Action
Sports, National Geographic, and many others.

Newsplayer.com - a video-on-demand (VOD) consumer channel offering 1,000 hours
of footage from ITN/ Reuters, including material from Paramount, Gaumont,
British Empire News, Visnews, French Pathe et al. Features original video
footage of some of the most important and notable news stories of the 20th
century.

Frost.tv - a VOD channel featuring the unparalleled, 40-year archive of Sir
David Frost's original interviews with the world's most famous public figures.

The strategic partnership between Catalyst Media and Sir David extends also to
marketing content in professional markets, both on- and off-line.

Screenplayer.com - a VOD channel offering the largest collection of

Hollywood footage in the world from Passport International Productions. The
archive includes more than 650 hours of movie-related documentaries comprised of
film trailers, celebrity interviews and profiles of the stars.

Video.tv - a VOD channel providing an interactive collection of EMI music
videos. Advanced negotiations are under way with other major record labels that
have expressed an interest in having their material represented.

Birdstream.com - a VOD channel giving access to 100 hours of award-winning
wildlife footage in the Film Collection of the Royal Society for the Protection
of Birds (RSPB). Professionals in TV and advertising can also play, edit and
license the material at  www.rspbfilmcollection.com,  managed by Catalyst Media.

Pure World Cup.com - a VOD channel providing World Cup highlights from 1958 to
1998.

The Alison Mercer Collection - an exclusive licence for 80 hours, or 1400 video
clips, of film-related material of cinema's golden age and US-focused archive
news and features.

Stock Video of Boston - an exclusive licence for 150 hours of classic sports
footage from Stock Video of Boston, sourced from Columbia Sports News,
Castlefilms and a selection of private collections.


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange