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Catalyst Media Group PLC
11 October 2004


11 October 2004



          Catalyst Media Group plc announces new US distribution deal
                                        
                            with Microsoft's MSN Video


Catalyst Media Group plc ('Catalyst Media' or 'the Company'), the leading provider of services supporting
the distribution of audio-visual content on digital platforms, today announces an alliance with Microsoft's
MSN Video to provide a new broadband-specific programme called 'This Week in History'. The terms of the 
agreement have not been disclosed.

'This Week in History' offers visitors to the MSN Video news website coverage and commentary on historic n
news stories drawn from the Catalyst Media archives.  These include TV content spanning the twentieth century
from the Company's Newsplayer.com catalogue of historic clips; interviews with world leaders and celebrities 
conducted by Sir David Frost, and movie-related documentaries comprised of film trailers, celebrity interviews
and profiles of the stars. Catalyst Media will incur minimal production and editing costs.

MSN Video is a free on-demand service offering news, sport and entertainment
programming. The service is entirely subsidised by streamed advertisements
accompanying the clips.

Paul Duffen, CEO of Catalyst Media, commented:

'We are pleased to announce our US distribution agreement with Microsoft's MSN Video and are excited to be 
working with Microsoft to provide the millions of MSN visitors with our 'This Week in History' programme.

'Our involvement with Microsoft is further evidence of our expertise in producing content specifically for
broadband platforms rather than simply making TV content available on the web.

'This agreement, which follows shortly after our distribution deal with CinemaNow, Inc. last week, extends
the reach of our online media assets while creating yet another revenue stream for Catalyst Media.'

 'We're pleased to include Catalyst Media content in the already compelling line-up of programmes offered on MSN 
Video,' said Christine Andrews, lead product manager of the MSN division at Microsoft Corp. 'Catalyst will join
the likes of top brands such as NASCAR.com, NBC, the Discovery Channel and FOXSports that are currently offering
MSN visitors exciting, original content.'
                                        
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Enquiries:

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

Merlin (PR for Catalyst Media)                                Tel: [phone]
David Simonson ([e-mail])



About Catalyst Media:

Catalyst Media 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 20thcentury.

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.








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