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Media Content PLC 2 May 2001 Media Content plc (the 'Company') announces that it is developing SportsMediaRights.com, an on-line marketplace for the exploitation of sports television and media rights, an industry that the directors of the Company estimate has an annual turnover of US$14 billion. SportsMediaRights.com is being developed by Media Content Development Ltd, the investment arm of the Company. SportsMediaRights.com is currently in the final stage of development and is targeted to launch in May 2001 at Sportel America, a leading sports television marketplace owned by Sportel Organisation, a Monaco-based organisation that owns and organises Sportel Monaco and Sportel America. Media Content plc and Sportel Organisation have reached an agreement appointing SportsMediaRights.com as the exclusive and official online market place of Sportel Organisation. The agreement includes joint marketing initiatives to develop the virtual sports rights marketplace. David Tomatis, Executive Vice-President of Sportel Organisation, said: 'We are excited about the prospects represented by this agreement between our two organisations. We feel confident that SportsMediaRights.com will offer numerous new business opportunities for our clients, both now and in the future'. Jean-Paul de la Fuente, CEO of Media Content plc, said: 'We are pleased to have the opportunity to work closely with Sportel Organisation in the development of SportsMediaRights.com. We fully expect the site will mirror the success of the Sportel markets in this record attendance year.' Leonard M. Fertig, Executive Chairman of Media Content Plc, said: 'The combination of Sportel, the acknowledged industry leader in sports marketplaces, with Media Content's independent distribution experience, ensures that SportsMediaRights.com will become the benchmark of online sports rights trading.'
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