Multimedia Content Project

e-district.net PLC
31 August 2000

                                       
              E-DISTRICT AND EUTELSAT TO TRIAL CO-BRANDED PORTAL
                        FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PROJECT

E-district.net plc, the AIM-quoted owner of LeisureDistict.net, the
interactive family entertainment and community channel and interactive
television content provider, today announced that it is to run a portal for a
multimedia content project with EUTELSAT.  The portal, co-branded with 
e-district and EUTELSAT, will initially run for a four-month trial period and
will be offered to key journalists and educationalists.

E-district will provide entertainment and educational content for the portal,
including games, pets, and chat.  Additional content will be supplied by third
party content providers, but enhancements will be jointly developed by 
e-district and third party content providers prior to commercial services.  
In addition, content partners will be managed and promoted on the portal by 
e-district plc.

EUTELSAT is Europe's leading satellite operator and ranks as one of the
largest globally, with reach across Europe, Africa, large parts of Asia and
connectivity with America. EUTELSAT broadcasts nearly 700 analogue and digital
TV channels to more than 81 million satellite and cable homes.

The agreement is the latest in a series of ventures by e-district with high
profile organisations, including the provision of controlled community
internet access to cable platform subscriber services, including Cable &
Wireless Communications plc, and Telewest plc, and the provision of content to
ISPs, including Freeserve.

Steve Laitman, Chief Executive of e-district plc, said:

'This agreement will allow EUTELSAT's subscribers to have broadband satellite
access to e-district's interactive community and Internet services. We will be
able to test the expansion of our offering to a satellite platform and provide
us the opportunity to tailor our content services and advertising tools to
this medium. The ability to reach EUTELSAT's satellite subscribers,
particularly in Europe, complements our existing strength in the cable
market.'


For further information, please contact :

e-district                  Frank Lewis, Chairman
                            Steve Laitman, Chief Executive       020-8515-2800

Gavin Anderson & Company    Rob Gurner/Victoria Jackson          020-7457-2345