NHS - Extended Contract

Yoomedia PLC
20 February 2006

            YooMedia plc / Ticker: YOO / Index: AIM / Sector: Media



20 February 2006

                    YooMedia plc ('YooMedia' or the 'Group')

                         Extended Contract with the NHS


YooMedia, the AIM-traded interactive media and games group, has through its
subsidiary DITG, agreed an extension of its contract with the Department of
Health ('DoH') for the NHS Direct Interactive service.  Under the agreement DITG
will continue to provide services to April 2007, with further options to March
2008.


The NHS Direct Interactive service has received a highly favourable response
from users and has become an effective means of providing health advice and
information to satellite TV viewers since its launch in December 2004.


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Contacts:
YooMedia plc
Neil MacDonald, Group Managing Director
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Isabel Crossley
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Notes on YooMedia plc



YooMedia is one of the fastest growing interactive entertainment companies in
the UK.  Essentially, it develops and delivers premium interactive content and
services to households and individuals via TV, the web, telephony and mobile
phones.  It has four main divisions:

•               YooMedia Dating - manages dating brands including Dateline and
Avenues from over 20 locations throughout the UK. Operates across traditional
media, digital TV, internet and mobile phones.

•               YooMedia Gambling & Games - interactive fixed odds, play for fun
casino and poker related games services for digital TV, the web and mobile
phones.  Brands include Channel 425, while it also manages YooPlay, the only
interactive games channel found on all four Digital TV platforms in the UK and
Avago, which was established by YooMedia and is now managed on behalf of Gala
Group.

•               YooMedia Enhanced Solutions (YES) - delivers interactive content
that enhances consumer and audience experiences.  Customers include the BBC,
Nestle, Celador, William Hill, Channel 4, The Cartoon Network and HR Owen.

•               YooMedia Public Sector - provides digital solutions/media
services to leading public sector organisations including the NHS Direct
Interactive TV service for the Department of Health, the Learning and Skills
Council TV Kickstart service and a range of local authority TV services.



The Group's experienced management team includes: Chairman, Dr. Michael
Sinclair, who holds a number of directorships in both the UK and the USA having
previously founded Lifetime Corporation; and Managing Director, Neil MacDonald,
whose career spans 11 years in multimedia and interactive sectors plus a further
19 years in the retail industry.




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