Relationship Formed with Liberate Technologies

e-district.net PLC
26 April 2000



                      E-DISTRICT.NET PLC
                               
        RELATIONSHIP FORMED WITH LIBERATE TECHNOLOGIES


e-district.net  plc ('e-district'), the AIM-quoted  owner  and
developer of LeisureDistrict.net, a leading interactive family
entertainment and community channel, has agreed a  development
and  content  partner relationship with Liberate  Technologies
('Liberate').

Based  in  San  Carlos,  California,  and  quoted  on  NASDAQ,
Liberate  is  a  leading  provider  of  a  comprehensive  open
software platform for delivering Internet-enhanced content and
applications  to  a  broad  range  of  information  appliances
including  television  set-top  boxes,  game  consoles,  smart
phones and digital assistants.   Liberate has formed strategic
alliances  with  leading  technology  vendors  such  as  Cisco
Systems,  Inktomi, Lucent Technologies, Netscape,  Oracle  and
Sun  Microsystems, and is cuurently deployed  with  Cable  and
Wireless and Telewest in the UK.

e-district  and Liberate will work together in  enhancing  the
delivery  technology for LeisureDistrict   and  Liberate  will
also  promote  LeisureDistrict as  ready  made  content  for
delivery  into interactive TV distribution channels which  use
Liberates technology

This  latest  agreement  follows  recent  announcements  which
included  a  UK distribution agreement with Cable  &  Wireless
Communications  plc,  a sharp growth in registered  users  and
page  impressions  in  the  first  quarter  of  2000  and   an
interactive digital production agreement with Unity Pictures.

Steve Laitman, e-districts Chief Executive said :

'Liberate Technologies is a world leader in the technology for
delivering rich content for interactive TV through  cable  and
the  Internet.   Our working relationship with  Liberate  will
open  up  new channels of distribution for LeisureDistrict  to
complement  the  deals  signed  with  Worldgate  and  Cable  &
Wireless.'
                                                      
Terry Powell, Liberates Director of Content for EMEA said :

'Liberates  PopTV  Program  is  a  community  of  content,
application and hardware providers dedicated to our vision  of
open  standards. Welcoming e-district on board  endorses  this
vision  and enhances the already impressive basket of  content
that  can  be  delivered  on the liberate  platform  worldwide
today.'


About e-district
e-district is quoted on the Alternative Investment Market.  e-
district  is  the  owner and developer of the  LeisureDistrict
global  interactive entertainment network,  a  family  leisure
environment  capable  of  being  delivered  through   multiple
platforms including the internet and  interactive TV.

LeisureDistrict  continues to attract significant  numbers  of
new  registered users.  The annualised compound rate of growth
in  the  first calendar quarter of 2000 was 99% to 1.8 million
as  at 31 March 2000 with 60% in North America, 28% in the  UK
and  the  balance of 12% in continental Europe and around  the
world.  Total page impressions in Q1, 2000 were 121.4 million,
an increase of 109% on the comparable period in 1999.

In  addition  to  the  distribution agreements  with  Cable  &
Wireless Communications plc and Worldgate Communications Inc.,
e-district  has arrangements with a number of other  strategic
partners  including Unity Pictures, WH Smiths Online,  Expedia
Inc. and Remarq Inc.

LeisureDistrict    is    accessible     via     PC     through
www.LeisureDistrict.net.   More information on  e-district.net
plc  is  available  through the companys web  site  (  www.e-
district.net).

About Liberate
Liberate  Technologies  (Nasdaq: LBRT)  is  a  provider  of  a
complete  software  platform for delivering  Internet-enhanced
content  and applications to information appliances,  such  as
television   set-top  boxes  and  game  consoles.   Liberates
Internet-based  client  and  server  software  allows  network
operators,  such  as telecommunications companies,  cable  and
satellite  television operators and Internet service providers
to   provide  consumers  access  to  network  operator-branded
applications  and  services.  Headquartered  in  San   Carlos,
California, the company has sales offices in the U.S. and  the
U.K.

Early  investors  in Liberate include: Acer,  America  Online,
Comcast,  Cox Communications, General Instrument, Hambrecht  &
Quist,  Lucent  Technologies,  MediaOne,  Netscape,  Nintendo,
Oracle,  Rogers  Communications,  Sega,  Shaw  Communications,
Sony, and Sun Microsystems.

Liberate,  Liberate  TV  Platform and the  Liberate  logo  are
trademarks of Liberate Technologies.

For further information, please contact :

e-district - Frank Lewis, Chairman
             Steve Laitman, Chief Executiv
             020-8 201-1915

Buchanan Communications - Steve Liebmann / Suzanne Dunne
             020-7 466-5000