Re Contract

Screen PLC
20 November 2000

                          SCREEN PLC: CONTRACT GAIN



            CCTV SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS FOR SHEPWAY DISTRICT COUNCIL



Screen plc ('Screen'), the leading provider of advanced security and
communication systems, announces that its Petards Vision ('Petards')
subsidiary has won a contract worth £65,000 from the Shepway District Council
('Shepway DC') to supply 5 wireless based SWIFT Rapid deployment cameras and
its COBYT (control by touch) CCTV Control System.

Petards currently provide SWIFT and COBYT systems for 65 local authorities
across the UK.

The contract is the first with Shepway DC and will extend the Council's
existing CCTV surveillance network in Folkestone and other areas within their
region. The recently installed portable SWIFT cameras use radio transmission
to send video and control data signals from camera locations to the CCTV
Control room. This makes deployment and relocation of the cameras far easier
and quicker than conventional CCTV cameras, as hard-wired connections at the
camera location are not necessary.

The contract also included Petards supplying its COBYT CCTV Management System
to integrate existing fixed CCTV cameras and SWIFT cameras, allowing them to
be operated simply and quickly at the touch of a finger. The high-tech touch
screen technology provides a computerised map of camera locations throughout
the District so that cameras can be focused on a designated area in seconds.

These two systems add value to the Shepway DC's existing CCTV network.
Portable cameras give flexibility to follow crime displaced by fixed CCTV
monitoring, monitor one-off public events and cover areas where fixed cameras
are not economical.

Commenting on the contract gain, Keith Stone, Shepway DC Community Services
Manager said:

'What attracted us to Petards' SWIFT system was the ease of deployment and
relocation that results from its use of radio transmission technology. This
means that we can quickly and cost-effectively establish CCTV surveillance in
areas where we have a short term need and in circumstances where the costs of
installing and maintaining a permanently positioned camera could perhaps not
be justified. This flexibility, in combination with the advanced control
facilities and activity reporting provided by the COBYT CCTV Management
system, will play an important role in our future surveillance capabilities'.

Michael Williams, Managing Director of Petards Vision said:

'This project further illustrates how radio transmission has evolved as the
latest avenue for CCTV surveillance. Our system allows users to harness the
very latest in technology, whilst reducing installation costs and on-going
running costs. With the increasing burden of maintaining 24 hour CCTV,
Councils are seeking to share resources and costs with their neighbours.
Petards, as the pre-eminent leader in this market, is in a unique position to
offer a seamless and cost-effective interface to the multitude of CCTV systems
used nationwide.'



Contacts:

Petard Vision, Screen Plc                                 Binns & Co PR Ltd
Michael Williams, Managing Director                       Peter Binns
Tel: [phone]                                         Paul McManus

[e-mail]  http://www.screenplc.com              Tel: [phone]



Editor's Notes



Screen Plc

Screen Plc develops and supplies advanced communication and control
technologies for customers in the commercial and emergency services market
places.

Screen is the preferred supplier of mobile data products and communication
based command and control systems to the Metropolitan Police, other Police
forces, other emergency services and local authorities.

Products are distributed and sold in 38 countries throughout Europe, Africa,
the Middle and Far East and Australasia.

Through its wholly-owned Petards subsidiaries, Screen also makes full use of
its extensive in-house experience to approach the commercial markets, such as
the field service and logistics sectors, with its latest hi-technology
handheld device.

Petards' advanced technology in portable data devices incorporating video and
audio transmissions has many other applications through which the company is
now beginning to capitalise via its joint venture with RadioScape, the
specialist digital audio software developer.

Screen has three subsidiaries branded under the Petards name. They are Petards
Vision (currently being re-branded from Petards International), Petards Mobile
Intelligence and Petards Corporate Knowledge



COBYT

COBYT data and video management system is a computer based data and video
management control system designed to satisfy the needs of large-scale,
complex security and surveillance schemes. Petards technology allows existing
disparate systems to be linked together without the need for equipment
replacement. Such a system is beneficial for Local Authorities, Government
agencies and Police who increasingly have a need to access the same devices.



SWIFT

SWIFT rapid deployment camera is a wireless based (CCTV) camera which can be
quickly and easily deployed without any external connections. SWIFT cameras
can be powered via their own battery or via a mains connection and has a range
of up to 4km.