e-district sign extended agreement with Telewest

Added: (Thu Oct 25 2001)

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e-district sign extended agreement with Telewest

e-district, the interactive TV entertainment company, announce today the signature of a new agreement with Telewest. Under the terms of the new agreement, e-district will launch a series of additional, original and licensed pay-per-play and subscription games over Telewest’s digital TV network in the coming months.

e-district will also extend and enhance the existing LeisureDistrict community service, providing subscription-based chat and other messaging services.

Chris Townsend, Telewest’s Director of e-Commerce and Interactive Services, comments, “We are delighted to announce this extended partnership with e-district. These products form an important part of our wider strategy in creating the strongest possible games proposition for Telewest Digital TV subscribers”. Townsend adds, “in building the LeisureDistrict community, e-district has shown great innovation in building a strong and loyal interactive TV following; the addition of multi-player and other premium games will certainly appeal to our customers”.

Eddie Abrams, Director, at e-district, remarks, “Ensuring distribution is in place across both major UK cable networks, is an important step in the success of our forthcoming range of pay services, including chat and premium games”.
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Contact:

Katy Howell
01932 706 810
Katy.howell@bmptvi.co.uk

Eddie Abrams is available for comment

About e-district.net plc

e-district.net plc has developed and operated the LeisureDistrict Network entertainment service since 1997 focusing on interactive TV. e-district.net plc currently operates top ranking services through several platform partners including NTL, Telewest and ITV Active.

e-district.net plc is quoted on the Alternative Investment Market; more information on the company is available through its web site at http://www.e-district.net

About Telewest

Telewest Communications, the broadband communications and media group, currently provides multi-channel television, telephone and internet services to more than 1.7 million UK households, and voice and data telecommunications services to over 69,000 business customers. Its content division, Flextech, is the biggest provider of basic channels to the UK pay-TV market and is the BBC's partner in UKTV, which has a portfolio of pay-TV channels based on the corporation's programming, including UK Gold.

Telewest was rated the top-scoring ISP by readers in the recent Internet magazine survey of UK internet service providers. 100% of those surveyed were satisfied with Telewest's service, and the company outperformed in every category. More information on the company is available through its web site at www.telewest.co.uk