tuesday 20th august 2002

Virtue Broadcasting plc ("LSE: TDO"), one of Europe's leading digital media specialists for secure online broadcast and distribution, and Video Arts, the pre-eminent provider of e-learning and video based training programmes, today announce an agreement that will see Video Arts utilise Virtue Broadcasting's Content Management System (CMS) to manage, host, secure and distribute training videos and e-learning from their extensive library via the Internet.

Video Arts currently have e-learning programmes which can be tailored to specific client needs and training materials for these programmes are currently distributed via CD-Rom, corporate intranets and other company networks, for access at any time of the day, 7 days a week. This agreement will enable Video Arts to offer their customer access to these programmes via the Video Arts Learning Portal.

Virtue Broadcasting's Content Management System (CMS) will provide the technology backbone to Video Arts' e-learning offering, enabling them to manage and syndicate the content on to their clients. Virtue Broadcasting's Content Management System (CMS) is accessed via a desktop client or web interface and is easily used by non-technical staff. The digitised videos are uploaded onto the system and protected with Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology.

The DRM allows Video Arts to protect the copyright of their training videos by setting rules that will determine whether the user is able to stream or download the videos, when the videos can be viewed and an expiration date for the videos, if applicable.

Video Arts will be able to upload the digitised video clips onto the system, which will automatically generate hyperlinks that can be used on their website or syndicated to clients' intranets. The CMS also provides the ability for real time reporting to track the frequency the videos have been accessed on all the sites that the content has been syndicated to.

'The implementation of CMS is the start of a strategic initiative that will see Video Arts moving more of its operations into the digital space,' says Jeet Khaira, Chief Executive Officer, Video Arts. 'Virtue Broadcasting were the natural choice as they have an excellent track record with secure distribution for media and corporate companies. We are very impressed with Virtue Broadcasting's Content Management System as a solution that manages our assets as efficiently and effectively as possible.'

'Virtue Broadcasting has made significant progress in the corporate area, but training and e-learning is an exciting new area,' says Neil Ferris, Chief Executive Officer of Tornado Group PLC. 'We are pleased to be working with Video Arts, who are established leaders in training media, at the start of a long term project which will see exciting digital opportunities introduced to the business.'