Servecast Acquires Tornado Productions Limited

London - October 21, 2003 - Servecast Limited, the leading international provider of webcasting solutions today announced that it had completed the acquisition of Tornado Productions Ltd, one of the UK's leading providers of webcasting and streaming media solutions. The combination of Tornado and Servecast will result in an enlarged group which will be the clear market leader in the United Kingdom, Europe's largest market for webcasting solutions.

Set up in 1999, Tornado Productions provides webcasting and streaming media solutions to a broad range of leading UK corporates and media companies. Its clients include Shell, Microsoft, BBC, EMAP, Old Mutual, Cisco, Rolls Royce, HSBC, Royal and Sun Alliance, Egg and Selfridges. Last year, it won the BTOpenworld Award for Best Use of Broadband.

Servecast has offices in Dublin and London and provides webcasting solutions to the corporate, sports and media markets throughout the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe. Servecast's clients include BSkyB, Reuters, Deloitte, Investis, Logica CMG, Arsenal FC, Liverpool FC, Glasgow Celtic FC, Chelsea FC, NTL and Globecast.

Mark O'Meara, CEO, Servecast, said "The addition of the Tornado customer base and highly skilled team results in a further strengthening of our leading position in the UK webcasting market. Together, we will be in a position to offer our combined customer base enhanced products and services and we will be in a very strong position to continue the strong growth which we have been experiencing over the last eighteen months."

John Howkins, Chairman, Tornado Productions, said "When we started in 1999 we were one of the first webcasting companies in Britain. Today, the industry's growth is dependent upon consolidating into a few major players. We are delighted to be joining forces with Servecast, a well-established and highly successful company with excellent management. The two companies' products and clients complement each other very well."

For further information contact:

Louise Burke, CEO, Tornado Productions
Tel: 020 7389 9400

Mark O'Meara, CEO, Servecast
Tel: +353 86 284 6140

http://www.servecast.com

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