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Virtue Broadcasting PLC
27 October 2003


VIRTUE BROADCASTING PLC

DIRECTORATE CHANGE

27 October 2003

The Board of Virtue Broadcasting Plc ("Virtue") are pleased to announce the
appointment today of Mr. Klaus Ackerstaff as the CEO of the main Board. He was
formerly CEO of Unit.Net which was acquired by Virtue in July 2003 and was then
appointed to the same role across the operating subsidiaries of Virtue. Virtue
is a leading European provider of Internet broadcasting services and solutions
to corporates in Switzerland, Germany, Spain as well as the UK.

Mr. Ackerstaff joined Unit.Net in early 1999 as CTO to lead the design and
implementation of both the delivery platform and the global streaming media
network With the IT infrastructure in place, Mr. Ackerstaff was appointed
Unit.Net's COO in 2001, in order to manage its expansion across the European
market. Having significantly increased its presence and market share within the
region he was appointed as Unit.Net's CEO in 2002.

Mr. Ackerstaff received his Doctorate in Physics from the University of Hamburg
in 1996. His studies included a scholarship at the University of Indiana,
Bloomington, Indiana, and followed three years as a research assistant at DESY,
where he worked on applying computing technology to high-energy physics
analysis. After earning his PHD he began his professional career at CERN
(Organisation Europeenne pour la Recherche Nucleaire) in Geneva, where he was
responsible for the IT infrastructure of the OPAL (particle physics) project.

The following information is required to be disclosed under Rule 2f of the AIM
listing Rules.

Mr. Ackerstaff held a directorship in Unit Italia S.r.l. which was placed into
solvent liquidation on 6 June 2003.

Mr Ackerstaff has held the following directorships over the last five years:
Unit.Net Deutschland GmbH, Unit,Net Streaming Spain S.L., Unit.Net France SARL,
Unit.Net Italia S.r.l., and Unit.Net UK Ltd.

There are no other disclosures required to be made under the AIM listing rule
quoted above.

Commenting, Chairman Mike Neville said today: "We are very pleased to welcome
Klaus to the Board.  His contribution since the acquisition of Unit.Net has been
significant, not only from the point of view of technology, but also his
European market experience.  This has been invaluable in securing Unit.Net's
clients but also in building the enlarged Group's footprint and client base"

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Virtue Broadcasting Plc - 020 7785 6000
Mike Neville, Chairman
James Ormondroyd, Finance Director

Brewin Dolphin Securities - Tel 0113 241 0130
Neil Baldwin


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