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Servecast and Setanta launch Pay Per View Cricket Service

Dublin, Ireland - 12 March, 2004 - Servecast Limited, the leading international provider of webcasting solutions today announced that it has launched a new Pay Per View online cricket service in partnership with its sister company, Setanta Sports.

Under the initiative, Servecast and Setanta will broadcast live coverage of major international cricket events to a global broadband audience from Setanta's new broadband sports portal, www.setanta.tv.

The service was launched on 11 March with live coverage of the 1st Test in the West Indies v England Series from Kingston, Jamaica. Coverage of this series will continue throughout April and May with three further test matches and seven one day internationals.

This series will be followed by full live coverage of the return series when the West Indies travel to England in July.

"We are delighted to add cricket to our range of sports coverage. We are already the leading provider of online broadcasting solutions in the UK and Europe, serving customers such as Liverpool FC, Manchester United FC, Chelsea FC, Celtic FC, At the Races and many more.", said Darach Deehan, CEO of Servecast.

"This deal extends our leadership to the cricket segment of the market, a segment which we believe offers enormous potential, with a massive worldwide broadband audience. We are now the undisputed leader in the three biggest online sports, soccer, racing and cricket, as well as being the partner of choice to the largest broadcasters, including BSkyB and ITV and broadcast services operators NTL, Globecast and Kingston inmedia."

For further information, please contact;

Darach Deehan, CEO, Servecast

Telephone + 353 (0)1 4748002

About Servecast;

Servecast is the leading provider of webcasting solutions for the Enterprise, Sports and Media sectors. Its solutions for the sports and media sectors enable content owners to monetize their content by securely delivering it to a global broadband audience. Its enterprise software solutions enable corporations to harness the power of webcasting as part of their communications and training programmes.

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