ADVISORY/Madge.web and Eunite Stream Live 'Living on the net'.

Business Editors and High Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Thursday - Sunday (Nov. 16-19)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Event: Internet Challenge from InternetWorld exhibition in Manchester

What: Richard Boardman, IT & E-commerce Lawyer from law firm Halliwell Landau has been challenged by InternetWorld, the trade exhibition taking place in Manchester, United Kingdom, for the first time this week, to live off the net for a week. Richard is in a `glass box' in the trendy `Living Room' restaurant in Manchester's city centre, with only a PC, desk and bed. He has to survive on everything purchased via the Internet, including his food. The live webcast is streamed by Eunite and delivered by Madge.web via the Madge Broadcast Network(TM) (MBN), the first pan-European network with full media streaming capabilities for the delivery of video, audio, animation and special events.

When: Now until 19th November 2000

Where: www.livingonthenet.co.uk

About Madge.web(TM)

Madge.web(TM) provides global rich content management and distribution services. Using its worldwide Overnet platform to bypass the public Internet, it offers a portfolio of application and network services that make the successful deployment of rich content a reality for its international business customers. The complete integration of network infrastructure and application services facilitates the creation, management and marketing of digital rich content and ensures its rapid distribution within a secure, reliable and scalable environment. Madge.web's global network and application services guarantee performance quality and are optimised to distribute the business-to-business and premium business-to-consumer traffic of companies within content-intensive industries such as the financial services and media sectors.

Further information about Madge.web can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.madgeweb.com.

About Eunite

Eunite offers professional guidance for the complete development of strategies and solutions to support investent in web and TV based interactive services.

Eunite's in house skills cover a broad range of areas including:-

- Website and Interactive TV design and development;

- HTML, Javascript, Java, C++, CGI and Perl;

- Sybase, SQL and Oracle;

- E-Commerce Development;

- Project Management,

- Audio and video production and engineering;

- Network engineering and hosting; and

- Security.

In August 2000, Eunite was acquired by N Brown plc, who also own Zendor.com. This development allows Eunite to offer a truly integrated 'one stop shop'solution via their partnership with sister company Zendor. Zendor complement Eunite's services by offering fulfilment warehousing, customer relationship management, call centres and order handling. Eunite are unique in being able to offer the end-to-end solution within one company.

N Brown Group plc is a Manchester based, direct home shopping group and is a provider of end-to-end fulfilment services, from website design and hosting, through to 'on the doorstep' delivery. It currently offers clients shopping opportunities via phone, post, fax and Internet. Its home shopping background makes it ideally placed to offer a complete service to any business entering the home shopping market, whether they are retailers, e-tailers or manufacturers.

About Halliwell Landau

Halliwell Landau was established 25 years ago, but is now the second largest North West commercial law firm. We seek to take a common sense and commercial approach and, in particular, make every effort to understand each client's business. Overall, we are an ambitious and entrepreneurial practice which is committed to supplying high quality services to our clients, very much a "can do" attitude creating solutions, not just delivering answers. As one of the North West's premier law firms, we have a reputation for providing our clients with pragmatic legal advice that gives them a competitive advantage.