Data Broadcasting's eSignal Wins Stocks & Commodities Readers' Choice Award for Best Real-Time Data System.

Business Editors

HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1999

Data Broadcasting Corp. (Nasdaq:DBCC), America's leading provider of real-time financial market data to traders and individual investors, today announced that eSignal has been voted "The Best Real-Time Data System" for 1999 by Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine's Readers' Choice Awards.

The readers of Stocks & Commodities magazine are experienced traders who demand the highest standards for their trading tools. This annual survey which began in 1993 has repeatedly confirmed DBC's number one position over the past decade, and in this year's contest, DBC defeated both long-time industry competitors as well as new entrants into the field, including products from Bridge Information Systems, Standard & Poor's (NYSE:MHP), PC Quote (Nasdaq:HYPR), DTN (Nasdaq:DTLN) and Quote.com (Nasdaq:LCOS), among others.

"This is the seventh consecutive year we have received this industry honor," said Mark Imperiale, chief executive officer and president of Data Broadcasting. "This award underscores DBC's leadership position as the number one provider of market data over the Internet. We consistently beat the competition, including much larger companies, and we will continue to meet the demanding needs of the active investment community with quality and powerful products and services."

eSignal's popularity is supported by relationships with more than 60 online brokerage firms, including Dreyfus (NYSE:MEL), Ameritrade (Nasdaq:AMTD), Wall Street Access and Lind-Waldock, among others. In addition, DBC has formed partnerships with direct access brokerages including Preferred Capital Markets, CyBerCorp, All-Tech Direct and On-Site Trading who offer eSignal subscribers the ability to trade from within the product and seamlessly integrate eSignal's real-time information with advanced online trading platforms.

eSignal delivers streaming real-time financial data over the Internet using active-push technology to continuously update data at the user's workstation. DBC acquires its financial information directly from the exchanges and delivers it to customers via high-speed Internet. Newly installed Compaq Alpha Servers, reputed to be the world's fastest support this reliable and speedy infrastructure. DBC installed these four, redundant and geographically separate high-speed server farms in order to ensure the industry-leading reliability that customers count on and handle the enormous increases in exchange data expected over the next years.

Data Broadcasting Corp. is the leading provider of real-time market data to the individual trader and investor. The company delivers real-time stock quotes, financial information and news to the PCs, laptops and hand-held devices of millions of users via the Internet, dedicated lines, wireless FM, cable and satellite. With the BondEdge service from its Capital Management Sciences division, Data Broadcasting also is the leading provider of fixed income portfolio analytics used for valuation and risk management purposes.

The company's infrastructure and applications have been extensively tested to ensure Y2K compliance. Data Broadcasting's Internet presence includes http://www.dbc.com, http://www.eSignal.com, http://cbs.marketwatch.com, http://www.insite.dbc.com, http://www.bondedge.com, http://sports.dbc.com and http://www.dbceuro.com.