Data Broadcasting Launches eSignal Market Scanner Product Suite; First to Introduce Price Action Scanner Screening the Entire Market in Real Time.

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HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000

Data Broadcasting Corporation (Nasdaq:DBCC) (DBC), America's leading provider of real-time financial market data to traders and individual investors, today announced the launch of its eSignal Market Scanner product line.

Working in conjunction with its newest subsidiary, Trading Techniques, providers of Advanced GET, DBC is the first to introduce a market scanner that searches the entire database of stocks from the NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq exchanges. The eSignal Market Scanner provides customizable search results over the Internet based on real-time price performance to remote traders, an essential tool to quickly identify and capitalize on powerful market trading opportunities, previously available only in professional shops.

"The strategic launch of eSignal Market Scanner is made possible by our acquisition of Trading Techniques, an award-winning developer of technical analysis software for the financial community," said Chuck Thompson, senior vice president and managing director of DBC. "As the market for online trading continues to grow and traders become more sophisticated, the immediate need for advanced technical analysis decision support tools based on real-time market data becomes essential for investors to make informed buying/selling decisions."

Tom Joseph, vice president of technical software development, said, "Previously, traders were focusing on individual stocks and searching through news and websites to look for new trading opportunities. Now, with the eSignal Market Scanner, traders can quickly identify which stocks match their specific trading style and make the most of market movement."

The eSignal Market Scanner is the latest in a series of eSignal product enhancements designed to create the most advanced decision support tool available to the active individual and institutional trader. The new customizable scanning service provides flexible user-defined searches that allow investors to view market activity in real-time by exchange, price range and volume. Information is presented in sophisticated graphical formats and integrated into eSignal for a complete momentum analysis and decision support package. In addition, customers can also view the market by sector and industry, conduct pre-market searches and identify which stocks are rallying during crucial intraday market periods.

Thompson added, "The eSignal Market Scanner is an important new product and a key element in DBC's plans to provide eSignal users with an all-in-one solution. Through the release of the eSignal Market Scanner, Data Broadcasting continues to enhance its positioning as a leading one-stop service provider of real-time financial data to the active online investor community."

The eSignal Market Scanner service includes four individual scanners, each with its own unique flexibility and power, and is available in two packages: Power and Turbo. Customers can quickly and easily identify buy and sell opportunities, copy results into eSignal for additional analysis and execute trades with direct access brokers directly from the symbol. For more information on the eSignal Market Scanner, visit http://scanner.esignal.com.

About eSignal

eSignal delivers vital streaming real-time financial data over the Internet to active traders and individual investors. The eSignal application includes a portfolio manager, Nasdaq Level II display, fundamental data, intraday and interday charts, analytics, full-text news and research, customized tickers, time and sales, and an options montage window. eSignal also provides full-text news from CBS MarketWatch (Nasdaq:MKTW), Dow Jones News Service (NYSE:DJ) and Comtex, and can deliver limit alerts via pager, cell phone or e-mail. eSignal supports Windows(R) 95/98/2000/NT and is available for downloading at http://www.eSignal.com.

About Data Broadcasting Corporation

Data Broadcasting Corporation is a leading global provider of financial and business information to institutional and individual investors. The company supplies time-sensitive pricing, dividend, corporate action and descriptive information for more than 3.5 million securities traded around the world including hard-to-value, unlisted fixed income instruments. At the core of the business are its extensive database expertise and technology resources.

DBC delivers real-time, end-of-day and historically archived data to customers through a variety of products featuring Internet, dedicated line, satellite and dial-up delivery protocols. Through a broad range of partnerships and alliances, the company provides links to most of the world's best-known financial service and software companies for trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation. The company owns approximately 34 percent of MarketWatch.com (Nasdaq:MKTW), which it founded and joint ventured with CBS, now part of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA).

DBC, with approximately 1,700 employees, is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts and has more than 20 offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia including the world's key financial centers of New York, London and Tokyo.