RNS Number:1205T
UBC Media Group PLC
11 December 2003

RNS Announcement
UBC Media Group PLC
11th December 2003

                              UBC Media Group plc

              NEW BBC CONTRACTS IN SOFTWARE AND RADIO PROGRAMMING

UBC Media Group plc, the commercial radio broadcasting company and leading
independent radio programme producer, announces that its software development
division and programme production division have been awarded significant new
contracts by the BBC.

Unique Interactive, the digital radio software division of UBC, has signed a
3-year deal to licence DAB Digital Radio Scrolling Text management software to
the BBC Nations and Regions. This takes the company's share of this emerging
digital radio market to over 30%. Unique Interactive already provides its DAB
Digital Radio Scrolling Text management software to EMAP, Virgin Radio, Classic
Gold Digital and DNN.

In addition, BBC Radio 2 FM has also this week, subject to final approval of
presenters, awarded Unique The Production Company, the Group's radio programme
division, contracts for ten new series during the commissioning year commencing
April 2004.   Taken together, these series comprise 48 individual programmes and
mean that the total number of programme hours commissioned from UBC by Radio 2
FM in this award round represents a 95% increase on the total for the current
year.

Simon Cole, Chief Executive, commented:
"The contract to provide the BBC with Unique Interactive's DAB Digital Radio
scrolling text management software is a significant milestone as it extends the
services that the group is providing to the BBC beyond audio programming.
Meanwhile, the Radio 2 commissions reinforce our market leadership in that core
business."



For further information, please contact:

Simon Cole, CEO, UBC Media Group plc               Tel: 020 7453 1600
Tim Allan, Portland, for UBC Media Group plc       Tel: 020 7404 5344


Notes to Editors

UBC Media Group plc is a UK public company quoted on the London Stock Exchange's
AIM market. The Group is a market leader in the supply of content to the radio,
Internet and digital television industries in the UK.  In addition to the
entertainment and financial news services provided to commercial radio, the
Group is the largest independent producer of radio programming for the BBC.  The
Group also has significant digital radio interests including Oneword, the Sony
Digital Radio Station of the Year, and the Classic Gold Digital network of
stations.  It is also part of the MXR consortium.


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