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New York (June 19, 2000) — Vastly expanding its reach in the United Kingdom, Yack^SM (http://www.yack.com), the Internet Program Guide^SM, signed a deal with British Telecommunications (BT) to provide its comprehensive online event listings across BT's multiple Internet platforms, including narrowband ISP and broadband DSL access, throughout the United Kingdom.

"We are extremely excited about bringing Yack1s broad range of Internet event listings to the millions of BT customers in the United Kingdom," said Jeff Morris, President & CEO of Yack. "This relationship further strengthens Yack's efforts to become the leading, authoritative guide to live and on-demand Web content in both the United States and Europe."

This latest partnership reflects Yack's growing involvement in the European community. The company already has a distribution deal with leading European Internet communications company World Online International, and has been publishing content specifically geared for the European audience (events scheduled for the GMT time zone) for almost a year.

John Raczka, Sr. Vice President of Content at BTopenworld, said "Our Broadband portal, BTopenworld, will not only be incredibly rich with online content experiences, but also include wide range of tools to assist consumers to fulfill their offline entertainment needs as well. We view Yack to be a leading player in this arena and its content to be very applicable to our strategies."

Yack's other European distribution deals include co-branded sites with leading UK Internet service providers FreeServe and Madasafish, high-speed entertainment portal Switch2it.com from Edison Interactive and Handbag.com, the nation's largest women's portal.

About British Telecommunications
British Telecommunications plc is one of the world's leading providers of telecommunications services. Its principal activities include local, long distance and international telecommunications services, mobile communications, Internet services and IT solutions. BT is expanding its presence overseas rapidly and has operations in more than 30 countries worldwide, with ventures in the Republic of Ireland, France, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Latin America and India. BT and AT&T have also created Concert, the leading global telecommunications company serving multi-national business customers, international carriers and Internet service providers worldwide.