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Entertainment Rights PLC
30 March 2004

                ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS WINS DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS TO
                   'BARBIE AS THE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER'

Entertainment Rights Plc ("ER") today announces the successful acquisition of
the distribution rights to Mattel's highly anticipated fourth feature length
film BarbieTM as the Princess and the Pauper.

ER will release the title in the UK on DVD and video on its own label Right
Entertainment. ER has also securedinternational television rights, excluding
North America, to the feature-film.

This new deal follows ER's success as the international distributor for
television, video and DVD of Mattel's first three full-length feature films
BarbieTM in the Nutcracker, BarbieTM as Rapunzel and BarbieTM of Swan Lake.All
three titles have been sold to the preeminent national broadcast partners in
more than 90 countries worldwide including Super RTL in Germany, M6 in France,
Mediaset in Italy, Telecinco in Spain, TVB Hong Kong, SBS Korea and Network 7 in
Australia. Through its distribution deal with Universal International and with
combined UK sales from the Right Entertainment label over seven million Barbie
(R) videos and DVDs have been sold to date byER.

BarbieTM as the Princess and the Pauper teaches girls about hope, self-discovery
and the strength of love. This classic tale has received a modern-day makeover
from Mattel and is played out through the amazing technology of CGI animation.

Mike Heap, Chief Executive of Entertainment Rights Plc, said,

"We have developed a close working relationship with Mattel and have worked
together to develop the BarbieTM feature-film franchise as a phenomenally
popular concept for young girls around the world. These films have also been the
launch pad for our own highly successful home entertainment division Right
Entertainment which has established itself as an exceptional supplier of quality
children's and family entertainment."

Steve Ross, Senior Vice President of Entertainment and Business Development at
Mattel, Inc., said,

"We are thrilled to partner with Entertainment Rights on our fourth Barbie(R)
direct-to-video feature. They have been with us from the beginning and they have
proven to be an outstanding partner. The momentum generated from the Barbie(R)
movies continues to build each year and the combination of the incredibly
inspirational story of Barbie(R) as the Princess and the Pauper told as a
musical, along with Entertainment Rights' expertise, should make this our most
successful release yet."

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   *High resolution images are available for the media to view and download
    free of charge from http://www.vismedia.co.uk


For further information, please contact

Entertainment Rights:
Julie King or Ross Kester on 0208 762 6268/60

Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial:
Charles Reynolds or Sarah Landgrebe on 0207 861 3232



Note to Editors:

   * Entertainment Rights Plc ("ER") is one of the UK's leading specialist
    media groups focussed on the ownership of high quality children's and family
    programming, characters and brands.

   * ER owns the rights to many classic characters including Basil Brush(R),
    Postman Pat(R) and Little Red Tractor.

   * Since 1999, when ER owned rights to just 50 hours of programming, ER's
    library has grown to over 1,700 hours of high quality children's and family
    programming. This includes rights to global brands such as Mattel's
    BarbieTM, Scholastic's CliffordTM, Hasbro's Transformers, Casper the
    Friendly Ghost and Felix the Cat.

   * ER has grown rapidly. Annual revenues have grown from #1.8m in 1999 to
    #29.5m in 2003, the last reported financial year.





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