Bell Canada Enterprises Teams with ExtendMedia
    to Build Applications for Interactive Set-top Box

MONTREAL,Oct. 31 2001 --Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) today announced
it has successfully entered the final stage of development of its ComboBox
convergence product, working with ExtendMedia to integrate a variety of
applications that will provide BCE customers with easy access to a suite of
advanced interactive services.
    The applications being developed by BCE and ExtendMedia will enable
ComboBox customers to explore Sympatico-Lycos' optimized portals, send and
receive email, use instant messaging, play games, watch and record, create
personalized programming, surf the web and receive an electronic program guide
(EPG) -- all through the use of their television, remote control and wireless
keyboard.
    "Bell has a proven commitment to connecting our customers with the full
benefits of convergent initiatives," said Tom Hope Chief Technology Officer
for Bell Canada. "By leveraging our corporate strengths in media, telecom and
e-commerce, we're offering our customers more choice, more control and more
advanced tools to manage the communications, information and entertainment
they want to receive."
    BCE has contracted ExtendMedia to assist with a review and analysis of
current and emerging interactive technologies, applications and services that
make effective use of new media properties to deepen the customer connection
to the BCE brand. Under the contract, ExtendMedia has evaluated the browsers,
middleware, applications and technology required to design and deliver BCE's
user-friendly, interactive set-top box.
    ComboBox supports BCE's convergence strategy by integrating the content,
connectivity and commerce assets of the BCE family of companies to deliver
more value to its customers. The ComboBox service works by delivering Bell
Globemedia content over an innovative technology platform that combines Bell
Sympatico High-Speed Internet service with Bell ExpressVu digital satellite
television.
    "BCE and ExtendMedia share many of the same ideas and visions of how
convergent projects and interactive services will evolve over the next 12 to
18 months," added Keith Kocho, President and CEO at ExtendMedia. "We're
confident that this partnership will be beneficial for both companies as,
together, we transform the way customers maximize their communications,
information and entertainment."
    In addition to ExtendMedia, BCE is also working in conjunction with
EchoStar Communications Corporation to develop the interactive set-top box.

    About BCE
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    BCE is Canada's largest communications company. It has more than 20
million customer connections through the wireline, wireless, data/Internet and
satellite services it provides, largely under the Bell brand. BCE leverages
those connections with extensive content creation capabilities through Bell
Globemedia which features some of the strongest brands in the industry - CTV,
Canada's leading private broadcaster, The Globe and Mail, Canada's National
Newspaper, and Sympatico-Lycos and Globe Interactive, which jointly have the
largest Canadian presence on the web. As well, BCE has extensive e-commerce
capabilities provided under the BCE Emergis brand and serves international
customers through Teleglobe, a global connectivity, content distribution and
Internet hosting company. BCE shares are listed in Canada, the United States
and Europe. For more information, visit www.bce.ca

    About ExtendMedia Inc.
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    ExtendMedia is an award-winning production company focused on creating
interactive content for the Internet, television and wireless convergence
market. With its team of producers, designers, developers and engineers,
ExtendMedia pushes the limits of entertainment to create next generation
interactive programming experiences. By collaborating with clients,
ExtendMedia manages the integration and delivery of interactive content,
extends their clients' brands to a wider audience, and creates new business
models and e-commerce revenue streams. Its market-leading, high-profile
partners and investors include Creative Artists Agency, BCE and Alliance
Atlantis, to name a few. Entertainment, broadcast, cable and
telecommunications clients like PBS, New Line Cinema, Eyemark Entertainment,
Discovery Health and Cablevision depend on ExtendMedia for their emerging
interactive needs. Founded in 1991 by President and Chief Executive Officer,
Keith Kocho, ExtendMedia is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. For more
information, visit www.extend.com.





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For further information: Bell Canada - Ontario - Norm Berberich, Media
Relations, (416) 581-3311, 1-888-482-0809, norm.berberich@bell.ca; Bell
Canada - Québec - France Poulin, Media Relations, (514) 391-2007,
1-877-391-2007, france.poulin@bell.ca; Extendmedia -
Keith Kocho,
ExtendMedia, (416) 535-4222 x.2202, kkocho@extend.com