LONDON – 18 August 2003 - AlienPants Ltd (www.alienpants.com) is pleased to announce that visitors to this year’s ECTS show will be able to receive news headlines, press release information and news about the event via their mobile phones.

At this year's ECTS, AlienPants, in association with CMP Information, will be providing a subscription-based SMS News Alerts service. Visitors to the show and anyone else interested in the event will be able to sign up to receive the latest news and press release information from the show direct to their mobile phone.

AlienPants will have a team of news gatherers at the show making sure that news and information is delivered as soon as it happens. All major Press Releases put out during ECTS will also be covered, allowing subscribers to be notified of the Press Release headline when it is made public.

“ECTS is one of the largest Computer Game trade shows in the world,” said Tom Gordon, CEO of AlienPants Ltd. “It’s often not possible to keep up with everything that’s happening during the show, and this service will allow people to find out news of interest as it breaks.”

Sharon Thomas, Marketing Manager of ECTS also commented “Now there's no excuse for missing out on any crucial announcements during ECTS. The Alien Pants service will be a valuable service for the time-poor movers and shakers during these hectic days ahead.”

To sign up to receive alerts during ECTS, visit www.alienpants.com/ects/. Subscribers can then select which categories of information they would like to receive, and in what volumes. These choices can be adjusted at any time.

About AlienPants
AlienPants provides world-class management and user support for very large communities through the use of online technologies coupled with personal interaction. AlienPants also provides written content for games service providers, games news websites, gaming-related magazines and the mobile sector, with clients as diverse as BT Openworld, Joystick Junkies and Prima Publishing.

About ECTS
ECTS is Europe's premier interactive entertainment expo. For more information please visit: www.ects.com.

About CMP Information
CMP Information is the UK headquartered professional media division of United Business Media plc.

Operating in the UK, US, Asia and Europe, CMPi delivers integrated media solutions to specialist B2B vertical market sectors. Its products including magazines, exhibitions, conferences, awards, directories and websites are targeted at business professionals across a focused range of markets; these include Healthcare, Property, Entertainment, Travel, Agriculture, IT & Games and Print.

Amongst its well-established brands are industry leading publications including Pulse, Travel Trade Gazette, Building Design, Property Week, Building, Music Week, and Chemist & Druggist. It also has a number of exhibitions recognised as the pre-eminent events in their respective market sectors. These include CPhI, FIE, The Furniture Show, ATC, Confex and IFSEC.

CMPi has recently completed a number of acquisitions to strengthen its media portfolio for the built environment, these included acquiring the remaining 50% of Property Media, the publisher of Property Week in April; the acquisition of the interior Design Handbook in May; and the purchase of the Builder Group and Barbour Index in July, the best-known names in publishing and information services for the building, architects and facilities management sectors. These acquisitions totalled over £83m and have propelled CMPi to the leading media company in the built environment sector.