April 10th 2006

Entertainment UK (E.UK), Europe’s leading wholesale distributor of home entertainment products, has announced the appointment of Matthew Porter as Head of Digital & Data Services.

Matthew joins E.UK from Inspired Broadcast Networks Limited, where he held the role of Business Development Director. With a strong track record in sales, management and business development, he previously spent two years as Managing Director of Magnetic Media, following the sale of new media agency Hypnosis Media - which he co-founded.

Matthew is tasked with leading the further development of E.UK’s digital strategy in order to fully exploit the opportunities of new delivery platforms on behalf of E.UK’s customers.

Matthew comments:
“It’s an exciting time for E.UK as the business looks to further its digital offering alongside its physical operation. I’m looking forward to building upon the firm foundations that already exist in this area at E.UK, to develop a suite of digital and data services solutions which will help existing and potential clients realise the huge opportunites in delivering digital content to their customers.”

Ian Foster, Commercial Director of E.UK comments:
“As Europe’s leading distributor of home entertainment products we have to be at the forefront of the move towards digital and the opportunities that this will present to our customers. With Matthew’s strong track record in the digital services sector he will play a key role in continuing to ensure that digital remains a key part of our offering alongside our established physical product business.”