Company Press Release

Netter Digital Teams With NASA on Production of Science in New Science Fiction Series

North Hollywood, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-
-Aug. 18, 1998--Netter Digital Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: NETT - news)

today announced that Crusade, it's new television series produced in association with Synthetic Worlds Ltd. for Turner Network Television (TNT),
will feature the first-ever strategic alliance on an on-going basis with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL
) Technology Affiliates program.

The announcement was made by Douglas Netter, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Netter Digital Entertainment.

This collaboration marks the first time that NASA's JPL has provided regular consultation to a television series
. Netter, who is also executive producer of Crusade and Babylon 5,
commented: ``We are very excited at the prospect of creating special effects that reflect actual knowledge already gained from the U.S. space program.
Netter welcomes this opportunity to create visually the proper depiction of future technology and accurate planetary and astronomical realities.''

Joan Horvath, a business alliance manager with JPL's Technology Affiliates Program said:
``It's exciting for us to be able to share knowledge from the space program in order to help ensure the realism and accuracy of popular science fiction programming.''

J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Crusade and executive producer of Synthetic Worlds, Ltd., who co-produces with Netter Crusade and the popular Babylon 5, its predecessor, said:
``JPL's involvement is massively exciting for all of us associated with Crusade.

Viewers will see distant worlds never before attempted on any other TV series;
worlds around twin stars, bizarre and strange environments, and alien life forms based on the best scientific research from JPL and brought to life by Netter's outstanding special effects technologies.
We hope to bring back a sense of wonder to this kind of storytelling and put science back into science fiction.''

Netter Digital Entertainment Inc. is engaged in the acquisition, development and production of television series, made for television movies, documentaries, theatrical motion pictures and multimedia products. Its best known production is the critically acclaimed Babylon 5 television series, produced in association with J. Michael Straczynski's Synthetic World, Ltd. under Babylonian Productions.

The company recently announced the new series Crusade, with J. Michael Straczynski, which will air on Turner Network Television (TNT) in the fall.

Netter Digital Technologies, a division of Netter Digital Entertainment Inc., provides visual effects and computer animation to outside clients including their own television series, Babylon 5, Crusade, and The New Adventures of Voltron in The Third Dimension, and an upcoming electronic game for a major entertainment company.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: Martin E. Janis & Company Inc. Bev Jedynak, 312/943-1100