EXHIBIT 99.5

                                   SCHEDULE 10

                    NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1)   Name of company

BRIGHT STATION PLC

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

NEWTON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

AS IN 2

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
of shares held by each of them

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED - ACCOUNT DESIGNATION NEWTONUT - 3,500,000 ORDINARY
SHARES

WATERHOUSE NOMINEES LIMITED - ACCOUNT DESIGNATION SEGFUNDS - 392,000 ORDINARY
SHARES

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

2,174,000 ORDINARY SHARES

6)   Percentage of issued class

1.25%

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8)   Percentage of issued class

N/A

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF ONE PENCE

10)  Date of transaction

NOT DISCLOSED

11)  Date company informed

16 MAY 2001







12)  Total holding following this notification

6,066,000 ORDINARY SHARES IN THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS:

CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED - ACCOUNT DESIGNATION NEWTONUT
WATERHOUSE NOMINEES LIMITED - ACCOUNT DESIGNATION SEGFUNDS

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.50%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

JONATHAN BALL - 020 7925 7698

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

JONATHAN BALL

Date of notification  17 MAY 2001