CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUTANTS


We have  issued  our report  dated  March 9, 1999,  accompanying  the  financial
statements  of Streamedia  Communications,  Inc.  contained in the  Registration
Statement and Prospectus.
 We consent to the use of
the aforementioned report in the Registration Statement and Prospectus,
and to the use of our name as it
appears under the caption "Experts."




GRANT THORNTON LLP

Melville, New York
May 14, 1999