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Date: 16Β AprilΒ 2009
On behalf of: Boomerang Plus plc ('Boomerang'Β orΒ 'the Group')Β
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Boomerang Plus plcΒ
CommissionsΒ / Re-commissions
Boomerang Plus plcΒ (AIM: BOOM.L),Β aΒ multi-genre, independent television production groupΒ operating within the Nations and Regions,Β is pleased toΒ announceΒ that itΒ has wonΒ aΒ successionΒ ofΒ newΒ commissionsΒ and re-commissionsΒ fromΒ S4C, the Welsh-language television broadcaster,Β to produceΒ a numberΒ ofΒ children'sΒ and otherΒ multi-genreΒ programmesΒ for production during 2009.Β TheseΒ are significantΒ for the Group andΒ areΒ expectedΒ to contribute over Β£3.5Β million of revenues forΒ the years ending 31 MayΒ 2009Β andΒ 2010.
Children's
Ranked as the topΒ children's producerΒ by volume in the recentΒ BroadcastΒ survey, the Group announces a strong slate of newΒ children'sΒ productionsΒ for S4C.
Boomerang's Children's department, led by Executive Producer, Angharad Garlick,Β has beenΒ commissionedΒ to produceΒ Ty Cyw,Β aΒ Welsh language, pre-school series coveringΒ colours,Β shapes, seasons, music, time and letter themesΒ through a combination of live action and animation. The seriesΒ will include 26 x 15 minute episodes andΒ has beenΒ produced by theΒ same team at Boomerang that createdΒ ABC,Β Royal Television Society's Children's Programme AwardΒ winnerΒ forΒ 2009.
Fflic, Boomerang's producer of lifestyle and children's programming, led byΒ Gwenda Griffith, has been commissioned to produce five children's series for S4C in 2009:
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The second series ofΒ YnΒ yr ArddΒ (In the Garden) is about to begin itsΒ pre-production period.Β This innovative pre-school, Virtual Reality,Β puppet showΒ setΒ in a beautiful garden,Β introduces green issues and healthy living to the younger audience as they follow the adventures of Gwilym the Gardener and his furry friends who all live in the garden together.
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The second series ofΒ HeiniΒ (Fit) is aΒ pre-schoolΒ series that encourages the under seven's to keep fit. It is fronted by Heini, an energetic andΒ lovableΒ singing aerobics teacher who teachesΒ aΒ numberΒ of exercise routines in various outdoor locations.
The second series ofΒ Y GarejΒ (The Garage),Β aimed atΒ anΒ 11+Β audience,Β features various cars,Β vehicles,Β gadgets,Β and gismos.Β These are filmedΒ both on location and in the studio.Β The series is presented by Alun Williams and Hannah Daniel.
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The filming of aΒ brand new series,Β Ant ac Al ar y fforddΒ (Ant and Al on the road),Β willΒ commenceΒ at the end of April. The travel show, aimed atΒ an 11+ audience, follows intrepid presenter Alun WilliamsΒ and chef Anthony EvansΒ as theyΒ travel the globe,Β seeking outΒ unusualΒ and traditional foodsΒ whilst savouring some local pastimes and activities including surfing, fishing, camping and cooking.Β
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Fflic is also commencing production in late summer ofΒ SALON,Β a studio-based seriesΒ about style and fashionΒ aimed at anΒ 11+ audience.Β The presenter Alex Jones,Β along with her team of stylists,Β make-up artists etc.,Β willΒ give young peopleΒ make-overs as well as offering fashionΒ tips, advice and inspiration.
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Music /Youth
BoomerangΒ hasΒ beenΒ re-commissionedΒ to produceΒ award-winningΒ late night series, Bandit, a music and magazine show highlighting the best of Welsh pop and rock groups. The series will includeΒ 4 x 60 minute one-off specials to be shown throughout the yearΒ on S4C.Β
BoomerangΒ hasΒ alsoΒ been re-commissioned to produce theΒ secondΒ series ofΒ Nodyn, a 16 x 30 minuteΒ musicΒ show,Β presented by Elin Fflur,Β showcasingΒ the best of the current Welsh music scene.
Both series areΒ executiveΒ produced and directed byΒ Gruffydd Davies.
Entertainment
Boomerang's Entertainment department, led by Executive Producer andΒ DirectorΒ Ronw Protheroe,Β has also been re-commissioned to produce theΒ secondΒ series ofΒ 0 ond 1, aΒ 10 x 60 minuteΒ travel quiz showΒ for S4CΒ where 12Β contestants battle it out for a chance to compete against an ex Pat to win an experience of a lifetime.
Huw Davies, Chief Executive OfficerΒ of Boomerang Plus,Β commented:
"We are delighted with thisΒ newΒ slate of multi-genre commissionsΒ and re-commissionsΒ for 2009.Β ThisΒ demonstrates our diverse genre offering as well as highlightingΒ the strength of our award-winning Children's department."
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For further information, please contact:
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Boomerang Plus plcΒ |
Via Redleaf CommunicationsΒ |
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HuwΒ EurigΒ Davies, Chief Executive |
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Mark Fenwick, Finance Director |
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AltiumΒ Capital Limited (NOMAD) |
020 7484 4040 |
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Tim RichardsonΒ /Β Melanie SzalkiewiczΒ |
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Redleaf Communications |
020 7566 6700 |
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Sanna SumnerΒ / Anna DunkinΒ |
boomerang@redleafpr.comΒ |
Notes to Editors:Β
The Group, founded in 1994, has extensive experience in producing content in a variety of genres, including youth programming, music, entertainment, children's programming, extreme sports and drama
The Group has good revenue visibility as a high proportion of its budgeted revenue is contracted with broadcastersΒ
The market for independent television production companies in the Nations and Regions has grown following quotas from the regulator Ofcom, which require that, depending on the broadcaster, between 10 per cent. and 50 per cent. of qualifying programming hours must be sourced from outside the M25 boundary
Boomerang is ranked in the top five independent television production companies, by revenue, in the Nations and Regions according to the Broadcast Survey (Nations and Regions) 2007.
The Board's strategy is both to achieve strong organic growth by leveraging the Group's existing customer base coupled with strategic acquisitions, with a view to becoming a major supplier toΒ UKΒ networks looking to satisfy their Nations and Regions quotas
Boomerang is well placed toΒ participate in the consolidation of the sector.Β Target companies which meet the acquisition criteria will have a strong trackΒ record, which will assist the Group to grow further, outsideΒ Wales
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