GUSC.L Regulatory News (GUSC)

21 Apr 2005 06:00

Embargoed 0700 hrs, Thurs 21 April 2005 Talent Group plc ("Talent" or "The Company") New DVD licensing deal for "Test the Nation" The Board of Talent is pleased to announce the completion of an interactive DVDlicensing agreement with Contender Entertainment Group for "Test the Nation",the long-running interactive event series, made for BBC One by TalentTelevision Limited, the company's trading subsidiary).The agreement covers the development, distribution and marketing of twointeractive DVDs, based on the "Test the Nation" television format, each to bereleased to coincide with the 2005 and 2006 pre-Xmas sales periods. InteractiveDVDs are one of the fastest growing genres within the family entertainmentsector of the UK DVD/Video market and the release of the "Test the Nation"iDVDs underlines the stated aims of Talent Group to develop, retain and exploitthe secondary rights arising from their intellectual television properties.Jon Bourdillon, Director Home Entertainment, Contender Group said "We aredelighted to be working with Talent TV in this new, fast-growing sector. And weare particularly pleased to be bringing a high quality, premium entertainmentbrand such as "Test the Nation" to the UK marketplace."Tony Humphreys, Managing Director of Talent, said "Contender is one of the UK'sleading independent DVD/Video distributors and we are looking forward toworking with them in our first entry into the buoyant interactive DVD sector.This deal represents our first major step towards deriving income from retainedintellectual property rights."For Enquiries : Tony HumphreysManaging Director, Talent Group plc020 7421 780020 April 2005ENDTALENT GROUP PLC