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1 Jul 2008 07:00
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Date: 1 JulyΒ 2008
On behalf of: NetPlay TV plcΒ ("the Group" or "NetPlayΒ TV")
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NetPlay TV plcΒ
BBC's Former Head of Light Entertainment Joins NetPlayΒ TV
NetPlay TV plc (AIM: NPT), theΒ AIM-listed interactive gaming company,Β is pleased to announce thatΒ Michael Leggo hasΒ joinedΒ asΒ itsΒ Director of TelevisionΒ for the Group's wholly owned subsidiary NetPlay TV Broadcasting.Β He will also act asΒ DirectorΒ ofΒ TelevisionΒ for the entire Group.Β TheΒ BAFTA winning,Β former HeadΒ of Light Entertainment for BBC TelevisionΒ willΒ oversee all of NetPlayΒ TV's television programmingΒ for its ownΒ channelsΒ and for other broadcasters.
Michael's brief will be to bring mainstream editorial and productionΒ expertiseΒ to NetPlayΒ TV's rapidly expanding television operations and toΒ build further relationships withΒ broadcasters.
NetPlayΒ TVΒ has access to over 24 million TV homes throughout theΒ UKΒ via its Sky Channel 847,Β Virgin and FreeviewΒ channels.Β The Company'sΒ focusΒ isΒ on the delivery of a converged interactive gaming experience allowing its customers to interact with itsΒ games on a variety of platforms -Β TV, Internet and mobileΒ -Β from a common integrated wallet.
Martin Higginson, Chairman and Chief Executive of NetPlay TV plc, said:
"As our portfolio ofΒ ourΒ ownΒ TVΒ channels andΒ shows forΒ largerΒ broadcastersΒ expands, it is vitalΒ that our televisionΒ is supported byΒ someone of Michael's track record and reputation. We are delighted that he has agreed to join the Company and look forward to working with him to build on the exciting platform we have created."
Michael LeggoΒ commented:
"NetPlayΒ TV'sΒ dedication to providingΒ qualityΒ entertainment has already proved massively successful. With ever more channels and platforms to caterΒ for, this is a particularlyΒ exciting timeΒ to be joiningΒ theΒ Company."
Michael started directing onΒ Not the Nine O' Clock NewsΒ and revolutionised British Saturday nightΒ primetime television withΒ Noel's House Party, which he created, produced and directed. For this he won aΒ BAFTAΒ (1992) and the series wonΒ Bronze Rose of MontreuxΒ (1994). Head of Light EntertainmentΒ forΒ BBC TelevisionΒ (1994 to 1999), Michael was the editorial head for all of the BBC's prime time entertainment, includingΒ allΒ National LotteryΒ programming.Β Michael has been Chairman of the Light Entertainment Expert's Group of the European Broadcasting UnionΒ andΒ a consultant to the European Commission. Numerous production credits also includeΒ overseeing the staging in Birmingham of the 1998Β Eurovision Song ContestΒ to international acclaim andΒ creating and directing the popular opera seriesΒ Leslie Garrett TonightΒ Β (BBC 2). MichaelΒ co-devised and directedΒ The Richard Blackwood ShowΒ (C4). Michael created and was Executive Producer ofΒ theΒ Lights, Camera, Magic!Β specialsΒ forΒ DisneyΒ which have now been seen globally by over 50 million people.
Currently Director of Broadcast and Programming for Unique Communications Group, recent Entertainment output includes: David Walliams - My Life With James Bond (ITV1), It Started With Swapshop (BBC Two); That's What I Call Television (ITV 1). Michael will remain a director and shareholder of UCGΒ and will continue to Executive Produce key projects.
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For further information:
NetPlay TV plc www.netplaytv.plc.uk
Martin Higginson, Executive Chairman via Redleaf
Michael Leggo via Redleaf
Redleaf Communications Tel: 020 7822 0200
Emma Kane/Β Sanna Sumner / Mike WardΒ netplay@redleafpr.comΒ
Landsbanki Securities (UK) Limited
Sindre Ottesen Tel: 020 7426 9000
Notes to Editors
Publication photographs are available from Redleaf Communications orΒ www.redleafpr.comΒ
About NetPlay TV plc
NetPlay TV plc is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (NPT).Β ItΒ operates a number of interactive gaming services under aΒ UKΒ gaming license, including "Live Roulette" β’ and Big Box Bingo.Β www.liveroulette.comΒ www.bigboxbingo.com. These services can also be viewed live on television on Sky Channel 847 12 noon - 4am. Virgin One 12 midnight - 3am, and Bravo TV 1am - 4am. (BigBoxBingo - Tuesday 6.30pm Sky Channel 847).
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