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ONE MEDIA IP GROUP PLC - Distribution Agreement

PR Newswire

London, March 14

15 March 2016

One Media iP Group Plc("One Media" or "the Group" or "the Company")

Distribution Agreement

"Associated Rediffusion Television, Archive footage 1954 to 1968"

One Media iP Group Plc (AIM: OMIP), the digital media content provider, which consolidates, exploits and monetises intellectual property rights around music and video, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive digital exploitation agreement with the "Associated Rediffusion Television, Archive footage of 1954 to 1968' controlled by Archbuild Ltd.

The distribution agreement includes thousands of hours of television footage, broadcast by Reddifusion from the 1950s through to the 1960s. Many of the programs have not been seen for over 50 years but will prove to be of great historical importance as this archive reflects the development of independent television which revolutionised TV broadcast as we know it today. More detail will be made available on the Groups web site as to the extent of the catalogue in due course.

Programs include TV classics such as: The Frost Program, This Week (over 500 hours of international current affairs from the era covering the post war changes across the world), Various Popular Quiz Shows from the period, Children's of Other Lands, Half Hour Story, Intertel, The Levin Interviews, Man of our Times, Peace Keepers, No Hiding Place (crime dramas), Play of the Week, Something to Say (interviews with the great leaders and celebrities of the time) Do Not Adjust your set, At last the 1948 Show, World of Crime series, Out of Step(Dan Farson) and over a hundred of 'one-off' documentaries from the time period including, the Ideal Home, The Queens Speech, Harrods a Shopping Guide, The Harlem Globetrotters, British Communism, The Derby in the 60's, The Budget 1962 and the British Academy Awards to just name a few selected titles.

It is a vast historic collection of TV history memorabilia.

All of the footage is carefully curated and stored at the British Film Institute (BFI) archives and will be made available to One Media under the Archbuild deal and the trans-coding process from the original formats will be undertaken throughout the term of the deal to allow both audio and visual digital exploitation of the content. The content will be made available for exploitation via One Media's digital channels and chosen partners such as YouTube and via podcasting so that monetisation via the ad-funded model can be achieved. The Group operates over 22 digital YouTube Channels including the motoring show Men & Motors previously owned by ITV/Granada which achieves over 450,000 views a week. One Media has achieved over 1.3 billion views to its YouTube Channels to date and regards historic exclusively controlled content as being of special interest to YouTube viewers searching specific subject matter.

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Notes to Editors: 

Based at Pinewood Studios, One Media is an intellectual property (iP) owner and controller of rights within the digital arena concerning music, video and digital distribution. The consumer led but B2B (Business-to-business) operation looks to exploit its catalogue of over 250,000+ music tracks and over 10,000 hours of video by recompiling the content for sale through over 600 digital music and video stores groups such as iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and You Tube worldwide. The Company has a team of Creative Technicians, all of whom are YouTube certified, who digitise the content, create the metadata, re-compile and prepare the digital music & video releases using bespoke in-house developed software. From its 23 YouTube channels, viewing figures have exceeded 1.3bn views to date. The Group acquired the Men & Motors assets, brand and film archive from Granada/ITV in 2012 and has subsequently launched its dedicated You Tube digital channel, which now have over 55,000 subscribers, and receives over 450,000 views per week. One Media makes its library of audio content available for TV shows, movies, adverts and websites and live events requiring background or synchronisation rights. One Media focuses on music performed by well-known artists from every genre, including; pop, rock, reggae, R&B, children's music, karaoke, jazz, soul, blues, rap, hip-hop, gospel, world-music, plus stand-up comedy, spoken-word. In July 2014 the Group acquired for a consideration of USD$1.6m the Point Classics classical music library bringing the number to over 10,000 classical tracks now available to the Group for exploitation. One Media is eligible for Enterprise Investment Schemes ("EIS") and Venture Capital Trusts ("VCT"). The company is profitable, cash resourced and has operated an active dividend policy since 2011.