Cornish Metals Regulatory News (TIN)

19 Mar 2007 14:57

Tinopolis PLC19 March 2007 TINOPOLIS PLC Tinopolis wins Rugby World Cup contract Tinopolis PLC ("the Company") announces today that its television productionsubsidiary Sunset + Vine Cymru has won its first major commission - to providearound 50 hours of coverage of the upcoming Rugby World Cup for Welshbroadcaster S4C. Sunset + Vine Cymru, which was set up in Cardiff in October 2006, will produce18 live games and 11 highlights programmes during the World Cup, which begins on7 September. As well as broadcast coverage, Sunset + Vine will be working withTinopolis Interactive to develop extensive new media applications. Ron Jones, Executive Chairman of Tinopolis says: "This is a major vote ofconfidence in our newly established division. It illustrates how we can blendSunset + Vine's market-leading television production with Tinopolis' extensivenew media skills to win business from broadcasters." ends For more information, contact: Enquiries: Tinopolis Plc. 01554 880880Ron Jones, Executive ChairmanArwel Rees, Managing Director Notes: Sunset + Vine, which is owned by Tinopolis PLC, is the UK's leading independenttelevision sports producer. Providing more than 2000 hours of television a year,Sunset + Vine's output includes overnight sport and live football for Five,horse racing for the BBC, Tour de France cycling for ITV and extensive gamingcoverage for Challenge. Sunset + Vine is a world leader in Advertiser FundedProgramming, through brands including the weekly Gillette World Sport magazineprogramme which is distributed to around 200 countries worldwide. The Tinopolis Group is one of the United Kingdom's leading independenttelevision production companies. Established in 1989 and based in Llanelli, thecompany in January 2006 completed the acquisition of The Television Corporation,owners of leading producers Sunset + Vine and Mentorn. Tinopolis is now rankedas Britain's sixth largest independent television producer. Tinopolis is alsoone of Britain's leading new media producers. The company produces a range ofinteractive, training and education materials for clients including the Ministryof Defence, the University for Industry, the WDA, Scottish Enterprise, the BBCand ACCAC in addition to other government and public authorities in the UK andcorporate organisations worldwide. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange