Cornish Metals Regulatory News (TIN)

20 Apr 2006 07:01

Tinopolis PLC20 April 2006 20 April 2006 Sunset + Vine to become the UK's biggest poker provider Tinopolis sports indie Sunset + Vine is set to become the UK's biggestindependent producer in the fast growing programming area of gaming. The company today announced that it would be producing five new series - more than 85 hours - in 2006, with a contract value of £4 million. The company has won commissions for the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour(17x90') which has just completed recording in seven casinos around Europe andthe PokerStars.com World Cup of Poker 2006 (5x90') a team event, being shot inBarcelona in the summer. Another new series, the Interpoker.com University Poker Clash - (10 x 90') which will crown the best student poker players will be recorded in June. Sunset + Vine has also won orders from Challenge for two celebrity based series.Showbiz Poker is a 15 x 90' entertainment series with celebrity playersincluding footballer Teddy Sheringham, businessman and Dragon's Den star DuncanBannatyne, actor Dexter Fletcher and Band of Brothers star Jamie Bamber. Showbiz Blackjack, 10 x 60', a first for the channel, will move gaming on to the next level with another popular card game. Sunset + Vine's poker and blackjack coverage is being executive produced by John Leach and Jane Fletcher. Executive producers for Challenge are Elizabeth Murphy and Commissioning Editor Rebecca Johnson. All of the programming will air in Challenge's late night casino entertainment slot and will also be shown on entertainment channel Player, as well as being distributed internationally. Ron Jones, Executive Chairman of Tinopolis said: "Gaming is one of the fastestgrowing areas in UK television. Sunset + Vine has already built a reputation for its production expertise and we want to grow this area of the business." "We're winning new business by offering the same award winning production values to poker as we do to any major sport - cricket, football or horseracing." - Ends - Notes to Editors The Tinopolis Group is one of the United Kingdom's leading independenttelevision production companies. Established in 1989 and based in Llanelli, thecompany has recently completed the acquisition of The Television Corporation,owners of Sunset + Vine, Mentorn, Hawk-eye and RedBack Films. Tinopolis is nowranked as Britain's sixth largest independent television producer. Tinopolis is also one of Britain's leading new media producers. The companyproduces a range of interactive, training and education materials for clientsincluding the Ministry of Defence, the University for Industry, the WDA,Scottish Enterprise, the BBC and ACCAC in addition to other government andpublic authorities in the UK and corporate organisations worldwide. For further information, please contact : Tinopolis Plc. 01554 880880Ron Jones, Executive ChairmanArwel Rees, Managing Director Panmure Gordon & Co 020 7459 3600Aubrey PowellKatherine Roe Mantra public relations 020 7907 7800Lawrence Dore / Nick Bishop,ldore@mantra-pr.com / nbishop@mantra-pr.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange