Cornish Metals Regulatory News (TIN)

8 Mar 2007 13:05

Tinopolis PLC08 March 2007 TINOPOLIS PLC (AIM - TIN) Tinopolis wins BBC ONE Question time Contract Tinopolis plc ("the Company"), the leading independent television productioncompany, announces today that its subsidiary Mentorn Oxford has won the BBCtender to produce Question Time. Mentorn Oxford beat 14 other producers in thetender process and will continue to produce the BBC's flagship politicalprogramme for another three years. The contract is worth in the region of £5.5million during this period. Ron Jones, Executive Chairman says: "We are delighted that Mentorn will continueits strong relationship with the BBC by winning the tender to produce one of themost prestigious programmes on British television for the next three years." "This win is a fantastic vote of confidence in the Question Time team, Mentornand Tinopolis, cementing our position as the BBC's and the UK's top supplier ofcurrent affairs. Our bid contained a substantial and groundbreaking new mediaelement provided by Tinopolis' interactive division, demonstrating the synergieswe are able to bring to bear across the group between our producers andinteractive content suppliers in order to win new business." Ends For more information, please contact: Arwel Rees: 020 7258 6700 Mark Ogle: 020 7258 6746 About Tinopolis: The Tinopolis Group is one of the United Kingdom's leading independenttelevision production companies, with more than 2500 hours of programmingbroadcast each year. Established in 1989 and based in Llanelli, the Group hasproduction centres in London, Glasgow and Cardiff. Its production brands includeMentorn, Sunset + Vine, Folio, Fiction Factory, Pop 1, Dave EdwardsEntertainment Media, Salem Films and Tinopolis. Tinopolis is also one ofBritain'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