Zinc Media Regulatory News (ZIN)

9 Apr 2008 07:01

Ten Alps PLC09 April 2008 PRESS RELEASE Ten Alps launches VETS.TV and continues online TV rollout An online TV service offering specialist programming for vets, has been launchedby Ten Alps, the factual media company, in conjunction with the BritishVeterinary Association (BVA). The pilot site www.vets.tv went live at theBritish Small Animal Veterinary Association Congress. Ten Alps progress in Online TV Ten Alps is pioneering similar sector-specific online TV propositions across its740-strong base of contract-published titles. Ten Alps has a 75% interest in the media consortium behind the professionalonline TV market-leading Teachers TV channel, which has just won a new contractfor the next five years. Ten Alps runs Kent TV, the only fully localauthority-funded service of its kind in the UK, and has Public TV, which is a 14channel B2B online TV service. "Ten Alps provided publishing services to the BVA and online TV was a naturalnext step," said Alex Connock, Ten Alps CEO. "Online TV business models thatreally work are increasingly looking like contract publishing, and we are verywell placed to drive that market. This is the first of a number of channels weare rolling out this year." VETS.TV VETS.TV is available on demand, 24 hours a day and includes specially producedfilms on MRSA, litigation and stress management, best practice, a series ofinterviews with key veterinary figures and a number of acquired programmes ofinterest to vets and animal health practitioners. BVA President Nick Blayney said: "I am confident that VETS.TV represents the future of Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment (CPD.) It will become a significant and popular medium for theprofession since it offers varied and interesting programming covering CPDsessions, information on broad general interest and practice related subjects.It will be up-to-date, forward thinking and an information packed servicedesigned specifically for the veterinary professional and indeed developed inresponse to feedback from our members." Simon Gallimore, launch editor of VETS.TV said: "We have been working alongside the BVA to ensure VETS.TV is relevant and usefulto animal health professionals. We believe that vets will welcome the chance toaccess and share information which is there, when and where they want it." Ends Pelham PRAlex Walters/ Hugh Barker 020 3170 7435 Ten AlpsJo Phillips 020 7878 2484 www.tenalps.com BVA Press office 020 7908 6440 www.bva.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange