Last checked at 13 Jul 2009 07:00
Press Release 13 July 2009
Ten Alps plc
Update on Online Channel Activities
Ten Alps Plc (AIM:TAL) ("Ten Alps" or the "Company"), the factual media company, updates on its online channel development further to the announcement of 11 February 2009 regarding the Company's investment in new multiplatform channels for both its TV and trade media content.
Highlights
Next generation Teachers TV website will be launched this week (www.teachers.tv). Its features include intelligent search, large video player, fast navigation, subject-focused groups and competitions. Last month, Teachers TV won Best Specialist Channel at the Broadcast Digital Awards and three Royal Television Society education awards
The Link2 portal is expected to launch in September 2009, aggregating the content of approximately 400 trade titles online in a searchable, multiplatform format (including video) with sector specific zones including trade, skills, business, energy and environment
Accy TV, the online training channel for accountants based on a subscription model, is under construction and the first working version is expected to be launched in Autumn 2009
Newton TV, the online science channel, being developed in partnership with the Open University and the Science Museum, is also expected to reach its first online stage in Autumn 2009
The Company is launching several video-rich publications such as Business Today (www.ukbusiness-today.co.uk) as e-books
A project to exploit Ten Alps' back catalogue of over 500 documentaries online is in progress. The Company anticipates signing a distribution deal with a third party to enhance this process. This is expected to be followed by digitisation, online hosting and commercial pay-per-view exploitation of these documentaries
The Directors have additionally commenced research into an innovative Jobs and Entrepreneurship online media project which will be aimed at getting Britain back to work
The Directors anticipate that all of these projects will be delivered as planned, subject to technical and commercial evaluation of each online channel during the pilot/beta stage.
| Ten Alps plc | |
| Alex Connock, CEO | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7878 2311 |
| c/o Moira McManus | |
| www.tenalps.com | |
| Grant Thornton, Nominated Adviser | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100 |
| Fiona Owen / Robert Beenstock | |
| Canaccord Adams, Broker | |
| Mark Williams / Adria Da Breo Richards | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7050 6500 |
| www.canaccordadams.com | |
| Pelham Public Relations | |
| Alex Walters / Francesca Tuckett | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7337 1500 |
| www.pelhampr.com |