Major New Contract
December 10 2003 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:0705T
Entertainment Rights PLC
10 December 2003
10 December 2003
ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS PLC
MAJOR NEW COMMISSION FOR SIRIOL PRODUCTIONS FROM ITV
Entertainment Rights Plc, one of the UK's fastest growing children's and family
intellectual property businesses, announced today that its wholly owned studio,
Siriol Productions, has won a major new 13 part live action commission from ITV
for its original concept Help! I'm an Outlaw for broadcast in 2004 and 2005.
Last week, Siriol Productions won the coveted children's BAFTA for Best
Pre-School Animation for its CiTV series Hilltop Hospital. Siriol Productions
has an impressive track record in producing high quality family entertainment
including Super Ted, Sali Mali, Meeow and Fireman Sam.
Mike Heap, CEO of Entertainment Rights commented;
"Fresh from our success at this year's BAFTAs, we are delighted to have been
awarded this coveted commission from ITV representing Siriol's first live action
commission. In addition to this new commission, I am also pleased to add that
Siriol is working on a number of long term production commitments including
Fireman Sam for S4C and HIT Entertainment and Bobinogs for the BBC. This is
testament to the creativity and technical ability of our studio and its staff".
Enquiries
Mike Heap - CEO
Elizabeth Gaines - Finance Director
Entertainment Rights PLC Tel: 020 8762 6200
Tim Spratt/Michelle Morton
Financial Dynamics Tel: 020 7831 3113
About Entertainment Rights
1. Entertainment Rights Plc (ER) is one of the UK's leading media groups
specialising in the ownership of high quality children's and family
programming, characters and brands.
2. ER has grown rapidly. Annual revenues have grown from some #2m in 1999 to
#25.6m in 2002, the last full financial year.
3. The company owns the rights to several popular children's characters
including Basil Brush, Postman Pat and Little Red Tractor.
4. Since 1999, when the Company owned rights to just 50 hours of programming,
ER's library has grown to over 1,200 hours of high quality children's and
family programming. This includes the rights to global brands such as
Mattel's BarbieTM, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Hasbro's Transformers, Casper
the Friendly Ghost and Felix the Cat.
5. Siriol is the Group's wholly owned production studio which is based in
Cardiff, Wales. In the year to 31 December 2002, Siriol increased its
turnover by 85%.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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