New Series Commissioned
04/04/2011 07:00
4 April 2011
Talent Group plc
("Talent" or "the Company")
New Series Commissioned
Talent Television Limited, ("TTV") a wholly owned subsidiary of Talent, has
been commissioned by CiTV (ITV's Children's channel) and German television
channel ZDF to co-produce a 26 episode series called My Phone Genie. Talent
will earn production fees and will share in any future income arising from
global exploitation of the series, format, licencing and merchandising.
My Phone Genie, which was developed by TTV, is aimed at international
audiences. As well as a live action television series, the producers have
developed the series as a multi-platform offering and plan to grow the brand
via technology relevant to the target age group.
Talent Group plc 020 7822 3900
Tony Humphreys (Managing Director)
Merchant Securities Limited 020 7628 2200
John East/Simon Clements
Notes to editors:
Talent Television (part of Talent Group plc) is a leading independent UK format
creator and producer of innovative television and interactive programming.
Talent produces a wide range of entertainment and factual programming for a
broad spectrum of terrestrial and cabsat broadcasters in the UK, US and
worldwide. Credits include "Everybody Dance Now" for prime time ITV One, BBC
live interactive series "Test the Nation" for prime time BBC One , CBBC's hit
show "Best of Friends", "TV Scrabble" and "Casino Casino" co-produced with Gag
Productions for Challenge?, reality documentary series "Corkscrewed",
co-produced with LA-based Magic Pictures Inc for Sky One and Fox Reality, and
controversial documentaries "The Man With 80 Wives" and "9/11: The Curse of
Compensation" for Channel 4. Talent was also a pioneer in reality television
with "The Villa", which was first produced in 1999 for Sky One.
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