TIDMTTV
1 July 2010
Talent Group plc
("Talent" or "the Company")
A3K update
Further to the announcements made by the Company on 18 May 2010 and 25 June
2010 and the announcement made by Aura Entertainment Limited ("Aura") yesterday
the Company confirms that the 90 minute television entertainment special based
on a brand new event entitled A:3K Football, which was to have brought together
six of the worlds greatest footballers to compete in gladiatorial games of
football skill at the O2 Arena, has been postponed until June 2011.
The Company's contractual arrangements with the producer provide that the
Company is fully indemnified for the costs it has incurred to date and for
other programme related overheads and fees.
The Company is working closely with the producer and other partners involved
with the A3K event in order to ensure that, despite the postponement, the
television programme will go ahead as originally planned but based on the new
2011 timetable.
Tony Humphreys, Managing Director of Talent Television says: "We are obviously
disappointed that the main event has been postponed but fully understand the
reasons behind the decision. We are working closely with all our production
partners, including the broadcaster, to ensure that the postponement doesn't
impact on the success of the television programme"
Talent Group plc 020 7421 7800 Tony Humphreys (Managing Director)
Merchant John East 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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