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18 May 2010
Talent Group plc
("Talent" or "the Company")
Trading update
The board of Talent announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Talent
Television Limited, has completed negotiations and contractual terms have been
agreed with ITV to produce a 90 minute television entertainment special based
on a brand new event entitled A:3K Football, which brings together six of the
worlds greatest footballers to compete in gladiatorial games of football skill
at the O2 Arena on 17 July 2010. Completion of the legal documentation is
expected shortly.
A:3K will be produced and directed by Hollywood movie and music legend Marc
Brickman, most famous for his work with Pink Floyd, Cirque de Soleil, Running
Man, AI, and Minority Report and will see the players competing head to head in
a series of skills based challenges, which combine technology and theatre to
create a spectacular event.
The television special is co-produced by Talent Television Limited and Aura
Football and will have exclusive back-stage access to the players and bring all
the entertainment and drama of the event to its television audience.
The Executive Producer for Talent Television is its Director of Entertainment,
Jonathan Glazier.
Other projects are at advanced stages of negotiations and further announcements
will be made in due course.
Tony Humphreys, Managing Director of Talent Television says: This really is a
large scale and spectacular event. To see the world's best footballers
challenged in such an exciting way is unique, so we are delighted to have
received a major commission to produce this television programme for ITV"
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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