Contract Gains

Ten Alps PLC 27 April 2006 Ten Alps Plc TV Contract Gains TV company Ten Alps plc ('Ten Alps') announces more than 20 new TV and Radio production contracts with a total value of over £6.1m. Overall, Ten Alps therefore today has 13 docudramas, 6 factual series and 8 factual one-off programmes in production for TV channels in the UK and US. There are a further10 series in production for digital TV and 15 current radio commissions. Ten Alps' level of production today is a significant increase over the same period in 2005. Ten Alps will aim to put its progress in TV production into broader context in a trading statement attached to the annual results to March 31, 2006, due for release in mid-June. The company has two other main sources of revenue: digital TV channel activities (including Teachers' TV) and commercial activities including the newly-acquired McMilllan Scott, with its 300 magazine projects and 40 or so websites. Amongst the new 20 or so new projects being produced by Ten Alps companies, docudramas include coverage of the Gulf War (Blakeway for BBC2) 1970s armed robbers (HDTV/BBC), the SAS rescue in Sierra Leone (3BM) Nazi leaders (HDTV) and a Hollywood shoot-out (3BM). Previously-announced docudramas now in production include Surviving Katrina (Discovery Channel/Brook Lapping) 9-11 (Blakeway in co-production with Dangerous Films for BBC1) and Bali (Brook Lapping/Sky/Channel Ten Australia and other broadcasters.) New factual series include Clash of Worlds (Blakeway/BBC2) about the West and Islam, Summits (Blakeway/BBC4), Blair (Brook Lapping/Channel 4) and Medicine's Strangest Cases (Ten Alps TV/Five). Existing series in production include Summers (Blakeway/BBC2), Who Gets the Heart (HDTV/Channel 4), Politics Show opt-out (Ten Alps Midlands/BBC1) and The War of the World (Blakeway/Channel 4.) New one-off commissions include Travels with the US Military (3BM/PBS), Phantom of the Opera (Brook Lapping/BBC1), Europe's 9-11 and the Neo-Con Case (Brook Lapping/PBS), Stanley Goes to Europe (Brook Lapping/More4) and a Dispatches for Channel 4 (HDTV), In other genres of TV, Ten Alps is investing in the development of a range of drama projects, and has promising entertainment projects. In radio, Ten Alps-owned production companies have 8 current projects for BBC Radio 4 including (from Brook Lapping) Miracle Detectives, Invasion of the Yellow Ducks, The End is Nigh ... Again, Bling Blong and The Page Turners. Projects for BBC Radio 2, include Madonna, Def Jam, Buddy Holly, Andy Warhol, Rockabilly and15th series of The Smith Lectures. Ten Alps Radio continues to co-produce (with BBC News) the Sunday morning political slot Worricker for BBC Radio 5 Live. Two different Ten Alps companies are shortlisted in the 2006 Sony Awards Best Music Documentary category, respectively for The Lennon Tapes (Brook Lapping/BBC Radio 4) and Classic Singles (Ten Alps Radio/BBC Radio 2.) - ENDS - For further information: Ten Alps plc Alex Connock (CEO) 020 7428 3100 Nitil Patel (Finance Director) 07990 578 356 Peter Binns Binns & Co PR Ltd 020 7786 9600 www.tenalps.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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