One Media iP Group PLC Acquisition of Hibrow Digital Library

 
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One Media iP Group Plc 
 
                  ("One Media", the "Group" or the "Company") 
 
 ONE MEDIA ACQUIRES THE HIBROW PRESTIGIOUS DIGITAL LIBRARY OF ART PROGRAMMING 
 
 One Media iP Group Plc (AIM: OMIP), a digital media content provider, which 
consolidates, exploits and monetises intellectual property rights around music 
and video, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive long 
term digital exploitation license agreement with HiBrow Production's TV & music 
catalogue for an Advance of GBP21,000 ($26,000 USD) recoupable against future 
royalties. 
 
The film director Don Boyd founded Hibrow Productions in 2008. It gathered a 
wide eclectic range of prestigious professionals from within the international 
arts industries (the Hibrow's 'Curators') in order to create high quality arts 
content. The company's experienced film-making teams have produced over 200 
hours of original 'high-definition' broadcast quality digital videos featuring 
numerous internationally acclaimed artists, authors, Hollywood actors, dancers, 
choreographers, conductors, musicians, directors and designers. It has enjoyed 
successful associations and partnerships with broadcasters including the BBC 
and Sky Arts where its content was regularly broadcast. 
 
One Media will further exploit the Hibrow content primarily via its digital 
audio and video routes to market such as YouTube, Amazon and its 600 digital 
stores such as iTunes, Spotify, Deezer and Google Play. 
 
Michael Infante commenting on the deal said, "The HiBrow catalogue is a varied 
collection of content ranging from the Edinburgh Festival, the Quadrophenia 
Reunion to large orchestral works both classical and light. It features 'close 
up' interviews with the great and the good of the Art World to leading 
composers in music and authors of great literary works. It gets behind the 
scenes of fashion and broadcast, making this collection the most amazing 
insight to the 'Arts' available today. The films archive many controversial 
views from those involved. Contemporary in his approach, Don Boyd has been the 
architect to an amazing evolving catalogue of film that drills down deeply 
under the surface of the Arts. Establishing a market for these masterpieces is 
both a privilege and an honour". 
 
Don Boyd, Hibrow's Artistic Director, commented: "One Media's experience and 
talented team are proving that intelligent exploitation and marketing of 
digital content via the internet can broaden audiences and provide revenues in 
a very competitive arena dominated by vast conglomerates with massive 
resources. I am delighted to be working with kindred spirits who share my 
passionate belief that there are significant audiences for arts programming 
globally. I am confident that One Media will help Hibrow to grow and move 
towards a fresh profitable era in its quest to serve a public hungry for 
previously inaccessible high quality cultural experiences". 
 
For further information, please contact: 
 
One Media iP Group Plc                                     Chairman and Chief 
Executive 
Michael Infante                                                     Tel: +44 
(0)175 378 5500 
 
One Media iP Group Plc                                     Financial Controller 
/ Company Secretary 
Nigel Smethers                                                     Tel +44 (0) 
175 378 5501 
 
One Media iP Group Plc                                     Communications 
Manager 
Alice Dyson-Jones                                                Tel +44 (0)175 
378 5501 
 
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP                              Nominated Adviser 
Liam Murray / Jo Turner                                        Tel: +44 (0)20 
7148 7900 
 
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited                            Broker 
Fred Walsh                                                          Tel: +44 
(0)20 7886 2500 
 
Notes to Editors: 
 
Based at Pinewood Studios, One Media is an 'intellectual property' (IP) owner 
and controller of rights within the digital arena concerning music, video and 
digital distribution. The consumer led but B2B (Business-to-business) operation 
looks to exploit its catalogue of over 250,000+ music tracks and over 10,000 
hours of video by recompiling the content for sale through over 600 digital 
music and video stores groups worldwide. 
 
The Company has a team of Creative Technicians, all of whom are YouTube 
certified, who digitise the content, create the metadata, re-compile and 
prepare the digital music & video releases using bespoke in-house developed 
software. Additionally, One Media makes its library of content available for TV 
shows, movies, adverts and websites requiring synchronised music. One Media 
focuses on music performed by well-known artists from every genre, including; 
pop, rock, reggae, R&B, children's music, karaoke, jazz, soul, blues, rap, 
hip-hop, gospel, world-music, plus stand-up comedy, spoken-word. In July 2014 
the Group acquired for a consideration of USD$1.6m the Point Classics classical 
music library bringing the number to over 10,000 classical tracks now available 
to the Group for exploitation. The Group owns all the rights to the Men & 
Motors (originally Granada/ITV) TV shows originally aired on British TV between 
1996 and 2010. Comprising of over 3500 shows is available for viewing on the 
Groups YouTube Channel. Recently the Group has developed a content discovery 
and policing software service 'Technical Copyright Analysis Tool' (TCAT) as a 
new service to record companies, publishers and law firms searching information 
of artist and tracks on legitimate digital stores. 
 
One Media is eligible for Enterprise Investment Schemes ("EIS") and Venture 
Capital Trusts ("VCT"). The company is profitable, cash resourced and has 
operated an active dividend policy since 2011. 
 
 
 
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June 28, 2016 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT)