One Media iP Group PLC Men & Motors - Pilot Show

 
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One Media iP Group Plc 
 
                 ("One Media" or "the Group" or "the Company") 
 
        One Media completes filming of its new Men & Motors Pilot Show 
 
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 it has completed the filming of a video pilot 
for a new Men & Motors series to be pitched to all major broadcasters both in 
the UK and on the international broadcast market. 
 
The 22-minute pilot is being edited at Pinewood Studio. Filming for the pilot 
has taken place over the summer at well-known British locations with an 
exciting climax filmed at Brand Hatch. The show is hosted by Boyzone's Shane 
Lynch and Mercedes's corporate and CNBS's FI presenter Torie Campbell. The 
format of the new show is targeted at 'late teens to thirty cools'. 
 
The new format, which will be a first for a motoring show, features music, 
in-car technology, car tests, a dating game, a destruction game, teen sport 
challenges, virtual car reality and high-octane fun. The supporting presenters 
feature Bloxed Beats, a 'beat box' singing combo, a well-known film stunt 
driver and our very own Phd physicist for the technical analysis on in car 
development and virtual gaming challenges. 
 
The show will not go head-to-head with current motoring shows but will create a 
new motoring entertainment genre. Directed by Danny Tate (Big Brother) and 
hosted on the Monster Energy drinks mobile rig the new Men & Motors show will 
be in a class all of its own.  Pitching to broadcasters will start in September 
2016 and the format will be further pitched at MipCom in Cannes, France in 
October 2016 for international licensing opportunities. 
 
Michael Infante CEO & Chairman and said:- 
 
"We have tested the brand on YouTube and have been delighted at the level of 
interest in seeing the brand being re-launched. We intend to pitch to broadcast 
partners and will confirm a production company to deliver the show once a new 
broadcast platform has been established. Having been involved in the making of 
the pilot I am excited at the enthusiasm and energy that the newly formatted 
show will demonstrate. Shane & Torie and their co-hosts, have a TV broadcast 
chemistry and professionalism that really makes this a whole new motoring TV 
format. It's a blast. We have thrown away the rulebook and rewritten the way 
that our intended target audience will reconnect with cars, trains, planes, 
boats and high-tech 'stuff'. A boy's toys special that girls will love. We have 
a horde of games and the latest in-car and gaming technology" 
 
For further information, please contact: 
 
One Media iP Group Plc 
Chairman and Chief Executive 
Michael Infante                    Tel: [phone] 
 
One Media iP Group Plc 
Corporate Communications 
Alice Dyson-Jones                  Tel [phone] 
 
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP 
Nominated Adviser 
Liam Murray / Jo Turner            Tel: [phone] 
 
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited        Tel: [phone] 
Broker 
Fred Walsh 
 
Notes to Editors, about Men & Motors: The original Men & Motors channel 
launched in October 1996 operated by Granada Sky Broadcasting. The brand became 
legendary in the early days of motoring shows and launched a host of new 
presenters careers and emerging celebrities through its 3500 episodes between 
1996 and 2010.  Richard Hammond (Top Gear fame) presented hundreds of the early 
broadcasted shows. One Media acquired all the shows and the brand from Granada/ 
ITV in 2012 and created a YouTube M&M site which now achieves circa half a 
million views a week on the original archive shows series https:// 
www.youtube.com/channel/UCNLiybn_9jgQaV0NZlSRwCg 
 
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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August 17, 2016 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT)