One Media iP Group Plc Men & Motors Update

 
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One Media iP Group Plc 
 
                  ("One Media", the "Group" or the "Company") 
 
 One Media creates a new limited company subsidiary for its Men & Motors brand 
 
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 registered Men & Motors as a 
limited company owned 100% by the Group. Up until now Men & Motors has been a 
division of One Media iP Ltd.  The creation of the subsidiary is in 
anticipation of escalating the Men & Motors brand. It will remain a dormant 
company within the Group until the Group announces trading activity. 
 
Commenting, Michael Infante Chairman and CEO said, "We have invested a further 
GBP25,000 recently in creating and revamping the brand to create a new TV format 
and film trailer and are actively seeking broadcast and merchandising partners 
for this classic brand. We have circa 70,000 subscribers to the Men & Motors 
'YouTube' site and are receiving approximately 500,000 views weekly. Men & 
Motors will not go head to head with Top Gear or the Grand Tour, it is an 
entirely new format targeted at younger drivers but maintaining that edge that 
you would expect from the iconic Men & Motors brand". 
 
About Men & Motors 
 
Launched in 1996 as a joint venture between Granada and ITV, Men & Motors grew 
to be one of the UK's most popular and celebrated channels. Broadcasting 
motoring content on satellite and cable television for 14 years, gaining a 
daily audience exceeding 350,000, peaking at over 700,000. The channel helped 
launch the careers of Richard Hammond, John Inverdale, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kelly 
Brook and Katie Price to name just a few and featured shows such as 'Two Wheels 
Extra', 'The Motor Show', 'Model Motors', 'Classic Motors', 'Car File', 'Four 
Wheels', 'Trucks', 'Kits'n'Cruisin', 'Concept Cars', 'The 100 Most Popular Cars 
Ever', 'Dream Deals' and  'Motor Week'. Shane Lynch even appeared on the 
channel, presenting his own show 'Shane's World'. After 14 Years on screen 
ITV's focus changed to their own brand and in 2010 Men & Motors gave way to a 
ITV HD channel. In 2012 Men & Motors was bought by One Media iP and in 2013 the 
brand launched on YouTube. The channel now boasts over 6,500 motoring videos 
achieving 50,000,000 all time views, and 500,000 weekly views with 70,000 
subscribers. The Men & Motors video library forms one of the most comprehensive 
automotive archives from this period and has been painstakingly digitised to 
ensure fans can continue to enjoy it in this digital age. A new TV format has 
now been devised targeting 18 to 34 year olds presented by a whole new team 
including lead hosts, Shane Lynch and Torrie Campbell. See www.menandmotors.com 
for more information. 
 
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 
Broker 
Karri Vuori                                    Tel: [phone] 
 
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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January 30, 2017 02:00 ET (07:00 GMT)