TIDMOMPP
25th June 2012
One Media Publishing Group Plc
("One Media" or the "Company")
GBP31,000 Acquisition of children's celebrity narrated audio catalogue
One Media, the PLUS quoted consolidators and acquirers of music and video
rights, is
pleased to announce that it has acquired, under license, over 50 hours of
Children's audio narrated by Britain's celebrity elite.
The collection features kids stories and `early learning' recordings performed
by stars such as Rik Mayall, Judi Dench, Stephen Fry, Patrick Moore, Tony
Robinson, Phillip Schofield, Lenny Henry, David Bellamy and Bill Oddie, reading
a selection of stories which includes Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Learning to
count and spell games, Dinosaur stories, Space Travel, Kids Quizzes and
learning French.
Michael Infante, Chairman and CEO said, "This started with Rik Mayall recording
6 `up beat' kids stories (effectively one man pantos), aimed at both parents
and kids. We appreciate that most parents are subjected to kids recordings and
have tried to make them entertaining to all ages! From Patrick Moore's trip
around the universe to 'M's" (Judi Dench) educational counting stories from 1
to 007. Bill Oddie even challenges Mr. Wolf on time keeping. With more
recordings planned, One Media intends to make them all available for digital
downloading and streaming via ITunes, Amazon, Spotify, YouTube and all other
major digital stores".
For further information please contact:
One Media Publishing Group plc
Tel: +44 (0)17 5378 5500
Michael Infante, Chairman and Chief Executive; michael@ompplc.com
www.ompplc.com
Hybridan LLP, Corporate Adviser
Tel: +44 (0)20 7947 4350
Claire Noyce / Deepak Reddy
email: claire.noyce@hybridan.com / Deepak.reddy@hybridan.com
Notes to Editors:
One Media operates a model of content acquisition, representation and digital
exploitation, which is successful and profitable. The Company's small team of
Creative Technicians ingests, re-compiles and prepares digital music releases
utilising the bespoke `in-house' developed software. The newly compiled
digital-only albums are then distributed across over 300 digital retail stores
worldwide. One Media now has thousands of albums listed acrossall the key digital
stores such as iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Deezer, eMusic and streaming channels on
YouTube to name but a few. One Media is a B2B content supplier to all digital
stores and does not operate its own consumer site. It's music catalogue is also
available for synchronisation use in films, advertisements, TV programs and games.
One Media operates an online sync database system that enables music supervisors
to explore the vast library and select tracks for music briefs. With over 65
catalogue acquisitions to date, the catalogue contains circa 140,000 music tracks
and over 4000 hours of video content, from artists spanning 7 decades from the
`forties' to the `noughties'. One Media focuses on `middle of the road', nostalgic
music by well known artists from every genre, including; Pop, Rock, Reggae, R&B,
Children's music, Karaoke, Easy-Listening, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Rap, Hip-Hop, Gospel,
World-Music, plus Stand-Up Comedy, Spoken-Word and over 1000 hours of Classical
Music. One Media is now an eligible company for the Enterprise Investment Scheme
("EIS") and the Venture Capital Trust ("VCT").
Highlights
April 2012 Half Year Interim Accounts
Turnover increased by 29.3% to GBP1,002,302 (2011: GBP774,933)
Pre-tax profits increased by 35.4% to GBP204,667 (2011: GBP151,123)
Cash balances of GBP792,938 at 30 April 2012
A dividend of GBP15,051 (November 2011) was paid in the period with a further
GBP55,000 due to be paid in June 2012.
Acquired eight new music catalogues
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 25, 2012 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT)