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Acquisition of County Link Me
Acquisition of County Link Me.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 4819N Ten Alps PLC 18 February 2009 \n \n 18 February 2009\n\nTen Alps Plc (AIM: TAL) ('Ten Alps' or the 'Company')\nAcquisition of public sector online TV production company County Link Media, in Northern Ireland \n \nTen Alps Plc, the factual media company producing online, TV and print content, has acquired County Link Media Limited ('County Link'), the Belfast online TV production company behind forthcoming public sector online TV channel, Fermanagh TV. \nFermanagh TV is expected to go live in May and is backed by the district council and other public agencies in the area. It aims to deliver local news, features and information through online TV.\n\nTen Alps already provides Kent TV, a market-leading county TV website with a broadly similar local information mandate and plays a key role in the provision of Teachers TV for the UK government. \n\nCounty Link will share offices with Below the Radar Limited, the Belfast TV production company acquired last week (as detailed in the Company's announcement of 11 February 2009). The Company plans to seek further public sector and commercial online TV opportunities through the combined operation.\n\nFearghal McKinney, Director of County Link Media, said:\n\n 'Broadband opens up new ways to cover local stories that reflect the lives of people l...