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Update and Contract Awards
Update and Contract Awards.
About this update from Zinc Media Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 5883F Zinc Media Group PLC 22 February 2018 \n\n22 February 2018\n \n \n \nZinc Media Group plc\n (\"Zinc Media\" or the \"Company\")\n \nUpdate and Contract Awards\n \n \nHighlights\n \n\nNewly acquired business, Tern Television Productions Limited (\"Tern Television\"), awarded significant new commissions from range of major UK broadcasters;\nThe Company's TV subsidiary, Blakeway Productions Limited (\"Blakeway\"), gains additional significant commission from Channel 5; \nSuccessful demonstration of Company's increasing emphasis and focus on securing long-running, high-quality, returnable programme commissions.\n\n \nBackground\n \nZinc Media Group plc (AIM: ZIN), the leading TV and multimedia content producer, is pleased to announce that its TV subsidiaries, Blakeway and Tern Television have been awarded four significant TV commissions.\n \nTern Television\n \nFollowing completion of its acquisition by Zinc Media in December, Tern Television, has been commissioned to produce three series across the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. \n \nTern Television has secured its first Channel 5 commission, 'Extreme Planes', which will be a three-part series. The programme will use amateur clips to examine plane crashes, take-offs and landings, and near misses. \n \nFurthermore, following the 2017 success of the programme, 'Flights From Hell - Caught on Camera', Channel 4 has commissioned Tern Television to produce a four-part series, 'Holidays from Hell.' The new series will comprise incredible user generated content footage, human testimony and expert revelation to the worlds of cruises, holidays, flights and trains.\n \nFinally, 'Britain's Lost Masterpieces' has been recommissioned by BBC Network for a third three-part series on BBC Four, which will be produced from Tern Television's Belfast base. The programme made headlines around the world when Series 1 revealed an undiscovered Raphael painting in Aberdeenshire, while Series 2 uncovered a Rubens piece in Glasgow.\n \nBlakeway\n \nFollowing the noteworthy success of the 'Wonderful World of Puppies' series, which achieved high audience ratings, Blakeway has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a follow up, twelve-part prime time series. \n \nThis commission illustra...