Tinopolis PLC
20 April 2006


20 April 2006


Sunset + Vine to become the UK's biggest poker provider

Tinopolis sports indie Sunset + Vine is set to become the UK's biggest
independent producer in the fast growing programming area of gaming. The 
company today announced that it would be producing five new series - more 
than 85 hours - in 2006, with a contract value of £4 million.

The company has won commissions for the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour
(17x90') which has just completed recording in seven casinos around Europe and
the PokerStars.com World Cup of Poker 2006 (5x90') a team event, being shot in
Barcelona in the summer. Another new series, the Interpoker.com University 
Poker Clash - (10 x 90') which will crown the best student poker players will 
be recorded in June.

Sunset + Vine has also won orders from Challenge for two celebrity based series.
Showbiz Poker is a 15 x 90' entertainment series with celebrity players
including footballer Teddy Sheringham, businessman and Dragon's Den star Duncan
Bannatyne, actor Dexter Fletcher and Band of Brothers star Jamie Bamber. 
Showbiz Blackjack, 10 x 60', a first for the channel, will move gaming on to 
the next level with another popular card game.

Sunset + Vine's poker and blackjack coverage is being executive produced by 
John Leach and Jane Fletcher. Executive producers for Challenge are 
Elizabeth Murphy and Commissioning Editor Rebecca Johnson. All of the 
programming will air in Challenge's late night casino entertainment slot and 
will also be shown on entertainment channel Player, as well as being 
distributed internationally.

Ron Jones, Executive Chairman of Tinopolis said: 'Gaming is one of the fastest
growing areas in UK television. Sunset + Vine has already built a reputation 
for its production expertise and we want to grow this area of the business.'

'We're winning new business by offering the same award winning production 
values to poker as we do to any major sport - cricket, football or horseracing.'


- Ends -


Notes to Editors

The Tinopolis Group is one of the United Kingdom's leading independent
television production companies. Established in 1989 and based in Llanelli, the
company has recently completed the acquisition of The Television Corporation,
owners of Sunset + Vine, Mentorn, Hawk-eye and RedBack Films. Tinopolis is now
ranked as Britain's sixth largest independent television producer.

Tinopolis is also one of Britain's leading new media producers. The company
produces a range of interactive, training and education materials for clients
including the Ministry of Defence, the University for Industry, the WDA,
Scottish Enterprise, the BBC and ACCAC in addition to other government and
public authorities in the UK and corporate organisations worldwide.

For further information, please contact :

Tinopolis Plc. 01554 880880
Ron Jones, Executive Chairman
Arwel Rees, Managing Director

Panmure Gordon & Co 020 7459 3600
Aubrey Powell
Katherine Roe

Mantra public relations 020 7907 7800
Lawrence Dore / Nick Bishop,
ldore@mantra-pr.com / nbishop@mantra-pr.com






                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange