Talent Television

London, February 2004 - UK indie producer Talent Television has formed a strategic alliance with top Canadian producer and distributor Amberwood Entertainment, it was announced today by Tony Humphreys, Managing Director of Talent TV and Sheldon Wiseman, President & CEO, Amberwood Entertainment.

The agreement includes a "first look" arrangement on forthcoming animated and live action kids programming in development at either Company.

Sheldon Wiseman, President and CEO of Amberwood Entertainment commented, "We are very pleased to be working more closely with Talent. Both of us have some extremely exciting projects in the pipeline and I'm sure that our "first look" agreement will now accelerate their progress. Both Companies have a lot to offer each other and I am delighted to announce this association between us."

Annie Miles, Director of Talent Kids, Talent TV's children's division added, "These days, putting together international co-production is vital to fund high-budget programming for kids. The Talent/Amberwood agreement demonstrates how indie producers in two high volume production territories for quality kids drama and animation, such as the UK and Canada, can join together to co-develop and fund series for the international market."

For further information:

Debbie Lawrence                               Sheldon Wiseman
The Lippin Company                          CEO, Amberwood Entertainment
+44 (0)20 7745 7189                         Tel : +1 (613) 238 4567 x32
dlawrence@lippingroup.com                swiseman@amberwoodanimation.com

Notes to editors:

Talent Television (part of Talent Group plc) is a leading independent UK format creator and producer of innovative television, video and interactive programming. The Company's reputation for prime-time entertainment programming is unrivalled. The "Test the Nation" series for BBC1 is now well established as a scheduling event which combines the excitement of live network television with state-of-the-art interactive television and web technology. Subjects covered so far include "The Nation's IQ", "Relationships", "General Knowledge" and "The End of Year Test". Talent was also a pioneer in reality television with "The Villa", which was first produced in 1999 for Sky One.

Talent Television also has strong ties with major Japanese broadcasters and indie production companies, having produced several HDTV documentaries for both NHK and TV Asahi networks. And, last October, the "Test the Nation" format was successfully launched on TV Asahi, in association with Japanese indie TV Man Union.

Talent Kids, the children's division, was established in January 2003 to develop high quality, innovative programming for kids. It's first commission was for the Disney Channel, with "Inside Clyde", an original fantasy adventure game show, the first 13 x half-hours being screened this winter in the UK. This was followed by a breakthrough reality entertainment format for 6-11 year olds called "Best of Friends". Produced for CBBC, the first series of 15 x half-hours is scheduled for transmission on the CBBC digital channel in March 04.

Amberwood Entertainment is one of Canada's leading independent television production companies. Based in Ottawa, Amberwood is a producer, financier and distributor of high quality animated and live-action series, specials and features for child and family audiences.