Power's presence in Africa continues to grow

Power is extending its presence in Africa with the signing of yet another partnership. Joining South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and African Independent Television (AIT) is pan African pay TV network GTV. GTV has acquired 70% of programming from Power's catalogue and production slate for one of its owned produced channels, G Prime that offers the best movies, comedies, dramas, quiz and music shows, kids programs and documentaries to African families.

Titles include XIII: The Conspiracy, a two-part action thriller airing on US network NBC in January 2009, starring Stephen Dorff and Val Kilmer, and The Day of the Triffids, a two-part mini-series being produced for the BBC based on John Wyndham's world-famous novel.

Eric Muller, Sales Manager said:
"We are delighted with this new partnership, this confirms the demand for the high-quality drama that we are producing and supplying to Africa and the rest of the world. It is a great honour to be part of this African synergy."
Julian McIntyre, Founder and Managing Director of GTV commented: "We are always on the lookout for premium family content appropriate to our G channels and in Power, we have found an impressive slate of feature-film and mini series ideal for our family entertainment offering.

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Contact: Julia Cafferkey Julia@powcorp.com 0207 323 0070

About Power
Founded in 1995, Power has produced an impressive, premium slate of feature-film quality mini series over the past six years and has been distributing television programming internationally for 12 years. Power's current slate includes the 13-part network series, "Crusoe," co-produced by Power, Muse and Moonlighting for NBC and "XIII: The Conspiracy," starring Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff. Collaborating with the world's most respected broadcasters, Power's productions and co-productions include the International Emmy Award-winning mini series "Henry VIII" (ITV), Power's original action-packed epic disaster mini series, "Flood" (ITV) starring Robert Carlyle, International Emmy-nominated "Virgin Queen" (BBC), World War II epic "Colditz" (ITV), the adaptation of Robert Harris' contemporary thriller "Archangel" starring Daniel Craig (BBC), lively drama "Casanova" starring Peter O'Toole (BBC) and the multiple award-winning "The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant" (ITV/Network TEN). Power's ongoing TV movie slate, includes six movies which were produced for the Lifetime Channel in the US last year. The company supplies primetime drama to more than 100 broadcasters and millions of TV viewers across the world and has produced more than £125 million worth of high quality TV drama to date. Visit www.powcorp.com.

About GTV - www.gtv.tv
GTV is a dynamic Pan-African pay-TV network delivering choice, quality and innovation to a new breed of TV viewer. With a balanced and exciting choice of premium content, GTV is redefining pay-TV in Africa by offering it at a price point accessible to the mainstream. GTV is committed to supporting local content as well as offering major international programming ideal for the whole family.

GTV is available in Botswana, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and is currently proceeding with a phased roll-out across sub-Saharan Africa.

The GTV service is provided by Gateway Broadcast Services (GTV), a subsidiary of Gateway Communications.

The direct-to-home, satellite-based service delivers the highest quality digital reception across the continent. An advanced and efficient delivery platform substantially reduces the cost and enables ease of set-up for customers.

GTV was founded by Julian McIntyre, also President of Gateway Communications.

Media Enquiries
Karine Fouchet, GTV, PR Manager, +44(0)20 7072 8600, karine.fouchet@gtv.tv
Ash Myers, GTV, Corporate Marketing & PR Director, +44(0)20 70728608, ash.myers@gtv.tv