14th Jan 2008 07:01
Alphameric PLC14 January 2008 For Immediate release 14 January 2008 Alphameric plc ('Alphameric') Turf TV announces contract with William Hill Alphameric, the provider of end-to-end solutions for the leisure and hospitality sectors, is pleased to announce that its joint venture company Amalgamated Racing has signed a contract with major high-street bookmaker William Hill to show Turf TV in all of William Hill's 2,275 betting offices. The contract, which runs until 31st January 2013, brings to more than 8,400 thenumber of Licensed Betting Offices contracted for Turf TV's full service,showing exclusive pictures from 31 leading UK racecourses together with a rangeof other betting content. Alan Morcombe, Alphameric Chief Executive, said: "William Hill's decision to contract with TurfTV is extremely pleasing and itsadoption of the TurfTV channel signifies a milestone in the development of ourbusiness. It now means that TurfTV has signed long-term contracts with the threemajor bookmakers in the UK and Ireland and the bulk of the independentmarketplace. I am delighted that William Hill has decided to become a customerand we will work extremely hard to deliver maximum benefit to its business." - ends - For further information, please contact: Alphameric plcAlan Morcombe, Group Chief Executive 01483 293 971 Weber Shandwick FinancialNick Oborne / Georgia Dempsey 020 7067 0700 Notes to Editors Alphameric plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and has for over 20 yearsprovided a range of technology and operating services to the bookmaking marketincluding Electronic Point of Sale ("EPoS") terminals, screen systems, mediamanagement and data services. Alphameric's customer base covers approximately90% of British bookmaker shops including the major bookmakers such as WilliamHill, the Tote, Coral, Ladbrokes and BetFred. Alphameric provides mediamanagement services to nearly half of the smaller independent bookmaking market. Amalgamated Racing is the owner of certain Licensed Betting Office media rightsfrom 31 British racecourses, including Aintree, Ascot, Ayr, Bangor, Beverley,Carlisle, Cartmel, Catterick, Cheltenham, Chester, Epsom, Goodwood, HamiltonPark, Haydock Park, Huntingdon, Kempton Park, Ludlow, Market Rasen, Musselburgh,Newbury, Newmarket, Nottingham, Pontefract, Redcar, Salisbury, Sandown Park,Thirsk, Warwick, Wetherby, Wincanton and York. Its shareholders are AlphamericGaming Limited and Racecourse Media Services Limited (which in turn is owned bythe participating race courses). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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