Black Diamond strike post deal with Matchroom Sports

Black Diamond Films, UK based producer and distributor of live action and lifestyle programming, has reached an agreement with Matchroom Sports, a leading producer of a unique range of sports events featuring world class, international competitors.
The deal will see over 200 hours of Matchroom event programming going into post production and editing at Black Diamond’s facility in central London throughout 2004.
Tony Davison, Head of Television at Matchroom Sport, said: “Black Diamond’s background in sports post production is ideally suited to the work of Matchroom and has already seen a new approach to the way the Betfair Premier snooker league has been post produced, and we are confident that approach will carry on across the range of Matchroom productions.”
This deal represents the first significant volume of exterior programming to be placed at Black Diamond and has required an investment in an additional Avid Symphony suite.
Roger Moody, MD of Black Diamond Consulting, commented: “I am thrilled to have married Black Diamond and Matchroom up. It is a hugely competitive market place right now and BD are rapidly proving themselves to be able to acquire new deals at more than competitive prices and take on and beat all comers.”
The first event to be edited at Black Diamond will be the 2004 Betfair Premier Snooker League, 24 x 2 hour programmes destined for the Sky Sports channel in the UK as well as ESPN Star in Asia and Fox Australia, among others.
Amongst the highlights for the rest of the year, the Spring will bring another 15 hours from the 2004 World Tenpin Masters, again destined for Sky Sports in the UK and the summer sees the 2004 AMF World Cup, representing a further 15 one hour programmes.
(GB)