NetPlay TV is an interactive gaming company and also an online bingo games operator. They have recently appointed former BBC light entertainment manager Michael Leggo to be the new director of television.

His responsibilities will include taking in all of the company's TV gaming and products. NetPlay also recently launched plans for a celebrity online bingo tv show as part of an ongoing expansion into online bingo.

A statement was released by NetPlay TV that said to Leggo is expected "...to bring mainstream editorial and production expertise to NetPlay TV's rapidly expanding television operators and to build further relationships with broadcasters".

NetPlay CEO Martin Higginson said that company is setting up a dedicated gaming channel because it's "It is the right thing to do for us."

- 2008-07-02