(New York – February 9, 2010): Foothill Entertainment, Inc. announced today that it has inked an exclusive distribution agreement with France’s Toon Factory for the growing studio’s newest productions.

The deal, which is a first in France for Foothill, grants the Santa Barbara-based company exclusive representation in North America and Australia for Toon Factory’s hot new series Samson & Neon, which recently launched on France 3 to great ratings success, as well as three popular series: Brady’s Beast, Kid Clones and Franky Snow. “We are very excited about this new relationship with such a great company,” says Jo Kavanagh-Payne, President of Foothill. “Hopefully this is the start of a wide-ranging relationship, for which representing their incredible new shows, is just the start.” Foothill will be launching these delightful programs at the KidScreen Summit and will also showcase them on KidScreen’s innovative new screening service, KidScreen Connect.   

“The North American market is an important one for us,” offered Toon Factory President Thierry Berthier. “So we are very pleased to be teaming with Foothill to launch our properties here.”

Since being founded in 1999 by Thierry Berthier, Claude Berthier and Maureen Sery, Toon Factory has been involved in the development of many and varied concepts. It has produced three series and is now producing its fourth series, Samson & Neon, in full HD. The Company is growing rapidly and is eager to share their incredible creations with North America and Australia, and hopefully the world, with Foothill’s help.

Founded in September 2000 by former DIC Entertainment executive vice president of business and legal affairs, Gregory Payne and Jo Kavanagh-Payne, former Link Television Entertainment, Inc senior vice president of U.S. operations, Foothill specializes in the co-development and distribution of children’s and family entertainment programming. Their Company is based in Santa Barbara, California.

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