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Cannes
- April 11, 2005
ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT AND FOOTHILL ENTERTAINMENT,
INC. INK DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR THE DRESS UP
BOX
(Cannes – April 11) Anchor Bay Entertainment and Foothill
Entertainment, Inc. announced today that Anchor Bay has acquired
the exclusive North American home video rights to the live
action kids’ series The Dress Up Box (52 x 5’).
Produced by award-winning Papageno Films of New Zealand,
this costume series is currently in its fourth season of
production. The series is the past winner of the New Zealand
Film and Television Award for Best Costumes and is a multiple
winner of the Qantas Media Award for Best Children’s/
Youth Program. Set among the spectacular scenery of New Zealand,
this musically based show features elaborate costumes and
universal themes as kids’ act out their fantasies inspired
by the costumes they put on. Unique in its approach to playtime,
the series is intended to inspire children to use their imagination
to transport themselves into the wonderful world of make-believe.
Anchor Bay has also acquired rights to the soundtrack that
accompanies the series.
Negotiated by Anchor Bay’s Vice President of Family
Acquisitions, Alisha Serold, and Foothill’s President,
Jo Kavanagh-Payne, the deal represents the first collaboration
between the two companies. “We are hoping this initial
deal is the first of many between Foothill and the IDT companies.” says
Foothill’s Kavanagh-Payne. In acquiring the series,
Serold commented “The Dress Up Box is an innovative
and hugely entertaining series that should prove popular
with both young girls and boys. It’s not like anything
else out there in the marketplace.”
Anchor Bay Entertainment is an established leader in the
field of home entertainment. In addition to the ever-popular
Thomas & Friends™ collection and other children’s
titles such as the award-winning “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”,
Howie Mandel’s “Bobby’s World,” “Scary
Godmother” and the Rankin-Bass classic "The Wacky
World of Mother Goose," the company offers an expansive
selection of award-winning, notable theatrical films including “Time
Bandits” and “Halloween,” classic television
programming such as “Three’s Company” and “Highlander,” the
impressive Manga anime line and chart-topping fitness titles
including the "Crunch" and "For Dummies" series.
Anchor Bay Entertainment, along with its co-owned sister
companies, Film Roman Inc., Mainframe Entertainment Inc.
and DKP Studios, is aggressively developing a wide range
of original programs and concepts in addition to licensing
existing brands and films.
Anchor Bay is a subsidiary of IDT Entertainment; IDT Entertainment
is focused on developing, acquiring, producing and distributing
computer-generated as well as traditional animated and live
productions for the film, broadcast and direct-to-consumer
markets. IDT Entertainment is a division of the IDT Corporation
with common shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE: IDT; IDT.C). Anchor Bay Entertainment, IDT Entertainment
and IDT Corporation can be accessed via the web by visiting
www.anchorbayentertainment.com, www.idtentertainment.com,
and www.IDT.net.
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.
Contact: Jo Kavanagh-Payne
Gregory B. Payne
Tel: 805. 965. 4488
Email: info@foothillentertainment.com
Web: www.foothillentertainment.com
Anchor Bay Contact: Alan Winnikoff
Sayles& Winnikoff Communications
(212) 679-2982 (office) ; (212) 689-0617 (fax)
Email: alan@sayleswinnikoff.com
Web: www.sayleswinnikoff.com
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