4Kids' Pokemon TV Series Soars in European Markets; Top Broadcasters Renew for 3rd Season.Business & Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2000 For the third season in a row, major networks throughout Europe - including the top 5, Germany, France, UK, Italy and Spain have signed up to broadcast Pokemon(TM), the highly popular children's television series Children's television series are television programs designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. marketed by 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : KDE (K Desktop Environment) A GUI-based user interface primarily for Unix and Linux machines, but also available for Windows and Mac. The source code is freely distributed and is maintained by developers around the world. ). All major European markets will be reached by such broadcasters including TF1 in France; ITV (1) See interactive TV. (2) (iTV) The code name for Apple's video media hub (see Apple TV). , GMTV GMTV Good Morning Television (UK) and SKY1 in the United Kingdom; RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; 2 in Germany; TELE 5 in Spain; MEDIA SET in Italy; FOX KIDS in the Netherlands, France and Spain; RTE in Ireland; VT4 and RTL-TV1 in Belgium; STAR TV in Greece; SIC TV in Portugal; RTL in Hungary; POLSAT in Poland; and NOVA TV in the Czech Republic. Most of these broadcasters plan to start broadcasting the new episodes in mid-October. The 52-week series has garnered record-breaking ratings and has been so well received that broadcasters have given Pokemon(TM) prime viewing time slots and on-air promotions. The show remains the top performing kids show and leading licensed property in each of the markets described above. In addition, the series will begin its second season of broadcast in Scandinavia on TV2 Denmark, TV2 Norway and TV4 Sweden. Other new markets that have recently secured broadcast rights for their first season include: South Africa ETV, Russia ORT, the largest network in Russia, Iceland RVV, and Finland MTV3. About 4Kids: Headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a vertically-integrated entertainment company whose wholly-owned subsidiaries include Leisure Concepts, Inc., a leader in domestic and international merchandise licensing and product development; 4Kids Productions, a television, film, music and home video production company; The Summit Media Group, a domestic and international television distribution and media buying company; Websites4Kids, a Web site development company; and Technology4Kids, which integrates technologies with toy and game concepts. For further information visit the Company's Web site @ www.4KidsEntertainmentInc.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements. Due to the fact that the Company faces competition from toy companies, motion picture studios and other licensing companies, and the uncertainty of public response to the Company's properties, actual results or outcomes may differ materially from any such forward looking statements. This release and prior releases are available on the Company's Worldwide Web site at www.4KidsEntertainmentInc.com. This release and prior releases are also available on the KCSA KCSA Krannert Center Student Association KCSA Kentucky Crushed Stone Association (Frankfort, KY) KCSA Kyiv City State Administration KCSA Kalamazoo Christian School Association KCSA Kentucky-Canadian Studies Association Public Relations Worldwide Web site at www.kcsa.com. |
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