4Kids Entertainment Taps Majesco As Publisher And Distributor Of Game Boy Advance Video Titles.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2004 Proprietary Technology Enables 20 Million Game Boy(R) Advance Owners To Watch 4Kids' Produced Series Anywhere They Go 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. ) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Majesco Sales Inc., the sole operating subsidiary An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. of ConnectivCorp. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: CTTV CTTV City of Tampa Television CTTv CSF1PO, TPOX, THO1, and vWA (human genome) .OB), for Majesco to publish and distribute in the United States and Canada a total of 12 episodes of certain 4Kids' produced television series. It is expected that episodes of YU-GI-OH!, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and SONIC X will be sold as part of the new Game Boy(R) Advance Video(TM) product line scheduled to debut in May 2004. Under the terms of the 4Kids-Majesco agreement, the TV episodes produced by 4Kids will be available for viewing on Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld system. Both 4Kids and Majesco have Nintendo approved proprietary compression technology that enables them to compress full TV episodes so that they can be manufactured onto a Game Boy Advance cartridge and played on the portable handheld system. Additional terms of the deal call for the promotion of the episodes on 4Kids Entertainment's FOX BOX programming block and the FOX BOX Web site. "We are pleased to be working with Majesco to bring 4Kids' produced content to the installed base of more than 20 million Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance SP units," said Alfred R. Kahn
Alfred R. Kahn (born in New York City, New York U.S. in May 29 1947) is Chairman and CEO of 4Kids Entertainment, a New York Stock Exchange-listed company that is a global , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 4Kids Entertainment. "Now, fans of 4Kids' series such as YU-GI-OH!, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and SONIC X can easily take their favorite shows anywhere they can take their Game Boy Advance systems." "The ability to watch popular videos in a mobile fashion compliments the Game Boy system's portable applications," said Jesse Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Majesco Sales Inc. "With their excellent content and youth marketing expertise, we believe 4Kids Entertainment to be a valuable partner in launching our new lineup of Game Boy Advance Video Game Boy Advance Video is a format for putting video onto Game Boy Advance cartridges. The video is played using the game system's screen and sound hardware. These video cartridges are from Majesco Sales. The video cartridges are colored white for easy identification. products." About 4Kids Entertainment 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. with international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global provider of children's entertainment and merchandise licensing. 4Kids, through its wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , provides domestic and international merchandise licensing; television, film, music and home video production and distribution; media planning and buying; product development; and Web site development. For further information, please visit the Company's Web site at www.4KidsEntertainment.com. About Majesco Established in 1986 and headquartered in Edison, NJ, with offices in the United Kingdom, Majesco is the sole operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of ConnectiveCorp (OTC BB: CTTV.OB) and is a leading international developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products for the Xbox video game systems from Microsoft, Sony PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, and Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance systems, as well as the personal computer. The Company's 2004 lineup includes the critically acclaimed Advent Rising, the first in a trilogy of action/adventure games; BloodRayne 2, the sequel to its popular action/horror series, as well as the launch of its GBA GBA Game Boy Advance (Nintendo 32-Bit Game Boy) GBA Gran Buenos Aires (Argentina) GBA God Bless America GBA Gundam Battle Assault (video game) GBA Alderney Video product line, which utilizes the Company's proprietary video compression technology to enable consumers to view commercial-grade video on a standard Nintendo GameBoy Advance system. This press release contains forward-looking statements. Due to the fact that 4Kids Entertainment, Inc., faces competition from toy companies, television networks, 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. |
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