NELVANA SECURES KEY DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS PRE-NATPE

1/19/2015

NELVANA SECURES KEY DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS PRE-NATPE

Toronto Corus Entertainments Nelvana, one of the worlds leading international producers and distributors of children's animated and live-action content, has signed multiple deals for more than 1,200 episodes of content throughout Latin America, drawn from Nelvana's extensive library.

Mike the Knight's first feature-length adventure, Mike the Knight and the Journey to Dragon Mountain, was acquired by Discovery Kids Channel Latin America, who currently holds all 52 episodes of the Mike the Knight series. The new feature is an epic quest which will test Mike's bravery and knightly skills as he travels beyond Glendragon.

Meanwhile, Mexico's Televisa has added the second season of Mr. Young to their schedule and Colombia's Zebracom Internacional has acquired the rights to Beyblade Metal Fusion, Mr. Young, Sidekick and Willa's Wild Life.

Additionally, Nueve Media has picked up popular Nelvana titles including 6teen, Blazing Dragons, Grossology, Jane and the Dragon, Nancy Drew, Scaredy Squirrel, and Sidekick for the southern cone, and Television Entertainment, Inc. has acquired rights to season 1 of Berenstain Bears and George Shrinks in several Latin American territories.

About Nelvana

Nelvana is a world-leading international producer and distributor of children's animated and live-action content. Nelvana produces a stable of award-winning and globally renowned brands that focus on comedies, preschool and boys action series and ancillary consumer products programs. Nelvana's content airs on Corus Entertainment's kids channels in Canada and in over 160 countries around the world. The Nelvana library has well over 4,000 episodes of programming and has received over 70 major international program awards including Emmys and Geminis. Visit the Nelvana website at www.nelvana.com.

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For further information, please contact:

Kate Calder

Publicist, Corus Entertainment

416.479.6319

kate.calder@corusent.com

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