Nelvana and CJ E&M Pilot Super Wings Merchandise Program Into Nor America!

7/13/2015

Nelvana and CJ E&M Pilot Super Wings Merchandise Program Into North America!

Super Wings L-R: Dizzy, Jett, Donnie, Grand Albert

(Toronto, Canada) Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises, today announced that it has signed a deal with CJ E&M, Asia's #1 Entertainment and Media Company, to represent the North American merchandise licensing rights for their action-packed preschool series, Super Wings. The deal grants Nelvana Enterprises representation rights for all merchandise categories with the exception of toys, which will be distributed by Auldey Toys North America in the U.S. and Imports Dragon in Canada.

Super Wings, co-produced by FunnyFlux Entertainment, the original creator, with Little Airplane Productions, Qianqi Animation, EBS and CJ E&M had its broadcast launch on Korean channel EBS in September 2014, where it debuted as one of the top five preschool animated series and has since been sold into over 40 countries worldwide. In the United States, Super Wings currently airs on Sprout and the series will launch on Canada's leading preschool network, Treehouse, in Fall 2015.

Super Wings is a great addition to Nelvana's portfolio, said Andrew Kerr, Co-Head, Nelvana Enterprises. Having had success with brands born out of Asia, such as Beyblade and Bakugan, we are excited for the opportunity to work with CJ E&M and Auldey China in launching this popular Korean property in North America.

We are very proud to work with Nelvana to introduce Super Wings merchandise to North American families. The series introduces children to a wide range of cultural experiences and we believe it will help foster a new generation of global citizens. Our show combines the great storytelling and curriculum from the West with the highest quality design and animation from the East and we believe this has been the recipe for true global success for Super Wings! said Sehoon Chang, Head of Animation Global Business at CJ E&M.

Super Wings follows the adventures of Jett, a confident jet plane who travels around the world delivering packages to children with his group of adorable airplane friends, the Super Wings'. They aren't just regular airplanes though, they have the ability to transform into amazing heroes who can run, climb, dig and even swim! Super Wings' visit new countries every episode and on every delivery they encounter problems that they must solve, focusing the series on cultural diversity and creative problem solving.

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.

About CJ E&M

CJ E&M is Asia's leading content and media company headquartered in Seoul, Korea. It has five main business units - broadcast, film (CJ Entertainment), music, live entertainment and animation. Since 2011, CJ E&M has been contributing to the promotion of Korean culture around the world, through the companys one source, multi-content strategy. As a trend leader in Asia, CJ E&M has produced and distributed various popular content, some of which include Asia's largest music festival Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), leading Hallyu convention KCON, Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots, record-breaking box office hits Roaring Currents (2014) and Ode to My Father (2014), along with sought-after television series The Incomplete and Grandpas over Flowers. With regional offices in Asia and the U.S., CJ E&M currently employs over 2,000 people worldwide, and is traded on KOSDAQ under the ticker 130960. For more information, please visit: http://en.cjenm.com.

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Publicist, Corus Entertainment

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