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09/12/2007

Aardman Animations, the Oscar®-winning studio behind Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run and the most recent Shaun the Sheep TV series has appointed HIT Entertainment to manage their licensing and home entertainment rights in the US and Canada. With immediate effect HIT will manage the rights of three properties, Wallace & Gromit™, Shaun the Sheep™ and Aardman Classics.

05/18/2007

Peter Byrne, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Consumer Products has more than 20 years experience in both Licensing and Consumer Products. In his new role, he will be responsible for the Company's worldwide licensing, promotions, brand and retail marketing, and creative services for HIT's classic portfolio of preschool brands, including Bob the Builder™, Barney™, Thomas & Friends and Angelina Ballerina™.

03/06/2007

HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality preschool entertainment, pens its first major Spanish language television deal in the US with V-me, a new, national Spanish language network. V-me, (pronounced veh-meh) which in Spanish means 'see me', is a 24-hour digital broadcast network presented by public television stations in markets across America, and is carried on basic digital cable and satellite. This deal will bring more than five of HIT's quality preschool programs into approximately 60 percent of Spanish speaking households in the US, reaching more than 28 million homes.

10/24/2006

Lenora Hume, award-winning international TV and film executive, began her career in her native Canada 30 years ago. Trained as a cinematographer before moving over to production, Hume has worked on several award-winning film and televisions series in more than 18 countries and is the recipient of a Daytime Emmy, a Gemini Award and is the 2006 recipient of the prestigious Faculty of Arts Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Waterloo, recognising her outstanding contribution to the film and television industry.

10/24/2006

Jim Weight was appointed Chief Financial Officer in August 2005 for HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment companies, following its acquisition by private equity firm Apax. Weight is responsible for the company's global financial operations and business development in the UK, US, Japan, Hong Kong and Canada. HIT's portfolio of internationally renowned pre-school properties include Bob the Builder™, Barney™, Thomas & Friends™, Angelina Ballerina™ and Pingu™ and the Company's business activities span television and video production, publishing, consumer products licensing and live events.

10/12/2006

HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading pre-school children's entertainment producers and rights owners, has today announced an exclusive, worldwide distribution deal with Dublin-based production company Jam Media, for the award-winning children's TV properties Picme and Twisted Tales.

06/20/2006

Furthering its quest to deliver high-quality casual games to broad television audiences, TVHead has inked a deal with HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality preschool entertainment. The multifaceted deal calls for the premier games-on-demand television network to develop the first-ever, specially designed iTV games based on the popular characters Barney, Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder and Angelina Ballerina.

06/20/2006

HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality preschool entertainment, announces the return of three popular and award-winning series on PBS KIDS this fall. Barney & Friends, Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends will premiere new episodes, featuring new characters, new music and new adventures; these continue to promote the cognitive and social/emotional skills, creative problem-solving and timeless life lessons that make them Mom-favorites.

06/20/2006

HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality preschool entertainment, debuts a fresh new look at this year's Licensing International 2006 as the company unveils a new corporate logo. Reflecting HIT's commitment to the preschool marketplace, the new logo features primary colors and opens as a toy box to reveal HIT's portfolio of leading preschool brands -- Bob the Builder™, Barney™, Thomas & Friends™, Angelina Ballerina™, and more. The logo was designed by Venture3, a UK based branding agency, and was officially unveiled today by HIT's Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Steinberg, at Licensing International 2006 in New York City.

05/31/2006

HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality preschool entertainment, today announced the appointment of Natasha Fishman as Vice President, Retail Development. In this role, Natasha will develop and implement the retail development programs and promotions for HIT's portfolio of premier brands, including Barney™, Bob the Builder™, Thomas & Friends™, and Angelina Ballerina™, among others, across all categories. In addition, Natasha will oversee all relationships with key buyers and marketers at retail. She is based in the company's New York office and reports to Jamie Cygielman, Senior Vice President, Consumer Products.