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This May, dance along with everyone's favorite purple dinosaur, Barney, as he and his dino-friends learn all about healthy eating and exercise in the new DVD release from HIT Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox, Barney: Shake Your Dino Tail!. Along with BJ™ and Baby Bop™, Barney shares healthy eating habits and demonstrates how exercise can be full of fun! Barney: Shake Your Dino Tail! is filled with moving, shaking and lots of laughs. The exciting episodes include: "My Friends, The Doctor and the Dentist" and "Play for Exercise!" The DVD will be available on May 15, 2007 for the suggested retail price of $14.98, complete with a healthy snack recipe that kids can make at home packaged inside this super-dee-duper™ DVD! Barney: Shake Your Dino Tail! will be supported by a national online and grassroots marketing campaign.
Barney: Shake Your Dino Tail! Fast Facts:
Barney: Shake Your Dino Tail! Synopsis:
C'mon get moving! Dance along with Barney™ and his friends as they
learn about exercise and healthy eating!
About Barney™
As a helping hand for growing children, Barney (along with special pals Baby Bop™, BJ™ and Riff™ ) helps parents give their children the range of skills they need to grow - and he always does it with lots of fun, music and laughs. Barney & Friends™ episodes are always filled with Sharing, Caring, Imagining, Dancing and Learning and can be seen on PBS KIDS® and PBS KIDS Sprout℠. For more information about Barney and all his friends, please visit www.barney.com.
About HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment, owned by private equity investment group Apax Partners since June 2005, is one of the world’s leading independent children’s entertainment producers and rights-owners. HIT’s portfolio includes internationally renowned children’s properties, such as Bob the Builder™, Barney™, Thomas & Friends™, Pingu™, Rubbadubbers™ and Angelina Ballerina™. HIT acts as a representative for The Wiggles® in the UK, US and Canada and as worldwide representative for The Jim Henson Company’s library of classic family brands, including Fraggle Rock™. HIT also owns the Guinness World Records™ publishing and television property and Fireman Sam™, a joint venture with S4C. Launched in 1989, HIT’s lines of business span television and video production (including studios in the US and the UK), publishing, consumer products licensing and live events. With a catalog of more than 1,000 hours of young children’s programming, HIT sells its shows to more than 240 countries worldwide, in more than 40 different languages and has operations in the UK, US, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan. In 2005, the Company joined Comcast Corporation, PBS and Sesame Workshop to launch PBS KIDS Sprout℠, a 24-hour digital cable channel and VOD service for preschoolers. For more information, visit www.hitentertainment.com.
About Twentieth Century Fox
A recognized global industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (TCFHE) is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) as well as acquisitions and original productions. The company also releases all products around the globe for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets—from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce - throughout the world. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company.