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Taffy Entertainment Secures New Homes Worldwide for 'Cosmic Quantum Ray,' 'Ava Riko Teo,' 'ToddWorld,' 'The Fantastic Four,' 'Growing Up Creepie' and More.


PARIS, 8 May 2008 - Taffy Entertainment, the worldwide distribution, brand management and entertainment company, announced today a slew of new sales with broadcasters across five continents for many of its popular animated series, including Cosmic Quantum Ray, Ava Riko Teo (aka Lamimila), The Fantastic Four, I Got a Rocket!, ToddWorld and more.

Cosmic Quantum Ray (26 x 22'), the new comedy-action-adventure series, has been picked up by Disney Channel Latin America and DeAgostini Neo Network in Italy. Growing Up Creepie (52 x 11') has been picked up by ATV in Hong Kong; Code Lyoko (97 x 26') seasons 3 & 4 will go to Cartoon Network Australia and MTV3 in Finland after the success of seasons 1 & 2; and The Fantastic Four (26x26') will now be coming to China (ERG Media), The Philippines (ABS-CBN) and Indonesia on home video (PT Unggul Cipta Piranti).

The multi-territory JimJam kids' television channel has also secured the rights to ToddWorld (78 x 11') and the new Ava Riko Teo (65 x7') preschool series. Ava Riko Teo will appear on JimJam in the Middle East, while ToddWorld will be seen in Italy, Central & Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Taffy Entertainment also completed package deals with Brightspark in the UK, for video rights on the ToddWorld, Pet Alien (104 x 11') and Mix Master (39 x 22') series, and with Sun TV in India for Code Lyoko, SamSam, Bobby's World (81 x 22'), Babaloos (130 x 5') and Flight Squad (26 x 26').

"These deals, representing a diverse number of territories, are further testimony to the universal success of our animated properties," said Lionel Marty, President Worldwide Distribution at Taffy Entertainment. "Demand for high-quality, engaging programming for kids continues to grow, and we're glad that broadcasters worldwide are responding to the quality of our shows."


MEDIA CONTACT:
USA: Marc Grossmann, Taffy Entertainment:
Tel + 1 (818) 227-8966
Email: PR@taffyentertainment.com

France: Marion Randon, Taffy Entertainment:
Tel + 33 (1) 53 35 90 90
Email: marion.randon@moonscoop.com