LOS ANGELES - January 14, 2010 -- Kabillion, the Emmy Award-winning multi-platform network for kids, today announced its partnership with American Greetings Properties (AGP), the intellectual property and outbound licensing division of American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) to add two Care BearsTM movies to their video on demand (VOD) offering-- Care Bears to the Rescue and Care Bears: The Giving Festival. The VOD feature is now available on Comcast on Demand and runs through January 31, 2010.
"For nearly 30 years, the Care Bears have been providing fun, wholesome content for children and we're very excited to have these two movies in our line-up," said Rebecca Agbe-Davies, director of programming at Kabillion. "We're thrilled to partner with American Greetings to bring the lovable, huggable Care Bears directly into the homes of their adoring fans."
Since 2002, millions and millions of lovable Care Bears have been brought home to a new generation of fans generating more than $2.6 billion in global sales. For more information on the huggable world of the Care Bears, visit www.CareBears.com
About American Greetings Corporation
For more than 100 years, American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) has been a manufacturer and retailer of innovative social expression products that assist consumers in enhancing their relationships. The Company's major greeting card brands are American Greetings, Carlton Cards, Gibson, Recycled Paper Greetings and Papyrus, and other paper product offerings include DesignWare party goods, American Greetings and Plus Mark gift-wrap and boxed cards. American Greetings also has the largest collection of electronic greetings on the Web, including cards available at AmericanGreetings.com through AG Interactive, Inc. (the Company's online division). AG Interactive also offers digital photo sharing and personal publishing at PhotoWorks.com and Webshots.com and a one-stop source for online graphics and animations at Kiwee.com. In addition to its product lines, American Greetings also creates and licenses popular character brands through the American Greetings Properties group. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, American Greetings generates annual revenue of approximately $1.7 billion, and its products can be found in retail outlets domestically and worldwide. For more information on the Company, visit http://corporate.americangreetings.com.
About Kabillion
Kabillion is the Emmy Award-winning, multi-platform kids' entertainment program service launched in January 2007 and available both as a free video on-demand (VOD) channel and a free online broadband site (www.Kabillion.com). Initially launched on Comcast Cable's Select On Demand across the US, the VOD platform is now also available to digital cable subscribers nationwide on Charter and Bresnan cable systems, with more to be added soon. Part of Moonscoop, a leading worldwide production, distribution, brand management and entertainment company, Kabillion offers high-quality animated and live-action kids' series entertainment on both platforms. Kabillion is owned in part by Moonscoop, REMIX Entertainment Ventures and Belgium-based Studio 100.
