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Entertainment Rights PLC
08 January 2007




ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS SIGNS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH GENIUS PRODUCTS LLC FOR
                     NORTH AMERICAN HOME VIDEO DISTRIBUTION


Entertainment Rights Plc ("ER"), one of the UK's leading independent media
groups specialising in the ownership of children's and family programming,
characters and brands today announces an agreement with Genius Products LLC for
North American home video distribution of a number of ER's key brands.


ER will partner with Genius in the US for home entertainment distribution of a
number of key brands including Postman Pat(R), Rupert Bear(R), Jim Jam & SunnyTM
as well as certain titles from the Filmation library of classic contemporary
programming, including Fat Albert, The Archies and a number of other titles from
the ER catalogue.


The agreement, which commenced on 29 December 2006, will see a number of ER's
key brands and catalogue available for the first time on DVD in the key North
American market.


Genius is one of the fastest growing companies in the entertainment industry and
is a creator and distributor of home entertainment content through major
retailers including Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target, Toys R Us, Barnes & Noble,
Blockbuster and Amazon.com. Genius has established relationships with premier
content suppliers including The Weinstein Company, Classic Media, Sundance,
Discovery Kids, ESPN and WWE.


Commenting on today's agreement, Mike Heap, CEO, Entertainment Rights said:


"We are delighted to be partnering with Genius, one of the leading entertainment
companies in the US. This agreement will be instrumental in increasing the
exposure of ER's characters and brands in North America and offers significant
business opportunities going forward. Genius has excellent relationships with
premier retailers in the US and many of ER's key brands will be released on DVD
in North America for the first time."


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Enquiries:


Entertainment Rights plc

Mike Heap, Chief Executive Officer

Elizabeth Gaines, Group Finance Director

Liz Morris, Head of PR                                     020 8762 6200


Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial

David Rydell / Sarah Hilyer                                020 7861 3232





Editors Notes


About Entertainment Rights:


   * Entertainment Rights Plc ("ER") is one of the UK's leading specialist
     media groups focused on the ownership of high quality children's and family
     programming, characters and brands

   * ER owns or controls the rights to many global characters including Basil
     Brush(R), Postman Pat(R), Jess the CatTM, Little Red TractorTM, 
     Rupert Bear(R), He-Man and the Masters of the Universe(R), 
     Fat Albert and the Cosby kidsTM, She-Ra(R), Ghostbusters and 
     Jim Jam & SunnyTM

   * Since 1999, when ER owned rights to just 50 hours of programming, ER's
     library has grown to circa 2,000 hours of high quality children's and 
     family characters and brands. This includes certain rights to global brands
     such as Mattel's BarbieTM, Scholastic's CliffordTM, 
     Hasbro's TransformersTM,Harveytoons Casper the Friendly Ghost and 
     Classic Media's Felix the Cat

   * ER's wholly owned subsidiary Tell-Tale Productions, created and produced
     The Tweenies, one of the UK's most successful pre-school brands

   * ER has grown rapidly. Annual revenues have increased from #1.8m in 1999
     to #30.7m in 2005, the last reported financial year


     Visit www.entertainmentrights.com







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