NOSTALGIC ANIMATED TV SERIES MAKE THEIR DVD DEBUT

ON FEBRUARY 19 FROM MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT

Additional Fun-Filled Family Films and Cartoons Will Bring Out The Kid In Everyone!

Minneapolis, MN (January 28, 2013) This February, Mill Creek Entertainment will offer a little something for everyone – from movies to television to animated programming including the award-winning Collingwood O’Hare Collection, Mill Creek Entertainment continues to deliver value-priced products that appeal to fans of all ages.

The plethora of releases includes three award-winning programs: RARG which received the BAFTA nomination and won the Outstanding Achievement Award for Best Short Animated Film, Animal Stories, a BAFTA Winner for Best Pre-School, and Eddy & The Bear based on Jez Alborough’s bestselling children’s books and BAFTA Winner for Best Pre-School Animation from the Collingwood O’Hare collection. Additionally, Volume 2 of Jayce & The Wheeled Warriors debuts for the first time on DVD, and the first 28 episodes of Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad and the first 32 episodes of the hit ‘80s animated series Beverly Hills Teen will be released. Also included in the offerings are all 40 episodes of the popular series Street Sharks, the first volume of The Wacky World of Tex Avery and a fun, 10-episode compilation of The Awesome Adventures of Johnny Test. Additionally, there are two movie collections available including a double feature presentation of Toy Warrior and Kiddo the Super Truck plus the 12 Family Movie Favorites collection that is sure to entertain audiences of all ages.

Mill Creek Entertainment, a recognized leader in value entertainment will release this incredible assortment of DVDs on February 19. Prices for all of these amazing collections start at only $9.98 SRP.

Collingwood O’Hare Collection: Eddy & the Bear, RARG & Animal Stories

Collingwood O’Hare Entertainment has 20 years of history producing top quality, award-winning animated series and specials for both UK and overseas broadcasters. The company began when company founder Tony Collingwood’s graduation film RARG attracted the attention of The Muppets’ Jim Henson at its very first screening. The film was an instant hit and went on to win numerous awards, including The British Animation Award’s Best Film for Children. It received a BAFTA nomination and won the outstanding achievement award for Best Short Animated Film in 1988.

RARG paved the way for the Animal Stories, a series of 52x5-minute animated poems, affectionately narrated by the Oscar nominated actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne. The series follows the life, loves and problems of different members of the animal kingdom. Animal Stories won the 2001 Children’s BAFTA for Best Pre-School Animation.

Collingwood O’Hare also produced the half-hour special Eddy & the Bear, based on Jez Alborough’s best-selling children’s book trilogy Where’s My Teddy?, It’s the Bear and My Friend the Bear. Set in a beautiful wood, during the perennial summer of childhood, Eddy & the Bear is the delightful story of a little boy’s first ever friendship - with a ten-foot tall bear! Bear is voiced by Robert Lindsay, with Frances de La Tour narrating.  

Eddy & The Bear

Based on the characters created by best-selling children’s author, Jez Alborough, Eddy & the Bear is the continuing story of a little boy’s first ever friendship – with a ten foot tall, talking bear. Each episode follows their daily adventures in and around the beautiful woods near Eddy’s home, as well as the weird and wonderful world of their imaginations. Bear introduces Eddy to the wonders of the natural world and Eddy confuses the Bear with talk of computer games and school, but nothing rocks the solid foundations of their friendship.

RARG

RARG is a land so perfect that the sun never rises until it is absolutely sure that everyone is awake. It is a wondrous fantasy world where the population thrives on making exciting new discoveries. Until one day an astonishing discovery is made – the happy people of RARG are just a dream! The unexpected twists and turns of the tale will surprise and delight viewers of all ages!

Animal Stories

Animal Stories takes a humorous look at the lives, loves and concerns of the animal kingdom, viewed from a child’s perspective. Each episode of this colorful series, centers on a different animal and asks a question about an aspect of life that all children can relate to… What do you do if you’re a Dog that’s got bad breath?

• Over 9 hours of Award-Winning Animation!

• $9.98 SRP

Jayce & The Wheeled Warriors - Volume 2 - 33 Episode Set

Based on the popular line of Mattel toys, the remaining 33 Episodes of Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors make their way to DVD for the first time. Follow the adventures and battles of Jayce and his crew as they travel the universe on a desperate quest to destroy the evil leader Saw Boss and his loyal followers, the Monster Minds. Joined by The Lightning League, Jayce embarks on a journey to find his father and return the two pieces of The Magic Roots together, which will destroy the evil leader, Sawboss, and his followers who will stop at nothing in order to dominate the galaxy!

• DVD Debut for These 33 Episodes!

• $12.98 SRP

Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad - Volume 1 - 28 Eps

Detect the cyber savors of the world in Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad Volume 1! Matthew Lawrence (Mrs. Doubtfire, The Hot Chick) stars as Sam Collins, leader of a teenage garage band who discovers that an alien warlord has infected the digital world with monster ‘megaviruses’! Sam and his friends create the Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad to ‘Samurize’ and actually enter cyberspace to rid the earth of the evil menace! Explore the digital world with Sam, Sydney, Tanker and Amp as they fight the evil Kilokahn and his army of Megavirus monsters at cyber-space capacity!

• First Time on DVD!

• Includes the First 28 Episodes of this beloved live-action series

• $12.98 SRP

Beverly Hills Teens - Volume 1 - 32 Eps

Follow the extravagant lives, loves and longings of your favorite fun-loving teens. Whether spending their time and money on stretch limos, chic malls or glittering discos, the Beverly Hills Teens still have the same problems and pains as the typical kid. Dating, making the team or cheerleading squad, impossible homework assignments, coordinating wardrobes, schoolgirl crushes and jealousies are just a few of the problems that keep the lives of the gang in a constant state of comic turmoil. Flashback to the bodacious ridiculousness of the 1980s with America’s wealthiest cartoon teens!

• First Time on DVD!

• Includes the first 32 Episodes of the hit 80s animated series

• $12.98 SRP

Street Sharks - The Complete 40 Episode Series

When an evil genetic-engineer, Dr. Paradigm illegally experiments with an untested DNA genetic formula, four brothers are accidentally transformed into monstrous half shark – half humans! Delighted with his success, the diabolical madman seeks to alter nature and tailor all humanity into sea creatures of his own design and control! The Bolton brothers – John, Bobby, Coop and Clint – team up to stop Dr. Paradigm and his deadly Seaviates from transforming the citizens of Fission City into mutants with no free will.

• Includes All 40 Episodes!

• $12.98 SRP

Wacky World of Tex Avery - Volume 1 - 40 Eps

Brilliant, hilarious and groundbreaking animator Tex Avery created the wonderful squash-and stretch cartoons of his era. Avery added speed, sarcasm, irony and nonstop action to The Golden Age of Hollywood animation! The Wacky World of Tex Avery is fully loaded with belly-laughin’ funny short segments the entire family is sure to enjoy. Each episode stars a variety of wild original characters including the bumbling Roman centurion, ‘Pompeii Pete’, the inept conqueror and the little princess he cannot conquer ‘Genghis and Khannie’, the lamest super hero on 4 legs ‘Power Pooch’, the world’s first inventor ‘Einstone’, the ultra-pesky ‘Freddie the Fly’ and of course the wackiest hero in the old west ‘Tex Avery’ himself!

• Over 14 hours!

• $12.98 SRP

Awesome Adventures of Johnny Test - 10 Episodes

Boy genius Johnny Test is at it again in 10 electrifying episodes! Join the fearless 11-year-old and his genetically engineered super dog, Dukey, along with his 13-year-old brainiac twin sisters as they test out their scientific experiments! Obsessed with pushing the limits, Johnny is the ultimate test pilot, who is willing to try anything in the name of science. No mission is too unbelievable, no challenge is too great, no villain is too menacing and no sister-created concoction is too wild for the spiky haired boy genius!

• $9.98 SRP

Toy Warrior and Kiddo the Super Truck – Double Feature

Toy Warrior

The LAND OF TOYS is a world of pure imagination ruled by the popular doll, PRINCESS SHERBET, but when a mysterious dark force threatens Sherbet’s toy kingdom, it’s up to a spunky, trouble making boy from the real world to save the day: THE TOY WARRIOR JINOO! Aided by the reluctant Princess Sherbet, the transforming Police-bot, R.J. and Jinoo’s amazingly loyal back pack, PING, Jinoo is ready to play Toy Warrior and chase the dark forces across the landscape of imagination!

Kiddo The Super Truck

Kiddo is a magical little truck with the unique ability to PLOOP! into anything he desires. He can become a car, a boat, a train or a plane, as necessary, to help all of his wonderful friends in Sunnyside, the most magical place on Earth. The feature, comprised of five individual episodes, has been called “the most wonderful cartoon ever created for preschoolers,” by Animation Reporter Magazine. Parents will love the wholesome storyline and the inspired music.

• Includes 2 feature length animated adventures!

• $9.98 SRP

Family Movie Favorites - 12 Film Collection

Heartfelt Stories, Enduring Tales and Family Favorites!

The Twelve Timeless Movies Include:

•The Secret Garden

•The Whole of the Moon

•Sally Marshall Is Not An Alien

•Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story

•Clown White

•The Best Bad Thing

•Bonjour Timothy

•Both Sides Of The Law

•Million Dollar Babies Part I

•Million Dollar Babies Part II

•Revenge Of The Land Part I

•Revenge Of The Land Part II

• Over 17 Hours of Entertainment for All Ages!

• $9.98 SRP

About Mill Creek Entertainment

Mill Creek Entertainment is the leading provider of value home video content to the retail and specialty marketplaces. With over 50 million DVDs and Blu-ray discs sold annually the company has established a powerful distribution network that encompasses over 30,000 storefronts and millions of online customers. The company is relentless in its quest to always provide outstanding content and packaging with amazing value propositions to ensure consumer demand and customer satisfaction. Mill Creek offers a tremendous range of content including contemporary and classic feature film and television, kids’ animation, documentary, special interest and fitness. Compilations range from double-features to 100-movie collections as well as 10 to 600 episode TV collections. Driven by its immense library of over 12,000 hours of owned and licensed content and licensing partnerships with major studios and production companies world-wide, the company continues to redefine the value marketplace. For more information: www.millcreekent.com.

MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT WILL RELEASE AN EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING LINEUP OF DVDs USING BABYFIRST‘S AWARD-WINNING PROGRAMMING INCLUDING “HARRY THE BUNNY” AND “SHUSHYBYE BABY” ON JANUARY 8, 2013

BabyFirst, The Leading Provider Of Award Winning Programming For Babies, Toddlers And Parents, Makes Their Content Available As An Assortment Of Innovative, Inspiring and Interactive DVDs From Mill Creek Entertainment

Minneapolis, MN, (December 18, 2012) Starting off the year right, Mill Creek Entertainment will release the first installment of BabyFirstTV’s award-winning programming across eight DVDs for babies, toddlers and parents including Harry The Bunny - Come Along and Play, Shushybye Baby – Bedtime Stories and Songs, Sweet Dreams – Soothing Sights and Sounds, Baby Class – Building Blocks of Learning, Art and Music – Sensory Wonderland, Best of BabyFirst – An Educational Adventure, Color Crew – All About Color and Numbers Around the Globe – Adventures in Counting. Mill Creek Entertainment, a recognized leader in value entertainment, will release this dynamic assortment of DVDs on January 8, 2013 for only $9.98 each.

Each DVD contains over 90 minutes of fun and educational content to help babies blossom. BabyFirst’s content is created by leading experts in child development and education, and provides interactive opportunities for parents and baby to bond, learn and explore together. The following are the full product descriptions for the eight DVD new releases from Mill Creek Entertainment.

Harry The Bunny - Come Along and Play

Harry is a curious 3-year-old bunny who loves exploring new things! Harry invites his friends to go on exciting adventures as he learns and senses the world around him. Through playful and entertaining repetition your little ones will encounter new words, sounds, shapes and numerous other developmental concepts by inspecting the environment around them. During these episodes, Harry explores all kinds of things in and around his house noticing everyday objects and learning concepts like near and far.

Shushybye Baby – Bedtime Stories and Songs

Join Snoozles, Dozie, Zeez and the rest of the colorful Shushies who reside in Shushybye where they make dreams just for children!  Through dream-themed stories and award-winning original songs, Shushybye Baby encourages little ones to look forward to bedtime and helps them learn about the importance of sleep in a fun and friendly way. Presenting a wide variety of musical forms, Shushybye Baby inspires music appreciation – while encouraging healthy sleeping habits.

Sweet Dreams – Soothing Sights and Sounds

BabyFirst’s evening programs are designed to soothe babies’ senses as they unwind for nap or bedtime. This tender series combines soft classical music and a variety of calming imagery to offer a relaxing atmosphere for you and your little one. Each episode features engaging motions and pictures that are ideal for calming down after a busy day or before naptime. These trusted tools will aid and encourage healthy bedtime habits for future years to come.

Baby Class – Building Blocks of Learning, Art and Music – Sensory Wonderland

Laugh and learn through a variety of programs designed to stimulate and entertain your young ones! Follow different animals from around the globe on a counting adventure in Numbers Around the Globe. Play along with Maddie and Zeke as they identify shapes and objects in Shape A Majigs. Get wacky with Widget And His Wonder Machine as he makes counting exciting and fun! Introduce your toddler to a world of words with three fun-loving creature friends, The Wordies who explore new words every day! Encourage reasoning and planning skills all while using your imagination in Ready Dress Go! Number Time and The Numbers Farm introduce the magic of numbers through repetition and recognition. Follow Sammy and Eva, two young squirrels, who invite viewers to play their favorite game Hide And Seek!

Best of BabyFirst – An Educational Adventure

Transform knowledge and development into a creative world of fun, right in your own home! Sensory Wonderland combines parent/child bonding and imagination to stimulate senses that are crucial for positive childhood development. Through a rich assortment of colors and creations, young viewers’ imaginations will come alive as they watch art and music being constructed and played right before their eyes! An endless array of unique visual experiences showcasing recognizable stories, sounds and pictures make common toys and objects come to life through visual exploration.

Color Crew – All About Colors

Meet the Color Crew, a lively bunch of crayons that explore and identify color in the world around us! All About Colors encourages young viewers to play along as they introduce basic colors in their very own special way! Join colors like yellow, blue, green, red and brown as they decide what color apples, trees, ducks, and other objects in everyday life should be. Let the rainbow of knowledge and creativity fly high with the Color Crew and their coloring adventures!

Art & Music – Sensory Wonderland

Transform knowledge and development into a creative world of fun, right in your own home! Sensory Wonderland combines parent/child bonding and imagination to stimulate senses that are crucial for positive childhood development. Through a rich assortment of colors and creations, young viewers’ imaginations will come alive as they watch art and music being constructed and played right before their eyes! An endless array of unique visual experiences showcasing recognizable stories, sounds and pictures make common toys and objects come to life through visual exploration.

Numbers Around The Globe – Adventures in Counting

BabyFirst is fun-filled programming created specifically for tots and their parents. Join adorable characters from around the globe while they explore numbers in Adventures in Counting! Follow all kinds of animals like polar bears, tigers and monkeys around the globe to explore numbers through rhythm, repetition, humor and movement. The high energy brought to the show by its furry friends helps young viewers learn number recognition from one all the way to five. So come with us on an adventure around the globe!

About Mill Creek Entertainment

Mill Creek Entertainment is the leading provider of value home video content to the retail and specialty marketplaces. With over 50 million DVDs and Blu-ray discs sold annually the company has established a powerful distribution network that encompasses over 30,000 storefronts and millions of online customers. The company is relentless in its quest to always provide outstanding content and packaging with amazing value propositions to ensure consumer demand and customer satisfaction. Mill Creek offers a tremendous range of content including contemporary and classic feature film and television, kids’ animation, documentary, special interest and fitness. Compilations range from double-features to 100-movie collections as well as 10 to 600 episode TV collections. Driven by its immense library of over 12,000 hours of owned and licensed content and licensing partnerships with major studios and production companies world-wide, the company continues to redefine the value marketplace. For more information: www.millcreekent.com.

About BabyFirst

BabyFirst is the leading baby-focused TV channel and new media company dedicated to delivering quality educational and entertaining content for young children and their parents. Working closely with an extensive network of renowned authorities in every area of early childhood education and psychology, BabyFirst is a trusted, age-appropriate TV network, website and mobile app creator. The BabyFirst channel is currently available to more than 80 million households in 35 countries including the top five U.S. satellite and cable operators. BabyFirst content is available in the basic package on DIRECTV, Dish Network and Comcast. The channel is also available as a premium service in select Time-Warner and Charter markets. For more information: www.babyfirsttv.com.

IN HONOR OF VETERAN’S DAY, THE AMERICA’S WARS STREAMING CHANNEL OFFERS MEDAL OF HONOR: EXTRAORDINARY VALOR DOCUMENTARY SERIES ON-DEMAND FROM MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT

The Documentary Joins Hundreds of Hours of War Documentaries, Films and Newsreels Chronicling Every American War

Minneapolis, MN (November 2, 2012) In honor of Veteran’s Day, the popular streaming subscription channel, America’s Wars, featuring war content spanning from the Great Indian Wars to the war in Iraq, will add the critically acclaimed documentary series Medal of Honor: Extraordinary Valor to the ever-growing list of content. The new content will be available to subscribers of America’s Wars from Mill Creek Entertainment along with sample content available for free viewing for non-subscribers updated periodically. For a low monthly rate starting at $4.99, users can enjoy hundreds of hours of exclusive programming, with new content added regularly. 

The America’s Wars channel offers history buffs and military history fans hundreds of hours of content viewable from Roku devices, mobile phones, computers and tablets. From multi-part documentary series to government-produced propaganda films, this uniquely focused selection of war-related content is not available on Hulu, Netflix or Amazon.

The 6-part Medal of Honor: Extraordinary Valor documentary series was produced exclusively for Mill Creek Entertainment by award winning producer Kevin Hershberger. Medal of Honor: Extraordinary Valor brings a voice to the stories of the people who showed extreme bravery and valor while making harrowing sacrifices to ensure American freedom. The medal and its recipients are brought to life using in-depth, full-scale live re-enactments with special effects starting from the creation of the medal during the Civil War through the wars in Iran and Afghanistan. The documentary recounts the incredible stories of the many honorees, from people of all races and ethnicities, to the first woman, Dr. Mary Walker, to the most well-known, John McKinney (World War II), Alvin York (World War I) and Joseph Marm (Vietnam War). It is the most comprehensive program available that honors the heroes of our nation.

 America's Wars brings you documentaries and on-the-spot footage from all of America's major conflicts. For a low monthly subscription fee, users can watch as much content as they like from the extensive catalog. America's Wars is committed to providing the most comprehensive selection of documentaries and supportive video content on the subject of America and its wars.

About Mill Creek Entertainment

Mill Creek Entertainment is a source of value home video entertainment. Helmed by a management team with over eighty years of experience in the consumer home entertainment marketplace, the company produces entertainment products that typically sell in quantity, at impulse price-points, while adhering to high standards of quality unsurpassed in the industry. The Mill Creek product line encompasses many genres, speaks to broad consumer tastes and has found favor with both North American and emerging Latin markets. The company’s DVD product line consists of classic movies, television episodes, historical documentaries and feature films.

MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT  MARKS 10^th ANNIVERSARY

Home Entertainment Distributor Continues to Build Relationships To Release Popular Franchises and Revamp Catalog Titles

Minneapolis, MN (October 22, 2012) – October 2012 marks ten years in business for the Minneapolis based home entertainment distribution company Mill Creek Entertainment.   Mill Creek Entertainment entered the home video market in 2002 with a line-up of value-priced 50-movie sets that rapidly became popular with retailers and consumers. Fast forward 10 years, and that commitment to value still remains, as well as the popularity of the 50-movie collections along with hundreds of additional DVD and Blu-ray titles.  Mill Creek has built its business with a focus on product value and the consumer, establishing a reputation of being able to breathe new life into catalog collections and franchises.

Starting out with primarily public domain content, the company was founded from humble beginnings.  “As Mill Creek has grown, we’ve licensed a variety of cinematic, television, kids, fitness and special interest content from studios such as Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Carsey-Werner and Stephen J. Cannell Productions,” says Ian Warfield, president, COO and co-founder of the company.   

Each year since its inception, Mill Creek has experienced double digit growth and will manufacture over 50 million discs this year. With warehousing and pick, pack and ship facilities in Minneapolis and Los Angeles, the company fulfills products to a wide  variety of retail partners including mass merchants, warehouse clubs, specialty retailers, chain drug, grocery and convenience stores.

 “We focus on creating the most compelling value propositions,” says Ian Warfield. “Part of that means packaging the titles at retail for as little as $3 to $10 to drive the best value for the consumer.”

Through relationships with companies such as Cookie Jar Entertainment and Classic Media, the company has a release schedule of products driven by franchises such as “Johnny Test,” “Richard Scarry,” “The Archies,” “Heathcliff” and “He-Man.”  Mill Creek continues to capture market share and boasts an incredible kidvid animation library.  The company has also made a splash with television programming, distributing such popular series as “That ’70s Show,” “21 Jump Street,” “Roseanne,” “Hunter,” “3rd Rock From the Sun” and “Wanted: Dead or Alive” from companies such as Carsey-Werner, Stephen J. Cannell Productions and others. 

Additionally, Mill Creek has produced original content for its own line-up of documentary and special interest programming, resulting in a steady stream of bestselling titles. Some of these top-selling titles are America’s Serial Killers, Hollywood Versus the Mob, Up From Slavery and the “America’s National Parks” series.

Staying on top of the digital evolution of the business, Mill Creek has both ad-supported and subscription based streaming channels on multiple platforms as well as content on iTunes, Hulu and Amazon.  The company has two channels on the Roku platform: a subscription video-on-demand war documentary channel called America’s Wars and a top-ranked fitness channel, All Fitness TV.  Mill Creek also has four other channels in the works for Roku and across 17 other digital platforms. 

“We’re extremely proud and happy to have survived 10 years in a challenging industry,” Warfield says. “We haven’t lost sight of our original mission of always giving exceptional consumer value. We are looking forward to staying true to our mission for the next 10 years.”

 About Mill Creek Entertainment

Mill Creek Entertainment is the leading provider of value home video content to the retail and specialty marketplaces.  With over 50 million DVDs and Blu-ray discs sold annually the company has established a powerful distribution network that encompasses over 30,000 storefronts and millions of online customers. The company is relentless in its quest to always provide outstanding content and packaging with amazing value propositions to ensure consumer demand and customer satisfaction. Mill Creek offers a tremendous range of content including contemporary and classic feature film and television, kids’ animation, documentary, special interest and fitness.  Compilations range from double-features to 100-movie collections as well as 10 to 600 episode TV collections.   Driven by its immense library of over 12,000 hours of owned and licensed content and licensing partnerships with major studios and production companies world-wide, the company continues to redefine the value marketplace.  For more information: www.millcreekent.com.