4Kids TV Unveils VOD Plans, Fall Season Slate

NEW YORK, July 25: 4Kids Entertainment has unveiled the fall
slate for its 4Kids TV block on FOX in
the U.S., and has announced plans to roll out a video-on-demand channel on
Comcast this August.

Launching on Comcast
ON DEMAND in August, the 4Kids VOD channel will offer up Yu-Gi-Oh!,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonic
X, Kirby and Winx Club, among others, delivering 10 hours of programming refreshed every two
weeks. The 4Kids TV VOD Channel will launch with never-before-seen episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh!
Capsule Monsters, and five new episodes of Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles. The service will also offer up episodes of G.I.
Joe, Ultimate Muscle and WMAC Masters.

Norman Grossfeld, the president of 4Kids Production, noted,
"VOD brings a Web-like immediacy to television that gives viewers
quick-and-easy access to the programming they want, when they want it. Given
the platform's ability to refresh programming without the limitations and time
constraints of a fixed program schedule, viewers are certain to return to the
channel often for fresh programming options, giving 4Kids a loyal audience that
is primed for our programming and promotional efforts.”

The 4Kids TV linear
offering, meanwhile, celebrating its fifth year on FOX, will showcase four new
series: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward (premiering July 29), where the turtles find
themselves in the future; Viva Pinata (premiering September 9), produced in partnership with Microsoft and
Rare Ltd; Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
(premiering September 9), continuing the adventures of Yugi and his friends;
and Chaotic (premiering September
30), based on the new trading card game launching next spring.