Genius Products, Sesame Workshop Announce Distribution Agreement

NEW YORK/SANTA MONICA, February 21: Genius Products,
co-owned by The Weinstein Company, has become the North American home
entertainment distributor for Sesame Workshop’s library of more than 100
titles.

Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Genius will
distribute titles including Sesame Street, Sesame Beginnings, Elmo’s World and Pinky Dinky Doo, among
others.

“This agreement with Genius Products provides the
opportunity to strengthen our ability to reach millions of kids in America with
one of the fastest growing entertainment content distributors,” said Gary E.
Knell, the president and CEO of Sesame Workshop. “Genius Products’ experienced
management team, robust infrastructure and marketing expertise will ensure that
we help children reach their highest potential and we believe by working with
the multi-talented team at The Weinstein Company on current properties and
future productions, we will continue to deliver the leading children’s
educational and entertaining content in the industry.”

“We are very excited about this new partnership with Sesame
Workshop,” said Stephen K. Bannon, the chairman of Genius Products. “It will
greatly enhance our position in the family/faith categories and is an overall
strong fit for our long-range business goals. We have made tremendous strides
in the entertainment industry through the introduction of new brands and
content-provider partnerships such as ESPN, Discovery Kids, and RHI
Entertainment, across our four leading verticals of Sports, Family/Faith,
Lifestyle and Independent Film product segments, and look forward to many
additional potential announcements in 2007.”