Dork Hunters Delivers for BKN

LONDON, November 13: BKN
International's Dork Hunters from Outer
Space
has been notching up strong ratings across the board in the U.K.,
South Africa, Australia and Russia.

In the U.K., the series
scored an audience share of more than 38 percent, placing it second among boys
aged 4 to 9. On SABC1 in South Africa, Dork
Hunters
delivered an audience share of 44.8 percent of kids 6 to 11.

Dork Hunters launched only a week ago on TEN in Australia and has already
contributed to a time-slot gain of 13 percent in audience share for kids 5 to
12. For the first 15 episodes that aired in Russia on CTC, the show achieved an
average share of 43.8 percent of kids 4 to 9, 46.6 percent of kids 6 to 11 and
50.2 percent of boys 4 to 9.

Nicola
Andrews, the managing director of BKN New Media in London, said: "We are
extremely pleased with these ratings in multiple markets and the fact that Dork Hunters has found a core audience
of kids and boys. It demonstrates that the humor inherent in the show
transcends different cultures. The show has delivered consistently with each
launch and we expect this to continue as we roll out worldwide."

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski