HIT, APTN Inks Deal on Pingu

NEW
YORK, December 4: HIT Entertainment
and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), the first national Aboriginal
television network in the world, have teamed up to launch The Pingu Show in Canada
this fall during the APTN Kids
programming block.

APTN has signed on to air
74 episodes of The Pingu Show in English and French. Created by
Swiss animators Otmar Gitman and Harold Muecke, The Pingu Show follows the adventures of a sometimes mischievous
and clumsy penguin as he plays and interacts with his family and friends.

"HIT Entertainment is
excited to partner with APTN to broadcast The
Pingu Show in Canada," said Andrea Carpenter, the VP of HIT
Entertainment for Canada. "APTN has an excellent reputation for quality
programming in Canada, and we are delighted that The Pingu Show joins APTN's lineup of children's programming.
Pingu's quirky personality and hilarious arctic adventures will certainly
appeal to APTN's core audience."

"The Pingu Show has been a great addition to APTN's
commercial-free kids' programming lineup and is sure to be a favorite with our
young viewers," added APTN's CEO Jean LaRose. "We are happy to have
partnered with HIT Entertainment, Canada to bring this exceptional program to
television screens across the country."

—By
Kristin Brzoznowski