RHI, Genius Announce Co-Production Alliance

NEW YORK/SANTA MONICA, May 15: RHI Entertainment and Genius
Products plan to co-produce up to 48 original movies for initial U.S. broadcast
exclusively on ION Media Networks and for direct-to-video release.

This new programming for ION will be part of the already
committed 12 hours of RHI programming per week scheduled to begin on June 29.
Genius and RHI will co-produce genre specific projects to include up to 24 “Westerns”
and 24 “Greatest Adventures”. The first two “Westerns,” Lone Rider and Prairie Fever and two “Greatest Adventures,” Journey to
the Center of the Earth and Dr.
Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, will commence filming
this year. Genius will have exclusive worldwide home video and digital
distribution rights for the RHI/Genius co-productions while RHI Entertainment
will hold the international TV distribution rights. The content will air on ION
as part of the previously announced RHI deal, in which it becomes the network’s
exclusive television programming supplier on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
nights, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.