Zeal Entertainment Re-Upped as Official Distributor of Miss World

LONDON/CANNES, April 10: Zeal
Entertainment, part of the Digital Rights Group (DRG), has been named as the
official distributor of the Miss World Festival in 2008, marking the fourth
year that it has secured the international rights to the televised event.

Last year’s edition of the Miss World Festival took place in
Sanya, the tropical resort on the island of Hainan in South China, on December
1, 2007. Zeal Entertainment had brokered deals
in more than 100 territories for the event, including South Africa, France,
Korea, the Middle East, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, the U.K. and Brazil. The
location and date for the 2008 edition are due to be announced shortly.

Zeal Entertainment’s Andrea Jackson commented: “The Miss World
Festival is a celebrated and landmark event throughout the world, and as an
events programming distribution specialist, represents a fantastic opportunity
for us worldwide. We are delighted that the Miss World Organisation has again
chosen Zeal Entertainment to distribute the event in 2008.”

—By Irene Lew