UNITED
MEDIA GRANTS INFOGRAMES, INC. RIGHTS TO INTRODUCE
BROWN AND FRIENDS TO GOOD OL’ CHARLIE ALL
VIDEO GAME PLATFORMS
Five Year
Licensing Agreement Brings Most Popular Comic
Strip In History To Life
Snoopy, Charlie
Brown, Lucy, Linus, Woodstock and the rest of the
cast of characters will continue the 50th
anniversary of PEANUTS™ with an interactive
celebration. Worldwide interactive entertainment
publisher, Infogrames Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM)
announced today that United Media has awarded the
company the rights to bring the most popular
comic strip in history to all gaming platforms.
The exclusive deal is guaranteed through 2006.
The terms of the
agreement include the rights for Infogrames to
develop PEANUTS video games for Sony PlayStation,
PlayStation 2, Sega Dreamcast, Microsoft Xbox,
Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance, PC and
Macintosh. Snoopy and the entire PEANUTS gang
will serve up their first video game with Snoopy
Tennis for Game Boy Color™, available March
2001.
"We are very
excited that United Media has entrusted
Infogrames with one of the most renowned
properties of all time. This deal brings us to
the next level with our library of phenomenal
licenses," said Robert Miles Watson, Senior
Vice President of Worldwide Licensing for
Infogrames, Inc.
"We are
combining the beloved Peanuts characters and more
than 50 years of history to create a fun gaming
experience for kids of any age through several
upcoming titles." 'Infogrames is the perfect
partner to team up with United Media for
PEANUTS," said Joshua Kislevitz, Senior Vice
President, Licensing for United Media. "They
understand content and character integrity while
making sure each game is unique and fun."
PEANUTS Property
The power and
success of PEANUTS is unparalleled with over $1
billion in worldwide retail sales yearly. The
most widely syndicated comic strip in history,
PEANUTS is a global multi-media brand with
best-selling books, highly-rated television
specials, 5 'Camp Snoopy' theme parks, and
blue-chip partners that include ABC, Nickelodeon,
Hallmark, and Pillsbury.
About United
Media
United Media (UM)
is a fully-integrated, worldwide licensing and
syndication company that focuses on building
brand equity around a wide range of creative
content through its two syndicates: United
Feature Syndicate (UFS) and Newspaper Enterprise
Association (NEA), and licensing: United Media
Licensing (UML). UM licenses and/or syndicates a
variety of properties including PEANUTS
(www.snoopy.com), DILBERT (www.dilbert.com),
Raggedy Ann & Andy, Rainbow Fish, MIFFY,
Nancy & Sluggo, Get Fuzzy, Fido Dido, Snoopy
By Everhart, Precious Moments and Beatrix
Potter's Peter Rabbit. United Media
(www.comics.com) is an E.W. Scripps Company.
About Infogrames
Based in New
York, NY, Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) is a
majority-owned subsidiary of Infogrames
Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257) and serves as
the headquarters for the company's operations in
North America. Founded in 1983 and headquartered
in France, Infogrames Entertainment SA is a
global publisher and distributor of video games
for consoles (Sony, Sega, Nintendo, and
Microsoft), personal computers and Macintosh
systems, as well as interactive digital
television platforms, mobile smart devices (WAP,
HDML) and in-flight entertainment systems. The
company’s award-winning franchises include
Alone In The Dark, Driver, Deer Hunter, Roller
Coaster Tycoon, Test Drive, and Unreal.
Infogrames’ Humongous Entertainment division
is a leader in children’s entertainment
software and its Macintosh publishing label,
Macsoft, is the number one publisher of Macintosh
entertainment software. With the company’s
recent acquisition of Hasbro Interactive,
Infogrames now boasts a line of software based on
well-known licenses such as Monopoly, Jeopardy,
Tonka, and Atari.
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