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Russian volume deal for Disney
Russian state broadcaster Channel One has concluded a multi-year partnership with Disney-ABC International Television that creates a monthly family film timeslot.
This deal covers the licensing of features, live action series, animated series and made-for-TV movies, and also the launch of monthly family film timeslot titled The Wonderful World of Disney.
 First-run features from Walt Disney Pictures including Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, and Wild Hogs; and Disney/Pixar titles such as Finding Nemo are in the mix. Library titles The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmations and Peter Pan will also be shown on free TV in Russia for the first time.
The alliance between the two companies "will not be limited to movie acquisitions but will be broadened towards the joint production of movies and shows here in Russia," said Konstantin Ernst, general manager of Channel One.
The Wonderful World of Disney will air 10 times a year and TV series Dirty Sexy Money, starring Peter Krause and Donald Sutherland, has also been picked up by the broadcaster.
Marina Jigalova-Ozkan, general manager of Disney CIS, said the deal was "an important milestone in the history of Russian television," adding that the Mouse's Russian business was booming, up 400% in the last three years.
20 Dec 2007
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