Halifax, Canada May 13, 2010 – DHX Media Ltd (TSX: “DHX”), a leading independent international producer and distributor of mainly children’s television programming and interactive content is pleased to announce that YTV has commissioned a second season of thirteen episodes of its sketch comedy show That’s So Weird! The second season commission follows recent sales of tween/teen-targeted That’s So Weird! to Boomerang Latin America and Nickelodeon Australia.
That’s So Weird! is a live action sketch comedy series with an overriding back story, sitcom elements and funny sketches. Weird TV is a forgotten television network of JamCo manufacturing conglomerate. When Alana, one of the cast, comes looking for a summer job she accidentally finds herself managing the cable network and does what all new station managers do, fire the existing team and hire her friends. Also, DHX Media will hold a conference call for analysts to discuss its Q3 financial results on Monday, May 17th at 10:30 am EST, following the release of its financial results before the market opens. Media and others may access this call on a listen-in basis. Conference call details are as follows:
To access the call, please dial 1-888-231-8191 or (647) 427-7450 in the Toronto area. Please allow 10 minutes to be connected to the conference call.
Replay: Instant replay will be available beginning approximately one hour after the call on 1-800-642-1687 toll free, and passcode 75645064, until midnight EST Monday, May 24.
Enquiries:
DHX Media Ltd. +1 902-423-0260
David A. Regan – EVP, Corporate Development & IR
Trade press:
Anthony Jiwa – DECODE Enterprises +1-604-684-2363 x215
About DHX Media Ltd.
DHX Media Ltd. is a leading international producer and distributor of television programming and interactive content with an emphasis on children, family and youth markets. DHX Media Ltd. shares trade on AIM and are listed on the TSX, the Toronto Stock Exchange. DHX Media’s production companies, Decode Entertainment, Halifax Film and Studio B Productions, are the producers or co-producers of eight original television series and theatrical releases currently commissioned for production and maintain a growing library of over 2,300 half-hours of mostly children and youth-oriented television productions.
www.dhxmedia.com
About Halifax Film:
Halifax Film develops and produces original film and television programming. Halifax Film manages and co-ordinates all aspects of a program’s life, including developing original ideas; purchasing literary rights; arranging production financing; carrying out production and postproduction; and exploiting worldwide distribution rights. Halifax Film is a subsidiary of DHX Media Ltd., a leading international producer and distributor of television programming and interactive content with an emphasis on children, family and youth markets.
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