Genius Brands International Provides Business Updates

New Content Sales, Licensing Partners, Consumer Product Retail Initiatives and Business and Channel Deals Reflect Continued Execution of Growth Strategy

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following a slate of recent Company news regarding the launch of the Kartoon Channel!, the creation of Stan Lee Universe – anchored by a global deal with Archie Comics – and the appointment of Michael Uslan as Head of Development for Stan Lee Universe, Genius Brands International, Inc. “Genius Brands” (NASDAQ:GNUS) today announces more important business updates.

“Recently, we have made tremendous strides in our growth and those developments are just a part of the Genius Brands’ story,” said Genius Brands Chairman & CEO Andy Heyward. “During this time our Kartoon Channel! team has been working on the iOS app, which will debut before month end, and securing new content. Our Global Consumer Products sales team and our International Distribution sales team have been busy negotiating and closing deals. Today, we’re sharing the announcement of distribution deals stretching across four different continents, and consumer products licensing deals with products ranging from branded face masks to bicycles. These new agreements give us an even stronger platform to deliver long-term value at Genius Brands. We are working diligently to build a value machine in children’s entertainment – gathering the best talents in the industry and striving to provide top-quality content. This is the best way to deliver long-term shareholder return.” 

New Broadcast and Platform Content Deals

Genius Brands has signed a raft of broadcast and digital platform deals around the world for its animated tentpole children’s series, Rainbow Rangers, currently airing in the U.S. on Nick Jr., including:

• Australia’s Nine Network (seasons 1 & 2)
• New Zealand’s TVNZ (season 1)
• MENA’s Discovery Kids (seasons 1 & 2)
• Israel’s NOGA (seasons 1 & 2)
• TV2 in Hungary (season 1)
• Poland’s Mini Mini (seasons 1 & 2)
• Portugal’s Canal Panda (seasons 1 & 2)
• Pikaboo in the Balkans (seasons 1 & 2)
• Pan-regional partner, Nickelodeon Latin American and NOGGIN (season 2)

Shanghai Senyu has also licensed the rights for Mainland China to season two of the Rainbow Rangers with an investment commitment. Shanghai Senyu currently represents season one of the series and manages the development of the consumer products program for the brand across the region.