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Renewal Marks Fifth Consecutive Year For Series 19/06/96 |
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LOS ANGELES, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Netter Digital Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETT) announced today that its popular weekly syndicated series "Babylon 5" has been renewed for a fourth season by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.
The two-time Emmy Award-winning one-hour science fiction adventure series will debut its fourth season in November 1996 on an ad hoc market-by-market basis. Season to date (9/4/95 - 5/26/96), "Babylon 5" is the number-one action hour among men 18-49 and persons 18-49 (GVPVH).
"`Babylon 5' has been, and will continue to be, an important series for us," said Dick Robertson, President of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. "It is a quality show that works in a variety of dayparts and is incredibly popular and successful for both stations and advertisers."
Scott Carlin, Executive Vice President of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, added "Science-fiction action/adventure is a very desirable program genre all over the world -- advertisers love the demographics and the fans are extremely loyal. The numbers are strong and consistent and stations carrying the series have received bags and bags of mail in support of a renewal, as well as hundreds of e-mails from viewers around the world. It's fair to say that `Babylon 5' fans are quite powerful, and they made a difference."
Created by J. Michael Straczynski, "Babylon 5" is co-produced by Netter Digital Entertainment and Straczynski's Synthetic Worlds, Ltd. under the Babylonian Productions, Inc. banner. The story is set in the year 2260, aboard a United Nations- space station which serves as a neutral territory where humans and aliens can co-exist and peacefully resolve their differences.
Netter Digital Entertainment, Inc. is a digital film production studio combining high technology with entertainment to create television series, movies, documentaries and multimedia productions. The Company specializes in combining live action with computer animation. Netter Digital is presently creating and acquiring new properties which lend themselves to product promotion and merchandising.
Babylon 5, characters, names, and all related indicia are trademarks of Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP. ©1996 Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP. All Rights Reserved.
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