SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 11, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Soleil Film, Inc. (Pink Sheets:SFLM) announced today a successful appearance of its Hollywood biography series, "Autograph(r)." According to Patrick Nagle, Chairman of Planet Group Entertainment, the Paris-New York based television distribution company, "Reaction to the Autograph Series was surprisingly better than expected. The Series was well received by our buyers in England, which include BSkyB and The Biography Channel; France for the new Festival Channel; Germany by the ProSieben Group who will purchase the series in a block of programs which include our Classic Hollywood Biography Series; Spain, Canal+; Belgium, Scandinavia, and The Middle East where program series related to Hollywood are extremely popular. Our buyers from the Far East in Japan, China and Australia are also interested in the Series."
Planet Group estimates sales of the series to buyers in these territories at approximately $1 million annually, and plans to offer the series to 12 more territories and the U.S. market. Added Nagle: "Modified versions of the series will be edited into longer form one- hour programs which will also attract attention and sell well in DVD formats, which is an expanding part of the market, now representing better that 40% of our overall sales. Markets for series programs like Autograph can take time to develop and sales execution depends on season, trends and many other factors, but overall I would say that Autograph will be a solid winner for us over the next three to five years. My hope is that we can generate enough market enthusiasm to extend the series and do 26 half-hours per year. This goal could be accomplished by careful co-production in a number of territories where we not only distribute, but co-produce through our own entities."
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