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Handleman "HDL" and the Teletubbies

An SI Board Since May 1998

Posts	SubjectMarks	Bans	Symbol
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Emcee: George Gotch	Type: Unmoderated

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Handleman acquires stake in marketing firm

TROY, Mich., May 18 (Reuters) - Handleman Co. said Monday its wholly owned subsidiary North Coast Entertainment agreed to purchase a 75 percent
stake in The itsy bitsy Entertainment Co, an entertainment marketing firm.

itsy bitsy Entertainment holds exclusive rights to several children's shows including Teletubbies, Tots TV, Noddy and Miss Spider.

Under the terms of the deal, itsy bitsy Entertainment will establish a children's unit with responsibility for the acquisition, development and marketing of future
children's entertainment properties and concepts for North Coast.

Other terms were not disclosed.

Managerial and operating control of itsy bitsy Entertainment will remain with its current management, which is headed by the company's founder and chief
executive officer, Kenn Viselman, who is retaining a minority interest in the company.

Viselman will also take on additional responsibilities as chairman of itsy bitsy Entertainment's board of directors.

The transaction expands a relationship among North Coast, its subsidiary Anchor Bay Entertainment Inc., itsy bitsy Entertainment and Viselman. Anchor Bay
has worked with itsy bitsy Entertainment and Viselman on Tots TV, another series by Ragdoll Productions, the creators of Teletubbies.

North Coast develops, publishes and markets family entertainment and educational multi-media products through four primary businesses: Anchor Bay
Entertainment, Madacy Entertainment, Sofsource, and Sell-Through Entertainment.

Woke up yesterday and saw a show on cable on these little buggers.
Any thoughts?

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22	Maybe a whole aisle of Teletubbie merchandise, from kids t-shirts, caps, wa	Blackie D	-	1/3/1999
21	Blackie, thanks for the response to my question. I appreciate any information	Edward W. Richmond	-	1/1/1999
20	Edward, Well, I think you'll like the fact that HDL, and KM are bringin	Blackie D	-	1/1/1999
19	Blackie, I am a new HDL investor with little knowledge of the company outside t	Edward W. Richmond	-	12/31/1998
18	Am I rich yet? (check out the news on KM thread)	Blackie D	-	12/31/1998
17	Per Yahoo message board Teletubbies got shown and mentioned on Wall Street Week	James Petersen	-	11/29/1998
16	Hear what you're saying and think it's a great strategy.	James Petersen	-	11/11/1998
15	Could be a good short term play till after Christmas when sales drop off. Might	Sidney Reilly	-	11/11/1998
14	Many products already sold out (how many shopping days till Christmas). This ca	James Petersen	-	11/10/1998
13	Looks like the stock is hot. Bob	Sidney Reilly	-	11/10/1998
12	Don't know...	George Gotch	-	11/10/1998
11	Why are telletubbies so hot and this thread is dead? It's reported telletub	Sidney Reilly	-	11/1/1998
10	Investor Joseph Harrosh cut his stake in Handleman Co. (HDL) to 6.82%, and now	NewsTrader	-	7/1/1998
9	Teletubbies rule.	charger	-	6/12/1998
8	Telletubbies will be huge this xmas . Reatailers are booking heavy and will pr	hornet	-	6/12/1998
7	Teletubbies rule. I just watched it yesterday for the first time, and it was a	charger	-	6/3/1998
6	visit the thread whenever you want. This is just for input only. No hyping.	George Gotch	-	6/2/1998
5	Charger, I agree with you. But, what I like and what other people like doesn	George Gotch	-	6/2/1998
4	Hi everyone, I would like to refer you to the group I organized around Telet	EPS	-	5/30/1998
3	HDL is showing excellent strength in a weak market, and seems poised to make n	NCC-1911 D	-	5/29/1998
2	I am about to be a father, and cringe at the thought of even having to look at	charger	-	5/26/1998
1	Teletubbies toys could be the rage for the next few years, because of the succ	NCC-1911 D	-	5/20/1998

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