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16th April - 20th April 2007Milly, Molly television series to feature at Cannes.

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Beyond Distribution will be featuring the upcoming television series, Milly, Molly. Comprising 13 X 30 minute episodes, due for release in July this year, the series has attracted strong international interest. A 2-minute trailer that was previewed at MIPCOM last October resulted in immediate sales to ABC Television in Australia; TV Ontario and Radiotelev in Portugal. Beyond Distribution are expecting a very strong show for Milly, Molly.

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5 November 2006Milly, Molly goes to Portugal
Aquarius & Aquarius have bought the rights for the screening of the Milly, Molly television series for Portugal. The series will be screened on 'Radiotelev' with delivery due on 1 July 2007. The Milly, Molly books, published in Portuguese by Editorial Everest since 2003, have proved very popular with children and the upcoming television series is expected to be eagerly awaited.

25 October 2006.TV Ontario to screen Milly, Molly.
The Ontario Communications Educational Authority has purchased the first 13 episodes of the television series, based upon the international publishing success story, Milly, Molly.
Delivery of the series is due on September 1 2007 and the series is expected to screen on TV Ontario, shortly thereafter.

Milly, Molly books are to be shortly released in both the French and English languages throughout schools in Canada by leading educational publishers, Thomson-Duval.

13 October 2006ABC TV first to buy Milly, Molly TV series.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has announced the purchase of the Milly, Molly television series for ABC TV. The series is a truly international production being produced by Ron Saunders and his team at Beyond Entertainment in Sydney, in conjunction with Scrawl Studios and The Media Development Authority of Singapore together with N.Z. publishers, Milly Molly Group Holdings. Delivery is due in July 2007 with expectations high for a very popular series.

13 October 2006Milly, Molly launched at MIPCOM - Cannes.

Great interest was generated at MIPCOM with the release of the two minute trailer for the upcoming international television series of Milly, Molly.

Based on the international publishing hit, this charming new series follows the adventures of our two heroines and their friends in a small country town. Exciting, poignant and funny, Milly,Molly celebrates difference, and promotes acceptance of diversity. Each episode has a subtle message about values such as honesty , persistence and responsibility, as well as showing life skills like dealing with bullying, and forgiveness. Together Milly and Molly face the world and it's complexities, but always manage to have fun. The Milly, Molly books have sold over 3.5 million copies in 109 countries , with the series already translated into 26 languages. Milly, Molly is a wonderful animated series that will stimulate and challenge children, while being highly entertaining.

General Manager for Beyond Distribution, Fiona Crago said, "there has been an overwhelmingly positive response to Milly, Molly at Cannes, which Beyond are thrilled about." A deal was quickly concluded with ABC Australia and a number of other deals were in the pipeline. Strong interest was received from major networks in the U.S., Canada, France, South Africa, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Latin America, Norway, Finland, Asia, Japan and Korea among others.

The series will feature again at MIPTV in Cannes in April 2007 by which time at least four completed episodes will be available for network buyers.