HIT Entertainment Debuts Chapman Entertainment's Fifi and the Flowertots™ On PBS KIDS SproutSM In January 2008

HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality preschool entertainment, representing licensing and television distribution for Chapman Entertaiment, proudly joins forces with PBS KIDS Sprout, the first and only 24-hour preschool destination available on TV, on demand and online for kids ages 2-5 and their parents and caregivers, to bring the latest sensation from Keith Chapman, Fifi and the Flowertots, to the US. Produced by Chapman Entertainment and airing exclusively on PBS KIDS Sprout's 24-hour cable television channel in the US, Fifi and the Flowertots will premiere on January 14, 2008. Fifi will air on Sprout daily during The Sunny Side Up Show live morning show block from 9 a.m. - noon ET, while clips, games and printouts will be available at SproutOnline.com.

"We are thrilled to introduce Fifi and the Flowertots to children in the US with our television partner PBS KIDS Sprout," said Claudia Scott-Hansen, Rights Syndication, US, HIT Entertainment. "The visually stunning Fifi and the Flowertots features wholesome characters and fresh stories that will surely resonate with preschoolers here, as it has internationally."

Val Fry, Director of Licensing Chapman Entertainment says: "We are over the moon that HIT Entertainment has secured this television deal for Fifi and the Flowertots in the US, and we look forward to the next exciting stage in the growth of our internationally successful property."

With the tremendous success of Bob the Builder™ on Sprout, we are so excited to launch this wonderful new Keith Chapman creation," said Andrew Beecham, Senior Vice President of Programming for PBS KIDS Sprout. "Fifi and the Flowertots is sure to appeal to our young viewers and their parents, and we look forward to adding it to our line-up of innovative Sprout originals and trusted, gold-standard preschool favorites."

Fifi and the Flowertots is a stop-motion animated children's television series that follows Fifi and her group of little Flowertot friends as they go about their lives in Flowertot Garden. There are always things to make, games to play, problems to solve, and many adventures to be had in the garden that is always blooming (or always growing from the roots up).