Giochi Preziosi and Marathon Media are pleased to announce that Gormiti publishing program is expanding even further with the addition of Dogan-Egmont in Turkey, ready to launch the official Gormiti magazine and its range of Gormiti books in 2010.

Dogan-Egmont is the latest publisher to jump on board the Gormiti publishing program, among major publishers all over the world that already have chosen Gormiti: Mondadori, DeAgostini, RCS and Playpress in Italy, Evrest and Medialive in Iberia, Egmont in the UK, Hachette in France, Minoas and Compupress in Greece, Rosman Publishing and Komiks in Russia, Media Service Zawada in Poland, EP Line in Czech Republic, One2Play in former Yugoslavia, Editorial Abril in Brazil and PMI in Israel. New products will be rolling out during 2010 in all countries, to offer kids more and more Gormiti adventures and activities!

“Gormiti publishing program is expanding almost daily, with new products and new concept developed thanks to the rich Gormiti content available and developed since the launch of the toy brand and even more after the TV series launch in fall 2009”, says Graziano Delmaestro, Licensing Director, Giochi Preziosi. “As Gormiti continues to impose itself as one of the major boys brand worldwide, a strong publishing program with the best partners, will provide a great support for a continuing and growing success for Gormiti brand”.

More publishing partners will be announced in the following months.

Gormiti TV series, the 52 x 26’ Giochi Preziosi & Marathon Media co-production, has been on air in Italy on broadcaster Mediaset since Autumn 2008 and has generated outstanding ratings. From Fall 2009, has hit the screens in the US (Cartoon Network), France (M6 and Canal J), Germany (RTL2), the UK (Nick Toons and GMTV2), Spain (RTVE & CN), Greece (Alter Channel), Turkey (Digi Turk), Israel (Noga), in the Middle East (MBC), TV3 in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia; Nova TV in Bulgaria and Globo TV in Brazil. Further international broadcast sales will be announced in the next months.

International television and home entertainment rights to the Gormiti brand are handled by Zodiak Entertainment Distribution. Licensing and merchandising is managed by Marathon Media in France and Giochi Preziosi for the rest of the world, through a network of agents.