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08.25.2008
Nickelodeon Brings Some of Its Most Popular Series to DVD for First Time, Exclusively on Amazon.com

Selection of Popular Animated and Live-Action Series Available on DVD Include Drake & Josh, Danny Phantom, Hey Arnold! and More

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 -- Nickelodeon is collaborating with CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com, Inc. group of companies, to make a premier selection of Nickelodeon's most beloved and sought-after hits available on DVD -- some shows for the first time ever. Starting today, fan-favorite shows like Drake & Josh, Hey, Arnold! and Danny Phantom -- among many others -- can now be purchased on DVD via CreateSpace DVD on Demand, where discs are manufactured as soon as customers order them on Amazon.com. The initiative will give Amazon.com the largest selection of Nickelodeon DVD titles available on the Web.

"This agreement makes Amazon.com home to the largest selection of Nickelodeon DVDs anywhere, including some of our classic titles like Hey, Arnold! to recent hits such as Drake & Josh," said Nancy Rachman, Vice President, Nickelodeon Home Entertainment. "These are some of the most-requested shows from both current and long-time Nick fans, and we're very excited about making these titles available on Amazon.com."

The Nickelodeon titles now available through CreateSpace DVD On Demand include selected seasons of Drake & Josh (Best of Seasons One through Four), Unfabulous (Seasons One and Two), Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (Seasons One and Two), Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (Best of Seasons One through Four), Danny Phantom (Seasons One and Two) and Zoey 101 (Season Two). Hit shows from the Nick Rewind collection also will be available, including classic favorites like Hey, Arnold! (Seasons One and Two), Doug (Seasons One and Two) and Rocko's Modern Life (Best of Volumes One and Two). Also available for the first time on DVD will be the hit show South of Nowhere (Seasons One and Two) from The N. All of these titles are multi-disc sets.

The collaboration provides Nickelodeon with the opportunity to offer fans a broader selection of shows on DVD than ever before. All Nickelodeon titles manufactured on demand by CreateSpace include industry-standard Content Scramble System (CSS) copy protection.

Titles available immediately on Amazon.com for purchase and expedited shipping are Drake & Josh - Best of Seasons 1-2 and Hey, Arnold! - Season 1. Additional titles being produced on-demand with CreateSpace are now available for pre-order on www.amazon.com/nickelodeon.

To find out more about CreateSpace and DVD on Demand, visit www.createspace.com.

About Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products

Nickelodeon, now in its 29th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 96 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 14 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B).

SOURCE Nickelodeon

CONTACT:
David Bittler, Nickelodeon, +1-212-846-5263
david.bittler@mtvstaff.com
or
Steven Solomon, steven_solomon@bhimpact.com
or
Ashley Gillen, ashley_gillen@bhimpact.com
both of Bender/Helper Impact
+1-212-689-6360

Web Site: http://www.amazon.com/nickelodeon
http://www.createspace.com

 
 
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