Image Entertainment Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement with “America’s Got Talent” Winner Terry Fator
CHATSWORTH, Calif.-(Business Wire)-February 9, 2009 - Image Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DISK), a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, announced today that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Terry Fator to produce and distribute a live performance show of the acclaimed celebrity impressionist, singer, comedian and ventriloquist.
The agreement provides Image exclusive worldwide home video, digital, television, non-theatrical and audio rights. The performance will be filmed in high definition in late February at The Mirage in Las Vegas.
Fator captured the country’s heart when he won first place in NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and subsequently signed a reported five year $100 million deal to headline at The Mirage in Las Vegas. Fator will begin performing to sell-out crowds in the newly named 1,265-seat Terry Fator Theatre beginning February 14.
“We are expecting a very strong consumer response,” said Garrett Lee, senior vice president of product development at Image Entertainment. “Terry has proven mass-appeal, and this live performance will be eagerly anticipated by audiences across the country who has become enamored with his unique brand of comedy.”
“Image Entertainment is one of the biggest and best distributors of live comedy performances in North America,” said Fator. “I’m looking forward to bringing the excitement of my Vegas show to audiences around the world.”
The comic impersonator, along with his cast of seven puppets, combines the art of ventriloquism with celebrity impressions. Fator and his puppets, Cowboy Walter, Emma Taylor, Winston the Impersonating Turtle and the newly created Vicki “the cougar,” effortlessly perform the singing styles of an eclectic group of stars including Elvis, Maroon 5, Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole, James Blunt and Marvin Gaye.
About Image Entertainment:
Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, with approximately 3,500 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 370 exclusive CD titles in domestic release and approximately 600 programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its titles, the Company has exclusive audio and broadcast rights and, through its subsidiary Egami Media, Inc., has digital download rights to approximately 2,000 video programs and over 300 audio programs containing more than 4,500 tracks. The Company is headquartered in Chatsworth, California. For more information about Image Entertainment, Inc., please go to www.image-entertainment.com.
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