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BMG Special Products to produce DVD set of popular television show My So-Called Life
New York, NY – July 1, 2002 – BMG Special Products, a division of BMG, announced that it is producing a DVD box set of the popular television series My So-Called Life that will be available through AnotherUniverse.com, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CMI Holdings Group.
“We continuously look to create audio & video product that consumers demand,” explains Larry Karpen, Director of Marketing for BMG Special Products. “My So-Called Life’s popularity has been exhibited by the tremendous outpouring of fans asking for the entire collection of episodes on DVD. We are pleased to be working with AnotherUniverse.com and Dry Grass Partners to help bring the product to the fans.”
My So-Called Life was a critically acclaimed television series about the life of a teen girl named “Angela,” played by Claire Danes. The show aired from August 1994 through January 1995 on ABC. Danes won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance. The show’s executive team has also been responsible for other critically acclaimed television dramas such as thirtysomething and Once and Again.
BMG Special Products previously released a DVD containing episodes 1 through 3 of My So-Called Life. Consumers who purchased the previous release were able to purchase a special set containing episodes 4 through 19 for a special price. The entire nineteen-episode set is available exclusively at www.AnotherUniverse.com/mscldvd for $115. Due to international demand, the DVDs have no region coding and will play on any system around the world.
For more information:
Larry Karpen
Director of Marketing
BMG Special Products
212-930-3931
About BMG
BMG is the global music division of Bertelsmann AG, one of the world’s leading media companies, with annual revenues of $17.86 billion. BMG owns more than 200 record labels in 42 countries including Arista Records, RCA Records, RCA Label Group – Nashville, and Ariola. In addition, BMG owns one of the world’s largest music publishing companies.
About CMI Holdings Group
Headquartered in Sacramento, CA; CMI Holdings Group is consolidator of online entertainment and collectables properties. CMI owns or licenses a number of shopping websites, including store.hollywood.com and www.nextplanetover.com, a comics and action figures website. The company’s flagship, AnotherUniverse.com, is the largest online retailer in the comic industry. Through its properties, CMI Holdings Groups offers television, movie, entertainment, toy, comic and game products from hundreds of worldwide suppliers.
About Dry Grass Partners
Dry Grass Partners is a New York-based direct-marketing, research and product development firm. Dry Grass Partners works with some of the biggest names in retail and entertainment to create unique, value added products.
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