Provident-Integrity Distribution Announces Agreement with Exclaim Entertainment
Provident-Integrity Distribution Announces Agreement with Exclaim Entertainment
Monday, February 06, 2006
Provident-Integrity Distribution announces the signing of Exclaim Entertainment to a distribution deal. Jon Green and Dennis DeShazer, co-creator of Barney™ the Dinosaur, launched Exclaim Entertainment in 2003, endeavoring to capture children’s imaginations and engage them with positive messages based on biblical values inspired by God’s love for us all.
“We are delighted to announce our partnership with Exclaim,” comments Don Noes, sr. vice president of Provident-Integrity Distribution. “With the incredible expertise and success that their management team has experienced while working with other best-selling brands, they are poised to further enhance the impact of Children’s video product in the CBA marketplace,” continues Noes. “Through extensive testing with children and parents via M.O.P.S and other targeted audiences, Exclaim has shown that BOZ the Bear quickly captures the hearts of children. We are incredibly excited with the immense opportunity that lies ahead for this partnership.”
BOZ, the green bear next door, is introduced to children with the first two DVDs: Thank You God for…Shapes and Colors and Thank You God for…Friends and Helpers. Each 45-minute DVD features three episodes and two music videos, all with great music and wonderful stories.
“We have been working toward the launch of BOZ, the green bear next door, for more than three years,” shares Jon Green, co-founder of Exclaim Entertainment. “With the March 14 release date close at hand, we are extremely excited to partner with Provident-Integrity Distribution to help ensure the launch of BOZ will be a great success. By helping reinforce the foundational faith values and educational concepts parents want to teach their preschoolers, we believe BOZ will be enthusiastically welcomed into homes everywhere.”
Provident-Integrity Distribution is a division of Provident Music Group, one of the world’s top Christian music companies. Provident Distribution currently serves record labels including 3.1 Music, 7 Spin Music, Beach Street Records, Beatmart Recordings, Benson Records, Brentwood Records, Brentwood Kids Company, Cedarmont Kids, Cedar Partners, Cross Movement Records, Epic, Essential, Gospocentric, Hillsong, Integrity Label Group, Image Entertainment, INO Records, New Haven Records, Octone, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Praise Hymn Soundtracks, Reunion Records, Razor & Tie, RCA, Rocketown Records, Sony, Verity, Wind Up, Windham Hill/RCA/BMG Classics/Victor.
Provident Music Group operates under the umbrella of RCA Label Group-Nashville, a unit of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, and comprises Provident-Integrity Distribution and Provident Label Group. The label group entity includes Brentwood, Benson, Essential, Beach Street and Reunion Records and is distributed to Christian retail by Provident-Integrity Distribution and to general market retail through SONY BMG Distribution.
SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT is a global recorded music joint venture with a roster of current artists that includes a broad array of both local artists and international superstars, as well as a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordings in history. SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT is 50% owned by Bertelsmann A.G. and 50% owned by Sony Corporation of America.