Post by Clouseau on Oct 27, 2006 14:01:47 GMT
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MGM Puts Panther on iTunes
Thursday, October 26, 2006
By: Ryan Ball
MGM’s animated Pink Panther TV series from the 1990s is now available for purchase and download in the iTunes Store, adding to the growing roster of programs offered from the studio’s library. In addition to 32 half-hour Pink Panther episodes, the studio is adding 22 half hours from the first season of The Addams Family and 32 hour-long installments from the first season of the beloved science fiction series The Outer Limits.
The Pink Panther character was created by Friz Freleng and David DePatie for the opening and closing credits of United Artists’ 1963 live-action Pink Panther film starring Peter Sellers. The popularity of the character led to a series of animated theatrical shorts and a regular Saturday morning TV series that debuted n the late ’60s. The property was resurrected on a number of occasions. MGM tapped actor Matt Frewer (Eureka! Max Headroom) to give the once silent character a voice for its series, which debuted in 1993.
“We have over 10,000 hours of television programming so making MGM hit series available to the iTunes community is a great way for us to continue our expansion in the new media world,” comments Doug Lee, exec VP of MGM’s New Media Division.
MGM’s New Media Division was formed in April of this year to get more mileage from the studio’s vast programming library. Earlier this year, MGM released the popular science-fiction series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis to the iTunes Store, located at www.itunes.com.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
By: Ryan Ball
MGM’s animated Pink Panther TV series from the 1990s is now available for purchase and download in the iTunes Store, adding to the growing roster of programs offered from the studio’s library. In addition to 32 half-hour Pink Panther episodes, the studio is adding 22 half hours from the first season of The Addams Family and 32 hour-long installments from the first season of the beloved science fiction series The Outer Limits.
The Pink Panther character was created by Friz Freleng and David DePatie for the opening and closing credits of United Artists’ 1963 live-action Pink Panther film starring Peter Sellers. The popularity of the character led to a series of animated theatrical shorts and a regular Saturday morning TV series that debuted n the late ’60s. The property was resurrected on a number of occasions. MGM tapped actor Matt Frewer (Eureka! Max Headroom) to give the once silent character a voice for its series, which debuted in 1993.
“We have over 10,000 hours of television programming so making MGM hit series available to the iTunes community is a great way for us to continue our expansion in the new media world,” comments Doug Lee, exec VP of MGM’s New Media Division.
MGM’s New Media Division was formed in April of this year to get more mileage from the studio’s vast programming library. Earlier this year, MGM released the popular science-fiction series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis to the iTunes Store, located at www.itunes.com.