COMPANY PROFILE 2007 - Madman Entertainment - …The majority of anime TV license deals in Australia...

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COMPANY PROFILE 2007

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COMPANY PROFILE 2007

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Madman Entertainment is Australia and New Zealand’s leading independent film licensing and distribution company.

Highly vertically integrated, Madman’s team of more than 100 staff encompass all aspects of film licensing, brand management, production, sales, marketing and distribution. Madman also incorporates one of Australia’s leading DVD production studios and an advanced IT and Web development team.

Madman have built a strong reputation around their expertise in working with traditionally “niche” products and now turn over around $50 million in sales annually.

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Film rights management activities undertaken by Madman:

LICENSING

BRAND MANAGEMENT

PRODUCTION

MARKETING

DVDThEATRICALTELEVISION

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SALES & DISTRIBUTION

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MADMAN’S MISSION:

Represent products and genres we are passionate about.

Create “brand communities” around our labels.

Maintain a culture of constant improvement, change and growth.

Maximise revenue potential for our properties and partners.

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SOME OF OUR LABELS:

www.madman.com.au/anime www.madmanfilms.com.au

www.directorssuite.com.au www.mad4kids.com.au

www.easterneye.com.au www.madmantv.com.au

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Company Information

Madman is owned by Funtastic Limited, one of Australia’s largest wholesalers of consumer products into retail outlets and an ASX listed company. Madman is managed by founders and directors Tim Anderson and Paul Wiegard. Paul and Tim share management duties within the organisation as joint Managing Directors and both are active in sourcing and signing product for the company. They have recently been jointly selected as winners for Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year - Southern Region.

Madman currently employs more than 100 staff across all departments and turns over approximately $50 million in sales annually.

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Awards

Network Video Awards 2003 - Best Independent Distributor

Movies 4U Awards 2002 - Best Independent Distributor

Filmink Awards 2002 - Best Independent Distributor

AVRA (Australian Video Retailers Association) Excellence Awards 2001 - Independent Distributor of the Year

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2004 - Southern Region Winner

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Recent Achievements

Madman is Australia’s largest independent DVD Distributor (GFK Feb 2007)

Madman’s Australian feature film “Kenny” in 2006 was the #2 grossing Australian Theatrical Film and the #3 overall best selling DVD title of the year (after Pirates of the Carribean 2 and Cars)

Celebrated the company’s 10th Anniversary in November 2006

Sponsored a special exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria and the Gallery of New South Wales, featuring the Manga artwork of Osamu Tezuka

Launched a dedicated B2B website to allow online orders, tracking, statements, payments, trailers and buying information for trade customers...

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Recent Achievements continued...

Launched a dedicated Press area within Madman’s web site to provide the media with images, EPKs and downloads to promote Madman titles.

Anime genre DVD market share of 98%

Some of our top selling DVD titles for 2006 include Kenny, Howl’s Moving Castle, Candy, Midsomer Murders, Donnie Darko and Ghost in the Shell: Innocence.

Madman was recently awarded exclusive DVD distribution rights to the Cartoon Network and SBS home entertainment labels.

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Madman is Australia’s acknowledged market leader in anime and cult animation.

Representing a market share of 98%* in the DVD anime genre, Madman has achieved this success through careful selection, development and promotion of premium products, excellent working relationships with licensor companies and retail partners, innovative marketing and high quality packaging.

98% Anime Market Share

* GFK Market Research February 2007

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During the past 10 years, Madman has released such phenomenally successful DVD anime titles as Dragon Ball Z, Spirited Away, Naruto, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Akira, Ghost in the Shell and many more, with almost 1500 anime products in the catalogue.

Madman has also had great success with collector focused releases of 70s and 80s animated series such as Transformers, He-Man, Tintin and Astro Boy.

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Madman’s in-house theatrical team has managed the theatrical distribution of numerous anime features, including a 2005 national theatrical release of Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle.

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The majority of anime TV license deals in Australia have been conducted by Madman, including the films of Studio Ghibli and titles such as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop. Madman also played a crucial role in securing the broadcast of both Naruto and Afro Samurai.

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Madman is Australia’s leading distributor of Manga (Japanese comics), a fast-growing category intrinsically linked to the Anime genre. Our growing range contains more than 300 products and like Anime, Madman is viewed as the experts on Manga in Australia.

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Complimenting our Anime and Manga distribution activities, Madman also distribute a growing range of related merchandise and apparel via its Otaku Wear label. Featured brands include Fullmetal Alchemist, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Naruto.

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Madman markets anime innovatively, utilising grass-roots methods and technology. Each month the Madman web site and discussion groups attracts hundreds of thousands of unique visitors, our email newsletters are received by tens of thousands of loyal subscribers, and our podcast is downloaded many thousands of times. More than 100,000 free

“Anime Update” promotional magazines are delivered each quarter to stores, fan clubs and customers. Fan conventions and anime related events are sponsored and attended. Columns are written for leading kids’ publications and titles are routinely supplied to leading press for review. All this and much more…

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Quite simply, Madman is synonymous with anime in Australia.

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Madman Films boasts Australia’s strongest catalogue of independent and foreign language film.

With more than 20 Academy Award®-winning titles alongside numerous winners of awards from the major European festivals as well as the Australian Film Institute, Madman distributes to both the rental and retail markets in Australia and New Zealand. Madman represents all rights for many of its films, from theatrical to home video, TV, VOD and other rights. In addition, a number of independent Australian theatrical distributors sublicense films to Madman to service the home video market on their behalf.

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With a strong focus on highly-regarded foreign-language film, independent cinema and documentaries, Madman Films has cemented its position as the pre-eminent Australian distributor of alternative and niche cinema.

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Highlights of Madman Films recent DVD release schedule have included the Australian critical and commercial success, Look Both Ways, French box office smash 36 Quai Des Orfèvres, Oscar®-winner Tsotsi, as well as Neil Armfield’s Candy and Tommy Lee Jones’ The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.

In addition, Madman has had significant success with the ground-breaking Aboriginal language feature Ten Canoes, and achieved Australia’s third highest-selling DVD of 2006, Kenny.

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Director’s Suite is a specially-curated collection of influential cinema from around the globe.

Its aim is to bring authoritative examples of the art of cinema to both antipodean cinephiles and a wider audience, as well as to introduce impressive new films from the key directors of today. It is dedicated to those films and auteurs past and present who dare to break boundaries and set standards. As its name suggests, this collection includes titles from the world’s great directors whose work has had an impact on the genesis of film as we know it today, as well as rarely-exhibited classic, art-house and world cinema.

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Directors Suite DVDs are branded as an anthology of great cinema. Special attention is paid to utilising the best possible transfers, soundtracks and extras to produce a unique, collectible series of DVDs, and ensures Directors Suite titles are not swallowed by competition in a crowded marketplace but stand out as a single destination for quality cinema.

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The Directors Suite collection ranges from seminal cinema such as Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera and Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story through the innovative post-war cinema of Jean-Luc Godard’s Vivre Sa Vie and Michelangelo Antonioni’s Il Deserto Rosso to the contemporary brilliance of Michael Haneke’s Hidden. Directors Suite also includes catalogues of films from maverick directors Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch.

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Eastern Eye is dedicated to releasing the best in Asian Cinema and to providing the finest library of contemporary and classic titles.

The hottest new stars, writers and directors from Japan, Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong and other parts of Asia are revealed in films such as Ong Bak, Azumi, Volcano High, The Grudge, The Ring and Infernal Affairs – many of these now optioned for Hollywood remake. The latest films sit alongside masterpieces from the past including Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, Rashomon and other classics.

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Madman has led the Asian Cinema charge into Australia. Our Eastern Eye label has become synonymous with the growing success of the Asian film category and many retailers have created branded destinations for Eastern Eye films.

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Supported by theatrical screenings as well as home entertainment products, Eastern Eye brings a new vision of the East to Western audiences.

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Whether of local or international origin, contemporary productions or classic favourites Madman Television gives these titles a new lease of life on DVD.

Madman Television is dedicated to providing DVD titles for viewers and collectors to create their own television schedule, with special edition releases certain to satisfy the most diverse tastes.

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Madman Television has enjoyed tremendous growth with successful brands including the award winning Midsomer Murders, the acclaimed Anatomy For Beginners and the unique homegrown comedy of John Safran. Such diverse titles & genres show the scope and vision of the label and its ability to deliver quality product ranging from niche programming to mainstream brands, including the creation of exclusive DVD extras.

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With an eye constantly trained on television schedules around the globe, Madman Television aims to seek out DVD content long before others realise its potential, in addition to trawling through the archives & TV history books to unearth forgotten gems from the vaults.

Comedy, drama, mystery & cult - schedule your night in with Madman Television.

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Mad4Kids, Planet Mad and Cartoon Network are Madman Entertainment’s children’s DVD labels.

Madman brings to Mad4Kids, Planet Mad and Cartoon Network the passion and innovation that has made the company one of the leading independent distributors in Australia. Titles are selected for toddlers, pre-schoolers and children 5–13 years with a emphasis on family, fun, education and entertainment to nurture and grow the Madman Entertainment Children’s DVD labels.

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With properties such as Little Princess, Powerpuff Girls and Mortified, the Mad4Kids, Planet Mad and Cartoon Network labels take advantage of synergies with license partners to assist establishment of children’s licenses in the Australian marketplace. By communicating to our market, with the family in mind, Madman’s children’s labels ensure both parents and kids are comfortable with the content on Mad4Kids, Planet Mad & Cartoon Network.

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Mad4Kids is Madman Entertainment’s DVD label created especially for preschoolers. With an emphasis on quality children’s programming Mad4Kids encourages little ones to laugh and learn with a firm emphasis on fun, growth and development. Mad4Kids selects titles with an educational and family friendly tone to foster a unique market position as providers of good children’s entertainment.

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Planet Mad is Madman Entertainment’s DVD label created for the 6 – 13 year old kids market. With an emphasis on quality entertainment for “tweens”, Planet Mad licenses entertaining, innovative kids programming from around the world. As a member of the Funtastic Group, Australia’s largest toy company, Madman’s Planet Mad label has unparalleled opportunities to maximize exposure for our license partners in the Australian marketplace.

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Distributed in over 160 countries, Cartoon Network programming is cutting edge contemporary children’s entertainment. Featuring the best creative minds in animation Cartoon Network is innovative, quirky and cool programming for the generation of the new millennium! Madman Entertainment are proud to exclusively distribute Cartoon Network programming in Australia and New Zealand and with our innovative marketing campaigns and strategic retail approach Madman are releasing to DVD products such as the Powerpuff Girls, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends and Ben 10.

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Madman Sports is dedicated to sourcing and promoting the latest and best action sports titles from around the world.

Madman Sports is not another ‘core’ brand, but rather a home for quality actions sports films, where the stars of the label are the producers and performers, not the clothes they wear or the soft drink they choose. Over the past two years Madman Sports has released over 70 titles across many action sports disciplines including surf, skating, skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, motoX and more.

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Whilst focusing on DVD distribution, the label represents titles across all rights, from theatrical release to pay per view and video on demand.

Over the coming year, our focus is to offer both the core and mainstream markets access to the most cutting edge films from the most cutting edge sports.

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Other Specialty Genres

Madman has always been a strong supporter of quality content, regardless of how eclectic or unique it may be.

Whether it be a one off clay-mation feature such as Academy Award winner Harvie Krumpet, or perhaps an animated adaptation of the work of famed Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig, or even the new DVD/CD release of Australian independent music favourite, TISM. With unique labels such as Bollywood Masala, Madman Music, Madman Laughs and more, if it shocks, amuses, engages, entertains, or all of the above, Madman will help it find its target audience.

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Madman Production

Madman is a highly vertically integrated and technically advanced company. Alongside our rights management, sales, marketing and distribution operation, Madman also operates its own DVD production and design studio, as well as a leading commercial printing operation and DVD assembly facility.

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Madman Production

Recognising the potential for the DVD medium and having a strong technically minded team, in August 2000 a new division called Madman Interactive was created to design and author DVDs. Since this time, Madman Interactive has produced over 1500 commercial release DVDs, has won several industry awards and has become the most prolific DVD production studio in Australia.

Madman Interactive services have been utilised by local major and independent distributors including Paramount, Fox, DEJ, Palace, Imagine, Umbrella and more.

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Madman Production

Madman’s skilled production division creates all packaging, advertising, TV commercials, catalogues, posters and other promotional and point of sale items to support the sales and distribution activities of the company.

In addition, Madman Interactive has made and released several of its own productions and regularly works with local filmmakers in production of DVD extras.

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Madman Production

Our IT team has developed a sophisticated intranet to manage product data and production processes internally, along with a highly functional web presence, supporting thriving on-line fan communities and staying abreast of on-line content delivery technologies.

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Madman’s Distribution Facilities

Madman’s distribution operation serves to distribute our DVD and video products into rental and retail channels nationally. It provides 4500 square metres of warehouse, long span shelving, bulk pallet storage and motorised conveyor systems to ensure rapid and efficient flow through our operation, from arrival of manufactured stock to dispatch. Enterprise Resource Planning software manages and tracks inventory utilising computer location systems, while RF handheld scanning devices operated by our warehouse staff ensure accuracy of dispatched orders.

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Madman’s Distribution Facilities

Madman also offers its distribution services to several other smaller independent companies, including Via Vision, Aztec International and Starz Home Entertainment.

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Madman is part of the Funtastic Group, home to some of the world’s greatest licenses and brands.

Funtastic is an entrepreneurial marketer and distributor of consumer branded lifestyle merchandise with product spanning all aspects of family life – with divisions representing Toys, Nursery, Sporting, Homewares, Confectionery, Apparel, Footwear, Accessories, Publishing, Interactive and Entertainment.

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Funtastic was established in 1994, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in September 2000 and is now Australia’s largest distributor of licensed goods, children’s products and toys, with more than 500 employees and annual turnover of around half a billion dollars.

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Licensed brands form a major part of Funtastic’s business and many of the world’s hottest licenses have found a home at Funtastic. Classic brands like Spider-Man™, Barbie™, Thomas and Friends™, Bob the Builder™, The Wiggles™ and Winnie the Pooh™ along with more recent smash hits such as Tamagotchi™, Bratz™, Robosapien™ and Leapfrog™.

Funtastic’s market dominance in licensed goods categories combined with Madman’s expertise in theatrical, TV, home video and other entertainment distribution enable unparalleled opportunities for creating and growing successful brands and products in the Australian marketplace.

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More information about Funtastic can be obtained by visiting:www.funtastic.com.au