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BABY GENIUS® BRAND DEBUTS AT TOYFAIR UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP AS PACIFIC ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR POPULAR PRESCHOOL BRAND

SAN DIEGO—(February 13, 2006)—On the heels of its recently announced acquisition of the Baby Genius® brand from Genius Products, Inc., Pacific Entertainment Corporation has set Toy Fair 2006 to announce new products for the popular preschool brand. Pacific Entertainment is a newly formed company headed by CEO Klaus Moeller and President Larry Balaban, who created the Baby Genius brand in 1998.

Production has already started on two new Baby Genius DVDs and two new Baby Genius music CDs for release this year. The first new DVD, Baby Genius Animal Alphabet (working title), explores the world of animals from A to Z with a fun-filled journey through a zoo and wild animal park. Each song presents two or three letters of the alphabet with entertaining video of children interacting with animals and recaps the journey with a bonus song from the endearing animated Baby Genius characters.

The sound track combines rich, baroque classical music along with new, original sing-along songs that focus on specific letters. Prior to each song, life-sized Baby Genius characters set the stage with an introduction and preview of the letters featured in the next song. The Baby Genius characters also appear throughout the DVD as the children discover the animals and explore the world around them.

Baby Genius Things That Go is an adventure in counting with kids on the move. Set to beautiful classical music from Minnesota Public Radio, the DVD also features sing-alongs designed to help children remember their numbers. A bonus song starring the animated Baby Genius characters recaps all the numbers presented in the DVD for easy review.

Both new DVD releases will be packaged with a companion music CD featuring the entire collection of songs and sing-alongs from the DVD.

Pacific Entertainment also plans to release two new Baby Genius music CDs this year including Favorite Silly Songs and Preschool Favorites, and will be announcing a number of licensing deals soon.

In addition to DVDs and music CDs, Baby Genius is also entertains children around the world on television. In the U.S., Baby Genius launched in September 2005 on Comcast’s video-on-demand platform, which is available to 8.5 million homes, and held the #1 spot as the most viewed Pre-K children’s program through the end of the year with 1.5 million on-demand views. In the international marketplace, Baby Genius is broadcast in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, India, The Philippines, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia-Montenegro, Poland, Romania, The Ukraine, Slovak Republic and Russia.

On the Internet, Baby Genius music is available for download from a number of music services including iTunes. During 2005, more than 750,000 Baby Genius songs were downloaded worldwide.

The entire library of Baby Genius DVD and VHS releases have earned The Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence and are approved by the Kids First!® Coalition for Quality Children’s Media. Favorite Children’s Songs and the Ultimate DVD Collection were named iParenting Media’s Best Products of 2005. The Four Seasons was named the Kids First! 2001 Video of the Year and A Trip to the San Diego Zoo earned Parenting Magazine’s 2002 Video of the Year award. Promotional partners include the world famous San Diego Zoo®, Playtex®, Gerber®, Fazoli’s®, Little Tikes®, First Response®, Irving Personal Care™, Parents® Magazine and Child® Magazine.

ABOUT PACIFIC ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION

Established in 2006 by Klaus Moeller and Larry Balaban, creators of the Baby Genius® brand, Pacific Entertainment Corporation focuses on quality children’s entertainment brands and specialty music programs. Together, the company principals boast 30 years experience in children’s entertainment.

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