WHV holds ball for Charlie Brown

October 04, 2007 Warner Home Video has signed an exclusive worldwide home video distribution deal for the "Peanuts" library of more than 50 TV specials, which has rested with Paramount Home Entertainment for more than a decade. Warner also will create direct-to-video features based on the "Peanuts" comic strip for release under the Warner Premiere label, along with shortform original programming for digital distribution. Indeed, Warner is considered a leader in the field of classic animation, with a line of critically hailed collector sets of such classic cartoons as "Looney Tunes," "Huckleberry Hound," "Tom & Jerry," "Scooby-Doo," "Yogi Bear" and "The Flintstones."

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