Agreement Includes Planned Rollout of 12 Titles Annually to Begin During the Fourth Quarter of 2007

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genius Products, LLC today announced that it has expanded its relationship with Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI) to add Discovery’s Animal Planet and TLC as new distributed lines. The announcement was made by Trevor Drinkwater, President and CEO of Genius Products, Inc. (OTCBB:GNPI), minority owner of Genius Products, LLC, and Chairman Stephen K. Bannon, and by Discovery Communications, Inc.’s Marjorie Kaplan, President and General Manager of Animal Planet and Discovery Kids Media, and Eileen O’Neill, Acting President and General Manager TLC.

Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Genius will be the distributor in North America for Animal Planet and TLC branded television properties, including programs such as Meerkat Manor, Puppy Bowl, Corwin’s Quest, Little People, Big World, Miami Ink, Trading Spaces, and Take Home Chef. The deal was negotiated by Christine Martinez, EVP and General Manager for Genius and Carol Leblanc, Vice President, Licensing for Discovery Communications.

“We are honored Marjorie and Eileen chose to expand our relationship and are proud now to have Animal Planet and TLC as anchor brands for our Lifestyle vertical,” stated Trevor Drinkwater. “These brands are a perfect compliment to our already diverse portfolio of highly sought-after content.”

The planned rollout of Animal Planet and TLC properties by Genius includes the release of 12 titles a year beginning in the fourth quarter of 2007, drawing from individual programs as well as series.

“Having worked with Genius Products on Discovery Kids, we are excited to be able to expand our relationship to include Animal Planet,” said Marjorie Kaplan. “This partnership brings consumers even more opportunities to interact with Animal Planet off the television screen in a way that is convenient to their lifestyle.”

In October 2006, Genius announced an agreement with Discovery Communications, Inc. to be the exclusive distributor in the U.S. for Discovery Kids branded television properties, including content from the Ready Set Learn!™ block on TLC and Discovery Kids Channel. This new agreement to distribute content from Discovery’s Animal Planet and TLC further expands Genius’ growing library of diverse, consumer-friendly content.

“We are very excited to have an aggressive distributor with core competencies in the Lifestyle arena,” stated Eileen O’Neill. “By leveraging TLC’s diverse portfolio of programs along with its loyal customer base, Genius will be positioned to fully capitalize on TLC’s content in the home entertainment marketplace.”

“Animal Planet and TLC further strengthen the foundation of our important Lifestyle vertical and expand our position as a leader in this category,” stated Mr. Bannon. “We are constantly striving to expand the quality content we offer in the four verticals of Sports, Family/Faith, Lifestyle and Independent Film. This important new agreement with Discovery Communications solidifies them as a leading partner in two of our four main verticals.”

About Genius Products

Genius Products, Inc. (OTCBB:GNPI), along with The Weinstein Company Holdings LLC, together owns Genius Products, LLC, a leading independent home-entertainment distribution company that produces, licenses and distributes a valuable library of motion pictures, television programming, family, lifestyle and trend entertainment on DVD and other emerging platforms through its expansive network of retailers throughout the U.S. Genius handles the distribution, marketing and sales for such brands as Asia Extreme™, Discovery Kids™, Dragon Dynasty™ , Dimension Films™, ESPN®, IFC®, RHI Entertainment™, Sesame Workshop®, The Weinstein Company® and WWE®. Genius Products, Inc. is the managing member of Genius Products, LLC, in which it holds a 30% equity interest.

About Discovery Communications, Inc.

Discovery Communications, Inc. is the number-one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion people in over 170 countries. Through TV and new media, Discovery's 100-plus worldwide networks include Discovery Channel, TLC, Travel Channel, Animal Planet and Discovery Health. DCI is owned by Discovery Holding Co. (NASDAQ:DISCA)(NASDAQ:DISCB), Cox Communications Inc., Advance/Newhouse Communications and John S. Hendricks, Discovery’s founder and chairman. For more information please visit www.discovery.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Except for historical matters contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements reflect assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that may affect Genius Products' business, forecasts, projections and prospects, and cause actual results to differ materially from those in these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the number of anticipated releases and any other statements relating to the described transaction and the anticipated effects thereof that are not historical statements of fact. Actual results could vary for many reasons, including but not limited to, the success of the strategic alliance between Genius Products and Discovery Communications, our ability to continue to acquire and keep valuable content or expand our distribution partnerships, the unpredictability of audience demand, the popularity of our titles on DVD, especially the Animal Planet and TLC titles, our ability to perform under the terms of our agreement with our content providers, our ability to continue to manage our significant growth and the effect of technological change and the availability of alternative forms of entertainment. Other such risks and uncertainties include the matters described in Genius Products, Inc. filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release.

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