MUMBAI: MarVista Entertainment, a newly formed distribution and production company, will be visiting the MIP marketplace this year for the first time, armed with a broad slate of family-oriented entertainment, ranging from live action television series, new and original TV movies to digitally re-mastered classics available for broadcast and DVD distribution.

MarVista currently has a library of 3000 hours of programming to include timeless dramas, series and comedies. "At this market, we have entered into the series arena and will be unveiling two series at MIP with what is best expressed as timeless content," says MarVista Entertainment MD Fernando Szew. Among the movies MarVista is bringing to MIP are Small Town Conspiracy,19 Months and South of Heaven West of Hell, which include the multifaceted talents of renowed stars like Bridgette Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton and Vince Vaughn.

The two new series being offered from MarVista Entertainment include Pit Pony (44 x 30 minutes and a two-hour television movie) and Mystery Hunters (52 x 30 minutes). The new family oriented titles that have recently been digitally re-mastered include Sounder, Misty, A Dog of Flanders and Mary White, as well as 33 one hour animation films.