Acorn International to Announce First Quarter Financial Results on May 14, 2008

SHANGHAI, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acorn International, Inc. (“Acorn”) (NYSE: ATV), a leading integrated multi-platform marketing company in China, will release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 before the U.S. market opens. The Company will host a conference call at 8:00am Eastern Time on May 14, 2008 (8:00pm Beijing Time on May 14, 2008) to review the Company’s first quarter results.

To access the live teleconference, please dial:

• 1-800-573-4840 (U.S. Toll Free)
• + 617-224-4326 (International)

Passcode: ATV

Please dial in approximately 10 minutes before the scheduled call time.

A replay of the conference call will be available through 10:00pm, Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Eastern Time by dialing 1-888-286-8010 (international callers use +617-801-6888) and entering the passcode: 59042864. A live and archived webcast of the call will be available on the Company’s website at http://www.chinadrtv.com.

About Acorn

Acorn is a leading integrated multi-platform marketing company in China, operating China’s largest TV direct sales business in terms of revenues and TV air time and a nationwide off-TV distribution network. Acorn’s TV direct sales platform consists of airtime purchased from both national and local channels. In addition to marketing and selling through its TV direct sales programs and its off-TV nationwide distribution network, Acorn also offers consumer products and services through catalogs, outbound telemarketing center and an ecommerce website. Leveraging its integrated multiple sales and marketing platforms, Acorn has built a proven track record of developing and selling proprietary-branded consumer products, as well as products and services from established third parties.