July 02, 2008 06:41 AM Eastern Time 

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Names Anders Kloster Managing Director - UK

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anders Kloster has been named Managing Director of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) UK, it was announced today. Based in London, Kloster will be responsible for creating and executing business plans targeted to maintaining category leadership and growth. The appointment follow on the heels of TCFHE UK receiving "Distributor of the Year" honours last month at the Home Entertainment Week Awards and recognition by the British Video Association (and its customers) as the #1 studio for retail and rental distribution -- two years in a row. TCFHE UK holds the greatest market share in value and volume year to date. The executive announcement was made by Steven Leighton, Senior Vice President, Northern Europe, TCFHE to whom Kloster will report.

"Fox has enjoyed ongoing success these last two years and we're thrilled to have Anders now leading the team to continue driving our UK business forward," commented Leighton. "As the market becomes even more challenging and complex -- with new technologies and business pressures -- Anders' well-respected skills and consumer products experience will be vital to our sustainable growth."

Kloster added, "I am delighted to be joining Fox at such an exciting time. With a stellar product line-up and an exceptionally strong team in place, it is clear why customers consistently rank the studio as number one. I look forward to building on the team's success and meeting new challenges of the marketplace."

Kloster was most recently Managing Director for Leapfrog Toys - Europe. Prior to joining Leapfrog, he was Managing Director of LEGO Toys UK and Vice President of Sales, LEGO Northern Europe. Kloster speaks five languages and holds an MBA from Henley Management College in the UK.

TCFHE UK held 12 of the top 50 retail titles of 2007 with a 16.9% distributor share, and 11 of the top 50 rental titles with 21.5% share. Best performers contributing to the home entertainment studio's success include The Simpsons Movie, Night at the Museum, Borat, The Queen, Little Miss Sunshine, The Last King of Scotland, Ice Age 2: The Meltdownand Die Hard 4.0.

A recognized global industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (TCFHE) is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) as well as acquisitions and original productions. The company also releases all products around the globe for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets -- from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce - throughout the world. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company.