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•11/01 - The Muppet Christmas Carol Pop! Figures: Bob Cratchit with Tiny Tim, Mrs. Cratchit, Charles Dickens with Rizzo, Fozziwig, The Marley Brothers, Scrooge

•10/24 - The Muppets Take Manhattan 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with Frank Oz Commentary

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NEWS

Sesame Street Season 45 premieres Monday September 15

Muppets star in Toyota Super Bowl ad campaign

"Lady Gaga & The Muppets' Holiday Spectacular" airs Thanksgiving

Frank Oz, Brian Jay Jones honor Jim Henson on The Today Show October 15

Muppet tech master and puppeteer Franz "Faz" Fazakas dies at 95

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MERCHANDISE

"The Great Muppet Caper" and "Muppet Treasure Island" coming to Blu-ray December 10

"Jim Henson: The Biography" releases on September 24

"The Muppet Movie" anniversary edition arrives on Blu-ray

Video: "The Muppet Movie" coming to Blu-ray in 2013

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EM.TV calls off sale of Muppets to Dean Valentine

Courtesy of Reuters
March 7, 2003

Germany's EM.TV & Merchandising AG said on Friday it had called off the planned sale of a 49.9 percent stake in Jim Henson Co., creator of the renowned Muppets such as Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog, to a group of U.S. investors.

It said a nonbinding deal reached last December with a group lead by Dean Valentine, the former chief executive of Viacom Inc.'s United Paramount Network, had been cancelled by mutual agreement.

The German children's programming company, based in Munich, said talks with Valentine and Europlay Capital Advisors would continue with modified conditions.

The failure to complete the Muppets deal puts a question mark over EM.TV's plans to use the proceeds from the sale to pay off all its remaining bank debts of 25 million euros ($27.6 million) by the end of April.

EM.TV paid $680 million in February 2000 for Henson and has sold off chunks of the business since then.

 

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