BCI Eclipse Takes Home Award for the Best of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

BCI Eclipse Takes Home Award for the Best of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

He-Man DVD Nabs Trophy for Best 1980s Series at the 2005 TV DVD Awards

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BCI Eclipse, a Navarre Corporation (NASDAQ:NAVR) Company, took home a coveted 2005 TV DVD Award on Monday, November 7th at the Third Annual TV DVD Conference held in Marina Del Rey, California. The home entertainment company received the award for "Best 1980s Series" for The Best of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

"'He-Man and the Masters of the Universe' has been one of the most DVD- requested television series over the past few years, and we're proud to finally make it available to fans all over the country," said Greg Glass, Senior Vice President, BCI Eclipse. "We're honored to receive this award, which is shared by a plethora of people who have worked diligently to put together not only this 'Best Of' collection, but the entire 'He-Man' series that we'll be releasing over the next several months."

The award, presented by pop star Donny Osmond, was accepted by Jeff Hayne, Director of Acquisitions, and Barrett Evans, Senior Product Manager.

"The Best of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" features five of the all-time best episodes from season one (disc one) and five of the all-time best episodes from season two (disc two). The "best of" episodes were chosen in part by "He-Man's" multitude of fans through voting on the http://www.he-man.org/ website.

The 2005 TV DVD Awards are part of Home Media Retailing's TV DVD 3 conference, a two-day business-to-business conference featuring top studio executives, public relations practitioners, stars of the small screen and members of the media. The event is co-sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter and DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe(R) is under license to BCI Eclipse by underlying rights owner, Entertainment Rights Plc ("ER"), one of the UK's leading specialist media groups focused on the ownership of high quality children's and family programming, characters and brands.

About Navarre Corporation

Navarre Corporation (NASDAQ:NAVR) is a publisher and distributor of a broad range of home entertainment and multimedia products, including PC software, CD audio, DVD and VHS video, video games and accessories. Since its founding in 1983, the company has established distribution relationships with customers across a wide spectrum of retail channels which includes mass merchants, discount, wholesale club, office and music superstores, military and e-tailers nationwide. The company currently provides its products to over 18,000 retail and distribution center locations throughout the United States and Canada. Navarre has recently expanded its business to include the licensing and publishing of home entertainment and multimedia content, primarily through the acquisitions of Encore Software, Inc., BCI Eclipse Company, LLC, FUNimation Productions, Ltd. and the FUNimation stores, Ltd. For more information, please visit the company's web site at http://www.navarre.com/ .

Source: Navarre Corporation

CONTACT: Haug Scharnowski, VP Corporate Relations of Navarre Corporation,
+1-763-535-8333, hscharnowski@navarre.com

Web site: http://www.navarre.com/
http://www.he-man.org/

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