Endemol, RWI ink Asia deal

Dutch Company hangs onto Nippon market

By MARLENE EDMUNDS

AMSTERDAM -- Endemol Entertainment has inked a deal with U.S. based distributor RWI Enterprises to handle sales of its product in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

The Los Angeles based company will handles sales to Asia and the Pacific Rim of a pack of Endemol's new English titles, including Patchett Kaufman Entertainment's "Mr. Murder." Other titles for Asia include "Valentine's Day," starring Mario Van Peebles, "Blackheart," starring Richard Greico and "Airspeed," with Joe Mantegna.

Endemol will continue to distribute its own product to Japan.