Photographer Art Wolfe

APT WORLDWIDE SECURES MULTIPLE DEALS FOR NATURE SERIES TRAVELS TO THE EDGE WITH ART WOLFE

BOSTON (Jan 3, 2008) -- APT Worldwide, the international sales division of U.S. public television distributor American Public Television, has secured broadcast deals for the 13x30 High Definition nature series Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe in Hong Kong and Switzerland. Produced by Edge of the Earth Productions, Travels to the Edge explores some of the most remote, awe-inspiring spots on the planet: spectacular glaciers, stunning deserts, colorful rainforests, remote mountain peaks, important tribal gatherings and untouched habitats. Through the lens of internationally acclaimed photographer and host Art Wolfe, the series captures the beauty and wonder of locations such as Alaska, Bolivia, Ethiopia, India, Madagascar, Nepal, Patagonia, Peru, the South Georgia Island and Tanzania.

Television Broadcasts Limited licensed the free TV rights for Hong Kong; and Schweizer Fernsehen acquired the terrestrial, and cable and satellite rights for Switzerland.

Over the course of his 30-year career, Art Wolfe has produced more than a million images and published 60 books. His stunning pictures interpret and record the world's fast-disappearing wildlife, landscapes and native cultures. In , Wolfe continues his work as an artist, teacher, advocate and guide: in Ethiopia, he treks across the muddy, impassable roads and swollen rivers of that country's southwestern plains to visit with the isolated Animist tribes; in Alaska, he rafts down the icy Kongakut River to document America's last untamed wilderness; and in Peru, he explores the largest area of protected rain forest in the Amazon.

Speaking through his lens, Wolfe remains a tireless defender of the wilderness and a passionate advocate for the people and creatures that inhabit it.

Schweizer Fernsehen
Schweizer Fernsehen (SF) is the national public television station in Switzerland. Located in Zurich, SF is running the two channels SF1 and SFzwei and as of 1st of December 2007 an HD-channel. SF is the leading TV-station and covers the German speaking part of Switzerland.

APT Worldwide
APT Worldwide, located in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., is a major supplier of quality non-fiction programming to broadcasters around the world. It is a division of American Public Television, a leading distributor of television programming to public television stations in the United States. For more information, visit APTWW.org

About American Public Television:
For 46 years, American Public Television (APT) has been a prime source of programming for the nation's public television stations. APT distributes more than 300 new program titles per year and has 10,000 hours of programming in its library. It is responsible for many public television milestones including the first HD series and the 2006 launch of the Create channel featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming. APT is known for its leadership in identifying innovative, worthwhile and viewer-friendly programming. It has established a tradition of providing public television stations with program choices that strengthen and customize their schedules, such as Winged Migration, Battlefield Britain, Globe Trekker, Rick Steves' Europe, Great Museums, Jacques Pépin: Fast Food My Way, America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated, Broadway: The Golden Age, Lidia's Family Table, California Dreamin' – The Songs of The Mamas & the Papas, Rosemary and Thyme, P. Allen Smith's Garden Home, The Big Comfy Couch, Monarchy With David Starkey, and other prominent documentaries, dramatic series, how-to programs and classic movies. For more information about APT's programs and services, visit APTonline.org.

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