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LOS ANGELES - 10/26/04 - The HIP Entertainment Group has opened its new state-of-the-art production facility in Calafia, Baja California, Mexico.

The new facility will permit the company to "offer a substantial economic and competitive advantage to its production partners with below-the-line savings as high as 50%," according to a company press release.

HIP will be producing several of its series commitments at the new facility, including initial 13 episode orders of a new food and home decor series - both for Scripps Networks.

Post-production on HIP TV's three year, 195 episode order of "Plaza Sesamo," the Spanish language adaptation of "Sesame Street," is underway as well, the release said.

The new HIP STUDIOS consists of a stand-alone soundstage with protractable lighting grid, catwalk, production offices, digital control room, post-production suite, storage warehouse, and 100% bi-lingual production team, and is situated on the grounds of the Hotel and Restaurant Calafia.

HIP TV, the production arm of HIP Entertainment, currently produces "The World at Your Table," a half-hour lifestyle series airing on the Fine Living Network (FLN).
 
The company owns and controls of library of over 800 episodes of original programming produced for a wide range of American and international television outlets.

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