Acorn International Files 2008 Annual Report on Form 20-F

SHANGHAI, China, May 3 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Acorn International, Inc. ("Acorn" or the "Company"), a leading integrated multi-platform marketing company in China engaged in developing, promoting and selling consumer products and services, today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2009. The annual report can be accessed on the Company's website at http://www.chinadrtv.com/ under the investor relations section. Acorn will provide a hard copy of its annual report on Form 20-F containing complete audited financial statements for the three years ended December 31, 2008, free of charge, to its shareholders and ADS holders upon request. Requests should be directed to Acorn International Inc., 18/F, 20th Building, No. 487 Tianlin Road, Shanghai, 200233, China.

About Acorn

Acorn is a leading integrated multi-platform marketing company in China, operating one of China's largest TV direct sales businesses in terms of revenues and TV air time and a nationwide off-TV distribution network. Acorn's TV direct sales platform consists of airtime purchased from both national and local channels. In addition to marketing and selling through its TV direct sales programs and its off-TV nationwide distribution network, Acorn also offers consumer products and services through catalogs, outbound telemarketing center and an ecommerce website. Leveraging its integrated multiple sales and marketing platforms, Acorn has built a proven track record of developing and selling proprietary-branded consumer products, as well as products and services from established third parties.

For more information, please visit http://www.chinadrtv.com/. Acorn International Chen Fu, Director of Investor Relations Tel: [phone] (ext.2228) Email: [e-mail] PRChina Jane Liu Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Henry Chik Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Acorn International, Inc.

CONTACT: Chen Fu, Director of Investor Relations of Acorn International,
[phone] (ext.2228), [e-mail]; or Jane Liu, [phone],
[e-mail], or Henry Chik, [phone], [e-mail], both
for Acorn International

Web Site: http://www.chinadrtv.com/