Acorn International to Attend Upcoming Investor Conferences

Acorn International to Attend Upcoming Investor Conferences

SHANGHAI, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Acorn International, Inc. (NYSE:ATV) ("Acorn" or the "Company"), a leading integrated multi-platform marketing company in China engaged in developing, promoting and selling consumer products and services through an extensive distribution network, today announced that the Company's management team will participate in the following investor conferences in October 2009:

   (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090811/CNTU028LOGO )    Event:             2009 RedChip New York Equities Conference   Date               September 30 ¨C October 1, 2009   Presentation slot: October 1, 2009 at 9:25 a.m.   Location:          NASDAQ MarketSite                      4 Times Square                      New York, NY 10036    Event:             Brean Murray Carret & Co. Consumer 1x1 Conference   Date:              October 5, 2009   Group meeting:     October 5, 2009 at 9:30 a.m.   Location:          The Grand Hyatt Hotel                      109 East 42nd Street                      New York, NY 10017    Event:             2009 ROTH China Conference   Date:              October 12 ¨C 14, 2009   Presentation slot: October 13, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. in Glimmer 4   Location:          Fontainebleau Miami Beach                      4441 Collins Ave                      Miami Beach, FL 33139   

In addition to the scheduled presentations, Acorn International will be available for one-on-one meetings with analysts and portfolio managers during the conferences. Interested parties and investors who wish to meet with the Company's management may contact vivian.chen@ccgir.com, phone +1-(646) 701-7445.

RedChip investor conferences are a nationally known forum for emerging small-cap companies to present their stories before hundreds of retail brokers, institutional brokers, fund managers, portfolio managers, accredited investors, and research analysts whose disciplined focus towards the small-cap markets represents their core investment strategies. Company presentations will be webcast live via http://www.redchip.com/ , where they will be archived for 90 days.

The Brean Murray Carret & Co. Consumer Conference gives investors the chance to meet with company management in a one-on-one format; there will be no formal presentations. Each company will also host one group meeting during the day. The conference will cover many aspects of consumer retailing, including apparel, luxury goods, accessories, beauty products, gaming and entertainment.

The ROTH China Conference will feature presentations from a select group of US-listed Chinese companies with attractive growth potential. Over 60 companies will be presenting at the conference, including US-listed Chinese companies and US-based companies with growth prospects in China. Most of the presenting companies are covered by ROTH's research team, which will be onsite for discussions with investors.

About Acorn International, Inc.

Acorn International 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 International'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 International also offers consumer products and services through catalogs, third-party bank channels, outbound telemarketing center and an e-commerce website. Leveraging its integrated multiple sales and marketing platforms, Acorn International 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/ .

   For more information, please contact:    Acorn International, Inc.    Ms. Chen Fu, IR Director    Tel:   +86-21-51518888 Ext. 2228    Email: fuchen@chinadrtv.com    Web:   http://www.chinadrtv.com/    CCG Investor Relations    Mr. Crocker Coulson, President    Tel:   +1-646-213-1915 (New York)    Email: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com    Web:   http://www.ccgirasia.com/  

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Source: Acorn International, Inc.

CONTACT: Acorn International, Inc., Ms. Chen Fu, IR Director,
+86-21-5151-8888 Ext. 2228, or fuchen@chinadrtv.com; Or CCG Investor Relations,
Mr. Crocker Coulson, President, +1-646-213-1915 (New York), or
crocker.coulson@ccgir.com

Web site: http://www.chinadrtv.com/
http://www.redchip.com/

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