Toon Boom Tailors USAnimation to Nelvana

(Montreal, March 26, 2003) - Toon Boom Technologies is proud to announce its new relationship with Nelvana Limited. Owned by Corus Entertainment Inc., Nelvana is a leading integrated children's entertainment company which develops, produces, markets and distributes high quality media content and related product to children worldwide.


The collaboration between the two companies entails the development of made-to-measure software solutions designed specifically to meet the needs of Nelvana's production workflow. The newly launched USAnimation OPUS will serve as the base on which specific tools will be customized to enhance Nelvana's digital animation production capabilities. In the animation industry, quality, productivity and efficiency are the main challenges.

"We are pleased to work with Toon Boom in creating tools that enhance our digital animation production while continuing Nelvana's commitment to producing quality programming," said Scott Dyer, Executive Vice President Production at Nelvana.

Through its production and distribution business, Nelvana now has a library of over 2,000 cumulative half-hour animated episodes, including such well-known television and feature film properties as Franklin, Medabots, Maurice Sendak's Little Bear, Babar, Rolie Polie Olie, Maggie and The Ferocious Beast, Cardcaptors, The Berenstain Bears and Beyblade.


About Toon Boom Technologies Inc.

Based in Montreal, Canada, Toon Boom Technologies Inc. is a world-leading supplier of 2D animation software for businesses and individuals. With a presence in more than 50 countries, Toon Boom Technologies provides a complete suite of high-performance, web-enabled animation tools and services to creators and producers of 2D animation, including USAnimation and Toon Boom Studio. Founded in 1994, Toon Boom Technologies offers 100% vector-based, resolution independent and 3D multi-layer software system with multi-format output to HDTV, Film, DVD, Imax and Macromedia Flash. Toon Boom Technologies' products supply the 2D animation market with digital production tools for market-leader studios such as Klasky Csupo, Warner Bros., DreamWorks, Paramount, Universal, FableVision Studios and Wild Brain. For additional information, visit Toon Boom on the Web at www.toonboom.com

Toon Boom Studio and USAnimation are trademarks of Toon Boom Technologies Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners

About Nelvana Limited
Nelvana Limited is one of the world's leading international producers and distributors of children's programming and products. Nelvana is owned by Corus Entertainment, a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a market leader in both specialty TV and Radio. The company's other interests include music, television broadcasting and advertising services. A publicly traded company, Corus is listed on the Toronto (CJR.B) and New York (CJR) Exchanges. Corus' Web site can be found at www.corusentertainment.com.

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