"Working on feedback from over 3."
Millions of kids can now skate along with SKWOD members Logan,
Jax, Kick and Seth, the radical skateboarding team who attend Fairmont
High School.

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of Animated Movies: US and European Market Assessment to their offering.

About the KOL(TM) Service for Kids

Winner of the 2004 National Parenting Seal of Approval, the KOL
service is the first version of the America Online (R) service designed
entirely for kids.

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of the major US studios is now involved in producing animation
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America Online's KOL Service For Kids Premieres New Original Animated Series ''SKWOD''

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" Developed in partnership with Animation
Collective, the ten episodes will follow the adventures of a
skateboarding high school, crime-fighting team.

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-- Some 81 animated movies were produced and released theatrically in
Europe between 1997 and 2003 . Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader
in interactive services, Web brands , Internet technologies and
e-commerce services.

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newscom. This report is an indispensable tool for anyone aiming to
capitalise on or understand the current opportunities in animated
movie-making. "The series has a unique visual look
influenced by skateboarding art and graphics.
Animation Collective has previously produced the "Princess Natasha"
and "Kung Fu Academy" online series as well as many games for KOL.

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In addition to each eleven-minute episode, the KOL service will
launch an online comic for each episode as well as an interactive game
based on one of the team's adventures. of Animation Collective.

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The humor is both wry
and slapstick and extremely kid-relatable.

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The top secret team, which is directed by the undercover
assistant football coach - and renown skater - Phoenix, can serve up a
mean melon drop and pull a 1080 on the half-pipe , all while saving the
world from evil criminal mastermind, Gorthon Kozmon.

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Research and Markets: Production of Animated Movies at All-Time High

Combining exclusive content from industry leading
kids' brands and original programming, the KOL service is fully
integrated with the AOL award-winning Parental Controls, offering kids
a safer and more secure online environment.

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5 million kids we have developed
a unique cartoon targeted at skateboarding, humor and action,
available for them to watch whenever they want," said Malcolm Bird,
AOL's Senior Vice President and General Manager, Kids and Teens
Programming.

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-- US films captured 88% of European animated admissions in 2003,
compared to 9% for European and 3% for Japanese movies. "We have a successful track record in launching original
cartoons that become wildly popular with our young users, and we're
confident SKWOD will make an exciting addition to our programming
line-up.

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DUBLIN, Ireland , Research and Markets
(http://www.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH )
Animated Movies: US and European Market Assessment is a new report
analysing the US and European markets for feature film animation. This compares to only 150 animated films
produced in Europe before 1997.

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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.

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About Animation Collective:

New York based Animation Collective is a leader in creating
animation for television, the Internet, home video and feature films.

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Topics covered in this report include:
-- Animated movies in the USA
-- Animated movies in Europe
-- Production budgets for animated movies
-- Leading animated movies in Europe and the USA
-- Admissions of animated films in the USA
-- Admissions of animated films in Europe
-- Market shares breakdown in Europe
-- Challenges facing European animation

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Key Findings:
-- Production of animated movies is at an all-time high, buoyed by high
box office returns for CGI movies and the strong DVD market.

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As well as a
detailed analysis of admissions and market shares in US and key European
territories between 1997 and 2003, the report lists all admissions and box
office of all animated titles in the USA and eight European territories. However, several big budget
European animated films are due for release in the next few years,
including Sprung ! The Magic Roundabout, Valiant, the Wallace and
Gromit Movie, Asterix and the Vikings and Arthur. The action is cartoon-like
and over-the-top, while at the same time being real.
There 's nothing else like it on the web or on television.

Websites primarily related to mainstream television and film animation.

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"SKWOD" joins Animation
Collective's "Princess Natasha" and "Kung Fu Academy " as the KOL
service's full line-up of original animated programs.E.

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"SKWOD is different from anything else we've done both
stylistically and in tone," said Larry Schwarz, SKWOD's creator and
C.

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The
report also looks at US and European production budgets, key producers and how
the trend towards 3D animation techniques is changing the animated movie
environment.

-- Finding Nemo was the most successful animated film in the last five
years, grossing euro 506m in the USA and euro 205m in Europe

-- European animated movies have suffered from small budgets and
piecemeal distribution strategies.----

Original Programs Strengthen Popularity of AOL's Content For Kids

Coming off the heels of "Princess Natasha" - the animated series
that successfully transitioned from the Web into a Cartoon Network TV
program and Little , Brown Books for Young Readers series of books -
AOL's KOL(TM) service for kids will launch a new original animated
series called "SKWOD. The characters
perform actual skate-moves that have been rotoscoped and animated.

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-- Admissions to animated movies were 95m in the USA and 74m in Europe in
2003.

About America Online, Inc.

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