However, parents are notified of the individuals that
younger teens (13-15) want to read their blogs, which must be
approved first.

-- Seventy-one percent of teens say they prefer to keep in touch
with long distance friends via instant message or e-mail.

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To protect younger
teens, their blogs are always locked from general public
viewing. Landreth's film explores Larkin's evolution from artistic genius to
poverty.
Copper Heart Entertainment also continues to produce highly innovative and
leading-edge animation projects. As
Canada's public film producer, the NFB produces and distributes distinctive,
culturally diverse, challenging and relevant audiovisual works that provide
Canada and the world with a unique Canadian perspective.

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But they also understand the need for privacy. Guys can create
their own edgy skater style look and add photos and up-dates on their
favorite band , while girls might choose a shabby-chic background with
funky colors and post surveys about cute actors they like. Specific findings from the AOL/DMS
"Teens + Communications Survey" include:

-- Of the teens of who have read or created a blog, the types of
blogs they read are about people they know (72%), their
favorite TV shows or movies (42%), and their favorite
musicians (40%).

Interviews were conducted via DMS' Opinion Place during
February 2005.

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America Online's Red Service for Teens Introduces New Blog Product

"With the unique customization features threaded throughout RED
blogs, we are confident that our more than 5 million teen members will
find this the best place online to express their creativity, showcase
ideas and share their thoughts with others," said Malcolm Bird, Senior
Vice President and General Manager AOL(R) Teens + Kids.
The deal was negotiated by Christian Vesper, Vice President Acquisitions,
Sundance Channel and Christina Rogers of the National Film Board of Canada on
behalf of the film.

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-- Private - allows teens to utilize the blog as a personal diary
- under lock and key.

Sundance Channel Acquires Television Rights to Oscar(R)-Winning Short Ryan

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is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner
Inc.
Now in its 65th year, the National Film Board of Canada has produced more
than 10,000 films and won more than 4,500 awards, including 11 Oscars(R).

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America Online, Inc.
The film won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated) and will
premiere on Sundance Channel third quarter 2005.

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Once the level of privacy is determined, teens can then create and
design their blogs' style, color, layout and other features such as
the ability to post polls, news, and other personal content on
hobbies, family vacations and favorite bands, etc.

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-- Approximately three out of five (58%) teens who read blogs do
so because they are typically more entertaining and humorous
than traditional web sites. Thirty years ago, at the National Film Board of Canada,
Larkin produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Sundance Channel operates independently of the
non-profit Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival, but shares the
overall Sundance mission of supporting independent artists and providing them
with wider opportunities to present their work to audiences.
Copper Heart Entertainment is one of Canada's most diverse independent
production companies, run by one of Canada's most prolific producers, Steven
Hoban.

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RED editors
will also feature the top five most frequently visited blogs each week
to highlight unique, innovative , funny and cool-looking blogs.

(1)AOL/DMS Survey Methodology

A random sample of internet users was screened for children ages
12-17 in their household who were available to participate in the
survey.ca.

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Teens can personalize their desktop and choose content to
highlight based on their specific interests, such as exclusive content
and features from leading brands, original programming and expanded
community tools. Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader
in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and
e-commerce services. Launched in 1996 ,
Sundance Channel is a venture between NBC Universal, Robert Redford, and
Showtime Networks Inc .

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Although incredibly
realistic and detailed, Ryan was created and animated without the use of live
action footage, rotoscoping or motion capture; instead it was derived from an
original, personal , hand animated three-dimensional world which Landreth calls
'psychological realism.'
Ryan is produced by Steven Hoban and Mark Smith (Copper Heart
Entertainment) and Marcy Page (National Film Board of Canada), in association
with Seneca College Animation Arts Centre, with the participation of the
Canada Council for the Arts.

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Teens and Communications

Beyond the new blogging phenomenon, teens continue to increase
their use of e-mailing and sending instant messages to keep in touch
with friends and gossip in school. Parents were instructed to allow their children to answer the
survey questions while they supervised.

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About the RED(TM) Service

The RED service offers teens a customized version of the AOL(R)
service.

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-- Teens find it easier to ask a boy/girlfriend out through
instant messaging (36%) versus on the phone (25 %).

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-- When keeping up with gossip at school, 42% use instant message
or email and 26% use the phone. 250 respondents completed the
survey.
Ryan, directed by Chris Landreth, is based on the life of Canadian
animator Ryan Larkin.
In Ryan, the voices of Ryan Larkin and the people who have known him speak
through strange, twisted, broken and disembodied 3D generated characters ,
whose appearances are bizarre, humorous or disturbing.

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----America Online,
Inc.

Semi-private - only those who have been invited are able to
view. Imax(R)) films, as well as television productions.

Sites that feature original funny photos, photo cartoons and Photoshop composites.

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Under the creative direction of Robert Redford, Sundance Channel brings
television viewers daring and engaging feature films, shorts, documentaries,
world cinema and animation, shown uncut and with no commercials.

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Business Editors/Entertainment Editors/Technology Editors

DULLES, Va.

:

Blogging Phenomena Reaches New Audience With More Than 30% of Teens
Using Blogs

Teens Can Create Tailor-Made Blogs in a Secure and Interactive
Environment

Movie stars have them, rock bands inspire them, political junkies
are addicted to them -- and now with 31% of teens saying they have
read or created a blog (1)-- AOL's RED(TM) Service for teens launches
RED(TM) blogs, a fully customizable online blogging journal just for
teens. It is devoted to making independent, commercially accessible features
and large format (i.

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Eighty four
percent of teens said they would not be willing to share their blog
with just anyone on the open web. NEW YORK, Sundance Channel has acquired the pay
television rights to the Oscar winning film Ryan directed by Chris Landreth.

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Public - anyone on the web is able to view.

-- More than one third (35%) of teens instant message or send
e-mails to their grandparents, and 38% instant message with
their parents.
Ryan will screen at the upcoming New Directors/New Films film festival at
the Film Society of Lincoln Center in April, 2005. Through its
original programs, Sundance Channel connects viewers with filmmakers, the
creative process , and the world of independent film.

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For more information
on the NFB visit http://www.nfb.

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According to the new AOL(R) RED(TM)/Digital Marketing Services
survey, when teens are asked to choose whether they prefer to share
their innermost feelings with their parents or a blog, they are split
with roughly half (51%) selecting their parents and 49% choosing a
blog. In response to these findings AOL's
RED service offers a refreshing way to create a blog in a 'velvet
rope' environment and gives teens and parents the option to choose
between different levels of privacy, ranging from private ,
semi-private and public.

-- More than half (51%) of teens who blog, read or update them
once a week or more often.

-- Teens say, if they wrote a blog, they would most likely write
about their favorite hobby or interest (44%) or their favorite
band or celebrity (39%).
Today , he lives on welfare and panhandles for spare change in downtown
Montreal.