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Toon Boom and FableVision Announce Strategic Partnership  
for Development of Creativity Learning Tools for School and Home
 
Montreal (June 22, 2007) – Emmy award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc.
today announced its partnership with FableVision, the award-winning
educational media and interactive developer and publisher, to jointly
develop educational solutions for K-12 and consumer markets. This
partnership builds upon Toon Boom’s extensive expertise in animation
technology and FableVision’s deep understanding of learners,
educational technology and constructivist learning tools.  
 
"Toon Boom is fully committed to the educational market and our close
collaboration with FableVision reinforces our intention to develop
easy-to-use, educative and fun applications for students and schools"
stated Joan Vogelesang, President and Chief Executive Officer at Toon
Boom.
 
Paul Reynolds, FableVision's President comments, "The creative
software products we are now co-developing with Toon Boom perfectly
capture our mission to foster creativity and self-expression and adds
to our growing line of products from FableVision that puts the learner
in the driver's seat for creation and sharing."  
 
About Toon Boom Animation Inc.
Toon Boom Animation Inc. is the worldwide leader in animation software
solutions. Toon Boom carries entry level and high-end animation
software solutions for film, television, web, games, mobile devices
and training applications. Toon Boom’s solutions also include powerful
pre-production tools ideal for all animated or live-action projects.
In 2005, Toon Boom was granted the Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award
by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its significant
contribution made to the animation industry targeted for television,
in North America and throughout Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In
2006, the IT Federation of Quebec (FIQ) awarded an OCTAS 2006 in the
Multimedia – educational and cultural sector category, for Toon Boom
Studio V3. In 2007, FIQ awarded an OCTAS 2007 in the Technological
Innovation category, for Toon Boom Storyboard Pro.
 
Toon Boom's client base ranges from major studios creating Hollywood
blockbuster animated films to individual animators creating their
first masterpieces. Market-leading studios using Toon Boom's products
include Nelvana, Warner Bros., Mercury Filmworks, China Central
Television, Toonz Animation India, Starbust Animation, Answer Studio,
Alphanim, Cosgrove Hall, Cromosoma and Lanterna Magica, to name a few.
Some of the prestigious productions done with Toon Boom’s technology
include Les Triplettes de Belleville, Looney Tunes: Back in Action,
The Rugrats, SpongeBob The Movie and Curious George.
 
For additional information, visit Toon Boom at www.toonboom.com.  
 
 
About FableVision
FableVision is on a 200-year mission to bring the world to a better
place through media, storytelling and technology. With new
headquarters at The Boston Children's Museum in Boston, and offices in
Portland, Oregon and London, the FableVision team enjoys an
international reputation for its unique brand of innovative,
technology-delivered storytelling and learning, which include K12
software product offerings (Stationery Studio, BrainCogs, Essay
Express, Get A Clue) distributed around the globe. Some of
FableVision's partners and clients include PBS, Maryland Public
Television, MIT Education Arcade, Sesame Workshop, Scholastic,
Nickelodeon/Noggin, KCET, Carnegie Hall, National Academy of Sciences,
WGBH, Random House, Simon Schuster, Pearson Education, the Research
Institute for Learning Development, and Boston University and the Jim
Henson Company.
 
For additional information, visit about FableVision at
www.fablevision.com