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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000--As part of Film Roman's (Nasdaq:ROMN) ongoing expansion efforts to bring its animated shorts to a greater audience, the company has partnered with three premier digital distribution companies; BroadcastAmerica, Intertainer and Yack.com. They will feature program content from www.LEVEL13.NET , Film Roman's Internet multi channel animation network that targets 18 to 28 year olds. The LEVEL13.NET animation will be available on BroadcastAmerica at its BroadcastMovie.com www.broadcast.movie.com , an integrated channel in the BroadcastAmerica Internetwork, which is the largest Internet broadcaster in the world. Through various partnerships it streams to more than 700 radio stations and 70 television stations. Its fall launch will boast a spectrum of movies, independent films and animation headlining many Hollywood classics and also new works from Thrave and Film Roman. "BroadcastAmerica continues to redefine, enhance and expand entertainment online," declares its president, CEO and founder, John Brier. Our primary goal is to deliver fresh content that has never before been available on a global scale. From movies to sports to music we are creating a fourth entertainment medium and striving to offer more streaming variety than anyone else." Intertainer Inc. www.intertainer.com , the broadband on demand service, also will be provided with Film Roman's animated shorts. Intertainer enables subscribers to instantly enjoy television programs, current movies, film favorites and music within seconds. In addition to LEVEL13.NET, their other partnerships include Warner Bros, Dreamworks, Sony Music, ESPN, Disney and others. Another online recipient of Film Roman's animation shorts is Yack.com www.yack.com which has tapped into the explosion of original animation on the Internet. It has launched the Web's first comprehensive guide to online through its Program Guide(SM), which allows searchers to browse by animation type, Web site and keyword through Yack's database to locate Film Roman's works. About the three new arrangements, Jay Francis, Film Roman's Director of Acquisitions, states, "Our content continues to collect various awards, development deals and festival nominations due in part to our visibility on sites such as Intertainer, BroadcastAmerica and Yack. Additionally, through the exposure on our Web site, LEVEL13.NET, our animation has attracted a great deal of attention and recognition and it's still growing." Film Roman has formed strategic partnerships with numerous destination sites including www.television.com, StreamSearch and www.IFilm.com. Film Roman's web animation, which consists of over 145 shorts, recently won awards at contests and film festivals such the 2000 Playboy Animation Awards which gave the website's "Tripping the Rift" the Grand Prize, and "Hairballs," an Annie Award nominee.

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ELECTRONIC GAMES/MULTIMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT INTERNET TELEVISION/RADIO MARKETING AGREEMENTS

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