Entertaindom Extends Webisodes Deal With Brilliant Digital

Posted on January 3, 2000

Entertaindom, an online entertainment destination from Time Warner Digital Media, has announced that it has exercised its option with Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. to add 15 additional new 5-8 minute Webisodes for the 3-D animated Multipath Adventures of Superman. This extends the first season of Superman on Entertaindom to a 30 Webisode commitment. Entertaindom has also agreed to give distribution to Brilliant Digital's new 3-D animated series based on the character Xena: Warrior Princess, plus eight Webisodes of a new series entitled KISS Immortals, to be produced in conjunction with the band's 2000 KISS-Immortals concert tour. To accommodate the additional shows, Entertaindom will be launching a new Multipath Channel within its online entertainment complex.

"When we saw the quality of the animation Brilliant Digital delivered on Superman and the show's popularity on our site, we realized that a new technology and storytelling benchmark had been established on the Internet," said Jim Moloshok, the chief executive responsible for Entertaindom. "Superman contains all of the excitement, pacing and special effects that until now had only been experienced in broadcast media or feature films. As a result of marketplace feedback, we are increasing our commitment to our own Superman series and giving increased distribution and promotion to the BDE produced KISS and Xena Internet series."

The initial order of 15 Superman Webisodes was produced for Entertaindom's debut, with new Webisodes being debuted each week. The newly ordered Webisodes will premiere on Entertaindom beginning in the first half of 2000. The "Multipath Movie Channel" will ultimately feature at least five Multipath series produced by Brilliant Digital.

Brilliant Digital president, Kevin Bermeister, commented, "Entertaindom provides us with extremely high visibility for our proprietary full-screen Internet-delivered animation technology, content and in-house productions capabilities. Through distribution relationships we intend to establish large-scale visibility and traffic to our content and to build revenue from the massive growth expected in advertising, e-commerce and promotional expenditure on the web."