4Kids Entertainment Partners With a Major Quick Service Restaurant for Promotion With Kids' WB!'s New Series Cubix.Business & Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2001 Promotion to Run for Five Weeks Nationwide 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : KDE (K Desktop Environment) A GUI-based user interface primarily for Unix and Linux machines, but also available for Windows and Mac. The source code is freely distributed and is maintained by developers around the world. ), today announced that it will be teaming up with a major quick service restaurant (QSR QSR Quick Service Restaurant QSR QoS (Quality of Service) Satisfaction Rate QSR Quality System Regulations QSR Quality Status Report QSR Quality System Review QSR Quarterly Status Report QSR Quality System Requirement ) to promote its new 3D CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. animated series Cubix -- "Robots for Everyone!" Cubix will premiere on Kids'WB!'s Saturday morning lineup during the new 2001-2002-television season. The national promotion will center on collectable Cubix premiums. Commenting on the announcement, Al Kahn, President and Chief Executive Officer of 4Kids Entertainment said, "4Kids has made tremendous progress in the development of Cubix's promotional strategy. This promotion gives us a significant opportunity to support its introduction through exposure to a very large kids and parents consumer group. We hope children nationwide will share in the excitement of Cubix." About Cubix Cubix "Robots for Everyone!" follows the adventures of 13-year-old Connor, a robot whiz, who through the power of friendship brings to life a robot named Cubix that has been discarded as useless. When the town's wacky mad scientist, the evil Dr. K., begins to steal robots in search of a mysterious power source, Cubix and the gang prove to be the only force that can oppose him and new heroes are born. The show is set in an amazing world called Bubble Town, where robots are everywhere and serve every function -- from hot dog vendors to gym teachers to best friends. Cubix is a futuristic story of action, adventure and an uncommon friendship. About Kids' WB Kids' WB is the Saturday morning cartoon block of The CW Television Network's weekend programming. The CW is the result of The WB merge with UPN in 2006. History Early years ! Kids' WB!, a leader in kids' television, is the children's programming service of The WB Network. The network has set precedent with its innovative and diverse 2000-2001 programming schedule and is the #1 broadcast network for the second consecutive season. Kids' WB! brings viewers this season's breakout hits Jackie Chan Jackie Chan SBS, (born April 7, 1954), also known as Sing Lung in Cantonese (Traditional Chinese: 成龍; Simplified Chinese: 成龙 Adventures, Pokemon: The Johto Journeys, Static Shock, the all-original series X-Men: Evolution, the music-comedy Generation O!, along with the new mid-season series The Zeta Project. The network also brings viewers the returning highly rated hits Pokemon, Cardcaptors, Batman Beyond, Men In Black: The Series, Max Steel and other Kids' WB! favorites. Kids can find more on Kids' WB!'s web site at www.KidsWB.com. About 4Kids: Headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global provider of children's entertainment and merchandise licensing. 4Kids, through its wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , provides domestic and international merchandise licensing and product development, television, film, music and home video production and distribution, media buying and planning and website development. For further information, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.4kidsent.com This press release contains forward-looking statements. Due to the fact that the Company faces competition from toy companies, motion picture studios and other licensing companies, and the uncertainty of public response to the Company's properties, actual results or outcomes may differ materially from any such forward looking statements. 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