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IDT Media's `Monster by Mistake' Picked up in Key National and International Markets for Broadcast.


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NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2003

New Episodes of 3-D Series Sold in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ,

Canada, Germany and Australia

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 Media today announced that "Monster by Mistake Monster by Mistake is a Canadian computer-animated television program aired on YTV. The story deals with an eight-year-old boy named Warren Patterson and his older sister Tracy, as they deal with bullies, ghosts, magic and an irate sorcerer. ," the animated children's series revitalized by IDT Media's Digital Production Solutions (DPS Minicomputer series from Bull HN.

1. (language, text) DPS - Display PostScript.
2. (language) DPS - A real-time language with direct expression of timing requests.

["Language Constructs for Distributed Real-Time PRogramming", I.
), has been picked up for broadcast in five key national and international markets.

IDT Media is a division of IDT Corporation (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:IDT.B, IDT), a multinational carrier, technology and telephone company.

The new and improved episodes of "Monster by Mistake" will be broadcast on Disney Australia, Telemundo in the United States, Super RTL Super RTL is a Cologne-based German television network operated by RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG. It was the second German television channel aimed mostly at children (the first was Nickelodeon).  in Germany, Canada's YTV YTV Pääkaupunkiseudun Yhteistyövaltuuskunta (Finnish: Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council)
YTV Yorkshire Television
YTV Youth Television
, and the French language VRAC VRAC Virtual Reality Applications Center
VRAC VHF Repeater Advisory Committee (ARRL ham radio consortium) 
 in Canada. Through this broadcasting deal, "Monster by Mistake" will now be one of the first completely 3-D animated programs to have a regular broadcast run.

"We're at the beginning of an important trend. High quality 3-D animation is becoming more affordable and the need for animated products will continue to grow, both in the United States and abroad," said Jim Courter James Andrew "Jim" Courter (born October 14, 1941 in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American Republican Party politician, lawyer and businessman. He is a resident of Hackettstown, New Jersey. , IDT's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Viewers that watch 'Monster by Mistake' will be impressed by the visual effects achieved through 3-D animation. The lighting and textures of each character and the background effects in 3-D truly make the story come alive."

"Monster by Mistake' is great family entertainment and I think the viewers are going to like what they see," said Morris Berger, Executive Vice President, Business Development for IDT Media. "Using our patent pending proprietary software, along with an experienced creative and technical team, we're delivering the first cross platform collaboration, between the popular 3D Studio Max with the Academy award winning Houdini software, to create an extraordinary viewing experience."

The "Monster by Mistake" series, first broadcast in 1996, was created entirely with computer generated 3D graphics, which represented a breakthrough in television production. The series follows the adventures of an 8 year-old boy named Warren who accidentally gets mixed up in a magic spell and turns into a blue monster every time he sneezes.

DPS is also currently working on a co-production agreement with Jim Jinkins and David Campbell David Campbell may refer to:
  • David Campbell (poet) (1915-1979), Australian poet
  • David Campbell (Canadian musician) (born 1948), Canadian musician
  • David Campbell (Manitoba politician), Canadian politician
 of Cartoon Pizza, the creators of Doug, Stanley and PB&J Otter. The DPS studio offers producers access to international animation talent on demand for a fraction of domestic costs, and with levels of control similar to an in-house studio.

IDT Corporation, through its IDT Telecom subsidiary, is a facilities-based, multinational carrier that provides a broad range of telecommunications services to its retail and wholesale customers worldwide. IDT Telecom, by means of its own national telecommunications backbone and fiber optic network infrastructure, provides its customers with integrated and competitively priced international and domestic long distance telephony and prepaid calling cards. IDT and Liberty Media Corporation own 95% and 5 % of IDT Telecom, respectively. IDT Media is the IDT subsidiary principally responsible for the Company's initiatives in media, new video technologies and print media.

On January 9, 2003, IDT announced that it is changing its New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City.
 ticker symbols. Effective February 26, IDT's common stock will trade under the symbol IDT.C. Effective March 19, IDT's Class B common stock will trade under the symbol IDT.

Through its various subsidiaries, IDT has interests in several telecom, Internet-related and media companies. IDT acquired the assets of Winstar Communications in December 2001. IDT Corporation common shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols IDT.B and IDT. As of December 12, 2002, there were approximately 54.1 million shares of Class B common stock (IDT.B) outstanding, and approximately 25.0 million shares of common stock (IDT). Of these, approximately 4.0 million shares of Class B common stock and approximately 5.4 million shares of common stock were held by IDT Corporation.

In this press release, all statements that are not purely about historical facts, including, but not limited to, those in which we use the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "plan," "intend," "estimate, "target" and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. While these forward-looking statements represent our current judgment of what may happen in the future, actual results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these statements due to numerous important factors, including, but not limited to, those described in our most recent report on SEC Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
 (under the heading "Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A)

A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial
 of Financial Condition and Results of Operations"), which may be revised or supplemented in subsequent reports on SEC Forms 10-Q and 8-K. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following: potential declines in prices for our products and services; our ability to maintain and grow our retail telecommunications services, particularly our prepaid calling card business; availability of termination capacity; financial stability of our customers; our ability to maintain carrier agreements with foreign carriers; effectiveness of our marketing and distribution efforts; increased competition, particularly from regional bell operating companies; our ability to manage our growth; competitiveness of our Winstar subsidiary; impact of government regulation; our ability to obtain telecommunications products or services required for our products and services; and general economic conditions, particularly in the telecommunications markets. We are under no obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update the forward-looking statements in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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