Showtime Networks Inc. has licensed a package of up to 100 short films from AtomShockwave Corp., a provider of short form entertainment. The agreement will provide programming for SHOWTIME NEXT, a
multiplex channel which launched March 1, 2001 and targets the tastes and sensibilities of Generation Y viewers, ages 18-24. The short films from the catalogue of AtomShockwave's film and animation
brand, AtomFilms, will debut on SHOWTIME NEXT, later appearing on other Showtime Networks Inc. channels and services. Showtime has also secured 50 short films from the AtomFilms catalogue that will
debut on the SHOWTIME NEXT web destination, http://www.SHOnext.com, which went live simultaneously with the channel's launch.
- Adam Bernard
