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SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR ALL CATEGORIES!

Winners to be revealed at a gala event on February 14 during Kidscreen Summit 2017 in Miami

Toronto, December 6, 2016: Kidscreen, host of the global kids television industry’s leading awards for excellence, is delighted to announce the shortlisted entries that will be continuing in the competition through a final round of judging.

The nominees in the Programming Categories are:

PRESCHOOL

Best New Series

Dot. (The Jim Henson Company/Industrial Brothers/CBC)
Jamillah and Aladdin (Kindle Entertainment/Mediabiz International/Toonz Entertainment)

Nina’s World (Sprout)

Best Animated Series

Clangers (Coolabi Productions/Factory/CBBC)

Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior/Brown Bag Films)

Sarah and Duck (Karrot Entertainment/CBeebies/BBC Worldwide)

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series

The Adventures of Napkin Man (Breakthrough Entertainment in association with Little Airplane and CBC Kids)

Floogals (Jellyfish/Nevision/Zodiak Kids Studios)

Sesame Street (Sesame Workshop)

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
Katie Morag (Move On Up/CBeebies/BBC Scotland)
Peg + Cat (The Fred Rogers Company/9 Story Media Group)
Peppa Pig Pumpkin Party (Astley Baker Davies / Entertainment One)

KIDS

Best New Series

Bottersnikes & Gumbles (Cheeky Little Media/Mighty Nice/CAKE Entertainment)

The Deep (DHX Media/A Stark Production)

Home: Adventures With Tip & Oh (DreamWorks Animation Television/Netflix)
Best Animated Series

Miles From Tomorrowland (Disney Junior/Wild Canary Animation)

Scream Street (Coolabi Productions/Factory/CBBC)

We Bare Bears (Cartoon Network Studios)

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series

Horrible Histories (Lion Television)

Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch (One Potato Two Potato)

Odd Squad (The Fred Rogers Company/Sinking Ship Entertainment)

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie         

Bruno & Boots: Go Jump In The Pool (Aircraft Pictures)
Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas (Aardman Animations)

Stick Man (Magic Light Pictures)

TWEENS/TEENS

Best New Series

Bear Grylls Survival School (Potato/BGV)

Lost and Found Music Studios (Radical Sheep Productions/Boat Rocker Studios)
Raising Expectations (Aircraft Pictures in association with Dolphin Entertainment)

Best Animated Series
Bob’s Burgers (Bento Box Entertainment/20th Century FOX Television)
Dragons: Race to the Edge (DreamWorks Animation Television /Netflix)

Voltron Legendary Defender (DreamWorks Animation Television/Netflix)

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series

Degrassi: Next Class (DHX Media/Netflix)
Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street (Amazon Studios/Pictures in a Row)

The Next Step (Radical Sheep Productions/Boat Rocker Studios)

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie

The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale (Smiley Guy Studios)
L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables (Breakthrough Entertainment)

Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows (Matchbox Pictures)

These shortlisted entries will be reviewed and assessed by a fresh panel of judges, including the following execs: Andy Yeatman (Netflix), Sarah Muller (Channel 5), Amy Friedman (Sprout), Lucy Murphy (Sky), Grainne Rowe (Disney Channels EMEA), Jackie Edwards (BBC Children’s), Andrew Thomas (Hulu), Nina Hahn (Nickelodeon International) and Deirdre Brennan (Corus Kids).

The nominees in the Broadcasting Categories are:

Channel of the Year

Netflix

PBS KIDS

Sprout

Best Channel Design

DreamWorks

Gulli

Sprout
Best Programming Block
CBS Dream Team, It’s Epic! (Litton Entertainment)

Sunny Side Up (Sprout)

WILD Kids (National Geographic)

Best Channel Website

Nick Jr.

PBS KIDS

Sprout

Best On-Air Host or Hosting Team
Jonas Lihaug Fredriksen, Henrik Hildre—FlippKlipp Studio (NRK Super)

Charlie Engelman, Kirby Engelman, Patrick Rahill—Nature Boom Time (National Geographic)
Carly Ciarrocchi, Tim Kubart, Kaitlin Becker, Emily Borromeo—Sunny Side Up (Sprout)


The nominees in the Digital Categories are:

PRESCHOOL

Best Learning App—Tablet
Hopster (Hopster)
Nick Jr. App (Nickelodeon Digital)

Pocoyo Playset: Let’s Move (Early Learning Collaborative/ HITN/Zinkia Entertainment)

Best Learning App—Smartphone
Curious World (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
HooplaKidz Nursery Rhyme Activities (YoBoHo)
Ready Jet Go! Space Explorer App (Wind Dancer Films/Two Moos)

Best Game App—Tablet
CBeebies Playtime Island (BBC)

Curious George Train Adventures (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

PBS KIDS Games (PBS KIDS)

Best Game App—Smartphone
Curious George Train Adventures (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Curious World (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 

Best Streaming Video Platform
BBC iPlayer Kids (BBC)

Hopster (Hopster)
NOGGIN (Nickelodeon Digital)

Best Web/App Series
Disney Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets (Disney Publishing Worldwide)

Elmo at the Zoo (Sesame Workshop)

Sesame Street Happy Birthday Songs (Sesame Workshop)

Best Website
Dinosaur Train (The Jim Henson Company/Sparky Entertainment)

NickJr.com (Nickelodeon Digital)
Ready Jet Go! (Wind Dancer Films/Two Moos)

Best eBook

Colored Dots (Uyoung Interactive Technology Co.)
PAW Patrol—Meet Tracker! (Nickelodeon)

PAW Patrol—Pirate Pups (Nickelodeon)

KIDS

Best Learning App—Tablet

La Francomobile (TV5 Québec Canada/Manito Média/Tobo) *TBC*
Little Lunch (Australian Children’s Television Foundation)

Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues (HeR Interactive/Brandissimo!/Picture Fish Studios)

Best Learning App—Smartphone

Monkey Spot Scavenger Hunts (Monkey Bar Collective)
Nature Cat’s Great Outdoors (Spiffy/PBS/REDspace)
Nickelodeon: Code a Character (Nickelodeon Digital)

Best Game App—Tablet

Animal Jam—Play Wild! (WildWorks)

Flipped Out—The Powerpuff Girls (Cartoon Network Games/Grumpyface Studios)
Toca Blocks (Toca Boca)

Best Game App—Smartphone

Cut the Rope: Magic (Zeptolab)

Teeny Titans—Teen Titans Go! (Cartoon Network Games/Grumpyface Studios)
Total Drama Presents: ‘Donculous Dash (Secret Location/Cartoon Network Canada/Fresh TV/Bell Fund/Teletoon)

Best Streaming Video Platform

Flipp Klipp Studio (NRK Super)
Nick.com (Nickelodeon Digital)

Toca TV (Toca Boca)

Best Web/App Series

Don’t Mix Us Up (Toca Boca/FableVision)
Secret Life of Boys (Zodiak Kids Studios for CBBC and ABC Australia)

Tsum Tsum Kingdom (Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media)

Best Website
Animal Jam (WildWorks)

National Geographic Kids (National Geographic Partners)

Nick.com  (Nickelodeon Digital)

Best Tablet

LeapFrog Epic (LeapFrog)

La Tablette Motion 2 by Gulli (KD Interactive/Taldec/Gulli)

Best eBook

Little Lunch: A Teachers’ Guide (Australian Children’s Television Foundation)

The Restricted Adventures of Raja (RedRover/Sticky Brain Studios)
Stand Together! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (Nickelodeon)

These shortlisted entries will now be reviewed and assessed by panels of professional judges, including the following execs: Angela Lin (YouTube), Azadeh Jamalian (Tiggly), Jens Peter de Pedro (Monkimun), David Kleeman (Dubit), Eric Huang (Made in Me), Daniel Bays (Lightning Sprite Media) and Brenda Bisner (Baby Toes Media).

            All Kidscreen Awards winners will be announced and celebrated at a special presentation event and after-party during Kidscreen Summit, on the evening of Tuesday, February 14. Kidscreen Summit delegates are invited to attend as part of their event registration, and tickets for just the Kidscreen Awards evening can be purchased for US$150 by contacting Kidscreen Events Sales Manager Joel Pinto (416-408-2300 x650 orjpinto@brunico.com).

Additional details about the Kidscreen Awards, including categories, eligibility, judging and entry process, can be found at awards.kidscreen.com

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MARY COLEMAN, HEAD OF CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT AT PIXAR, TO KICK OFF KIDSCREEN SUMMIT 2016

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MARY COLEMAN, HEAD OF CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
AT PIXAR, TO KICK OFF KIDSCREEN SUMMIT 2016

Toronto, December 15, 2015: As Kidscreen gears up to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2016, we are thrilled to announce that Mary Coleman, Head of Creative Development at Pixar Animation Studios, will open the year’s biggest event for leaders in children’s entertainment with a presentation that explores the studio’s unique and highly successful creative process.

From its first movie, Toy Story (1995), to this year’s Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur, storytelling needs have been driving the development of ground-breaking technology at Pixar for over two decades. Sharing film clips and insider anecdotes, Coleman will illustrate this special relationship between narrative and technological innovation that has produced some of the best animated films of all time.

The full conference program for Kidscreen Summit 2016 is now available online (http://summit.kidscreen.com/2016/agenda/), and it’s chock-full of sessions exploring new strategies & trends, innovative ideas and practical business solutions that will help drive your business forward next year.

In particular, our “Then, Now & Next” sessions on the first day of the event will feature industry-leading execs who have grown up in their fields of expertise over the course of Kidscreen’s 20-year history. They’ve seen it all, and they’ll be with us at Kidscreen Summit to take a look back at the critical changes that have shaped the business to help us understand how we’ve gotten to where we are today, and where we might go next. Joining Pixar’s Mary Coleman in this series are: former Nickelodeon maven Geraldine Laybourne; Toys“R”Us, Inc. EVP and Global Chief Merchandising Officer Richard Barry; Frederator Networks CEO Fred Siebert; and two of the founding fathers of DHX Media, Steven DeNure and Neil Court.

Opening day two with an equally big bang, Oscar-winning actor Geena Davis will deliver a keynote address entitled “If She Can See It, She Can Be It”. Recognized for her advocacy of women and girls as much as for her on-screen accomplishments, Davis has made it her life-long mission to bring gender equality into children’s media. And in this presentation, she’ll detail her work at the forefront of changing female portrayals and gender stereotypes within the entertainment industry to dramatically alter how girls and women are reflected in media targeting children ages 11 and under.

Set to run from February 8 to 11 next year, Kidscreen Summit 2016 will once again take place at the InterContinental Miami, a contemporary luxury hotel located on prime waterfront in downtown Miami, and just minutes away from South Beach, the Design District, Coconut Grove’s bohemian village, and the many galleries, restaurants and boutique shops in Coral Gables.

In 2015, the event welcomed attendees from 54 countries around the world, including more than 450 kids programming buyers and investors looking for new content and partners. Its unique positioning as a conference AND a market lets delegates customize their Summit experience to suit their goals and priorities. Offering an unparalleled conference program and networking opportunities, the event is the perfect place to learn about the latest trends, issues and opportunities and connect with the industry’s top decision-makers.

Registration for Kidscreen Summit 2016 is now open. To sign up online or get more information, visit the event website at http://summit.kidscreen.com/2016/.

For further details, please contact:

Aimee Norman at DDA Blueprint PR

Tel: +44 (0) 208 868 0511 Email: aimee@ddablueprint.com

 

 

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News: Kidscreen Awards and iKids Awards short lists revealed

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SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR ALL CATEGORIES!

 

Winners to be revealed at a gala event on February 24 during Kidscreen Summit in Miami

Toronto, November 26, 2014: Kidscreen, host of the globalkids television industry’s leading awards for excellence, is delighted to announce the shortlisted entries that will be continuing in the competition through a final round of judging.

The nominees are in the Programming Categories are:

PRESCHOOL

Best New Series

Peg + Cat (9 Story Entertainment)

The Summer with Dad (NRK)

Wallykazam (Nickelodeon)

 

Best Animated Series

Dinosaur Train (The Jim Henson Company/Sparky Animation)
Masha and the Bear (Animaccord Animation Studio)

Peg + Cat (9 Story Entertainment)

Peter Rabbit (Silvergate Media/Nickelodeon/Frederick Warne)

 

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series

Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures (Sinking Ship Entertainment)

Grandpa in My Pocket (Adastra Creative/CBeebies)
Sesame Street (Sesame Workshop)

 

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie

Dive Olly Dive and the Pirate Treasure (Splash Entertainment)

Ruby’s Studio: The Safety Show (The Mother Company)

Stella and Sam Holiday Specials (Stella and Sam Productions)

 

KIDS

 

Best New Series

Annendroids (Sinking Ship Entertainment)

Katie Morag (Move on Up)

The Games (Ape & Bjorn/NRK/SVT/DRTV/NFI/NFTVF)

 

Best Animated Series

Adventure Time (Cartoon Network)

The Amazing World of Gumball (Cartoon Network EMEA Studio/Great Malborough Productions)

The Jungle Bunch to the Rescue! (TAT Productions)

 

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series

Bushwhacked (Mint Pictures)

Roy (JAM Media)
World Animal Championships (Blacklab Entertainment)

 

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie

Fangbone! (Radical Sheep Productions)

Slugterra: Ghoul From Beyond (Nerd Corps Entertainment)

The Jungle Bunch to the Rescue: Old Jim’s Treasure (TAT Productions)

 

TWEENS/TEENS

 

Best New Series

Nowhere Boys (Matchbox Pictures)

The Next Star: Supergroup (Tricon Films & Television)

Undercover High (General Purpose Entertainment)

 

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series

Dance Academy Series 3 (Werner Film Productions)

R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour (Front Street Productions in association with The Hatchery/Hub Network)
Trio: Odin’s Gold (NordicStories/Fabelaktiv)

 

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie

Harriet’s Army (CBBC)

Horrible Histories (Lion Television/Citrus Television/CBBC/BBC Worldwide)

YTV Summer Beach Bash (Tricon Films & Television)

 

These shortlisted entries will be reviewed and assessed by a fresh panel of judges, including the following execs:Tara Sorenson (Amazon Studios), Joe D’Ambrosia(Disney Junior), Karen Mitrega (Super RTL), Tiphaine deRaguenel (France Télévisions), Carole Bonneau (Corus Kids), Nicole Keeb (ZDF) and Deirdre Brennan (ABC Australia).

 

In the Broadcasting Categories, the nominees are:

 

Channel of the Year

Cartoon Network (US)

CITV (UK)

PBS KIDS (US)

Best Channel Design
CITV (UK)
Hopster (UK)

PBS KIDS (US)

 

Best Interstitial Campaign
CBC (Kids’ CBC Olympic Moments)

CITV (Share a Story)

TFO (Mini TFO)

Kidscreen‘s readers will now be invited to review theseshortlisted entries, and vote for their favorite in each category. Their votes will determine the final winners

 

All Kidscreen Awards winners will be announced and celebrated at a special presentation event and after-party during Kidscreen Summit, on the evening of Tuesday, February 24. Kidscreen Summit delegates are invited to attend as part of their event registration, and tickets for just the Kidscreen Awards evening can be purchased forUS$150 by contacting Kidscreen Events Sales Manager Joel Pinto (416-408-2300 x650 or jpinto@brunico.com).

Additional details about the Kidscreen Awards, including categories, eligibility, judging and entry process, can be found at http://awards.kidscreen.com.

iKIDS AWARDS 2015 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED!

 

Winners to be revealed at an evening awards ceremony 

on February 24 during Kidscreen Summit in Miami

 

Toronto, November 27, 2014: Kidscreen is delighted to announce its shortlist for the third-annual iKids Awards, which recognizes and celebrates the market’s best digital media products and platforms for children. The following nominated entries will be continuing in the competition through a final round of judging.

 

PRESCHOOL (0 to 5)

 

Best Website

Hi Opie! (Marblemedia /TVO/The Jim Henson Company)

In the Night Garden (DHX Media/Kids Industries)

Peppa Pig (Entertainment One/Kids Industries)

 

Best Web/App Series

Disney Junior Appisodes (Disney ABC Television Group, Digital Media)

Guigo (Planetário de Ideas)

Jim Henson’s Doozers Creek (The Jim Henson Company/DHX Media)

 

Best Learning App (Smartphone)

Nick Jr. Leap (Nickelodeon UK)

Windy’s Lost Kite (Loud Crow Interactive)

Wonster Words (77SPARX Studio)

 

Best Learning App (Tablet)

Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame (Sesame Workshop)

Daniel Tiger’s Grr-ific Feelings (PBS KIDS)

Sago Mini Friends (Sago Sago)

 

Best Game App (Smartphone)

CosmoCamp: Color Hunt (Frima)

Play Phone by BabyFirst (BabyFirst)

Talking Ginger (Outfit7)

 

Best Game App (Tablet)

CBeebies Playtime (CBeebies)

Cookie Monster’s Challenge (PBS KIDS)

Dora and Friends (Nickelodeon)

 

Best eBook

Hoppy Birthday (Pesky/Box of Frogs Media)

Over There (Disney Press)

Musical Mayhem (Pesky/Box of Frogs Media)

 

Best Streaming Video Platform

Hopster (Hopster)

Playkids (VSC)

Sesame Street Go (Sesame Workshop)

 

 

KIDS (6 and up)

 

Best Website

BatteryPOP.com (batteryPOP)

CBBC (Kindle Entertainment/Syndicut)

Nowhere Boys: The 5th Boy (Matchbox Pictures)

 

Best Web/App Series

Meet Me At the Reck (Maker Studios)

Plum Landing (WGBH/Global Mechanic)

Turbo FAST (DreamWorks Animation)

 

Best Learning App (Smartphone)

Habitat the Game (Elevator Entertainment)

MY:24 (Australian Children’s Television Foundation)

Plum’s Photo Hunt (WGBH)

 

Best Learning App (Tablet)

Cyberchase Shape Quest (THIRTEEN/PBS KIDS/ Curious Media)

Hooked on Phonics Reading Pro (Hooked on Phonics/Big Yellow Taxi)

Toca Lab (Toca Boca)

 

Best Game App (Smartphone)

Cartoon Network Anything (Cartoon Network)

Crayola Nail Party (Budge Studios)

Dragons Adventure World Explorer (Microsoft/DreamWorks Animation)

 

Best Game App (Tablet)

Doodle Jump SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)

LEGO FUSION Town Master (LEGO System)

Slug it Out! (Nerd Corps Entertainment)

 

 

 

 

Best eBook
Discovery Kids Sharks (Discovery Consumer Products/Parragon/Blippar)

Penny the Pirate/OPSM Kids Eye Screening Tool (Saatchi & Saatchi/Two Bulls)

 

Best Streaming Video Platform
The Viddiverse (The Viddiverse)

WATCH Disney XD (Disney ABC Television Group, Digital Media)

WATCH Disney Channel (Disney ABC Television Group, Digital Media)

 

These shortlisted entries will now be reviewed and assessed by panels of professional judges, including the following execs: Liz Kline (GlassLab), Lauren Devillier (Disney), Chris Bishop(PBS KIDS Digital), Robin Raskin (Living in Digital Times),Eric Huang (Made in Me), Amy Kraft (Monkey BarCollective), Dave Schlafman (CloudKid), Beau Teague(Cartoon Network Digital), Susan Miller (Cupcake Digital) andAnne-Sophie Brieger (Sago Sago).

 

All iKids Awards winners will be announced and celebrated at a special evening ceremony on February 24 during Kidscreen Summit 2015, which will be held at the InterContinental Miami from February 23 to 26. iKids and Kidscreen Summit delegates are invited to attend as part of their event registration, and tickets for just the awards ceremony can be purchased for US$150 by contacting Kidscreen Events Sales Manager Joel Pinto (416-408-2300 x650 or jpinto@brunico.com).

 

Taking place in Miami at the end of Kidscreen Summit on February 26, iKids is an annual conference exploring the intersection of mobile content, social media and web entertainment for kids. Attendees will discover strategies & make connections that will help them amp up their digital media business through better planning, better partnerships and better execution.

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News: Kidscreen Awards 2015 official call for entry

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Kidscreen Awards 2015

Kidscreen Awards 2015 official call for entry 

NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES!

Programming Categories deadline: September 19
Broadcasting Categories deadline: October 31

July 18, 2014: Heading into its sixth year of singling out and celebrating the year’s best kids programming and broadcasting work, Kidscreen Awards 2015 is now accepting entries.

Early-Bird Entry Fees are in effect again this year to reward companies that complete their entries well before deadline.

New this year, we have added a Programming Category for Best New Animation to call special attention to outstanding kids shows that have launched in the last year. And we have also retired Best Companion Website due to overlap with a similar category in our iKids Awards set.

So in our 2015 Programming Category lineup, television shows targeting Preschoolers (0 to 5), Kids (6 to 10) and Tweens/Teens (11 to 17) can be put in the running to win these prizes:

  • Best New Series
  • Best Animated Series
  • Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series
  • Best One-off, Special or TV Movie

Early-Bird Entry Fee (until August 15): US$300
After August 15: US$400

Winners will again be chosen by juries of highly respected entertainment professionals, who will also single out programs that merit special Creative Talent Awards for Animation, Directing, Voice Talent, Writing, Music, Design and Acting.

 

And in our Broadcasting Categories, dedicated kids channels and strands from around the world can compete for the following Kidscreen Awards:

  • Channel of the Year

Early-Bird Entry Fee (until September 19): US$500
After September 19: US$700

  • Best Channel Design
  • Best Channel Website
  • Best Interstitial Campaign
  • Best Integrated Promotion
  • Best On-Air Host or Hosting Team

Early-Bird Entry Fee (until September 19): US$250
After September 19: US$350

Entries in these streams will be shortlisted by Kidscreen’s esteemed editorial team, and the final winners determined by an industry vote open to the magazine’s 10,000-plus readers.

Winners in all categories will be announced at an evening presentation event as part of next year’s Kidscreen Summit, which is set to take place in Miami from February 23 to 26. All Kidscreen Summit delegates will be invited to attend the ceremony and cocktail party as part of their event experience, after registering online at summit.kidscreen.com. And other guests can sign up to attend just the Kidscreen Awards event for $150, beginning in January.

Detailed information on eligibility, judging and entering can be found at awards.kidscreen.com. The deadline for entries in the Programming Categories is September 19, and the Broadcasting Categories entry window closes a little later on October 31.

For further details, please contact:

Aimee Norman at DDA Blueprint PR

Tel: +44 (0) 208 985 4708 Email: aimee@ddablueprint.com

 

Or Monique Levine at DDA Blueprint PR

Tel: +44 (0) 207 932 9825 email:monique@ddablueprint.com