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Announcing the 2015 Kidscreen Awards winners!
BROADCASTER / BROADCASTING / COMPANIES / NEWS / TVThis evening, Jessi Cruikshank took to the stage to host the 2015 Kidscreen Awards, which celebrate the year’s best work in children’s television. Check out who won!
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And the 2015 iKids Awards winners are…
COMPANIES / iKIDSThe winners of the 2015 iKids Awards were announced tonight, at this year’s Kidscreen Summit in Miami. Now in its third year, this annual set of awards recognizes and celebrates the market’s best digital media products and platforms for children.
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YouTube Kids app officially unveiled at Kidscreen Summit
COMPANIES / iKIDS / MOBILE / NEWS / RETAILKidscreen Summit in Miami kicked off with a bang as YouTube’s head of global family and learning Malik Ducard formally unveiled the company’s first standalone app for children which is now available for Android and iOS mobile devices.
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Amazon greenlights season two for four kids series
iKIDS / MOBILE / WEBAs part of its continued investment in kids programming, Amazon has renewed four of its kids series for a second season, including preschool series Tumble Leaf. (pictured)
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Cartoon Network reveals its 2015/16 slate
BROADCASTER / BROADCASTING / iKIDS / MOBILE / TV / WEBTwo brand-new miniseries, a reboot and its first original digital series are all part of Cartoon Network’s 2015/16 upfront, which is being pitched on the road for the third consecutive year in key cities across the US through February and March.
Ratings Watch Global – Russia
TVThis week Eurodata TV provided us with the top-five program broadcasts with kids four to 15 in Russia between January 19 and February 15, 2015.
marblemedia, Essential 11 land Disney XD commission
TVHidden-camera series Made Up will bow later this year on Disney XD in the US and YTV in Canada (host Andrew Chapman pictured).
Sinking Ship lifts Christin Simms to head of development
TVThe promotion follows greenlights for new series Playdate and Dino Dana from the Toronto, Canada-based producer.
Google launching YouTube Kids app
COMPANIES / iKIDS / MOBILE / NEWS / TVContinuing its investment in kids content, YouTube has confirmed the US launch of a standalone YouTube Kids app. Global head of family and learning Malik Ducard will provide more details at his Kidscreen Summit keynote address on February 23.
Fast, fresh and funny: Cartoon Network’s micro-network app
COMPANIES / Featured iKids / iKIDS / MOBILE / NEWS / WEBAhead of his presentation at next week’s iKids conference in Miami, Cartoon Network Digital’s senior director of user experience Beau Teague talks with us about the design and strategy for Cartoon Network Anything, the industry’s first micro-network app.
Kidscreened
- Stream Market, a leading conference and marketplace for online originals, opens the call for speakers (Stream Daily)
- How Millennial parents are shaping the next generation of toys (Fortune)
- No surprise after its Oculus Rift purchase, Facebook confirms it’s getting into VR apps (The Guardian)
- Director Patrick Osborne on finding the perfect pooch for his Oscar-nominated Disney short Feast (Los Angeles Times)
CBeebies, CBBC co-commission Arabian Nights series
NEWSProduction has started on Jamillah & Aladdin, a new series co-ordered by UK kidnets CBeebies and CBBC that is currently being filmed in South Africa’s Western Cape.
Amazon Kids unveils Thought Leader Board
iKIDS / TVAmazon Studios has assembled its first-ever Amazon Kids Thought Leader Board, under the direction of educational adviser Dr. Alice Wilder, to further guide the development of preschool programming that engenders lifelong creative learning. The four renowned founding board members come from academic and creative circles.
Kabillion intros SVOD app for preschoolers
COMPANIES / iKIDS / MOBILE / NEWS / SOCIAL / WEBPreschoolers in the US have a new SVOD offering at their fingertips, thanks to the free VOD network Kabillion. The Splash Entertainment-owned net is launching its first mobile app today, Kabillion Jr.
Dinosaur Train picks up raft of broadcast passengers
NEWS / TVWith production of Dinosaur Train season four underway, The Jim Henson Company has secured a bundle of international broadcasting partners for its hit CG-animated preschool program.
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