Tag "Angela C. Santomero"

Amazon Studios Picks Up Animated Pilot ‘Sara Solves It’

March 6, 2013 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Amazon Studios has greenlit a test pilot for the original animated children’s series Sara Solves It, co-developed by WGBH and Out of the Blue Enterprises. Sara Solves It is created by Emmy Award winner Carol Greenwald (Curious George, Arthur, Martha Speaks) and multiple Emmy Award nominee Angela C. Santomero (Daniel [...]

‘Daniel Tiger’ to Pounce on France Televisions

March 4, 2013 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Toronto-based 9 Story Entertainment has sold its award-winning animated preschool series, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (40 x 22 mins. HD) to France Télévisions for Zouzous, the preschool programming block on channel France 5. The series launched this fall on PBS KIDS in the United States and on CBC in Canada. It [...]

Amazon Studios Greenlights Five Kids’ Show Pilots

January 31, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Amazon Studios, the original movie and series production arm of Amazon.com, announced today that five children’s test pilots have been greenlit for production. This announcement follows the first pilot production commitment in December, which signed six comedy pilots. When completed, the 11 pilots will be posted on Amazon Instant Video, [...]

A Tiger Cub Gets His Own Show!

October 10, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Daniel Tiger continues the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood legacy in a beautifully mounted, new animated series on PBS. It’s not easy to follow in the footsteps of beloved children’s media figure Fred Rogers, but this fall, a friendly animated tiger cub will bring back some of the old neighborhood magic to [...]

PBS Kids Offers New ‘Daniel Tiger’ App

August 31, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

PBS Kids is getting kids ready for the premiere of its new animated series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood on September 3 with the launch of a new tie-in app. Created for iOS devices (the app is available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch) and aims at kids age two to four. [...]

9 Story Launches ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’ Globally

September 1, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Toronto-based 9 Story Entertainment has announced the global distribution launch of the new animated series. Inspired by the character from the long-running PBS series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the new animated show is developed by the Fred Rogers’ Company, in association with Out of the Blue Enterprises. The show will launch [...]