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Steven Spielberg will exec produce a live-action TV series based on the popular...
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Broadwater Promoted to CTO of Sesame Workshop
Noah Broadwater has been promoted to VP and Chief Technology Officer at Sesame Workshop. He will report to Daryl Mintz, the company’s exec VP and CFO. Broadwater determines the strategic technology direction for the company including infrastructure, business and digital systems and client services. Broadwater first joined the Workshop in [...]
Random House, Sesame Workshop Partner for Digital Pubs
Random House Children’s Books and Sesame Workshop have announced the launch of a new digital publishing initiative focused on early learning and reading readiness. Select titles from Random’s Sesame Street library will be converted to ebooks, beginning January 25 with the launch of Elmo Says Achoo! and Elmo’s Breakfast Bingo. [...]
Tintin Takes Home Another Best Animated Trophy
Continuing its winning streak after taking the Golden Globe Award a week ago, Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin took home the Producers Guild Award for Best Animated Feature on Saturday. The other nominees included Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2, DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss In Boots and Paramount’s Rango. [...]
Producers Guild Reveals Five Animated Movie Nominees
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the five titles nominated in the Best Animated Feature Award category. In what many awards watchers say may be a foreshadowing for the Oscar race, the nominees are: The Adventures of Tintin (Producers: Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg) Cars 2 (Producer: [...]
PBS KIDS Expands Video App to iPhone & iPod touch
PBS KIDS is now offering its popular Video app for iPhone and iPod touch. The app gives families free, streaming access to more than 2,000 videos, including clips and full episodes of shows such as Curious George, Dinosaur Train, The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That, Wordgirl and [...]
Nominees Announced For Kidscreen
Kidscreen has announced its list of nominees for its annual Awards. The shortlisted entries will be continuing in the competition through a final round of judging. Winners will be announced at the annual Kidscreen Summit held at the Hilton in New York City on Thursday Feb. 9. Here are the [...]
Sesame Street: “Bert and Ernie Aren’t Gay!”
In response to an online petition on change.org urging Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie to marry, the org has issued a statement noting that the two popular characters are just friends. In a statement released to The Hollywood Reporter, Sesame St. Workshop pointed out: “Bert and Ernie are best [...]
Nick’s ‘Penguins,’ ‘Fanboy’ Win Daytime Emmys Honors
Penguins of Madagascar was a huge hit for Nickelodeon at the 38th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, taking home a half-dozen awards. The show, spun off of the popular DreamWorks Animation Madagascar feature film series, won Outstanding Children’s Animated Program, Outstanding Composition, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Sound Editing and Outstanding Performer in [...]
‘Penguins of Madagascar’ Leads Daytime Emmy Race
The National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences has unveiled the nominees for the 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards. Leading the race is Nickelodeon’s Penguins of Madagascar with eight nominations, followed by The Hub’s Transformers Prime which earned six noms. The Daytime Emmy Awards will be telecast on June [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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