Netflix named channel of the year at the 2017 Kidcreen Summit in Miami; Bento Box Entertainment’s ‘Bob’s Burgers’ picks up three awards.
MIAMI, FL -- In Tuesday night’s high-profile presentation event, hosted by renowned comedian Darrin Rose and exclusively sponsored by the Canada Media Fund, the year’s best work in children’s television and digital media was singled out and celebrated by the global kids entertainment industry at Kidscreen Summit 2017.
Determined by two panels of highly respected industry judges, awards in the Programming and Creative Talent categories were given to the following entries:
PROGRAMMING -- PRESCHOOL CATEGORY
Best in Class
Nina’s World
Sprout
Best New Series
Dot.
The Jim Henson Company/CBC/Industrial Brothers
Best Animated Series
Doc McStuffins
Disney Junior/Brown Bag Films
AND
Sarah & Duck
Karrot Entertainment/CBeebies/BBC Worldwide
Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series
Sesame Street
Sesame Workshop
Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
Peg + Cat
The Fred Rogers Company/9 Story Media Group
PROGRAMMING -- KIDS CATEGORY
Best in Class
Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas
Aardman Animations
Best New Series
The Deep
DHX Media/A Stark Production
Best Animated Series
We Bare Bears
Cartoon Network Studios
Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series
Odd Squad
The Fred Rogers Company/Sinking Ship Entertainment
Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
Stick Man
Magic Light Pictures
PROGRAMMING -- TWEENS/TEENS CATEGORY
Best in Class
Bob’s Burgers
Bento Box Entertainment/20th Century FOX Television
Best New Series
Raising Expectations
An Aircraft Pictures Production in association with Dolphin Entertainment
Best Animated Series
Bob’s Burgers
Bento Box Entertainment/20th Century FOX Television
Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series
Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street
Amazon Studios
Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables
Breakthrough Entertainment
CREATIVE TALENT CATEGORY
Best Acting
Sol Soon Six
NRK Super
Best Writing
We Bare Bears
Cartoon Network Studios
Best Directing
Stick Man
Magic Light Pictures
Best Animation
Clangers
Coolabi Productions/CBeebies/Smallfilms
Best Voice Talent
Bob’s Burgers
Bento Box Entertainment/20th Century FOX Television
Best Music
Stick Man
Magic Light Pictures
Best Design
Stick Man
Magic Light Pictures
The Kidscreen Awards also includes a category designed to spotlight the best efforts made by broadcasters to forge stronger connections with kids and family audiences around the world. These winners were determined by a Kidscreen readership online vote that took place in December.
BROADCASTING CATEGORY
Channel of the Year
Netflix
Best Channel Design
Sprout
Best Programming Block
Sprout
Sunny Side Up
Best Channel Website
PBS KIDS
pbskids.org
Best On-Air Host or Hosting Team
Sunny Side Up -- Sprout
Carly Ciarrocchi, Tim Kubart, Kaitlin Becker, Emily Borromeo
And rounding out the Kidscreen Awards program are a set of Digital Categories for Preschool (0 to 5) and Kids (6 and up). The winners for these prizes are as follows:
DIGITAL -- PRESCHOOL CATEGORY
Best Website
Dinosaur Train
The Jim Henson Company/Sparky Entertainment
Best Web/App Series
Sesame Street Happy Birthday Songs
Sesame Workshop
Best Learning App (Smartphone)
Curious World
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Best Learning App (Tablet)
Pocoyo Playset: Let’s Move
Early Learning Collaborative/ HITN/Zinkia Entertainment
Best Game App (Smartphone)
Curious World
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Best Game App (Tablet)
PBS Kids Games
PBS Kids
Best eBook
Colored Dots
Uyoung Interactive Technology Co.
Best Streaming Video Platform
BBC iPlayer Kids
BBC
DIGITAL -- KIDS CATEGORY
Best Website
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Partners
Best Web/App Series
Secret Life of Boys
Zodiak Kids Studios for CBBC and ABC Australia
Best Learning App (Smartphone)
Nickelodeon: Code a Character
Nickelodeon Digital
Best Learning App (Tablet)
La Francomobile
TV5 Québec Canada/Manito Média/Tobo
Best Game App (Smartphone)
Cut the Rope: Magic
Zeptolab
Best Game App (Tablet)
Toca Blocks
Toca Boca
Best eBook
Little Lunch: A Teacher’s Guide
Australian Children’s Television Foundation
Best Streaming Video Platform
Toca TV
Toca Boca
Best Tablet
LeapFrog Epic
LeapFrog
For more details about the Kidscreen Awards, visit awards.kidscreen.com.
Source: Kidscreen Summit
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
