2013 Kidscreen Winners Announced

NEW YORK – At an ceremony hosted by The Daily Show‘s Samantha Bee, the year’s best work in children’s television was singled out and celebrated by the global kids’ entertainment industry at Kidscreen Summit [1] in New York.

Determined by two panels of broadcast executive judges, awards in the Programming and Creative Talent categories were given to the following entries:

PROGRAMMING—PRESCHOOL CATEGORY

Best Animated Series 2013
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
The Fred Rogers Company/9 Story Entertainment/Out of the Blue Enterprises

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series 2013
Yo Gabba Gabba!
DHX Media

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie 2013
Driver Dan’s Story Train
3 Line Media, in association with TwoFour54 Abu Dhabi

Best Companion Website 2013
Dinosaur Train
The Jim Henson Company

PROGRAMMING—KIDS CATEGORY

Best Animated Series 2013
The Amazing World of Gumball
Cartoon Network Studio Europe

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series 2013
4 O’Clock Club
CBBC In-House

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie 2013
The Jungle Bunch—Back to the Ice Floe
TAT Productions/Master Films/Vanilla Seed

Best Companion Website 2013
Wild Kratts
Kratts Brothers Company/9 Story Entertainment

PROGRAMMING—TWEENS/TEENS CATEGORY

Best Animated Series 2013
Bob’s Burgers
Bento Box Entertainment/20^th Century Fox Television

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series 2013
In Real Life 3
Apartment 11 Productions/YTV

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie 2013
Cyberbully
Muse Entertainment

Best Companion Website 2013
Dance Academy
Werner Film Productions/Hoodlum/ABC/ZDF/ZDFE/ACTF

CREATIVE TALENT CATEGORY

Best Design 2013
The Adventures of Figaro Pho
Chocolate Liberation Front/Ambience Entertainment

Best Acting 2013
Up and Away: A Newsround Special
CBBC In-House

Best Writing 2013
Big and Small
Kindle Entertainment

Best Animation 2013
The Adventures of Figaro Pho
Chocolate Liberation Front/Ambience Entertainment

Best Directing 2013
Cyberbully
Muse Entertainment

Best Music 2013
Yo Gabba Gabba!
DHX Media

Best Voice Talent 2013
Sesame Street
Sesame Workshop

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 2013
Cartoon Network

Best Channel Design 2013
Cartoon Network

Best Channel Website 2013
PBS Kids
www.pbskids.org [2]

Best On-Air Host or Hosting Team 2013
Sprout
The Sunny Side Up Show Hosting Team

Best Integrated Promotion 2013
PBS Kids
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Launch

Best Interstitial Campaign 2013
Cartoon Network
Adventure Time Music Video

Source: Kidscreen