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Cynopsis: Kids!07/20/12 Good morning. It’s Friday, July 20, 2012, and this your first early morning briefing. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the nominations for the 64th Primetime Emmy® Awards, which includes programming during the eligibility period – June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012. Among the kid-targeted networks, Cartoon Network […]

Cynopsis: Kids!07/19/12 Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 19, 2012, and this your first early morning briefing. DeNA Co., a social games, e-commerce and provider of web services for mobile devices and PCs company, and Hasbro ink an exclusive three-year deal to develop and publish Transformers mobile games. The first of the new Transformers games […]

Cynopsis: Kids!07/18/12 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, July 18, 2012, and this your first early morning briefing. DreamWorks Animation is reported the lead bidder for Classic Media, home to iconic characters including Casper the Friendly Ghost, Where’s Waldo, Lassie, He-Man, Noddy and the Lone Ranger among many many others, per NYT. DreamWorks is said to […]

Cynopsis: Kids!07/17/12 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 17, 2012, and this your first early morning briefing. Splatalot (www.splatalot.com), a physical game show, will make its US debut tonight on Nickelodeon with two back-to-back episodes at 7:30p. Nickelodeon acquired the license for the first season of Splatalot (26×30) from Distribution360. Targeted to Kids/Tweens 8-12, […]

Cynopsis: Kids!07/16/12 Good morning. It’s Monday, July 16, 2012, and this your first early morning briefing. Answering a few of our questions is Kenn Viselman, Founder and CEO of Kenn Viselman presents… Under this banner, Viselman also heads up The itsy bitsy Entertainment, which he founded in 1995, is probably best known as the […]

Cynopsis: Kids!07/13/12 Good morning. It’s Friday, July 13, 2012, and this your first early morning briefing. Saban Brands unveils that its new kid-targeted Saturday morning action-adventure programming block on The CW will be titled Vortexx. The new five-hour Vortexx programming block will officially launch on The CW on Saturday, August 25, 2012 (7a-12n). In […]

Cynopsis: Kids!07/12/12 Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 12, 2012, and this your first early morning briefing. Director Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars Clone Wars) inks an overall deal with Sony Pictures Animation. The deal expands Tartakovsky’s relationship with Sony Pictures Animation beyond his upcoming feature film directorial debut of Hotel Transylvania, […]

Cynopsis: Kids!07/11/12 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, July 11, 2012, and this your first early morning briefing. Lionsgate will split Mockingjay, the final book in The Hunger Games trilogy, into two movies, per Coming Soon. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 is currently slated for release on November 21, 2014 followed by The Hunger Games: […]

Cynopsis: Kids!07/10/12 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 10, 2012, and this your first early morning briefing. Mind Candy, creators of Moshi Monsters, acquires the Brighton-based games studio Origami Blue to launch its new Candy Labs. The Origami Blue team has officially joined Mind Candy as full time employees. Candy Labs will serve as a […]

Cynopsis: Kids!07/09/12 Good morning. It’s Monday, July 9, 2012, and this your first early morning briefing. Answering a few of our questions is Halle Stanford, EVP/Children’s Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company (JHC). Stanford first joined the JHC in 1993 and has developed and produced several properties, including the PBS Kids series Sid the Science […]