Cynopsis: Kids

Cynopsis: Kids!12/06/11 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 6, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. UK-based kids/family entertainment company Coolabi completes its US $7.7 million management buyout funded by Edge Performance, a venture capital group specializing in entertainment and media.  Earlier this year it was reported that this was a takeover, but Edge […]

Cynopsis: Kids!12/05/11 Good morning. It’s Monday, December 5, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Answering a few questions this week is Stacey Matthias, Co-CEO of Insight Strategy Group, which prior to this week was known as Insight Research Group.  Matthias co-founded Insight Strategy Group in 1998 with Boaz Mourad.  A human […]

Cynopsis: Kids!12/02/11 Good morning. It’s Friday, December 2, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and Stage Entertainment Touring Productions unveil plans to launch of Ice Age Live! A Mammoth Adventure, a new original five-year live worldwide tour, which is set to premiere in early November 2012 at […]

Cynopsis: Kids!12/01/11 Good morning. It’s Thursday, December 1, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Kids in Afghanistan get their own version of Sesame Street today with the launch of Baghch-e-Simsim (26×30) today, December 1, 2011.  Produced by Sesame Workshop in partnership with TOLO TV and LEMAR TV stations, and in consultation with […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/30/11 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, November 30, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. CTIA – The Wireless Association ( www.ctia.org ) and the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) unveils its new mobile app rating system, which will feature the age rating icons that ESRB ( www.esrb.org ) […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/29/11 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, November 29, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Moonscoop steps into the tablet app arena as it also enters into a partnership with Lexibook, a creator/marketer of electronic devices and toys.  Under the deal Lexibook’s kid-targeted Android tablets will feature Moonscoop’s animated content exclusively.  The app, […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/28/11 Good morning. It’s Monday, November 28, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Cynopsis: Kids! presents a new A Few Questions For… Answering a few of our questions this week is Armie Carabet, the Founder, Director and CEO of ClickN Kids.  ClickN Kids creates and offers kid-targeted educational, interactive phonics […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/23/11 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, November 23, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Netflix makes its recently launched Just for Kids section available to its members in the US on Nintendo’s Wii gaming console.  To access the Just for Kids section, which features TV and movie content targeted to kids 12 […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/22/11 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, November 22, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Mattel announces CEO Robert A. Eckert will retire from that position, which he has held for eleven years, effective December 31, 2011.  Mattel’s Board of Directors has named Bryan G. Stockton, currently Mattel’s COO, to take over as […]

Cynopsis: Kids!11/21/11 Good morning. It’s Monday, November 21, 2011, and this your first early morning briefing. Cynopsis: Kids! presents a new A Few Questions For… Answering a few of our questions this week is Dick Rothkopf, a founding partner and Chairman of Ludorum, a creator and producer of kid-targeted franchises, including the preschool TV […]