Cynopsis: Kids

11/05/14: Frederator, Sony Animation mine toon gold; PBS Kids tries different digital tact for new Thomas season; Cartoon Net’s not kissing and telling

Thomas the Tank

CYNOPSISKIDS! 11.05.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, November 5, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS Frederator Studios is back on the prowl for cartoon greatness. Fred Seibert’s studio is partnering with Sony Pictures Animation for its sixth digital cartoon incubator, GO! Cartoons. Sony will fund 12 animated shorts, each five […]

10/29/14: KidQuest scores Garfield, Doozers, more; Disney preps Sofia primetime special; PBS Kids tries new tact to woo fans to new series

Garfield

CYNOPSISKIDS! 10.29.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, October 29, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS Launched only three months ago, KidQuest, the app providing interactive children’s crafts, experiments, and activities, notched partnerships with four established kids brands: Garfield, Jim Henson’s Doozers, Peep and the Big Wide World, and Fetch! With […]

10/22/14: Not Dish-ing up Cartoon; Nick gets in the ring with WWE; Sesame Workshop explores speech recognition; Discovery Family names programming chief

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CYNOPSISKIDS! 10.22.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, October 22, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS Nickelodeon and WWE are getting in the ring together, bringing WWE’s kids property WWE Slam City to the new NickSports block that airs Wednesdays 9-11p on Nicktoons. The short-form series, comprising two-minute shorts featuring WWE […]

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10/15/14: Turner retools Boomerang again; TV forecast for Cloudy With A Chance; who’s playing Dewey in Nick’s School of Rock; Time Out With Litton’s Dave Morgan

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

CYNOPSIS KIDS! 10.15.14 Good morning.It’s Wednesday, October 15, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.   TODAY’S TOP NEWS After opening its doors to ad sales and promotional opportunities in the States earlier this year, Turner is re-launching Cartoon Network sibling Boomerang as a global animation network grounded in classic toons (like Tom […]

10/08/14: Hasbro makes Transformation to Cartoon Net, Nick revs up Blaze, Power Rangers Get Colorful, Shaftesbury has new Kids chief

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CYNOPSISKIDS! 10.08.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, October 8, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS Hasbro Studios yesterday made good on buzz that it’s been shopping some of its previously Hub-directed content to Cartoon Network. Cartoon will be the U.S home of new Hasbro series Transformers: Robots in Disguise, set […]

10/01/14: There’s a new kid in the tablet market, Disney Jr.’s Jake gets a primetime special, Winx Club spinoff headed to Netflix

Kurio Xtreme

CYNOPSISKIDS! 09.24.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, October 1, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS Count in one more for the kids tablet market. Techno Source today is releasing the latest in its Kurio line of Android devices for kidsthe Kurio Xtreme. The 7-inch, wifi-enabled Android 4.4 tablet features a […]

09/24/14: Saban’s back in the distribution business; Cartoon’s Alice Cahn speaks up against bullying; Nick unveils its latest buddy series; Imagination Movers on the move

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CYNOPSISKIDS! 09.24.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, September 24, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS Saban Brands formed a new internal unit to directly manage global distribution of the company’s properties including Power Rangers, Julius Jr., Emojiville, Popples, the upcoming Cirque du Soleil Media property and Digimon Fusion. The division […]

09/17/14: Soho Square eyes the small screen, Little Airplane Orders Up P.King Duckling, Arthur heads into season 18

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CYNOPSISKIDS! 09.17.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, September 17, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS Soho Square Studios is launching a television production arm, Soho Square Productions, and they have big plans for kids and family entertainment. First project is a preschool CG animated show created with Keith Chapman (Paw […]

09/10/14: Big Bird has a new boss; Splash sets first feature film; Cartoon brings social media to anti-bullying campaign

Jeff Dunn

CYNOPSISKIDS! 09.10.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, September 10, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS Big Bird and friends are about to get a new boss. Jeff Dunn will step into the role of president/CEO of Sesame Workshop on Sept. 29. Formerly president/CEO of HiT Entertainment, Dunn succeeds Mel Ming, […]

09/03/14: Nickelodeon proving itself a good sport; Cynopsis Kids Business Summit just 5 days away; Cottonwood Media debuts with two kids properties

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CYNOPSISKIDS! 09.03.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, September 3, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS Nickelodeon is ratcheting up its sports commitment when NickSports, a two-hour weekly primetime programming block on Nicktoons, debuts today. The block will highlight the network’s expanded programming relationships with the NFL, MLS and NASCAR, and […]

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