2014 Cynopsis Kids !magination Awards Finalists

> Content Categories:Brand WebsiteDigital Marketing CampaigneBookEducational Series/Special Parent/Teacher CurriculumGame Based on a SeriesInterstitial SeriesKids 2-11 Series/SpecialMarketing Campaign for a TV SeriesMobile App (Educational) – FreeMobile App (Educational) – PaidMobile App (Entertainment)Music for a TV Series/Special/MovieNew Preschool SeriesNew Series for 6-11Online GameOnline Interactive ExperiencePR & Marketing Campaign for a TV Special/TV MoviePreschool SeriesPreschool SpecialPro-Social CampaignPromotional CampaignSocial Media CampaignSweepstakes/Contest CampaignTablet-Based App – FreeTablet-Based App – PaidTV Series Based on BooksTweens 9-14 Series/SpecialVideo Game for a TV Series/SpecialWebsite for a TV Series/Special

Brand Website

Winner: SproutOnline.com – Sprout 

Honorable Mentions:

• Dinosaur Train Website  – The Jim Henson Company
• Junie B. Jones Brand Website – Random House Children’s Books
• PBS Kids The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Brand Website – Random House Children’s Books
• PBSKIDS.org – PBS Kids
• Poptropica World Champions Player Map – Poptropica
• Watch Cartoon Network – Cartoon Network

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Digital Marketing Campaign

Winner: The Chica Show Season 2 – Sprout

Honorable Mentions:

• Uncle Grandpa: Find It! – Glow
• Wander Over Yonder – Intergi Entertainment

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eBook

Winner: Strawberry Shortcake Berryfest Princess – Cupcake Digital

Honorable Mentions:

• A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving – Loud Crow Interactive
• Fanny Foozle The Four Leaf Fantuckle Festival – Aether Entertainment

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Educational Series/Special Parent/Teacher Curriculum

Winner: Ruby’s Studio: The Safety Show – The Mother Company

Honorable Mentions:

• Cyberchase – THIRTEEN/WNET
• The Centsables Animated Series – Norm Hill Entertainment
• The Prime Radicals: Pentominoes – GAPC Entertainment Inc.
• Through Kids Eyes – Radio Television Suisse (RTS)

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Game Based on a Series

Winner: Sanjay and Craig: The Frycade – Nickelodeon

Honorable Mentions:

• Clifford Ready-To-Read Learning Game – Scholastic Media
• Spirit Animals – Scholastic
• The Legend of Korra: Dark into Light – Nickelodeon

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Interstitial Series

Winner: Amazing Animals Series – National Geographic Kids

Honorable Mentions:

• Cyberchase For Real – THIRTEEN/WNET
• Disney 365 – Poems To Learn By Heart With Caroline Kennedy – M3 Creative
• Disney Channel’s Re-Micks “Stay” – 7ate9 Entertainment
• Disney XD XTRA series – Disney Channels Worldwide
• Peter Rabbit Play Alongs – Nickelodeon
• Sing It Laurie – Sprout

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Kids 2-11 Series/Special

Winner: Cyberchase – THIRTEEN/WNET

Honorable Mentions:

• “El Chavo Animado” – Univision Communications
• Hub Network’s First Annual Halloween Bash – Hub Network
• NFL Rush Zone – Nickelodeon
• PAW Patrol – Spin Master Entertainment
• Sabrina Secrets of a Teenage Witch – Hub Network
• The Centsables Animated Series – Norm Hill Entertainment
• Through Kids Eyes – Radio Television Suisse (RTS)

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Marketing Campaign for a TV Series

Winner: PEG + CAT Launch – PBS Kids

 Honorable Mentions:

• Adventure Time – Cartoon Network
• Bubble Guppies: Get Ready for School! – Nickelodeon
• Julius Jr. Premiere – Saban Brands
• Paw Patrol Launch Campaign – Nickelodeon

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Mobile App (Educational) – Free 

Winner: Big Bird’s Words…A Sesame Street App – Sesame Workshop

 Honorable Mentions:

• Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame – Sesame Workshop
• Busytown Mysteries – Loud Crow Interactive
• Infinity Ring: The King of Diamonds – Scholastic
• Kids Learn Mandarin – Fingerprint
• The Big Moving Adventure – Sesame Workshop

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Mobile App (Educational) – Paid

 Winner: Dinosaur Train A To Z – PBS Kids

 Honorable Mentions:

• Cyberchase 3D Builder – THIRTEEN/WNET
• Dora Appisode: Perrito’s Big Surprise – Nickelodeon
• Dora’s Great Big World – Nickelodeon
• Elmo Loves 123s – Sesame Workshop
• Fraggle Friends Forever – Cupcake Digital
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Paint & Play – Disney Publishing Worldwide
• Team Umizoomi: Math Racer – Nickelodeon
• Yummiloo Rainbow Power – yummico

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Mobile App (Entertainment)

 Winner: Turbo FAST – DreamWorks Animation

 Honorable Mentions:

• Nick App – Nickelodeon
• Pikotoons – DHX Media
• School of Dragons – JumpStart
• Ski Safari: Adventure Time – Cartoon Network
• The Nut Job (The Official App for the Movie) – Cupcake Digital
• VeggieTales: It’s a Very Merry Larry Christmas – Cupcake Digital

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Music for a TV Series/Special/Movie

Winner: Those Snails Are Fast – DreamWorks Animation

Honorable Mentions:

• Boss of My Body – The Mother Company
• Iesodo “Believe” – Rollman Entertainment/Zaya Toons/Kombine Media
• Julius Jr. Soundtrack – Saban Brands
• Kindness Counts – Sprout
• RiC TV Song: R-Abenteuerlied – Your Family Entertainment AG
• Turbo FAST Soundtrack by Henry Jackman and Halli Cauthery – DreamWorks Animation
• Yo Gabba Gabba!/ Song for a TV Series – DHX Media

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New Preschool Series

Winner: Zou – Sprout

Honorable Mentions:

• Iesodo “Believe” – Rollman Entertainment/Zaya Toons/Kombine Media
• Lalaloopsy – MGA Entertainment
• PAW Patrol – Spin Master Entertainment
• PEG + CAT – PBS Kids, The Fred Rogers Company and 9 Story Entertainment
• Tree Fu Tom – FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment

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New Series for 6-11

Winner: Uncle Grandpa – Cartoon Network 

Honorable Mentions:

• Camp Lakebottom – 9 Story Entertainment
• Grojband – FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment
• Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch – Splash Entertainment
• Sam & Cat – Nickelodeon
• Spooksville – Hub Network/Jane Startz Productions/Front Street Pictures
• The Haunted Hathaways – Nickelodeon
• Turbo FAST – DreamWorks Animation

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Online Game

Winner: Sunny Side Up Sproutlet Stories – Sprout

Honorable Mentions:

• Bubble Guppies Good Hair Day Game – Nickelodeon
• HubNetwork.com’s My Little Pony “Racing is Magic” – Hub Network
• Super Brawl 3 – Nickelodeon

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Online Interactive Experience

Winner: The Hub Network’s My Little Pony Fan Favorite – Hub Network 

Honorable Mentions:

• Grojband – The Show Must Go On! – Secret Location
• Little Discoverers: Big Fun with Science, Math, and More – Sesame Workshop
• Mission US: “A Cheyenne Odyssey” – THIRTEEN/WNET
• Mixels.com – Cartoon Network
• NOWHERE BOYS – MATCHBOX PICTURES
• The 39 Clues – Scholastic
• The Next Step Interactive – Secret Location

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PR & Marketing Campaign for a TV Special/TV Movie

Winner: The Puppy and the Ring – Nickelodeon

Honorable Mentions:

• CURIOUS GEORGE: A HALLOWEEN BOO FEST! – PBS KIDS
• Dora Ice Skating Campaign – Nickelodeon
• Dora the Explorer: Dora Rocks! – Nickelodeon
• Hub Network’s First Annual Halloween Bash – Hub Network
• PR Campaign for Despicable Me 2 Toys – GennComm LLC

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Preschool Series

Winner: Julius Jr. – Saban Brands 

Honorable Mentions:

• Chloe’s Closet – Splash Entertainment
• Dora The Explorer – Nickelodeon
• PAW Patrol – Spin Master Entertainment
• The Fresh Beat Band – Nickelodeon
• This is Scarlett and Isaiah – Sinking Ship Entertainment and marblemedia
• Yo Gabba Gabba! – DHX Media

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Preschool Special

Winner: PAW Patrol – Spin Master Entertainment

Honorable Mention:

• The Chica Show – Dance of the Sugar Cluck Chica – Sprout

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Pro-Social Campaign

Winner: Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration – Sesame Workshop

Winner: Soar with Reading – A JetBlue partnership with Random House Children’s Books

Honorable Mentions:

• Anything Is Possible (ProjectAIP) – TeenAnon.org Limited
• Go Orange for No Kid Hungry – Food Network
• Kindest Kid Campaign – Sprout
• We Can Be Heroes – SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Kids & TIME for Kids

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Promotional Campaign

Winner: Power Rangers NFL Network Campaign – Saban Brands

Honorable Mentions:

• Best Western / Disney Teen Beach Movie – Disney Media Sales & Marketing
• “El Chavo” Toys – Univision Communications
• Grow Your Heart Three Sizes – Random House Children’s Books
• “SpongeBob MailPants” – Nickelodeon and USPS
• Weird But True Town of the Year – National Geographic Kids

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Social Media Campaign 

Winner: Cheer Up Mordecai – Cartoon Network 

Honorable Mentions:

• Host Hunt – Sprout
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Social Auction – Nickelodeon

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Sweepstakes/Contest Campaign

Winner: Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquareShorts – Nickelodeon 

Honorable Mentions:

• KidzVuz Totally Tony’s Broadway Contest – KidzVuz
• Nintendo / Happy Holi-Games – Disney Media Sales & Marketing
• Nintendo: Face Your Fears – SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Kids
• Share the Set with Chica – Sprout

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Tablet-Based App – Free

 Winner: Nick App – Nickelodeon

 Honorable Mentions:

• Ariel’s Musical Surprise App – Disney/JAKKS Pacific/DreamPlay
• AT&T U-verse® KIDS! – AT&T, Inc.
• BabyFirst’s U-verse App – BabyFirst
• National Geographic Kids Tablet Magazine – National Geographic Kids
• Strawberry Shortcake Bake Shop – Budge Studios
• TIME FOR KIDS Family Edition – Time Inc.

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Tablet-Based App – Paid 

Winner: La Luna: The Story Project – Disney Publishing Worldwide

Honorable Mentions:

• Cyberchase 3D Builder – THIRTEEN/WNET
• Dora Appisode: Perrito’s Big Surprise – Nickelodeon
• Fraggle Friends Forever – Cupcake Digital
• Frozen Storybook Deluxe – Disney Publishing Worldwide
• “On The Night You Were Born” by Nancy Tillman – Auryn
• Sushi Scramble – Fingerprint
• The Adventures of Captain Underpants – Scholastic
• The Nut Job – Cupcake Digital

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TV Series Based on Books

 Winner: R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: The Series – Hub Network

Honorable Mention:

• Spooksville – Hub Network/Jane Startz Productions/Front Street Pictures

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Tweens 9-14 Series/Special 

Winner: Get the Math 2.0 – THIRTEEN/WNET 

Honorable Mentions:

• “Mr. Young” – Thunderbird Films Inc.
• Born to Explore with Richard Wiese – Litton Entertainment/Explorer Films
• Extreme Babysitting – General Purpose Pictures
• Jack Hanna’s Wild Countdown – Litton Entertainment
• Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! – marblemedia
• NOWHERE BOYS – MATCHBOX PICTURES
• Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin – Litton Entertainment

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Video Game for a TV Series/Special

Winner: Disney Infinity Pushes Boundaries & Redefines the World of Video Games with Virtual Toy Box – Disney Interactive 

Honorable Mentions:

• Beemo – Adventure Time – Cartoon Network
• HubNetwork.com’s My Little Pony “Racing is Magic” – Hub Network
• Power Rangers Megaforce: Never Surrender – Nickelodeon
• Sanjay and Craig: The Frycade – Nickelodeon
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton’s Robotic Revenge – Nickelodeon
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Nickelodeon

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Website for a TV Series/Special

 Winner: Next into the Shark Tank: Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb – Disney Channels Worldwide

 Honorable Mentions:

• 2013 HALO Awards – Nickelodeon
• Grojband – The Show Must Go On! – Secret Location
• Paw Patrol Series Launch – Nickelodeon
• SciGirls on PBS KIDS – Twin Cities Public Television
• The Next Step Interactive – Secret Location

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Information: Please contact Awards Coordinator, Pete Romas at 203-899-8483.