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Thank You To Our 2014 Branding Sponsor!
Cynopsis Kids !magination Awards honored the year’s best in children’s, tween and family programming and marketing at a breakfast celebration on June 11 at The Yale Club in New York City. We recognized outstanding achievements in content creation across platforms, and the campaigns that promoted it. Thank you to our branding partner, FlickerLab & our lovely host, Megan Alexander, Correspondent for Inside Edition.
Big, bold congratulations to Cynopsis Kids’ 2014 Animation Innovators:
These Animation Innovators shared their ideas and inspirations at a panel discussion at this year’s !magination Awards.
2014 Cynopsis Kids People Awards Honorees
2014 Cynopsis Kids !magination Awards Finalists
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
Digital Marketing Campaign
Winner: The Chica Show Season 2 – Sprout
Honorable Mentions:
- Uncle Grandpa: Find It! – Glow
- Wander Over Yonder – Intergi Entertainment
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Preschool Special
Winner: PAW Patrol – Spin Master Entertainment
Honorable Mention:
- The Chica Show – Dance of the Sugar Cluck Chica – Sprout
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
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
Social Media Campaign
Winner: Cheer Up Mordecai – Cartoon Network
Honorable Mentions:
- Host Hunt – Sprout
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Social Auction – Nickelodeon
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Information: Please contact Awards Coordinator, Pete Romas at 203-899-8483.