Winners to be revealed at a gala event on February 11 during Kidscreen Summit in New York

Kidscreen, host of the global kids television industry’s leading awards for excellence, is delighted to announce the shortlisted entries that will be continuing in the competition through a final round of judging.
The nominees are in the Programming Categories are:

PRESCHOOL

Best Animated Series
Mike the Knight (Nelvana/HIT Entertainment)
Rastamouse (The Rastamouse Company)
Sarah and Duck (Karrot Entertainment)

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series
Old Jack’s Boat (CBeebies In-House)
Sesame Street (Sesame Workshop)
The Reading Band (NRK)

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
Chuggington (Ludorum)
Meet The Small Potatoes (Little Airplane Productions)
YOUniverse (Victory Arts)

Best Companion Website
Plane Jane (Victory Arts)
Tickety Toc (Zodiak Kids)

KIDS

Best Animated Series
Camp Lakebottom (9 Story Entertainment)
Strangehill High (FremantleMedia/Factory Transmedia)
Vic the Viking (Studio 100 Animation, ASE Studios and Flying Bark Productions, in association with ZDF and TF1)

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series
Absolutely Genius with Dick and Dom (CBBC In-House)
Horrible Histories (Lion Television/Citrus TV/CBBC/BBC Worldwide)
Roy (JAM Media)

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
Dear Dumb Diary (Zucker Productions/Jim Benton Arts)
Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventure (Sinking Ship Entertainment)
The Snowman and the Snowdog (Lupus Films)

Best Companion Website
Peleda (ABC3/Vishus Productions/Bejuba! Entertainment/Fiasco Studios/Screen Australia/South Australian Film Corporation)
Slugterra (Nerd Corps Entertainment)
Wild Kratts (9 Story Entertainment)

TWEENS/TEENS

Best Animated Series
Bob’s Burgers (Twentieth Century Fox Television/Bento Box Entertainment)
Dan Vs. (Film Roman, in association with The Hatchery)
Dukes of Broxstonia Series 3 (Sticky Pictures)

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series
Dance Academy Series 3 (Werner Film Productions)
R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour (Front Street Productions, in association with The Hatchery)
Violetta (The Walt Disney Company Latin America and EMEA, with production services by POL-KA)

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie
Beat Girl (Beactive Entertainment)
House of Anubis (Lime Pictures for Studio100)
Paleda (Vishus Productions/ABC3)

Best Companion Website
Dance Academy (Werner Film Productions)
Splatalot (marblemedia)
The Next Step Interactive (The Secret Location)

These shortlisted entries will be reviewed and assessed by a fresh panel of judges, including the following execs: Céline Chesnay (France Télévisions), Chris Rose (ABC Australia), Deirdre Brennan (ABC Australia), Frank Dietz (Super RTL), Jocelyn Hamilton (Corus Entertainment), Karen Miller (Disney Channel Worldwide), Kay Wilson Stallings (Nickelodeon), Layla Lewis (Nickelodeon), Sebastian Debertin (KiKa) and Tim Patterson (Nickelodeon UK).

Bios and headshots for all of the Kidscreen Awards 2014 judges are available online at http://awards.kidscreen.com/Home/OurJudges).

In the Broadcasting Categories, the nominees are:

Channel of the Year
ABC4Kids (Australia)
PBS Kids (US)
Sprout (US)

Best Channel Design
Cartoon Network (North America)
Discovery Kids (Asia-Pacific)
JEEM TV (MENA and Europe)
KidsCo (Several international regions)
Nickelodeon (Worldwide)

Best Integrated Promotion
Cartoon Network (At Home With The Wattersons)
Disney Junior (The Doc Mobile/Season 2 Launch Campaign)
Sprout (Mom Is Here)

Best Interstitial Campaign
ABC 3 (My World)
Cartoon Network (Gumball Song)
Cartoon Network (Exquisite Corpse)
Disney Junior (Hispanic Heritage Month Campaign)
Disney Junior (Black History Month Campaign)

Best On-Air Host or Hosting Team
Cartoon Network (Toby Turner)
Sprout (The Sunny Side Up Show Hosting Team)
Sprout (Michele Lepe as Nina)

Kidscreen's readers will now be invited to review these shortlisted entries, and vote for their favorite in each category. Their votes will determine the final winners

All Kidscreen Awards winners will be announced and celebrated at a special presentation event and after-party during Kidscreen Summit, on the evening of Tuesday, February 11. Kidscreen Summit delegates are invited to attend as part of their event registration, and tickets for just the Kidscreen Awards evening can be purchased for US$150 by contacting Kidscreen Events Sales Manager Joel Pinto (416-408-2300 x650 or jpinto@brunico.com). Additional details about the Kidscreen Awards, including categories, eligibility, judging and entry process, can be found at http://awards.kidscreen.com.