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Building on a first-year effort that culminated in a high-profile celebration of 21 top kids shows at KidScreen Summit this past February, the industry’s only truly global awards for excellence in children’s television has just announced the first phase of its 2011 Call for Entries. The KidScreen Awards is now accepting entries for shows that target Preschoolers (0 to 5), Kids (6 to 10), Tweens/Teens (11 to 17) and Families in the following Programming Categories:
Winners will again be chosen by juries of the industry’s most highly respected entertainment professionals, who will also single out programs that merit special Creative Talent Awards for animation, directing, voice talent, writing, music, design and acting. And new this year, a dedicated set of awards for best efforts in kids broadcasting from around the world will join the KSA 2011 lineup. KidScreen will begin accepting online entries in early September for an overall Channel of the Year award, as well as in special achievement categories covering Best Channel Design, Best Integrated Promotion, Best Interstitial Campaign, Best Channel Website and Best On-Air Host. KidScreen Award 2011 winners in all categories will be announced at an evening presentation event as part of next year’s KidScreen Summit, which is set to take place in New York from February 15 to 18. All Summit delegates will be invited to attend the ceremony and cocktail party. “The children’s entertainment industry embraced our first awards effort whole-heartedly last year, demonstrating loud and clear the need for inclusive kids programming prizes that go beyond borders to suss out the world’s best kids content,” says KidScreen VP and Publisher Jocelyn Christie. “We’re looking forward to providing that showcase for excellence again next year, and welcoming a much bigger audience as we celebrate all of our winners at KidScreen Summit 2011.” |
