Tag: Sesame Workshop
Global Animation & VFX Community Responds to COVID-19 Crisis
Over the past few weeks, the animation and VFX industries have banded together to face the challenges we are all confronting in these difficult...
Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Caring for Each Other’ Coronavirus Initiative
In response to the unprecedented uncertainty facing young children and families, Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, is offering a broad...
Inspirational ‘Hope Works’ Shorts Launch on Azoomee
Azoomee, the London-based kids’ media company offering safe, positive screen time on all streaming platforms and mobile devices, has partnered with Sky UK &...
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‘Sesame Street’ Joins Kanopy Kids
The library-based free-to-the-user video streaming platform has struck a two-year deal with producer Sesame Workshop to feature 24 episodes of...
Emmy-Winning Producer Karen Fowler Joins 9 Story Development Team
9 Story Media Group has named Emmy Award-winning producer Karen Fowler as Vice President, Development (Animation and Live Action), heading up the 9 Story...
JG Quintel’s Adult Toon ‘Close Enough’ Coming to HBO Max
Close Enough, the long-awaited new series from Regular Show creator JG Quintel, is officially premiering on HBO Max! A poster image for Close Enough...
CTN Animation eXpo Spotlights Inclusion with Exceptional Minds
The Creative Talent Network will be shining a very bright spotlight on Exceptional Minds during its annual CTN animation eXpo in support of diversity...
HBO Max Names Billy Wee SVP Animation; Scores ‘Sesame Street’ Exclusives
WarnerMedia streamer HBO Max has been busy making key executive appointments ahead of its official launch in the spring. Billy Wee has been named...
4th ANNY Best of Fest Brings Films, Pros, VR & More to NYC
Monthly screening event Animation Nights New York, founded by Yvonne Grzenkowicz in 2015, is gearing up for its fourth annual ANNY Best of Fest....
Nick Vet Claire Curley to Head Hello Sunshine Kids & Animation Division
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine has launched a new children’s and animated content division, appointed former Nickelodeon exec Claire Curley. The shop will focus on...
Sesame Street Introduces New Muppet in Foster Care
This month, a new Sesame Street muppet named Karli will introduce young viewers to the tough reality of being a homeless child. The new...
Sesame Workshop, Nelvana Greenlight ‘Esme & Roy’ S2
Award-winning original animated series Esme & Roy will return for a second season from Corus Ent.’s Nelvana and Sesame Workshop. The new 26 x...
YMA Awards of Excellence Nominees 2019
Canada’s Youth Media Alliance (YMA) has announced the nominees for English-language Awards of Excellence for television and digital. The winners will be revealed at...
LIMA Unveils 2019 International Licensing Awards Nominees
The Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association has announced its 154 nominees for the 2019 International Licensing Awards. LIMA’s nominees were selected from a panel of...
What’s Growing in the Apple TV+ Animation Orchard?
With the first puppetry project announced in Apple's multiseries children’s content deal with Sesame Workshop revealed at the company’s “It’s Showtime" event as educational...
Kidscreen Awards: PBS, Nick and DreamWorks TV Win Big
SpongeBob SquarePants, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and The Dragon Prince were some of the big animated winners at this week’s Kidscreen Summit...
Nelvana Signs Raft of Deals for ‘Esme & Roy’
Corus Entertainment’s kids animation studio Nelvana and Sesame Workshop announce sales for the original animated series Esme & Roy to ARD and ZDF’s joint...
Big Bad Boo Partners with Hope Works for Shorts
New York and Vancouver-based Big Bad Boo Studios (1001 Nights, The Bravest Knight) has partnered with U.K.-based children’s mental health initiative Hope Works to...
Breaking the Glass Frame Spotlights Women’s Achievements and Challenges
On the morning of Saturday, October 6, as Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was being confirmed after facing sexual assault allegations in hearings that...
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’Portlandia’s Jonathan Krisel to Direct ‘Sesame Street’ Movie at Warner Bros.
Deadline confirms the news that the three-time Emmy nominee will be helming the new...
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