Nick Jr.'s "Yo Gabba Gabba!", Nick Jr. UK's "Dinosaur Train" And Nickelodeon UK's "Dance Academy" Win At The 2013 Kidscreen Awards

The children's entertainment and media news website Kidscreen has announced in the following article the great Nickelodeon News that Nick Jr.'s popular preschool series "Yo Gabba Gabba!" won two awards at the 2013 Kidscreen Awards, a special presentation event that took place on Wednesday, February 6 2013 at the Hilton New York during the annual Kidscreen Summit and was hosted by The Daily Show's Samantha Bee. Nick Jr.'s "Yo Gabba Gabba!" was named "Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series 2013" and won the 2013 Kidscreen Award for "Best Music 2013"! Both awards were part of the Programming—Preschool Category.

In addition, the official website of Nick Jr. UK's "Dinosaur Train", a CGI-animated preschool series which was created by Craig Bartlett, the creator of the popular Classic Nickelodeon original animated series (Nicktoon) "Hey Arnold!", and is produced by The Jim Henson Company, won the "Best Companion Website 2013" award in the Programming—Preschool Category, and Nickelodeon UK's brand new Australian teen-oriented television drama series "Dance Academy", which Nickelodeon UK & Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK will start to show from Monday 11th February 2013, won the "Best Companion Website 2013" award in the awards' Programming-Tweens/Teen Category! Congratulations to everyone who won a 2013 Kidscreen Awards award!:

And the 2013 Kidscreen Awards winners are…

In tonight’s presentation event, hosted by The Daily Show‘s Samantha Bee, the year’s best work in children’s television was singled out and celebrated by the global kids’ entertainment industry at Kidscreen Summit in New York.

Determined by two panels of broadcast executive judges, awards in the Programming and Creative Talent categories were given to the following entries:

PROGRAMMING—PRESCHOOL CATEGORY

Best Animated Series 2013
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
The Fred Rogers Company/9 Story Entertainment/Out of the Blue Enterprises

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series 2013
Yo Gabba Gabba!
DHX Media

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie 2013
Driver Dan's Story Train
3 Line Media, in association with TwoFour54 Abu Dhabi

Best Companion Website 2013
Dinosaur Train
The Jim Henson Company

PROGRAMMING—KIDS CATEGORY

Best Animated Series 2013
The Amazing World of Gumball
Cartoon Network Studio Europe

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series 2013
4 O'Clock Club
CBBC In-House

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie 2013
The Jungle Bunch — Back to the Ice Floe
TAT Productions/Master Films/Vanilla Seed

Best Companion Website 2013
Wild Kratts
Kratts Brothers Company/9 Story Entertainment

PROGRAMMING—TWEENS/TEENS CATEGORY

Best Animated Series 2013
Bob's Burgers
Bento Box Entertainment/20th Century Fox Television

Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series 2013
In Real Life 3
Apartment 11 Productions/YTV

Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie 2013
Cyberbully
Muse Entertainment

Best Companion Website 2013
Dance Academy
Werner Film Productions/Hoodlum/ABC/ZDF/ZDFE/ACTF

CREATIVE TALENT CATEGORY

Best Design 2013
The Adventures of Figaro Pho
Chocolate Liberation Front/Ambience Entertainment

Best Acting 2013
Up and Away: A Newsround Special
CBBC In-House

Best Writing 2013
Big and Small
Kindle Entertainment

Best Animation 2013
The Adventures of Figaro Pho
Chocolate Liberation Front/Ambience Entertainment

Best Directing 2013
Cyberbully
Muse Entertainment

Best Music 2013
Yo Gabba Gabba!
DHX Media

Best Voice Talent 2013
Sesame Street
Sesame Workshop

The Kidscreen Awards also includes a category designed to spotlight the best efforts made by broadcasters to forge stronger connections with kids and family audiences around the world. These winners were determined by a Kidscreen readership online vote that took place in December.

BROADCASTING CATEGORY

Channel of the Year 2013
Cartoon Network

Best Channel Design 2013
Cartoon Network

Best Channel Website 2013
PBS Kids
www.pbskids.org

Best On-Air Host or Hosting Team 2013
Sprout
The Sunny Side Up Show Hosting Team

Best Integrated Promotion 2013
PBS Kids
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Launch

Best Interstitial Campaign 2013
Cartoon Network
Adventure Time Music Video

Tags: Kidscreen Awards 2013

Nickelodeon's "Monkey Quest" MMO Welcomes The Power Rangers Megaforce To Ook!

Nickelodeon's "Monkey Quest" MMO (massively multiplayer online game) virtual world has announced the Monkey Quest News on their official website, MonkeyQuest.com, and in a Tweet (post) on their official Twitter profile page (@monkeyquest) that, to celebrate Nickelodeon USA (also known as Nick) starting to premiere and show Saban Brands' brand new "Power Rangers" series, "Power Rangers Megaforce", from Saturday 2nd February 2013 at 1pm/12pm C, players of Nickelodeon's "Monkey Quest" can unlock great exclusive limited time only PRM in-game content as part of the online video games' latest update, including the ability to collect five different sets of "Power Rangers" gear and the chance to enter Monkey Quest's "Power Rangers Megaforce" arena!:

Have you heard? http://ow.ly/i/1uNS0 You can collect 5 different sets of Power Rangers Gear in Monkey Quest! Play now: http://ow.ly/hyS0D

Nickelodeon Africa Announces Plans To Celebrate Valentine's Day 2013 With A Special Valentines Programming Line-Up!

According to the 'Children' area of the 'Television Highlights' webpage on the official website of DStv ("Digital Satellite Television"), MultiChoice's digital satellite TV service in Africa, Nickelodeon Africa, the African version of the popular children's channel, has announced the Nickelodeon News that, to celebrate Valentines Day 2013, the channel will be hosting a special Valentine's Day programming stunt on Thursday 14th February 2013 from 4.30pm which will feature Valentines Day themed episodes of popular Nickelodeon shows, featuring the "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness" episode called "Secret Admirer", the "Penguins of Madagascar" episode titled "The Penguin Who Loved Me", the "SpongeBob SquarePants" episode called "Gary In Love", the "iCarly" episode "iSpeed Date", the "Victorious" episode "Beck Falls for Tori", and the "Big Time Rush" episodes "Big Time Break Up" and "Big Time Surprise"!:

Special Valentines

Thursday 14 February 2013 16:30 | Nickelodeon (305)

This Valentine's Day, Nickelodeon has a special line-up of love stories from your favourite shows like:

Kung-fu Panda: Secret Admirer

Penguins of Madagascar: The Penguin Who Loved Me

SpongeBob: Gary In Love

iCarly: iSpeed Date

Victorious: Beck Falls for Tori

Big Time Rush: Big Time Break Up/Big Time Surprise

Don't miss this loved-up line up on Thursday, 14th February from 16:30 on Nickelodeon.

Nickelodeon Africa To Start To Show Nick's Brand New CGI-Animated Series "Robot and Monster" From Monday 18th February 2013!

According to the 'Children' area of the 'Television Highlights' webpage on the official website of DStv ("Digital Satellite Television"), MultiChoice's digital satellite TV service in Africa, Nickelodeon Africa, the African version of the popular children's channel, has announced the Nickelodeon News that the channel will start to premiere and show Nick's brand new original CGI-animated series (Nicktoon) "Robot & Monster" from Monday 18th February 2013 at 5.45pm:

Robot & Monster

Monday 18 February 2013 17:45 | Nickelodeon (305)

Nickelodeon's brand-new animated buddy comedy, Robot & Monster, follows the friendship and adventures of a most unlikely best-friend duo: Robot, a mechanical self-proclaimed genius, and Monster, a happy-go-lucky organic. These pals live in a strange world where robots and monsters, also known as mechanicals and organics, live side-by-side and everybody is united by a love for bacon.

Robot is doing exactly what he was designed to do, working as a Quality Control Inspector at his family’s Blinking Light Factory. Robot, however, is unhappy and unsatisfied. Despite the originality of his ideas and the creativity of his inventions, Robot always winds up back where he started and is frequently tormented by his pompous, overbearing supervisor, and favoured older brother Gart.

Monster is an optimist and extremely outgoing. Monster is not big on boundaries, keeping secrets, or lowering his voice. He is endlessly fascinated by small things and attributes tremendous meaning to ordinary gestures. Monster is primarily driven by two things: The need to make everybody happy and the need to explore the shiny thing (both literally and figuratively).

Together, the relentlessly ambitious Robot and pathologically content Monster form an unlikely friendship. Forged in the fires of childhood, they are inseparable as they try to find their way in the world.

Don't miss Robot & Monster, Monday to Thursday starting on Mon 18 February, at 17:45 on Nickelodeon.