Cynopsis Kids Announces Imagination Award Finalists and Event Details

Finalists will be honored Tuesday, September 25 at The Yale Club in NYC

New York, NY (August 17, 2018) - The finalists for Cynopsis Kids’ seventh annual Imagination Awards have been announced. This year's event will highlight the most outstanding multiplatform programming and campaigns - and the executives behind the scenes - in kids, tween and teen entertainment. "Kids and family media is a hotbed of innovation across story-telling, brand immersion and community building,” says Cathy Applefeld Olson, Imagination Awards Producer and editor of Cynopsis Kids. "Don't miss out on the chance to honor the best of the best, and mingle with your industry peers at this year's event."

The complete list of finalists can be found here. They include: 7ate9 Entertainment, Activision Blizzard Studios, batteryPOP, Cartoon Network, Cool School, Discovery Family, Disney Parks, Experiences & Consumer Products, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Driver Digital Studios, Encantos Media Studios, Fusion, Guru Studio, Hasbro, Horizon Media, IBM Originals, Kids Central, Kids Bop, Kitties Mama, Litton Entertainment, Mattel Creations, My Town Games, Nat Geo Kids, Natural 9 Entertainment, Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon International, Nick Jr., Netflix, Novel Effect, Inc., One Animation, PBS Kids, pocket.watch, Random House Children's Books, Red Light Management, Sesame Workshop, Smashing Ideas, Star Stable Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company, Thirteen Productions, Tongal, Univision Communications Inc., Walt Disney Records, Wind Dancer Films, Wonderama, Yellow Shoes Creative Group and ZAG Studios.

Additionally, Cynopsis will honor two industry veterans with our Luminary Award: Terri Minsky, the creator of hit Disney Channel series Andi Mack and Lizzie McGuire; and Fred Seibert, esteemed children's content creator, founder of Frederator Networks and Chief Creative Officer of WOW! Unlimited Media.

The Cynopsis Kids Imagination Award finalists will be recognized at a breakfast ceremony (with mimosa!) sponsored by pocket.watch on Tuesday, September 25, from 8:15-10:30 a.m., at The Yale Club in New York City. For event registration information, click here. For registration questions, contact us at awards@cynopsis.com. For advertising, sponsorship information, or to buy an ad in the event program, contact VP of Sales & Marketing Mike Farina at mike@cynopsis.com.

About Cynopsis: Cynopsis is what the TV industry reads first every day. The Cynopsis family of products includes the media industry's most-read daily, Cynopsis, plus sister daily Cynopsis Sports; weekly eSports, the Cynopsis Jobs board and special reports. Serving TV, agency and brand professionals, Cynopsis Media produces conferences, webinars, and awards programs that are second to none. Find out more at cynopsis.com.

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