CINAR Corporation: Way to Go Zoboo & Friends! 'Zoboomafoo' Wins its First Emmy!Business Editors MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2001 For Outstanding Directing In A Children's Series Fourth Emmy(R) Win for CINAR Everyone is wild about ZOBOOMAFOO! CINAR Corporation is pleased to announce that ZOBOOMAFOO(TM), the popular PBS KIDS PBS Kids (often styled all-caps as "PBS KIDS") is the umbrella brand for children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. As with all PBS programming, PBS Kids programming is non-commercial. wildlife series for preschoolers, has garnered its first Daytime Emmy Award The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series. Congratulations to directors Jacques Laberge and Pierre Roy Pierre Roy (born March 12, 1952 in Thetford Mines, Quebec) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 316 games in the World Hockey Association. He played for the Quebec Nordiques, Cincinnati Stingers, and New England Whalers. ! This is CINAR's fourth Daytime Emmy Award. The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards for the creative arts were presented on Saturday, May 12 during two simultaneous black-tie ceremonies held in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Los Angeles. "We're very honored to receive this Emmy for Outstanding directing in a Children's Series," said Peter Moss, President of CINAR Entertainment. "This award reflects the hard work the entire ZOBOOMAFOO team puts into the series. We are looking forward to the premiere of eight new episodes of ZOBOOMAFOO on PBS KIDS in the Fall, which will most certainly encourage children to learn even more about the wonderful and often wacky world of animals." ZOBOOMAFOO(TM), with the Kratt Brothers, is the first wildlife series specifically designed for preschoolers. It stars a lively, leaping lemur lemur (lē`mər), name for prosimians, or lower primates, of two related families, found only on Madagascar and adjacent islands. Lemurs have monkeylike bodies and limbs, and most have bushy tails about as long as the body. named ZOBOOMAFOO and real-life "creature adventurers" Martin Kratt and Chris Kratt, creators of the show. Their fun-filled adventures introduce children to the animal world. ZOBOOMAFOO is produced by CINAR in association with PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, and the Kratt Brothers Company and airs daily on PBS KIDS. ZOBOOMAFOO is a global hit and has been sold in over 85 countries. CINAR Corporation is an integrated entertainment and education company involved in the development, production and worldwide distribution of non-violent, quality programming, licensing, merchandising and education products for children and families. CINAR's web site can be found at www.cinar.com |
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