CYBERCHASE(sm) Captures First-Ever Daytime Emmy for 'Broadband Program - Children's'.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 -- CYBERCHASE, the ground-breaking multi-platform children's program on 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. GO!(sm) has been awarded the first Daytime Emmy([R]) Award for "Outstanding Broadband Program - Children's" in the Creative Arts & Entertainment awards ceremony at the Hollywood and Highland The Hollywood & Highland Center is an entertainment, retail and hotel complex at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district in Los Angeles. The 387,000 square foot (0 m) Ballroom on Thursday, June 14 in Hollywood, California. The new Emmy Award Emmy award Annual presentation for outstanding achievement in U.S. television. Its name is taken from the nickname “immy” for the image orthicon, a television camera tube. recognizes children's programming distributed via broadband and portable delivery, including the Internet, cell phones and personal media players. CYBERCHASE won the award for content at CYBERCHASE Online (pbskidsgo.org/Cyberchase) tied to My Big Idea, a multi-platform initiative online and on air which introduced viewers to the connection between math and the invention process. Video segments featured both young inventors and the live-action stars of CYBERCHASE. The Emmy was presented by stars of the television series, The Office - Brian Baumgartner, Angela Kinsey Angela Kinsey (born June 25, 1971) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, perhaps best known as the uptight accountant Angela Martin on the NBC sitcom The Office. Biography Early life Kinsey was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. , and Oscar Nunez Oscar Nunez (sometimes credited as Óscar Núñez) is a Cuban American actor and comedian. Born in Cuba on November 18, 1958, he was raised in Union City, New Jersey. In 1997, Nunez graduated from the Warner Brother’s Comedy Writer’s Workshop and was a finalist in . Ellen Doherty, senior series producer, accepted the award. Award recipients were: Executive Producers Sandra Sheppard, Frances Nankin Senior Series Producer Ellen Doherty Senior Producer Jill Peters Producer/Directors Bob Morris, Elizabeth Hummer Producers Suzanne Rose, Michelle Chen, Arash Hoda Online Executive Producer Anthony Chapman Online Producer David Hirmes Performers Bianca DeGroat, Matt Wilson Head Writer George Arthur Bloom Upon accepting the award, Ms. Doherty remarked, "I think this has got to be the first time that the Emmy has gone to a show whose story lines revolve around Verb 1. revolve around - center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about things like fractions and multiplication and geometry!" CYBERCHASE, public television's daily "math adventure" series, is the leading math media project in America. This year, CYBERCHASE celebrates five phenomenal years on air, online and in communities across the United States. A new season of CYBERCHASE will premiere this fall on PBS KIDS GO!. Nearly five million viewers watch CYBERCHASE every week, and CYBERCHASE Online has had more than 1.7 billion page views, with visitors spending more than an hour at the site on the average visit. CYBERCHASE is successfully accomplishing its mission to improve kids' problem-solving and math skills, and inspire them with confidence and enthusiasm toward math; empirical research studies demonstrate viewers understand and take away the math content of the episodes they watch. CYBERCHASE is produced by Thirteen/WNET New York and Nelvana Limited. Executive producers are Sandra Sheppard, Thirteen's executive director of Children's and Educational Programming, and Frances Nankin. Ellen Doherty is senior series producer. Major funding for CYBERCHASE is provided by the National Science Foundation, Ernst & Young LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , Northrop Grumman Corporation, 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 Corporation for Public Broadcasting The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is a private non-profit corporation which is chartered and funded by the United States Federal Government to promote public broadcasting. The CPB was created on November 7, 1967 when U.S. president Lyndon B. . Additional funding is provided by The Volckhausen Family. Further details about CYBERCHASE are available in the Thirteen Online Pressroom: www.thirteen.org/pressroom. Thirteen/WNET New York is one of the key program providers for public television, bringing such acclaimed series as Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Charlie Rose, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, Wide Angle, Secrets of the Dead, NOW With David Brancaccio, and Cyberchase - as well as the work of Bill Moyers - to audiences nationwide. As the flagship public broadcaster in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut metro area, Thirteen reaches millions of viewers each week, airing the best of American public television American Public Television (APT) is the largest of the television syndication distributors of programming for public television stations in the United States. It began in 1961 as the Eastern Educational Television Network along with its own local productions such as The Ethnic Heritage Specials, The Thirteen Walking Tours, New York Voices New York Voices is the Grammy Award winning vocal ensemble renowned for their excellence in jazz and the art of group singing. Like the greTat groups that have come before, such as Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Singers Unlimited, Manhattan Transfer and Take 6, they have learned from the , and Reel New York. Thirteen extends the impact of its television productions through educational and community outreach projects - including the Celebration of Teaching and Learning - as well as Web sites and other digital media platforms. More information can be found at: www.thirteen.org. Nelvana Limited is one of the world's leading international producers and distributors of children's programming and products. Its current stable of franchise properties includes Emmy Award([R])-winning and globally renowned brands such as Rolie Polie Olie, Babar, Franklin and Beyblade. Nelvana is owned by Corus Entertainment, a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a market leader in both specialty TV and Radio. The company's other interests include music, television broadcasting and advertising services. A publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. , Corus is listed on the Toronto (CJR CJR Columbia Journalism Review CJR Career Job Reservation CJR Culpeper Regional Airport (airport code, VA) CJR Commodity Jurisdiction Request .NV.B) and New York (CJR) Exchanges. Corus' website can be found at www.corusentertainment.com. The National Science Foundation is an independent agency of the United States Government with a mandate to promote the progress of science and engineering in the United States. Given the strong relationship between research and education, the NSF's mission includes strengthening the quality and effectiveness of the nation's underlying human resource base. NSF's cohesive and comprehensive set of education and human resources activities addresses every level of education. The NSF NSF - National Science Foundation supports the development of stimulating, quality science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education that is vitally important to ensuring a diverse, scientific and technical workforce as well as a citizenry capable of mastering the scientific and technological concepts and skills needed by work, social and home environments of increasing technological sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. . PBS KIDS, for preschoolers, and PBS KIDS GO!, for early elementary school kids, are committed to providing the highest quality non-commercial content and learning environment for children across the country. Providing age-appropriate, diverse programming for kids, PBS KIDS and PBS KIDS GO! programs consistently earn more prestigious awards than any other broadcast or cable network. Only PBS KIDS and PBS KIDS GO! have earned the unanimous endorsement of parents, children, industry leaders and teachers. With additional PBS resources to complement its programming, including PBS KIDS online (pbskids.org), PBS KIDS GO! online (pbskidsgo.org), PBS Parents (pbsparents.org), PBS Teachers (pbs.org/teachers), PBS Ready To Learn services and literacy events across the country, PBS is providing the tools necessary for positive child development. PBS is a nonprofit media enterprise owned and operated by the nation's 355 public television stations, serving nearly 90 million people each week and reaching 99% of American homes. |
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