Press Kit - Picture Box Distribution

CORPORATE PRESS KIT
2016
416 533 8172 | [email protected]
sinkingship.ca
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CORPORATE PROFILE
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PARTNER BIOGRAPHIES
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FACT SHEET
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LIST OF AWARDS
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SERIES INFORMATION
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INTERACTIVE
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MOBILE APPLICATIONS
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CORPORATE PROFILE
Sinking Ship Entertainment is the awardwinning production, distribution and digital
media company that specializes in kids’ liveaction cross-platform content.
Since its launch in 2004, Sinking Ship
Entertainment has rapidly built a reputation for
high quality ground-breaking work in both their
Daytime Emmy Award winning original series
and companion interactive experiences. The
company has created and produced some of
the most unique live action programs including
Annedroids, Odd Squad, Dino Dan, Giver, Are
We There Yet?: World Adventure and their debut
series This is Daniel Cook.
Sinking Ship incorporates new media content
for each of its series through websites and
mobile applications.
Websites include:
• pbskids.org/oddsquad
• annedroids.com
• chirp-tv.com
• dinodan.com
• giver-tv.com
• arewethereyet.tv
• thisisdanielcook.com
• thisisemilyyeung.com
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PARTNER BIOGRAPHIES
J.J. JOHNSON
PARTNER, EXEC PRODUCER,
DIRECTOR & WRITER
BLAIR POWERS
PARTNER,
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
MATT BISHOP
PARTNER, PRODUCER &
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
J.J. Johnson is a founding partner
and the creative visionary of
Sinking Ship Entertainment. Since
the company’s inception in 2004,
he has created 12 series including
international hits, This is Daniel
Cook, Dino Dan, Are We There Yet?;
World Adventure, Roll Play and the
upcoming Annedroids.
Blair Powers is a partner
and founder of Sinking Ship
Entertainment. He heads up
the interactive division of the
company, oversees the financial,
business aspects and funding of
all Sinking Ship’s television and
digital properties. In addition, Blair
has produced award-winning
interactive companion websites
for many Sinking Ship series
including Are we there yet?: World
Adventure, This is Daniel Cook and
Dino Dan’s hugely popular, award
nominated interactive suite of
online and mobile games and AR
apps.
Matt Bishop is a founding partner
of Sinking Ship Entertainment,
producer and technical director
responsible for ensuring that
everything from Sinking Ship’s inhouse animation studio – robots,
dinosaurs and more, comes alive
on screen. Matt is a tech geek who
was featured in Post Magazine
and Apple.com, along with a live
presentation of Sinking Ship’s
advanced digital workflow for
Apple Inc. Constantly looking to
push technology as far as possible,
JJ has directed over 100 hours
of children’s programming and
filmed in over 30 countries. He is
also an Emmy-nominated writer
and director with over 500 episode
credits. Recognized by The Toronto
Star and enRoute magazine as
one of Canada’s top children’s
television producers, listed in
Playback magazine as one of their
top 10 to watch and selected by
Hollywood Reporter’s 2013 Top 20
under 35 list. JJ is co-chair of the
Youth Media Alliance.
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Blair began his career after
graduating from the School of
Radio and Television Arts at
Ryerson University. He is a CMPA
member and is currently on the
Digital Governance Committee of
the Canadian Screen Awards.
Matt is responsible for moving
Sinking Ship into a full digital
workflow for all of its television
properties specializing in 4K
acquisition. Matt began his career
after graduating from the School
of Radio and Television Arts at
Ryerson University.
FACT SHEET
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Contact
Information
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Original Series: This is Daniel Cook, This is Emily Yeung, This is Scarlett and
Isaiah, Roll Play, I dare you!, Are we there yet?: World Adventure, The Jungle
Room, Gorilla Parenting from The Jungle Room, The Ocean Room, Dino Dan,
Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures, Giver, and Annedroids, Odd Squad, Now You
Know, Chirp and What’s Inside.
Broadcasters air Sinking Ship series around the world including:
ABC Australia; AFRTS US Army; ATV Turkuvaz Media Group Turkey;
Al-Jazeera Middle East; C4U Media Korea; Cartoon Italy / Spain;
Canal J International SAS France; CTV Two (AB); C-Quill Malaysia / Brunei;
DigitalAlb Albania; Discovery Asia; Discovery Kids Latin America;
Disney Australia; Disney Germany; Disney Japan; Doda Media Serbia;
Duna TV Hungary; Egyptian TV; ERR Estonia; E-Vision Middle East;
Emirates Cable TV & Multi Media UAE; Group TVA; Ho Chi Minh City
TV Vietnam; HOP! Channel / Zebra Isreal; IRIB Iran; Kaboom Belgium;
Knowledge Network (BC); Media Corp TV12 Singapore; MTV Networks /
Nickelodeon New Zealand; Nanny / Channel One Russia; New Zealand’s The
Arts Channel; Nickelodeon Australia; Nick Jr. USA; Panda Portugal / Spain;
NRK Norway; Playhouse Disney Australia & NZ; Playhouse Disney US; PT
Nusantara Television Indonesia; RAI Italy; Tooniverse Korea / SA; Rainbow
Television Middle East; MG&A Columbia; RTE Ireland; SCN (SK); Skylife South
Korea; SRC – Société Radio-Canada; SVT Sweden; Tiji France; Treehouse TV;
Tung Hoa Advertising Vietnam; TV 12 Singapore; TVB Hong Kong; TVOntario;
V’Me US; WDR / Kika Germany; Zebra TV Channels Romania
Number of countries where Sinking Ship Entertainment programs currently
airing
Partners including J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Matt Bishop
Year Founded
Sinking Ship Entertainment
1179 King St. West, Suite 302
Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3C5
P: 416.533.8172
F: 416-533-3878
www.sinkingship.ca
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2016 Daytime Emmys
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Nomination - Outstanding Children’s Series for Annedroids
Nomination - Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Or Pre-School
Series - Jadiel Dowlin for Annedroids
Nomination - Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Or Pre-School
Series - Addison Holley for Annedroids
Nomination - Outstanding Sound Editing - Live Action - Sean Karp, Will
Preventis, Noah Siegel, Charles Duchesne, Blag Ahilov & Jakob Thiesen for
Annedroids
Nomination - Outstanding Sound Mixing - Live Action - Sean Karp Will
Preventis, Noah Siegel, Charles Duchesne, Blag Ahilov & John Bradshaw for
Annedroids
Nomination - Outstanding Single Camera Editing - Rod Christie, Allan Cordero
for Annedroids
Nomination - Outstanding Cinematography - George Lajtai for Annedroids
Nomination - Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design - Ron
Stefaniuk for Annedroids
Nomination - Outstanding Directing In A Children’s Or Pre-School Children’s
Series - J.J. Johnson & Steve Scaini for Annedroids
Nomination - Outstanding Writing In A Children’s Or Pre-School Children’s
Series - J.J. Johnson & Christin Simms for Annedroids
Nomination - Outstanding Children’s Series for Odd Squad
Nomination - Interactive Media – Enhancement To Daytime Series - Blair
Powers, Paul Siefken , Dave Peth, Ronald Ruslim, Gavin Friesen for Odd Squad
Winner - Outstanding Hairstyling - Patricia Cuthbert for Odd Squad
Nomination - Outstanding Stunt Coordination - Regan Moore for Odd Squad
Nomination - Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Or Pre-School
Series - Sean Michael Kyer for Odd Squad
Winner - Outstanding Costume Design - Christine Toye for Odd Squad
Nomination - Outstanding Sound Editing - Live Action - P. Jason Macneil, John
Douglas Smith, Bill Turchinetz, Virginia Storey, Dave Yonson for Odd Squad
Winner - Outstanding Directing In A Children’s Or Pre-School Children’s Series
- J.J. Johnson, Craig David Wallace, Stephen Reynolds, & Brian K Roberts for
Odd Squad
Winner - Outstanding Writing In A Children’s Or Pre-School Children’s Series Tim Mckeon, Mark De Angelis & Charles Johnston for Odd Squad
Nomination - Outstanding Pre-School Series for Dino Dan: Tre’s Adventures
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2016 Canadian Screen Awards
Nomination - Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series for Annedroids
Nomination - Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series for Giver
Nomination - Best Pre-School Program or Series for Odd Squad
Nomination - Best Direction in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series for
Annedroids - J.J. Johnson & Odd Squad - Craig Wallace
Nomination - Best Picture Editing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or
Series for Odd Squad - Courtney Goldman & Jennifer Essex-Chew
Nomination - Best Writing in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series for
Annedroids - Christin Simms & J.J. Johnson & Odd Squad - Tim McKeon
Nomination - Best Host in a Pre-School, Children’s or Youth Program or Series
for Giver - Michael Lagimodiere
Nomination - Best Performance in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series for
Odd Squad - Dalila Bela
Nomination - Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series for Chirp Adrian Lloyd
2015 Youth Media Alliance
Winner - Grand Prize for Best Production, All Categories for Annedroids
Winner - Award of Excellence for Best Television Program, All Genres,
Ages 6–8 Category for Odd Squad
2015 Daytime Emmy Awards
Nomination - Outstanding Directing in a Children’s or Pre-School Children’s
Series: J.J. Johnson for Dino Dan’s: Trek’s Adventures
Winner - Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series for Dino Dan’s: Trek’s
Adventures
Nomination - Outstanding Children’s Series for Odd Squad
Winner - Outstanding Directing in a Children’s or Pre-School Children’s
Series: J.J. Johnson for Odd Squad
Nomination - Outstanding Single Camera Editing for Odd Squad
Nomination - Outstanding Sound Editing – Live Action for Odd Squad
Nomination - Outstanding Writing in a Children’s or Pre-School Children’s
Series for Odd Squad
Winner - Outstanding Hairstyling for Odd Squad
Nomination - Outstanding Directing in a Children’s or Pre-School Children’s
Series: J.J. Johnson for Annedroids
2015 Rocket Award
Nomination - Pre-School Category for Odd Squad
2015 Kidscreen Awards
Nomination - Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series, Preschool Category for
Dino Dan’s: Trek’s Adventures
Nomination - Best New Series, Kids Category for Annedroids
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AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2015 Parent’s Choice Award
Winner - Silver Honor Award for Annedroids
Winner - Gold Honor Award for Odd Squad
2015 Canadian Screen Awards
Nominated
Best Writing in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series, J.J Johnson &
Christin Simms for Dino Dan’s: Trek’s Adventures
Nomination - Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series for
Giver
2014 Prix Jeunesse
Finalist - Best Up to 6 Fiction for Dino Dan’s: Trek’s Adventures
2014 Science Film Fest
The IPST Education Award Winner for Annedroids
2014 Rocket Prize
Finalist - Ages 6-12 for Annedroids
2014 Daytime Emmy Awards
Nomination “Outstanding Preschool Children’s Series” for Dino Dan: Trek’s
Adventures
2014 Kidscreen Awards
Nomination “Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie” for Dino Dan: Trek’s
Adventures
2013 Youth Media Alliance
Nomination - “Best Television Program, All Genres, Ages 3-5” for Dino Dan
Nomination - “Best Convergent App” for Dino Dan Mobile Apps Nomination
- “Best Television Program, All Genres, Ages 3-5” for “Are we there
yet?:World Adventure” (Japan-Ninja)
Winner - “Best Television Program, All Genres, Ages 6-8” for “Giver”
(Newmarket - Car Park)
Nomination - “Best Convergent Website” for “Giver-tv.com”
2013 Kidscreen Awards
Finalist - “Best Kids Companion Website” for “Giver-tv.com” Nomination “Best Children or Youth’s Non-Fiction Series” for “Giver”
2013 Canadian Screen Awards
Nomination - Michael Lagimodiere for “Best Host in a Children’s Series” for
“Giver”
2012 Kidscreen Awards
Winner - “Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie, Preschool Category” for “Dino
Dan”
2011 Gemini Awards
Nomination - “Best Direction in a Children’s/Youth Program/Series” for J.J.
Johnson on “Dino Dan”
Nomination - “Best Preschool Series” for “Dino Dan”
2011 Young Artist Award
Winner - Dino Dan
2010 Shaw Rocket Prize
Winner - Dino Dan
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AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2010 Gemini Awards
Winner - “Best Preschool Series” for The Ocean Room Nomination - “Best
Visual Effects” for Dino Dan
2009 Alliance for Children and
Television Awards
Award of Excellence for All Genres 3-5: “Are we there yet?: World
Adventure”
Award of Excellence for Interstitials All Ages: “Roll Play”
Nomination - Best Original Cross-Platfrom Content: arewethereyet.tv
2009 Gemini Awards
Nomination - “Best Preschool Series” for “Are we there yet?: World
Adventure”
Nomination - “Best Host, Children’s Series” for TJ Samuel & Tristan Samuel
2008 Prix Jeunesse International
Awards
Finalist – Best Up to 6 Non-Fiction for “Are we there yet?: World Adventure”
Finalist – Best Up to 6 Non-Fiction for “Roll Play”
2007 Gemini Awards
Nomination - “Best Preschool Series” for “This is Emily Yeung” Nomination
- “Best Preschool Series” for “Roll Play”
2007 Alliance for Children and
Television Awards
Special Jury Prize Award for “This is Emily Yeung”
Award of Excellence for Interstitials All Ages: “Roll Play”
Award of Excellence All Genres 3-5: “This is Emily Yeung”
2006 NHK Japan Prize
Web Division Finalists for producing thisisdanielcook.com Early Education
Division Finalist for thisisdanielcook.com
2006 Prix Jeunesse International
Awards
Web Prize Winner for thisisdanielcook.com Web Prize Preschool Web Prize
for thisisdanielcook.com
Television Prize Finalist for thisisdanielcook.com
2005 NHK Japan Prize
Web Division: Finalist for producing thisisdanielcook.com
2005 Gemini Awards
Nomination - “Best Preschool Series” for “This is Daniel Cook” Nomination
- “Best Direction in a Children’s/Youth Program/Series” for J.J. Johnson on
“This is Daniel Cook”
Nomination - “Best Performance in a Children’s/Youth Program/Series” for
Daniel Cook in “This is Daniel Cook”
2005 VIDFEST
3rd place winner for www.thisisdanielcook.com in Interactive Design
2005 Alliance for Children and
Television Awards
Award of Excellence Awarded for “Best in Show” for “This is Daniel Cook”
Award of Excellence Awarded for “All genres 3-5” for “This is Daniel Cook”
Award of Excellence Awarded for thisisdanielcook.com
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ANNEDROIDS
26 x 30 min
This is the story of a boy, a girl and her androids.
Annedroids is a science based action-adventure series
for 5-8 year olds that follows genius kid-scientist Anne,
her fun loving assistant Nick and her android creations
as they perform experiments in Anne’s junkyard
laboratory. Anne likes to push the boundaries of what’s
scientifically possible and loves nothing more than
coming up with experiments that do just that. But thanks
to the insatiable curiosity of her androids, Anne’s ordered
experiments always lead to unforeseen complications,
hijinks, and misadventures. That’s where Anne’s
assistant Nick comes in; Nick has an uncanny way of
figuring out the real life solutions to Anne’s scientific
problems. Needless to say, when Anne, Nick and the
droids work together the results are far from predictable!
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ODD SQUAD
40 x 22 mins or 80 x 11 mins
Odd Squad is a secret organization run by kids. They
investigate anything strange, weird, and especially odd.
This live-action follows Agents Olive and Otto as they solve
cases ranging from unusual to just plain nuts (including
giant nuts falling out of the sky). Odd Squad has a fun,
goofy, irreverent style that includes sight gags, one-liners,
absurd situations and plenty of slapstick. Embedded in
each episode is a math concept aimed at kids in grades
1-2. For example, in one episode, Olive and Otto are
called-on to help a pizza delivery lady who keeps doubling
herself. In the process of helping her, Olive and Otto also
explore and learn what happens when you double a
number. Odd Squad is a fun and engaging way for kids to
become familiar with, and master, key math concepts and
operations.
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CHIRP
52 x 11 mins
Chirp, Squawk and Tweet are best friends who use their
imaginations and everyday objects to get them in – and
out of – fantastically fun adventures. What would it be
like to be a pirate or travel in space, dive underwater on
a dolphin or ride a dinosaur? Chirp, Tweet and Squawk
may imagine themselves on grand quests through jungles
and on spy missions, but ultimately their imaginations
get them into trouble. Each day, at the just the right time,
the Mail Squirrel drops off a package for Chirp. Everyday
items like elastic bands or paper clips become play-savers
when Chirp and his friends engineer them into amazing
gadgets. By using characters kids relate to and laugh with,
coupled with engaging situations, Chirp, like its namesake
magazine, opens up the world to preschoolers, one
awesome adventure at a time.
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DINO DAN
40 x 22 mins or 80 x 11 mins
An all-star cast of celebrity comedians share the screen
with 18 true-to-life, photo-real dinosaurs in the new liveaction, CGI adventure series DINO DAN (26 x 22’) that stars
Jason Speveck (Fever Pitch; Sunshine Cleaning) as Dan
Henderson. Dan – nicknamed “Dino Dan” by his friends
– is an ordinary 10-year-old boy with an extraordinary
obsession: he eats, sleeps and breathes dinosaurs. A
typical day for Dan isn’t complete unless he’s racing a
T-Rex on his school track, finding a Pterodactylus in his
attic or getting a baby Brachiosaurus back to its mom. In
Dino Dan, you don’t need to imagine dinosaurs - because
they’re everywhere! But while Dino Dan is an expert in all
things dinosaurs, he also specializes in getting his motley
crew of classmates and teachers pulled into his largerthan-life adventures. Several celebrities including Andrea
Martin, Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, Sean Cullen,
Jayne Eastwood and Jon Dore make guest appearances in
the series.
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DINO DAN: TREK’S ADVENTURES
52 x 11 mins
or 26 x 22 mins
The new season of Dino Dan takes things to a whole new
level of dino adventure with 16 new pre-historic creatures,
a new gang of friends, and another Henderson brother
who can see dinosaurs.
That’s right. Trek can now see the dinosaurs too!
Now that Trek is eight years old, he has become just as
obsessed with dinosaurs as his older brother Dan. Trek
eats, sleeps and breathes dinos and, thanks to Dan, has
developed a funny way of putting them in any situation.
Since Dan is now a bit older than when we last saw him,
he’s started to work on projects for his world-famous
paleontologist father, which means Dan doesn’t have the
time for dino adventures like he used to. Thankfully, Trek
has taken up the mantle of “paleontologist in training” and
has started to complete the experiments in Dan’s Dino
Field Guide.
Trek loves dinosaurs for all the reasons that Dan does
but he has not turned into a mini-Dan. Where Dan loves
research and experiments, Trek is all about thrills and
chills. Which means that while Trek will perform the dino
experiments left over in Dan’s field guide, most of Trek’s
contact with the dinos will be action-filled adventures.
Trek’s Adventures has been nominated for three Daytime
Emmy awards and proudly took one home for Outstanding
Pre-School Children’s Series.
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PLAYDATE
52 x 5 mins
Every kid believes their toys come to life when they’re
not around and on Playdate, they really do! Mac, Sammy,
Priscilla and Buckie are the beloved stuffed animals of
Jacob and his friends Enzo, Molly and Quinn. Each day,
these seemingly normal toys sit on the sidelines watching
the kids enjoy their playtime adventures. But when the
kids are away, Mac, Sammy, Priscilla and Buckie get to
play! They do their best to continue the kids’ fantastical
adventures but usually end up causing some kind of mess
or chaos. Since the kids can never know their toys come to
life,
Mac, Sammy, Priscilla and Buckie have to finish their
playtime escapades before the kids come back and
make sure they’re exactly where they started off! Luckily,
Norman, the family dog, makes the perfect fall guy.
You didn’t think that kids were the only ones who had
playdates did you?
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THIS IS SCARLETT AND ISAIAH
65 x 6 mins
This is... is a live action preschool television series that
follows its six-year-old hosts as they discover the world
from their perspective. In this original, spontaneous and
on- location show, our preschool hosts explore, learn
and create with everyone from Olympic gold medalists
to veterinarians and from astronauts to award-winning
musicians.
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THIS IS EMILY YEUNG
65 x 6 mins
In this original format adaptation of the award-winning
This is Daniel Cook, six-year-old host Emily Yeung brings
a fresh female perspective to season three of the This is…
series as she explores, learns and creates in her own
fearless way.
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THIS IS DANIEL COOK
65 x 6 mins
The award-winning, live-action preschool series This
is Daniel Cook features the six-year-old namesake as
he explores, learns and creates with everyone from
chocolatiers and musicians to firefighters and dog
trainers. Exploring new situations with candid questions,
the series captures the adventurous viewpoint of a sixyear-old, resulting in a show that entertains as well as
teaches.
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GIVER
13 x 22 mins
Giver is a series about enterprising 6 - 9 year-old kids
that work together with their community to reclaim and
enhance their playground spaces. A group of 10 kids must
decide on a new theme for their playground – choose what
equipment to keep and what to scrap. What pieces to add
and what murals to paint. They have to find out what their
community wants – is it a sandbox, a garden, a pond, a
dog park? On top of all that, did we mention, they only have
3 days to do it!
Fortunately, the kids aren’t alone. Each episode will feature
an enthusiastic team to assist them – an energetic host
who happens to be a handy carpenter and a multi-talented
artist. They work with the kids to see that their new
playground vision is brought to fruition.
Every kid and every community is unique – Giver will
provide a lasting, tangible display of how kids can
contribute to their community in a way that’s interesting
and exciting for them. At the same time demonstrating
that while it is betterto give then to receive, it’s also nice to
get a brand new really awesome playground.
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ARE WE THERE YET?
WORLD
ADVENTURE
117 x 7 mins
29 x 30 mins
Are we there yet?: World Adventure is a global kids’
travel series hosted by four dynamic sibling duos, ages
6 - 8. Each pair shares their globetrotting adventures
through journal writing, drawing, painting and on-location
chatter. From walking the Great Wall of China to learning
a Ukrainian folk dance in the heart of Kiev, our young
hosts take the audience with them on their unscripted and
unpredictable tour of the world.
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ROLL PLAY
72 x 4 mins
With scripts by renowned Canadian authors, original
songs by acclaimed artists such as Sam Roberts and
Kardinal, and the magical puppets of the award-winning
Famous PEOPLE Players, the live-action pre-school series
Roll Play gets kids moving. Each four-minute episode is a
narrated story or song about the adventures of characters
like Frank the Crab. While the movements of the Famous
PEOPLE Player puppets play out on a black background,
children re-enact the puppets movements against a crisp,
white background. Visually stunning, Roll Play combines
imaginative storytelling with physical movements
designed to encourage viewer participation.
This series features an amazing cast of puppets and new
original songs from a whole new cast of acclaimed artists.
Artists who contributed songs to season one include
Broken Social Scene, Patrick Pentland of Sloan, Kardinal
Offishal, Great Big Sea, Sarah McCully, Jacksoul, Malajube,
Prozzak, Jully Black, Andy Stochansky, and Jodie Resther.
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INTERACTIVE
Sinking Ship Interactive is the new media arm of Sinking
Ship Entertainment. With fun and innovative cross-platform
properties, Sinking Ship enriches our audience’s experience,
from TV to web to mobile. More than merely companion
websites or apps, our interactive experiences expand children’s
enjoyment of a given property, giving them new ways to interact
with the creatures, adventures and personalities seen on TV.
As well as fun, there is a strong emphasis on giving users the
chance to have a virtual experience that mirrors those of a TV
property.
Sinking Ship Interactive has created numerous award-winning
companion websites for their series including:
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pbskids.org/oddsquad
annedroids.com
chirp-tv.com
dinodan.com
giver-tv.com
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arewethereyet.tv
rollplay.ca
thisisdanielcook.com
thisisemilyyeung.com
ODD SQUAD WEBSITE
In its first three months, the Odd Squad website
enjoyed 3.5 million visitors and 18-million
page views. It continues to draw (and retain)
consistently high numbers as new features roll
out and new episodes of the TV show air.
Main Features:
• ‘In-Universe’ responsive HTML5 website
featuring math games for kids aged 6-9
• 5 major math games – Catch the
Centigurps, Creature Duty, Code Breaker,
Down the Tubes, Pie-Nado, each with 25-60
levels.
• Various in-universe features: Hall of Doors
(activities); Agent Profiles; Soundcheck (Boy
Band) fan page, Agent Matchinator (Which
Agent Would You Be Partnered With?
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DINO DAN WEBSITE
The Dino Dan website has over 1,300,000 visitors a
year and over 130,000 users signed up as members
of the site. It maintains a 5000 visitors/day average
more than a year after launch with an average visit
time of over 20 minutes.
Main Features:
• A comprehensive dino-culture resource aimed at kids aged 4-9
• Scientifically accurate dinosaur information usable by both students and educators
• 14 separate dinosaur characters to collect and play with in 10 games
• 75 different dino bones to dig up in our interactive dig site
• 20 separate 3D environments to explore
• 54 dino profile eggs to buy with your dino points
GIVER WEBSITE
The GIVER website supports our popular TV
property on TVOntario. The show follows six
local kids as they build a new playground in their
community over just three days. The website
extends the show’s themes of community,
construction and consciousness. Just like the
kids in the GIVER TV show, visitors to the website
can have fun as they learn how to help their
communities.
Main Features:
• 6 fun games that help kids navigate the challenges of building a playground
• Tools and tips for starting a GIVER playground initiative in your community
• Video highlights from each episode
• Before and after photos of new / renovated playgrounds
• Photos and facts about other great playgrounds around the world
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MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Annedroids Appisodes
This suite of 21 tablet games uses video highlights from the show to bookend
activities and games that give users the feeling that they are taking part in the
action of the show. With an emphasis on science and technology, the appisode
activities run a wide gamut, from exhilarating chase games to more thoughtful
activities that introduce the basics of programming. The first seven episodes of
Season 1 were augmented with three games each to create a cool, immersive
experience for kids.
Chirp Appisodes
The first 10 episodes of Season 1 are augmented with five games each! Users
get the entire episode, but now, the action freezes at key points so that users
can play mini-game or educational activity. Occurring at the same points in
every episode, the games and activities become a welcome and expected
bonus for kids as they watch the action of the show unfold. Kids come to feel
that Chirp, Squawk and Tweet are digital playmates in virtual adventure!
Blob Chase
In the world of Odd Squad, big blue blobs like nothing more than escaping
from their glass containers and splitting themselves into hundreds of little blue
blobs. Players help recapture the blobs with an arsenal of cool math gadgets
that introduce: addition, subtraction, doubling, halving and a good dose of fast,
fun gadget zapping. Some of the app’s 60 levels are races against time, while
others are brain-twisting puzzlers – ready, get set – Blob Chase!
Bone Caster
Help Trek cast dinosaur bones and put them together into dino skeletons to
attract lots of visitors. You’re on a tight deadline to create and assemble as
many dinosaurs as you can. The faster you are, the more workbenches and
casting tools you can use, eventually running four casting set-ups at the same
time. By the end of the game you’ll know all about the materials and steps in
casting dinosaur bones, but will you and Trek be able to beat the deadline?
Dino Adventure
With this interactive point-and-click adventure game, you can help solve a dino
experiment by finding and cleverly combining items just like Dino Dan does
on the show. You’ll have to use your brains, imagination and knowledge of the
show to figure out this perplexing prehistoric puzzle. But don’t worry about
getting stuck — there are lots of clues to help you along if you need them!
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MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Dino Camera
This cool augmented reality app lets you the world through Dino Dan’s eyes.
With Dino Cam, you can use your device’s camera to track down and even
control roving dinosaurs — wherever you may be. Simply aim the camera in
any direction, and lifelike dinos will appear on screen. Line them up in your
sights and take a picture. Now you have photographic evidence that dinos still
walk (and fly) the earth!
Dino Defence
Protect your eggs from charging hoards of reptilian predators! As a relentless
swarm of carnivorous dinos comes after your eggs, you must repel them using
a battery of ingenious dino defences. Play 10 different levels in three distinct
environments, each with their own challenges. Earn awesome new abilities,
watch out for treacherous traps and collect cool power-ups in this fast-paced
battle for survival!
Dino Dig Site
With the Dino Dig Site app, you can uncover the amazing world of the
dinosaurs hidden beneath the ground! Just pick a fossil-rich dig site, dig up
the hidden dino bones using the tools of the trade, assemble them and then
visit them in your very own museum! Along the way, you’ll also find all kinds of
awesome fossils.With Dino Dig Site, you can unearth up to five different dinos
and 12 fossils.
Dino Player
This awesome augmented reality app lets you see the dinosaurs from the Dino
Dan TV series in your own home just like Dino Dan. Simply aim the camera on
the back of your specially marked NCircle Dino Dan DVDs.
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