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The imagination, wit and creativity used in Dino Dan have paid off - it has won the prestigious $50,000 Shaw Rocket Prize for being voted the best in Canadian kids' programming for ages 6-12!
Dino Dan is an entertaining and educational TV show about a 10-year-old boy who loves interacting with dinosaurs in his imagination and learning about them. This show is favourited by kids of all ages across Canada as well as in the US, where it recently achieved the record as the highest watched debut episode on Nick Jr. in its history.
Dino Dan was judged for quality and content both for the TV show and its online content. The kids jury loved playing games and digging up dinosaurs on dinodan.com!
DIGGING FOR THE JURORS' THOUGHTS
"You learn about dinosaurs. It is like being in school and I love school. Dinosaurs are interesting because they are different and don't live anymore. It is fun to learn about things. The show is fun to watch and you learn something at the same time. My sister (3 yrs old) watches the show with me at home and she likes it too."
"It's about dinosaurs, it was humorous, the acting was good, and the dinosaurs were very colourful. It was also very informative."
"Dino Dan is a rare program indeed that can engage young boys (and adventurous girls) in an imaginative world full of dinosaurs across multiple screens. With Dino Dan, they can watch, play and discover that digging up the past can be as much fun as the future!"
FOLLOWING THE PRODUCERS' FOOTPRINTS
"YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS! Can't. Believe. It. We're absolutely elated to receive the Shaw Rocket Prize! Dino Dan is a series about a little boy whose imagination is so powerful that he can conjure up dinosaurs into the real world. Never in our imaginations did we believe we would receive this prestigious award from these (obviously) brilliant kid judges - thank you so much!"
Producers:
J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Matt Bishop
Production Company:
Sinking Ship Entertainment, sinkingship.ca
Canadian Broadcasters:
TVO, ACCESS, Knowledge Network and SCN
PUTTING THE SKELETON TOGETHER
Sinking Ship is an award-winning television and new media company dedicated to creating innovative and ground-breaking programming and content. They were a finalist in the 2008 Shaw Rocket Prize with their program Roll Play. The partners of Sinking Ship are J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, and Matt Bishop. sinkingship.ca
To read more about the 2010 Shaw Rocket Prize Winner and its producers, click here.
SHAW ROCKET PRIZE
The Shaw Rocket Prize, now celebrating its sixth year, awarded this year's recipient, Dino Dan, with a $50,000 prize for being the best Canadian program for kids aged 6-12. Awarded by the Shaw Rocket Fund, it is one of the largest prizes of its kind in Canada! The winner was chosen by a national kids jury from a short list provided by an international jury of industry experts - what better way to give kids a voice?
