Even MORE on KidsWB

With its Kids’ WB! Saturday morning slot on The CW slated to get the axe this fall, Warner Bros. has been working quietly on a new platform for its library of animated programming. The result is KidsWB.com, a premium ad-supported website that launched yesterday and targets kids six to 12 with a wide array of [...]

So long TWORKS, hello KIDSWB

In September, Warner Bros. announced plans for a large virtual world to tie interactive content and its extensive video library together in the form of T-Works aimed at competing with Disney and Club Penguin. Warner Bros. announced today that it had changed the name of the platform to KidsWB.com. The site, aimed at kids 6-12, [...]

Your Children. Mini You.

Australia’s non-profit National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect is running a powerful ad, “Children See. Children Do.” Fortunately for the rest of the world, the ad has made its way to You Tube. Check it out:
Parent Talk Today: Children See. Children Do.
Props to Parent Talk Today for posting [...]

Great Disney Video

The folks behind the virtual worlds in Disney go through perspectives & importance of virtual worlds, variety, and providing epic worlds
Check it out by clicking on this link.  (Kudos to Virtual World News for posting it)

Wanna know more about Virtual Worlds?

The Association of Virtual Worlds has just released its new title The Blue Book: A Consumer Guide to Virtual Worlds listing over 250 virtual worlds and is pleased to offer it free to anyone who is interested in the rapidly growing field of virtual worlds.
“I am very excited by this new book from our publishing [...]

Privo gives Dizzywood the Safety Nod

Now if only the Safety Nod of approval was more like a Safety Dance… Oh, Dexy’s Midnight Riders… where for art thou & thou brilliance?
Anyway– check this out:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dizzywood Earns PRIVO Online Kids’ Safety Seal of Approval
Privo’s rigorous review finds Dizzywood to be one of the safest environments for children online.
SAN FRANCISCO, [...]

Hobbit & del Toro = pure awesomeness

In a major step forward on “The Hobbit,” Guillermo del Toro has signed on to direct the New Line-MGM tentpole and its sequel.
The widely expected announcement came Thursday afternoon jointly from exec producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, New Line president Toby Emmerich and Mary Parent, the newly named chief of MGM’s Worldwide Motion Picture [...]

iCarly rocks it…

• Nickelodeon UK’s new multi-platform comedy series iCarly has debuted as the number-one rating program on any children’s channel in cable and satellite homes in the region. The live actioner achieved a 13.4% share of viewers in its first two weeks on-air; attracting 2.2 million sets of eyeballs.
Kidscreen.com
WOOT!!!  iCarly is a rockstar of a show [...]

Noteworthy: Dizzywood and Green Action

Courtesy of the lovely folks at Dizzywood:

In conjunction with Earth Day and Arbor Day, Dizzywood will be announcing a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation that will allow children to experience environmental lessons in a virtual world — and then see the impact offline in the real world. Here’s how it will work:

Beginning April 22 [...]

More Gov & Teachers take notice of safety

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has teamed with the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) team to launch a nationwide education campaign that includes the release and distribution of a booklet, A Parents Guide to Video Games, parental Controls and Online Safety, to the all 26,000 PTAs.  The campaign encourages PTAs to educate parents about [...]