Mumbai :India‘s most talented kids shone in Mumbai on Saturday at the eighth annual POGO Amazing Kids Awards 2011, India‘s first kids‘ television awards ceremony.

Kids‘ favourite superhero -Chhota Bheem made a surprise performance at the event and the winners were felicitated by Monica Tata, General Manager, Entertainment Networks, South Asia, Turner International India.

A POGO original production, POGO Amazing Kids Awards 2011 upheld the channel‘s tradition of discovering, recognizing and celebrating, the amazingly talented kids across India.

It was no easy feat to select one winner from hundreds of candidates across India. Taking up this immense responsibility was a panel of eminent experts within each field. Icon Ayaz Memon judged the sports category, Ashley Lobo judged the dance category, Sukhwinder Singh judged the singing and musician category, Tathagat Tulsi judged the genius category and Vaibhav Kumaresh judged the artist category. The leader category was judged by Monica Tata and the entertainer category was judged by Rick Fernandes, Executive Director, Original Production & Development, Turner Broadcasting Systems, Asia Pacific.

At the event, Monica Tata, General Manager, Entertainment Networks, South Asia, Turner International India Pvt. Ltd., said, "We are extremely excited and proud to announce the winners of the coveted POGO Amazing Kids Awards 2011. At POGO, we take great initiative in discovering and felicitating India‘s most talented kids. These luminous kids are our future and we are delighted to offer them such a platform where kids across India can be inspired by them. I congratulate each one of them and their families for winning this award and hope to see them grow in stature and talent in all their future endeavours".

Catch the success stories of these amazing kids across India from December 31, 2011 to January 31, 2012 only on POGO!

MUMBAI: Mumbai kids were bowled over on Sunday as outstanding sportsmanship, fans? favourite toon stars and mega prizes all rolled together to make Cartoon Network?s Toon Cricket 2011 the biggest and coolest kids? event of the year.

Presented in association with Cadbury at Chitrakoot, Andheri West in Mumbai, Toon Cricket - The Ultimate Eleven gave local kids a non-stop-fun experience with their number one superhero: Ben 10. And for the first time in Toon Cricket history, five kids chosen from a lucky draw will get an exclusive opportunity to join the Ultimate Eleven team, led by the iconic Ben 10, featuring on Cartoon Network.

Now in its eighth successful year, Toon Cricket is the perfect match of India?s most popular sport, cricket, and kids? favourite cartoon stars such as Ben 10, Tom and Jerry, and Scooby Doo. Kids are entertained all day throughout the event, with special character appearances, stage performances, games and prizes.

Monica Tata, General Manager, Entertainment Networks, South Asia Turner International India Pvt. Ltd. said: "When combining India?s favourite sport with kids? favourite toon stars, the result is a fun-filled, action-packed sporting extravaganza. We are delighted to see such an overwhelming response from our audience year after year at Toon Cricket. Through such events we are bringing the Cartoon Network experience from the TV and into kids? lives, providing a 360 degree fun element to the channel."

Delhi: India?s top junior journalists are set to show off their reporting skills on POGO after the channel announced the winners of the Dholakpur Breaking News contest. The cool correspondents will feature on POGO, relaying the latest news on their favourite superhero: Chhota Bheem from Dholakpur.

The contest, conducted from July 25 to September 2, 2011 on POGO invited kids to send their own innovative endings to a series of fun situations and stories on Chhota Bheem; with the six most intriguing entrants scoring the scoop - a reporting role on the channel.

POGO will air the special spots from November 21, 2011. In addition POGO will announce 30 runners-up during the airing of Chhota Bheem every Monday to Friday at 5:00 P.M. All these winners will receive iPod shuffles as prizes.

Monica Tata, GM, Entertainment Networks, South Asia, Turner International India, said: "The response for the Dholakpur Breaking News contest has been phenomenal, no doubt owing to the fact that kids adore and aspire to be a part of Chhota Bheem?s world! The entries we received showed that Indian kids are so creative and intelligent, and it is our honour to be able to provide a platform via our channels and contests to hone and display their talents."

MUMBAI: Cartoon Network brings the most awesome opportunity for kids in India to get up, close and alien with their favourite superhero Ben 10 with the ‘Kaun Banega Alien‘ initiative. This alien inspired offering gives one lucky kid a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be Ben 10‘s next world saving ‘Big Alien‘ and make their television debut on Cartoon Network with Ben 10. The ultimate experience does not end here. The winner of ‘Kaun Banega Alien‘ becomes the coolest hero in his school as Ben 10 will make a special visit to the winner‘s school.

To join the gang of Ben Tennyson famous aliens, kids simply need to watch Cartoon Network from 2:00-4:00 p.m. every Monday to Friday till September 2, 2011, decode the different challenges and send in the right answer by texting ‘BEN (space) (Answer)‘ to 58558. The more codes a kid cracks, the higher will be the chances of becoming Ben 10‘s next Big Alien. Every week, kids can win a host of awesome prizes including i-pod shuffles, boom boxes, television sets, Ben 10 Ultimate Alien figurines, bicycles and mobile phones.

Talking about this supercool initiative, Monica Tata, GM Entertainment Networks, South Asia Turner International India, Pvt. Ltd., said, "Ben 10 is one of the most loved, inspiring and iconic properties from Cartoon Network. Kids in India love his heroic deeds and identify with his quest to fight evil through his alien avatars. Recognizing this adulation, Cartoon Network has decided to give kids a money-can‘t-buy experience and join their boy hero Ben 10 in saving the world."