CBC4Kids Wins Prestigious Prix Italia Award!

Toronto, ON - October 2, 1999 - Big Orbit is thrilled to announce that CBC4Kids.ca has been awarded the prestigious Special Prize at the European Prix Italia media conference on "Art in the Electronic Village". As well as being the founding sponsor of CBC4kids, Big Orbit is responsible for the original design, implementation and maintenance of the site. The international jury cited CBC4kids as an "inspiring blend of usability, content and technological innovation."

CBC4Kids contains up-to-date news, sports, drama, science, and music pages assembled from the resources of CBC Radio, CBC Television and CBC News Online. The website is regularly updated by CBC staff so the site can stay on the leading edge of an increasingly popular medium. Building on the CBC tradition of reliability and accessibility, CBC4kids is a trustworthy source of information and entertainment for parents and their children.

Founded in 1991and established in Toronto's hub of the high-tech industry, Big Orbit - New Media Studios is one of Canada's leading youth entertainment content developers. Big Orbit's dedication to creating cutting edge on-line and CD-ROM youth products makes it one of the most comprehensive companies in Canada. To find out more about how Big Orbit "turns the digital universe into child's play," check out their web site at www.bigorbit.com or call Sean Bittle, CEO for Big Orbit at (416) 516-0705 ext.229 sbittle@bigorbit.com.