Equestrian Eric Lamaze won the gold medal in the Olympic individual show-jumping competition today in Beijing. Riding a horse named Hickstead, the Canadian defeated Sweden’s Rolf-Goran Bengtsson in a jump-off to earn Canada’s third gold medal of the games …

The Internet is distribution; the content/genre is Interactive cartoons. What’s old is new again. Kids love animation. And while while many of these high-traffic branded and brandable children’s destinations use profitable subscriber-based revenue models, like broadcast they are becoming powerful engines for merchandising and licensing activities …

Media coverage for The Saddle Club Virtual World ™ …

GS New Media, Inc., a digital entertainment company based in Toronto, announced today that it has adopted Project Darkstar, the breakthrough open source online game platform invented by Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA), to develop a virtual world for tweens and teens based on the popular TV series The Saddle Club™…
 

Millions of kids have been waiting for the new adventures of Carole , Stevie and Lisa , the girls who formed the Saddle Club and their favorite horses Starlight, Belle and Prancer. Now, their wait is over! Series 3, “The Saddle Club Rides Again!”, of the international hit TV series based on the popular books by Bonnie Bryant will premiere on public television stations across America …

Just some of the coverage from this week’s announcement of The Saddle Club Virtual World ™ …