Zeke's Pad is an animated television series co-produced by Bardel Entertainment, Flying Bark Productions, Star Farm Productions, and Leaping Lizard Productions in association with Seven Network Australia and YTV Canada Inc.. The show was produced with the participation of The Canadian Television Fund, The Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit, Film Incentive BC, The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, The Shaw Rocket Fund, The Independent Production Fund, The Cogeco Program Development Fund, The Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, and British Columbia Film. It aired on the YTV channel in Canada on Saturdays at 7 PM. The show is about the adventures of a 14-year-old skateboarder and artist named Zeke who owns a magic electronic pad that brings life to anything he draws on it.

Synopsis

Zeke Palmer is 14 years old. He enjoys skateboarding and creating art. He owns a "pad" that functions as a phone, PDA, GPS device, MP3 player, and a graphics tablet. Anything he draws on the pad becomes animate, and Zeke is shown that actions have consequences.

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Broadcast history

Before its Canadian premiere on YTV, the show had been broadcast more than a dozen countries: Australia (Seven Network), Germany (ZDF), France on (Canal+ Family), Poland (ZigZap), India and Sri Lanka (Sun TV), Spain (Televisió de Catalunya), Latin America and Brazil (Cartoon Network), and the Middle East (Spacetoon). Zeke's Pad was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Children's Television Animation in 2010. At the 2010 Elan Awards, which honors achievements in video games, animation and visual effects, Zeke's Pad took home Best Animation TV Production and Best Art Direction awards.