Nickelodeon Animation Festival Announces 2009 Winners
The Nickelodeon Animation Festival, the first and only multiplatform festival in North America, has received entries from around the globe, and the votes are in!
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CCI Entertainment, Motionworks GmbH, and Nickelodeon Germany Team Up on Artzooka!
Press Release from CCI Entertainment
Toronto (October 4, 2009) CCI Entertainment, MotionWorks and Nickelodeon Germany have partnered up to produce the first local version of the live action / cgi blended series Artzooka! The local language episodes will feature Nils Bomhoff as the German host, who embodies all that is Artzooka! The property will also launch with a localized website and an extensive grassroots marketing campaign that will be executed across Germany.
Nickelodeon Channel to Launch in Canada
Corus Entertainment Inc., Canada’s largest kids’ broadcaster, today announced plans to add Nickelodeon, one of the world’s leading entertainment brands for kids, to its premiere portfolio of kid-focused services.
Nick Programming Block Debuts in Hungary
MTV Networks International's Emerging Markets group is launching a Nickelodeon branded program block on leading commercial broadcaster TV2 in Hungary.
Nick UK & Change4Life Promote Healthy Living
Nickelodeon UK today announces a partnership with the Department of Health’s Change4Life, a nationwide movement designed to help people make changes to their lifestyles, so that they can eat well, move more and live longer. The partnership will be officially announced this evening by Nickelodeon UK’s Managing Director, Howard Litton, at their Autumn/Winter programming launch.
Nickelodeon Animation Festival Extends Its Global Search for Animators
Press Release from Nickelodeon
2K Play and Nickelodeon Announce Ni Hao, Kai-lan Videogames
Press Release from 2K Play and Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon Announces Nominees for The AddictingGames Showdown
Press Release from Nickelodeon
Monsters vs. Aliens Pilot Ordered by Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon has ordered a pilot from DreamWorks Animation based on MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, reports THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced the news at the 37th Annual J. P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in Boston.
DreamWorks and Nickelodeon announced last week their collaboration on KUNG FU PANDA: THE SERIES and Nick is currently airing THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR, another collaboration.
Marriott Launches Nickelodeon Getaway Program this Summer
Press Release from Marriott International, Inc.
Nickelodeon Hungry for Kung Fu Panda Series
Nickelodeon today announced that it has ordered 26 episodes of its second co-production with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., KUNG FU PANDA: THE SERIES. This follows the successful launch of THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR earlier in the year.
Diego Leaps Into Licensing Action
Press Release from Nickelodeon U.K.
The licensing programme for Nickelodeon's Diego brand is rapidly expanding with products across a variety of sectors coming to market.
Nickelodeon Establishing Scholarship Program at CalArts
Burbank, Calif. April 17, 2009 -- Nickelodeon, the number one producer of television animation in the U.S., announced today that it will establish The Nickelodeon Endowed Scholarship in Animation in Honor of Jules Engel at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) School of Film/Video. The announcement was made by Brown Johnson, President, Animation for Nickelodeon and MTV Network Kids' & Family Group during the Jules Engel Centennial Celebration at REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater) in Los Angeles.
Nickelodeon Celebrates Earth Day With Green-Themed Episodes
Nickelodeon extends its commitment to empowering real-world environmental change among kids with a lineup of eco-friendly programming and off-channel initiatives on Earth Day -- Wednesday, April 22. New green-themed episodes from hit tween shows ICARLY and TRUE JACKSON, VP and select preschool series will air on Nickelodeon and NOGGIN throughout the day, leading up to Nickelodeon's first-ever "Power Down" -- an on-air call to action for kids to engage in environmental activity.
Nickelodeon Greenlights Third Season of Yo Gabba Gabba!
Nickelodeon has announced the pickup of a third season of the live-action preschool music series YO GABBA GABBA!. The network will commence production on 13 new half-hour episodes produced by The Magic Store and W!LDBRAIN in August in Los Angeles, Calif. YO GABBA GABBA!, created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz, is executive produced by Jon Berrett and Charles Rivkin.
YO GABBA GABBA! currently airs daily at 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. (ET) on NOGGIN.
New Deals Signed For Preschool Piggy Pals
National Geographic Television International finalized a raft of key new sales for its preschool animated series TOOT & PUDDLE (52 x 11), launched at MIPCOM in 2008.
Recent deals have been finalised with France 5, Cartoon Network Spain, SVT Sweden, TVB Hong Kong, RUV Iceland and Egyptian TV. These new sales join those made previously, which include Nickelodeon in the U.K., Germany, Australia and New Zealand, YLE Finland and TV2 Norway.
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Nick Upfronts Reveal The N, NOGGIN Rebrands, New Business Partnerships
Hosted by Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami, the 2009 Nickelodeon Upfront presentation at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday previewed new programming initiatives for kids, teens and families.
Nickelodeon Africa Goes Multi-Splatform
Just six months after launching a dedicated, 24 hour Nickelodeon channel to more than 1.5 million subscribers across southern Africa, MTV Networks International, a division of Viacom, will expand the brand across multiple media platforms.
Magical Teen Series Goes to Nickelodeon International
ZDF Enterprises and Nickelodeon have signed a deal for tween live action series, THE ELEPHANT PRINCESS from Jonathan M. Shiff Productions. THE ELEPHANT PRINCESS will air on Nickelodeon channels across Europe, including the U.K., Africa and Latin America
As part of the deal, Nickelodeon has secured rights to extensive online content for its channel websites and will roll out content in coordination with the on-air launch. THE ELEPHANT PRINCESS will first premiere on Nickelodeon in the U.K. in spring 2009.
Nickelodeon U.K. Posts Record-Breaking 2008
Nickelodeon U.K. had a record-breaking 2008, achieving the highest viewing share since it launched in 1993, making it the top U.K. kids' TV network (with a 14.4 percent share of viewing), ahead of Disney Network, BBC Kids and Turner Kids.
Nick Gets Happy Squared Over 10 Years of SpongeBob
Yellow is the new black in 2009 as Nickelodeon plans to make fans "Happy Squared" all year long in honor of SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS' 10th anniversary. Since its launch in July 1999, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS has emerged as a pop-culture phenomenon with 70 million viewers monthly, and has been the number-one animated program with Kids 2-11 for more than seven consecutive years. The show is seen in 171 markets in 25 languages and is the most widely distributed property in MTV Networks' history.
Nickelodeon Debuts Olivia on January 26
Nickelodeon welcomes a beloved literary character to its preschool line-up with the launch of OLIVIA on Monday, Jan. 26, at 11:30 a.m. (ET/PT), followed by a week of brand-new episodes. Presented in conjunction with media content company Chorion and animated by Brown Bag Films, the new half-hour series invites children into the life -- both real and fantasy -- of an adventurous, can-do 6 3/4-year-old girl named Olivia.
Nickelodeon, Sci Fi Have Best Years Ever
Nickelodeon will record the best year in its 29-year history, finishing 2008 as basic cable's number-one rated network in total day and first in all kids and tween demos. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS will finish 2008 as the top-rated series for kids 2-11 as it heads into its 10th anniversary year in 2009, and ICARLY ranks as the number-one kids' show on all of television with kids 6-11.
Viacom Layoffs Could Mean Shut-Down of NY Nickelodeon Studio
Cartoon Brew's Amid Amidi reported Thursday night that the massive layoffs at Viacom (850 employees across all sectors) mean the entire Nickelodeon Digital Animation Studios division in New York is closing. The productions housed there will continue mostly intact, but will likely be moved to different locations or be outsourced.
Nickelodeon runs the last remaining network animation studio on the East Coast, so the closing of the Times Square-adjacent office is a blow to the New York animation community.
Nickelodeon Games Appoints Management Positions
The Nickelodeon Kids and Family Games Group, recently formed to provide its audiences with innovative gaming experiences, made several new key management appointments. David Bergantino has been named VP of Premium Games Production; Shaan Kandawalla, VP of Retail and Licensed Games; and Pete Banks, VP of Engineering. The announcements were made by Dave Williams, SVP and GM, Nickelodeon Kids and Family Games Group, to whom the team will continue to report.
