Nickelodeon UK Hopes To Hold More Meet And Greet Competitions In The Future

According to Nickelodeon UK on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK), Nickelodeon UK and Ireland are hoping to hold more meet and greet competition events, like Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's recent "Victorious" cast meet and greet competition which Nick UK and Ireland held in October 2011, in the future:

any more meet & greet competitions to come? :}

@NickelodeonUK - We definitely hope so!

Nickelodeon UK To Show More New "Big Time Rush" By The End Of 2011

Nickelodeon UK has announced on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK) that Nickelodeon UK and Ireland will be premiering more new episode(s) of the hit Nickelodeon live-action show "Big Time Rush" by the end of the year (2011), possibly during "December 2011 on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK":

Dont worry, there will be new BTR before the end of the year! Keep your eyes peeled for the date/time soon!

And:

There will b new eps before end of year

Also:

This month is PACKED with new Power Rangers, Life With Boys, Kung Fu Panda, iOMG etc ! BTR will b coming soon, dont worry!

Nickelodeon UK Wins Three Gold Awards At The "Promax UK 2011 Awards"

According to the official Promax UK 2011 Awards website, Nickelodeon UK and Ireland won five Promax UK 2011 awards, including three Gold awards at Promax UK's recent 'Promax UK 2011 Awards' ceremony which was held on on Friday 11th November 2011 to honour the very best promotions and marketing campaigns for television shows over the past year (2010-2011). Below is a list of awards that Nickelodeon UK won at the 'Promax UK 2011 Awards':

Best Children's Promo (Originated)

Gold: Red Bee Media Horrible Histories
Silver: Walt Disney Company – Phineas and Ferb
Bronze: Nickelodeon UK – Friendship Month

Best Children's Promo (Clip-Based)

Gold: Nickelodeon UK Spongebob Apprentice



Silver: Turner Broadcasting – ScoobyWeek SUmmer 2011
Bronze: Red Bee Media – Cbeebies Bedtime Hour

Best Sponsorship

Gold: Turner Media Innovations – Lego Star Wars: the Clone Wars
Silver: Nickelodeon UK – Lego City
Bronze: Fox – Mini Cab / Coffee Shop / People's Sound

Best Long Form or Marketing Tape

Gold: Nickelodeon UK I Heart Art – Umbrellas



Silver: 4creative / Channel 4 – Famous and Fearless
Bronze: Sky Creative/BSkyB – Sky 1 – Got To Dance 2

Best On Air Campaign – Channel Promotion

Gold: Nickelodeon UK – I Heart Art



Silver:Comedy Central – Jim Jefferies on…
Bronze:Sky Sports, BSkyB – Sky Sports 20 years – Faces

Congratulations Nickelodeon UK and Ireland!

Promax UK is an organisation that represents the broadcast marketing, promotions and design community. The Promax UK Board includes senior figures from the country's major broadcast organisations and design agencies. Promax UK annually holds the Promax UK Awards to celebrate and reward the very best in televisual creative, strategy and innovation over the past twelve months.

Also, from Televisual:

4Creative leads the pack at PromaxUK awards

Channel 4’s inhouse creative team, 4 Creative, won 26 awards at the annual PromaxUK awards, which honour the best promos and marketing campaigns for TV shows.

Red Bee Media scooped 14 awards, which were held on Friday (11 November), while Fox took home a total of 13 awards.

CBBC’s Horrible Histories took home the Best Use of Direction award for Red Bee Media as well as the Gold Award for the Most Effective TV Promo Campaign while ITV took Silver in the same category for The Only Way Is Essex.

BBC One drama Luther starring Idris Elba won the Best Originated Drama Promo award for Red Bee while Sky Creative/BSkyB took the Gold for Boardwalk Empire in the Best Clip Based Drama Promo category.

Katie: My Beautiful Friends took Gold in the Best Originated Factual/News and Current Affairs category for 4 Creative/Channel 4 while The Apprentice took Gold for Red Bee in the Best Clip Based Category.

The Best Launch in 2011 went to MTV UK for Teen Dad, while 4 Creative/Channel 4 took Silver and Bronze for Jamie’s Dream School and Famous and Fearless respectively.

Discovery also had a good night, winning Gold awards for categories including Channel Of The Year, People’s Choice and Best Channel Branding Package.

TV2 Denmark took the Gold Award for Best On Air Campaign – TV Promotion for September 11th – The Day That Changed The World and Gold for the Best Promotion for a Website or Interactive Service for tv2.dk-we never sleep.

Red Bee won Gold for the Best Game or App The Walking Dead – FX International.

The Best Sports Promo Originated Gold Award went to Channel One Russia for Football: Russia v Ireland Euro 2012 Qualifier; Nickelodeon UK for its Spongebob Apprentice Campaign; 4Creative/Channel 4 took two Golds for Best Print and Best Press and Public Relations Campaign for its launch of Seven Dwarves.

The Best Newcomer Award was won by Phil Ashley of Channel 5 with Lucy Badger also from Channel 5 taking second place and Steve Seller from Comedy Central in third.

Belfast Nursery Awarded £20,000 by Nick Jr. UK's "Help Dora Help" Campaign

A bit more about Belfast's 'Hope Nursery' being awarded £20,000 by Nick Jr. UK and Ireland's "Help Dora Help Campaign" from Animation World Network, via a Nickelodeon UK and Ireland Press Release/Nick Jr. Channel UK and Ireland Press Release:

Belfast Nursery Awarded £20,000 by Nick Jr.’s Help Dora Help Campaign

Press Release from Nick Jr.

Nick Jr., Nickelodeon’s award winning pre-school channel, today announces that Hope Nursery School in Belfast will receive £20,000 funding, as they drew the greatest number of public votes in the channel’s nationwide social responsibility campaign Help Dora Help.

Help Dora Help launched in May, supported by The Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts. The campaign encourages pre-schoolers to learn through exploration. One in five UK nurseries/pre schools registered for a free activity pack and were invited to apply for the grant, by explaining how the nursery would benefit and designing a Dora themed backpack. Five nurseries were selected as finalists by Nick Jr.’s expert judging panel and the ultimate winner was decided by public vote.

Hope Nursery submitted a compelling case, stating their intention to use funds to enhance the landscape of their outdoor play area and build new play facilities allowing children to engage in creative, physical and imaginative play.

Julianne Fleming, Nursery Teacher at Hope Nursery School, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have won this generous funding. The children, staff and parents embraced the challenge and it’s brought the community together too. We worked hard to create a real buzz around the nursery being shortlisted and it’s obviously paid off with so many people voting for us. The money will be so well spent here and we look forward to putting our plans into action.”

Tracey Seawright, a Parent at Hope Nursery, said: “The staff and children of Hope fully deserve the number one slot in this competition! The win has been celebrated throughout the whole community so in effect this was not just a win for Hope Nursery but a win for the Shankill, Belfast and beyond.”

Tina McCann, MD Nickelodeon UK, said: “We’re delighted that Hope Nursery have been chosen to receive the Help Dora Help award fund, they are worthy winners. From the start of the campaign our aim was to encourage pre-schoolers to explore their worlds, so in addition to making a difference to Hope Nursery, we’re also proud to have worked with so many nurseries and pre-schools across the UK to encourage a sense of adventure in pre-schoolers.”

Jeremy Newton, Chief Executive of The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts said: “Hope Nursery’s bid was a very compelling and creative proposal and represented an area that will significantly benefit from the award fund. So we are thrilled they will be able to use the funding to enhance their children’s early learning experiences and development.”

Hope Nursery received 4343 votes from a total of 11561 which was a majority of 38%. The shortlisted finalists were Alfriston Pre-School, East Sussex, England. Beaufort Hill Nursery, Gwent, Wales. Bradford Academy, Yorkshire, England, Hope Nursery School, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Overtown Community Nursery, Wisham, Scotland.

About Hope Nursery School
Hope Nursery School is situated in the Shankill area of North Belfast. It was built in 1976 and welcomes children from the immediate community and beyond. It is a modern double unit school with 52 children attending. Hope provides a happy and relaxed atmosphere where children can learn at their own pace through fun, inviting play opportunities. Prospective parents are welcome to contact the Nursery on Tel: 028 90 323 185 /Email hopenurseryschool@hotmail.com or visit during the open day on Tuesday 13th December at 2pm.

About Nick Jr. UK:
Nick Jr. is the number one commercial pre-school TV channel. Launched by Nickelodeon UK in 1999, it was the world's first channel dedicated to pre-school children and broadcasts hit shows including Dora the Explorer, Peppa Pig, Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom, Max and Ruby and Humf. In 2009 it won BAFTA children’s channel of the year. With its sister channel Nick Jr2, it is the most popular commercial pre-school entertainment brand in cable and satellite homes. Launched in 1993, Nickelodeon UK comprises seven dedicated award-winning entertainment channels for kids aged 2-12. The Nickelodeon Network is a top performing commercial kids TV network in the UK and the Nickelodeon channels are available in over 14 million cable and satellite homes.

About The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts:
The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts is an educational charity which champions the power of the arts to transform and enrich the lives of disadvantaged children across the UK. The charity’s projects have helped to create long-term partnerships between arts organisations and their local schools. Two core programmes, Start and Quests both highlight the potential of learning outside the classroom, enabling children to visit their local cultural venue to work with professional artists, and then developing this experience through class-based projects and activities. Since 2006 the charity has worked with over 100,000 children and hopes to substantially increase this figure in the next few. For more info please visit www.childrenandarts.org.uk

Also, from the Belfast Telegraph:

Nursery gets its Hopes up and nets £20,000 award

Hope Nursery School, on the Shankill Road, will receive £20,000 funding from Nickelodeon’s Nick Jr. having received the greatest number of public votes in the channel’s nationwide social responsibility campaign Help Dora Help.

Help Dora Help, which was launched in May, encourages pre-schoolers to learn through exploration and is supported by The Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts.

Five nurseries were selected from a host of entrants as finalists by Nick Jr.’s expert judging panel and the ultimate winner was decided by public vote.

Hope Nursery submitted a compelling case, stating their intention to use funds to enhance the landscape of their outdoor play area and build new play facilities allowing children to engage in creative, physical and imaginative play.

Julianne Fleming, Nursery Teacher at Hope Nursery School, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have won this generous funding.

“The children, staff and parents embraced the challenge and it’s brought the community together too.

“We worked hard to create a real buzz around the nursery being shortlisted and it’s obviously paid off with so many people voting for us.

“The money will be so well spent here and we look forward to putting our plans into action.”

Tracey Seawright, a Parent at Hope Nursery, said: “The staff and children of Hope fully deserve the number one slot in this competition!

“The win has been celebrated throughout the whole community so in effect this was not just a win for Hope Nursery but a win for the Shankill, Belfast and beyond.”

Tina McCann, MD Nickelodeon UK, said: “From the start of the campaign our aim was to encourage pre-schoolers to explore their worlds, so in addition to making a difference to Hope Nursery, we’re also proud to have worked with so many nurseries and pre-schools across the UK to encourage a sense of adventure in pre-schoolers.”

Jeremy Newton, Chief Executive of The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts, said: “Hope Nursery’s bid was a very compelling and creative proposal and represented an area that will significantly benefit from the award fund.

“So we are thrilled they will be able to use the funding to enhance their children’s early learning experiences and development.”

Penguin Executive Picks Up Simon & Schuster Role

From C21 Media:

Penguin exec picks up S&S role

The editorial director of media and entertainment at books-to-TV publisher Penguin Children's UK is leaving to join rival Simon & Schuster Children's UK.

Meg Wang, who oversees physical and digital books for brands including Peppa Pig, In the Night Garden, Club Penguin and Little Kingdom at Penguin, will fill the newly created position of editorial director for licensed properties at Simon & Schuster from November 28.

In her new job, Wang will oversee digital and physical book developments for a list of brands that includes Octonauts, Mike the Knight, The Smurfs and the Nickelodeon portfolio.

Ed Waller
14 Nov 2011
© C21 Media 2011

Also, from Kidscreen:

Simon & Schuster welcomes Meg Wang

Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has named Meg Wang to the newly created position of editorial director for licensed properties.

Wang, formerly the media and entertainment editorial director at Penguin Children’s UK, will be responsible for Simon & Schuster’s expanding licensed character list, which includes the Octonauts and the BBC’s new series Mike the Knight. She will also oversee the Nickelodeon portfolio and The Smurfs, as well as manage books and digital developments.