Sunday, November 18, 2012

Nickelodeon USA Unveils Brand New Windows 8 App Called The "Nick App"!

Nickelodeon USA has announced the Nickelodeon News in a banner graphic on the homepage of Nick USA's (geo-locked) official website, Nick.com, that Nickelodeon USA has released a brand new application specially designed for computers running Microsoft's latest new Windows operating systems "Windows 8" and "Windows RT" called the "Nick app", which North American Nickelodeon fans and viewers can download here on the official Windows Store!

NEW APP AVAILABLE NOW

Get access your favorite Nick videos, games, & more on Windows 8!
Nickelodeon USA's newly launched "Nick App" Windows 8 application features on-demand Nickelodeon video clips, including sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes specials, and Nickelodeon video games based on the popular Nickelodeon shows "Victorious", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "iCarly", "Big Time Rush", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Legend of Korra", "Robot & Monster", and more!

From the official "Nick App" page on the US version of Windows Store:
[Name:] Nick

[Cost:] Free

Overview

Everything Nickelodeon, all in one place!

Description

Welcome to the Nick app by Nickelodeon – the home of all things Nick for Windows 8! Watch funny videos from your favorite stars and special animated shorts featuring SpongeBob, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and others. Play tons of games, like SpongeBob's Jellyfishin' Mission and TMNT Sewer Run. Enjoy the latest pictures of Nick stars hanging off set and playing backstage. The whole Nick gang is waiting for you – Victorious, SpongeBob, iCarly, Big Time Rush, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Korra, Robot & Monster, and more.

Download now – let's play!

Learn more
App website

App support

Additional terms
Nickelodeon privacy policy

Supported processors
x86, x64, ARM

Languages
English (United States)

License agreement
The Nick App collects non-personal aggregated user data. Such data may be used to manage and improve Nickelodeon's services. For more information regarding Nickelodeon’s use of data, please visit the Nickelodeon Group Privacy Policy.

Entertainment
Age rating: 3+
Publisher: Nickelodeon
© 2012 Viacom International Inc.

Everything Nickelodeon, all in one place!

All your favorite Nickelodeon stars and characters are waiting!

Play your favorite Nickelodeon games, even on touch devices!

Watch videos and play games from your favorite Nickelodeon shows!

Get behind the scenes videos and pictures of Miranda Cosgrove, Big Time Rush, and more!

Nickelodeon International Unveils Nickelodeon's New 'Nickelodeon Stars Sing Sleigh Ride' Christmas Music Video As Part Of Special Christmas 2012 Edition Of "N-View"; Nickelodeon UK Confirms Plans To Premiere The New Nickelodeon Comedy Show "How To Rock" Soon

As part of the Christmas 2012 special episode of Nickelodeon International's children's entertainment magazine television series "N-View", "N-View Christmas Special 2012", which Nickelodeon UK premiered and showed on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK on Saturday 17th November 2012 at 9.00pm, and was narrated by Nickelodeon UK and Ireland presenter and voice-over artist Anna Williamson, "N-View" treated Nickelodeon fans and viewers to an early and very special Christmas present - a Christmas carol music video featuring current and upcoming Nickelodeon stars and casts from the popular Nickelodeon shows "Victorious", "iCarly", "Big Time Rush", "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures" and "How To Rock" coming together to take a very special orange Christmas sleigh ride and to sing a very special version of the Christmas song "Sleigh Ride"! Nickelodeon UK also confirmed the Nick UK News that Nickelodeon UK will be premiering and showing the brand new Nickelodeon comedy series "How to Rock" soon, possibly in 2013!

Nickelodeon International's brand new "Nickelodeon Stars -- Sleigh Ride" jingle is based on Nickelodeon USA's version of 'Nickelodeon Stars Sing Sleigh Ride' Holiday Ident/Channel ID, which Nick US debuted in 2011 as a to celebrate 'Christmas On Nickelodeon USA 2011', but uses different Nickelodeon Stars singing different lines from from the song.

It is currently unknown whether Nickelodeon UK and Ireland will show Nickelodeon Internationals version of Nickelodeon's "Nickelodeon Stars -- Sleigh Ride" ident/trailer in full as part of Nick UK's Christmas 2012 image campaign. Nickelodeon UK Fanblog NickUKHub is reporting the Nickelodeon UK News that Nickelodeon UK is expected to start unveiling and using Nick UK, Nicktoons UK and Nick Jr. UK's 2012 Christmas holiday on-air broadcast design packages, including Christmas-themed logo's for DOGs (Digital On-screen Graphic)/BUG's and Christmas themed idents and bumpers, from Saturday 1st December 2012, as part of "December on Nickelodeon UK 2012" and "Christmas on Nickelodeon UK 2012".

To celebrate "Christmas on Nickelodeon UK 2012", Nickelodeon UK has also announced the Nickelodeon UK and Ireland News that Nickelodeon UK will premiere and show Nickelodeon's first full-length stop-motion animated special "It's A SpongeBob Christmas!" on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK on Sunday 2nd December 2012 at 8.00am and 4.00pm (repeated one hour later at 9.00am and 5.00pm on Nick UK's plus-one (+1) timeshift channel, Nickelodeon+1), and that, following the success of Nickelodeon UK's "SpongeBob's Advent Calendar" Watch and Win competition in December 2011, Nickelodeon UK will be bringing back and holding their "SpongeBob's Big Advent Calendar" Watch & Win competition for a second year, where lucky Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK viewers and fans can win some great Nickelodeon prizes, as part of Nickelodeon UK's Autumn/Winter 2012 line-up and "Christmas on Nickelodeon UK 2012"!

Below is a online streaming Nickelodeon UK video clip and lyrics of Nickelodeon International's brand new "Nickelodeon Stars -- Sleigh Ride" jingle, which was shown as part of Nickelodeon's Christmas special 2012 episode of "N-View", your own personal entertainment guide:

Jerry Trainor (Spencer Shay, iCarly): Come look out for reindeer!

Matt Bennett (Robbie Shapiro, Victorious): Do you hear those sleigh bells, kids? Their coming for you!

Dillon Lane (Skinner, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures): Merry Christmas...

Leon Thomas III (Andre Harris, VicTORIous): ...and a Happy New Year!

Victoria Justice (Tori Vega, VicTORIous): # Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring-ting ting-a-ling too

# Ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-ding-dong-ding

Miranda Cosgrove (Carly Shay, iCarly): # Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.

# Ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-ding-dong-ding

Victoria Justice: Oh, can I come?

Max Schneider (Zander Robbins, How to Rock; Charlie Prince, Rags"): # Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling yoo-hoo

Nickelodeon Stars: Yoo-hoo

# Ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-ding-dong-ding

Jennette McCurdy (Sam Puckett, iCarly): # Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.

# Ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-ding-dong-ding

Jennette to Nathan Kress (Freddie Benson, iCarly): Look at this weather. It is just dandy!

# Ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-ding-dong-ding

Cymphonique Miller (Kacey Simon, How to Rock): # Our cheeks are nice and rosy, and comfy and cosy are we!!

# Ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-ding-dong-ding

Elizabeth Gillies (Jade West, Victorious): # We're snuggled up together like two birds of a feather would be

# Ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-ding-dong-ding

Ariana Grande (Cat Valentine, Victorious): # Let's take that road before us, and sing a chorus or two

# Ring-a-ling-a-ling-a-ding-dong-ding

Leon Thomas III: Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
You can watch Nickelodeon USA's version of "Nickelodeon Stars - Sleigh Ride" Christmas 2011 music video in full and in super duper high-quality (HQ) high-definition (HD) here on Nickelodeon TV Media! Nickelodeon's "Nickelodeon Stars -- Sleigh Ride" music video was made by award-winning Santa Monica, California, USA-based writer/director Marcus Wagner and was shot at 24p 1/50 shutter.

Columbia Records has also announced in a Columbia Records Press Release that they and Nickelodeon will release the brand new Christmas Holiday album called "Merry Nickmas", which will feature the above "Nickelodeon Sleigh Ride" sung by the Nickelodeon cast, in the USA on Tuesday 20th November 2012! You can find more information about Nickelodeon and Columbia Records' brand new "Merry Nickmas" musical album here on NickALive!.