Thursday, May 31, 2012

Video Of Nickelodeon UK's Brand New "This Is Nickelodeon" Channel Ident

Below is a streaming video featuring Nickelodeon UK's brand new "This Is Nickelodeon" ident which Nickelodeon UK unveiled on-air on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK on Tuesday 29th May 2012 as part of Nickelodeon UK's recent 2011 brand refresh which Nick UK unveiled on-air on Tuesday 1st November 2011.

Nickelodeon UK's brand new "This Is Nickelodeon" Nickelodeon channel Ident (Nickelodeon Station Id) features Nickelodeon Stars from Nickelodeon's most popular shows, including from the cast of "House of Anubis" (Nathalia Ramos (Nina Martin) and Jade Ramsey (Patricia Williamson)), the cast of "Victorious" (Victoria Justice (Tori Vega), Leon Thomas III (Andre Harris), Matt Bennett (Robbie Shapiro), and Ariana Grande (Cat Valentine)), the cast of "iCarly" (Miranda Cosgrove (Carly Shay), Nathan Kress (Freddie Benson), Jerry Trainor (Spencer Shay), Noah Munck (Gibby)) and "Supah Ninjas" (Ryan Potter (Mike Fukunaga), Carlos Knight (Owen Reynolds), and Gracie Dzienny (Amanda McKay)) against brightly coloured animated backgrounds (backdrops).

New French And Korean Agents For Coolabi's Animated Preschool Series "Poppy Cat"; Golden Bear To Release "Poppy Cat" Merchandise From Autumn 2012

From Kidscreen:
New French and Korean agents for Poppy Cat

UK-based producer and rights management company Coolabi has secured two new licensing agents for preschool property Poppy Cat, appointing Planeta Junior in France and Asiana Licensing in Korea.

The new deals further expand the scope of the IP, which currently has 11 licensees on board in the UK including toyco Golden Bear for plush, plastics and arts and crafts products launching this fall. The Joester Loria Group handles licensing for the brand in North America.

Poppy Cat is set to air on France 5 in June. (Distributor Cake Entertainment sold the series to France Télévisions in February.)

Poppy Cat currently airs on EBS in Korea, and other broadcasters include Disney Junior (Spain and Latin America), Al Jazeera Children's Channel, e-vision (UAE), SVT (Sweden), S4C (Wales), EBS (Korea), OKTO (Singapore), Nickelodeon (Australia), TVO and Knowledge Network (Canada), NRK (Norway), RTÉ (Ireland) and CiTV (UK).

The series will also launch on the new NBC Kids weekend block in the US from July making it available in more than 110 million US homes.

Tags: Asiana Licensing, Coolabi, France, Korea, Planeta Junior, Poppy Cat

Nickelodeon Acquires The Global Broadcast Rights To Zodiak Kids' Brand New Animated Preschool Series "Quick, Quack, Duck!"; Set To Premiere In 2013

From Broadcast:
Duck lays $9m golden egg for Zodiak with Nick Jr deal

Zodiak Kids has secured a global pre-sale to Nickelodeon, for a series whose budget is thought to be in the region of $9m (£5.7m).

Under the deal, pre-school animated series Quick, Quack, Duck! will air on Nick Jr channels in more than 100 countries around the world from 2013, including the UK and US.

Quick Quack Duck, Based on Bafta-winning short film The Happy Duckling

The 52 x 11-minute 3D animation is being produced by Zodiak indie The Foundation, in partnership with creator QQD and Korean animation studio High 1 Entertainment.

It follows the adventures of an inquisitive seven-year-old boy called Remi and his devoted duck Quack. The duo live in a unique "pop-up world", where they can use tabs, pulls and other devices to trigger popups that create an interactive story.

Zodiak Kids senior vice-president of global sales and co-production Karen Vermeulen brokered the deal with Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Groups senior vice-president of global acquisitions and international programming Jules Borkent.

Zodiak MEAA/UK family and kids chief executive Nigel Pickard said a deal “of this scale” would significantly enhance the indie’s relationship with Nick Jr, following the launch of The Foundation’s pre-school series Tickety Toc on the UK channel earlier this year.

Quick, Quack, Duck!, which is based on Bafta-winning short film The Happy Duckling, is currently in pre-production.

The short's director Gili Dolev co-created the new series with Yvette Kaplan (Ice Age, Beavis & Butthead). Pickard will exec produce with The Foundation's ["Summer In Transylvania"] Vanessa Hill, alongside Kaplan and QQD’s Ronen Shani. Simon Spencer is the showrunner.
Also, from C21Media:
Nick Jr out for a Duck

Global kidcaster Nick Jr has signed an international pre-sale deal for a new animated series from coproducers in the UK, Korea and Israel.

Quick Quack Duck!

Quick Quack Duck! (52x11′) is being produced by Zodiak Media-owned UK prodco The Foundation, alongside Tel Aviv-based format creator QQD Limited and Korean animation studio High 1 Entertainment. The toon will air on all of Nick Jr’s channels worldwide once it is completed.

The CGI animated series, co-created by Yvette Kaplin (Ice Age, Beavis & Butthead) and Gili Dolev, follows an inquisitive seven-year-old boy and his duck friend as they adventure through a world in which everything is pop-up.

As part of the pre-sale acquisition, Nick Jr will work with The Foundation and QQD on the creative development of the series, which is currently in pre-production. Zodiak Kids, Zodiak Media’s children’s production and distribution arm, brokered the deal and retains worldwide rights to the property.

The Foundation's latest preschool series, Tickety Toc, launched earlier this year on Nick Jr in the UK.

Nico Franks
31-05-2012
©C21Media

TAGS: Acquisitions
GENRES: Animation, Children's
SHOWS: Quick Quack Duck!, Tickety Toc
PEOPLE: Gili Dolev, Yvette Kaplin
COMPANIES: High 1 Entertainment, Nick Jr, Nickelodeon, QQD Limited, The Foundation, Zodiak Kids, Zodiak Media
SECTIONS: C21 Kids
COUNTRIES: Israel, Korea, UK