Tuesday, May 02, 2017

Nickelodeon Names Chris Young Senior Vice President, Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab

Original Nickelodeon USA Press Release via NickPress.com:

NICKELODEON NAMES CHRIS YOUNG SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, NICKELODEON ENTERTAINMENT LAB


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BURBANK, Calif.–May 2, 2017–Nickelodeon has named Chris Young, Senior Vice President, Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab. In this new position, Young will manage the new Burbank-based Lab, which will spearhead long-range research and development efforts around new technologies for Nickelodeon and its audience. The announcement was made by Matthew Evans, Executive Vice President, Digital & New Business; and James Stephenson, Senior Vice President, Original Animation, to whom Young will dually report.


Chris Young, Senior Vice President (SVP), Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab

In his new role, Young will work to develop new entertainment experiences for kids by identifying and experimenting with new trends in technology and emerging platforms to create new creative capabilities and entertainment. Some of the areas Nickelodeon is currently working on include real-time rendering, virtual cinema, virtual reality, augmented and mixed reality and artificial intelligence. The Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab will focus on building prototypes to test new ideas, collaborating on innovation with show creators, and shaping strategy around production capabilities to fuel future content opportunities.

Young previously served as Executive Creative Director, Nickelodeon Animation Lab, where he focused on exploring and engineering alternative animation pipelines. Prior to that role, he held the title of Producer at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank.


Nickelodeon Slime Zone VR experience

Young began his entertainment industry career at age 15 when he starred as boy genius Bryce Lynch on the cult TV series Max Headroom. Before becoming a producer and director, Young starred in the feature films The Great Outdoors, Book of Love and PCU. He produced Disney Channel’s animated movie The Proud Family, developed, produced and starred in the NBC movie Killing Mr. Griffin and served as executive producer and director on 26 half-hour episodes of Discovery Channel’s The Adventures of A.R.K. Young also founded and served as Chief Creative Officer of Animobile, a forerunner in the mobile gaming space, where he designed and oversaw the production of over two dozen original mobile games for multiple handheld devices.

Nickelodeon, now in its 38th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in more than 90 million households and has been the number-one-rated kids’ basic cable network for 22 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).

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"Power Rangers" Season 25 To Be Called "Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel"

The official title and logo for the 25th anniversary season of Saban's iconic, long-standing Power Rangers franchise has been revealed – Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel!


The confirmation came after the above image went viral on Instagram, originating from actress Claire Chitham who will play a character by the name of Mrs. Finch based on the script pictured.

Slated to premiere on Nickelodeon USA during early 2018, Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel will continue the show's recent trend of following a team of Power Rangers, the Ninja Steel Rangers, into the second half of their journey.


However, Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel is also expected to be a grand celebration of Power Rangers history as the iconic franchise hits its silver anniversary, with guest appearances of the most popular past Rangers. Exact details on the 25th anniversary are still to follow, although the source footage for Ninja Steel does include appearances from the Yellow Mystic Force Ranger, the Red Alien Ranger, the Red Ninja Storm Ranger, and the Green Samurai Ranger from Ninja Storm. Other seasons actors have been seen hanging out with the Ninja Steel cast, including Milo Cawthorne from Power Rangers RPM.

Starring Will Shewfelt, Chrysti Ane, Nico Greetham, Zoe Robins, and Peter Sudarso, Power Rangers Ninja Steel airs regularly on Nickelodeon USA and Nicktoons USA, and is currently rolling out across the globe. Fans can catch up with the first half of the brand-new season of Power Rangers, Power Rangers Ninja Steel on nick.com/ninjasteel.

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Nickelodeon USA Wins April 2017 With Year-Over-Year Growth In Key Kids' Demos

Original Nickelodeon USA Press Release via TheFutonCritic.com:

NICKELODEON WINS APRIL WITH YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH IN KEY KIDS' DEMOS



NEW YORK - May 2, 2017-Continuing its number-one streak for the year to date, Nickelodeon closed April as the top-rated kids' network among Kids 2-11, Kids 6-11 and Kids 2-5--with year-over-year growth in each demo (+5% with K2-11; +6% with K6-11; +4% with K2-5) in total day. According to Nielsen Media Research for March 27-April 30, Nickelodeon averaged a 2.1/575K with K2-11; a 1.7/292K with Kids 6-11 (up +6%); and a 2.7/283K among Kids 2-5. Also, Nick was again home to the top shows for kids, including top-ranked Henry Danger and PAW Patrol.


For 2017 to date, Nick is number one with all three demos, with year-over-year growth: up +10% with Kids 2-11, up +7% with Kids 2-5 and up +6% with Kids 6-11.

Nick's April performance pushed ahead of Disney Channel by +62% with Kids 2-11, +13% among Kids 6-11; and +145% among K2-5. Nickelodeon also paced ahead of Cartoon Network by +110% with Kids 2-11; +55% among Kids 6-11; and +170% among Kids 2-5.


PAW Patrol

Nickelodeon, now in its 38th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 90 million households and has been the number-one-rated kids' basic cable network for 22 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).

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Nickelodeon Explores Tech R&D with New Entertainment Lab

Nickelodeon has announced the launch of its new Burbank-based Entertainment Lab, which will spearhead long-range research and development efforts around new technologies for Nickelodeon and its audience! The facility will be led by the former creative director of Nickelodeon Animation Lab, Chris Young.


Nickelodeon Slime Zone VR experience

“The Entertainment Lab primarily is focused on alternative authoring pipelines and platforms, which is a fancy way of saying we've been looking at real-time rendering capabilities and using specifically game engine technology to take a long range look at what the possibilities are for reimagining CG pipelines,” says Chris Young, Senior Vice President (SVP), Entertainment Lab.

The lab will focus on identifying and experimenting with emerging technologies, and develop entertainment experiences for kids across all lines of business, by identifying and experimenting with new trends in technology and emerging platforms to create new creative capabilities, and entertainment for kids and families. Some of the areas Nickelodeon is working on include real-time rendering, virtual cinema, virtual reality, augmented and mixed reality and artificial intelligence, all of which could shape new entertainment content for the Viacom-owned kidsnet.

“It’s about looking at tools as well as the types of content that we might make for kids and how we might choose to entertain them down the line,” says Young.

That includes going to places beyond television children already are watching, like mobile, tablets and video games. The company is taking a more conservative approach to virtual reality as it relates to children, but sees big potential in mixed reality [MR] and augmented reality [AR].

“It’s important for us as a company to know as much as we can, to have the right vocabulary as it relates to creating this kind of content, and a real deep understanding of how the tool sets work,” he says.

Using a long-range strategy, the Entertainment Lab will build prototypes to test new concepts, partner on innovation with creators, shape strategy around production capabilities to fuel future content opportunities, and evolve Nick’s production capabilities with new tech discoveries.

Housed on the mezzanine level of the original building at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California, the lab currently has four employees in addition to Young and will grow as needed.


Chris Young, Senior Vice President (SVP), Entertainment Lab

Young will report to Matthew Evans, Nickelodeon's Executive Vice President (EVP) of Digital and New Business, as well as James Stephenson, SVP of Original Animation.

In his previous role, Young concentrated on analyzing and engineering alternative animation pipelines. Prior to his lab work, he served as a Nickelodeon Animation Studio producer in Burbank.

“We’ve rebranded Animation Lab as the Entertainment Lab so we can look across all lines of business and try to connect some of the things we’re doing not just in animation, but in live-action, theme parks and games, too,” says Young.

“We’re seeing this new wave emerge around VR and mixed reality being driven by the notion of real-time rendered content. We’ve been investing a lot of time and energy in looking at game engine technology and how we can use it to leverage what has typically been a very traditional CG pipeline.”

To this end, the Lab has been working closely with Chris Savino, creator of Nick’s hit animated series The Loud House, to develop a real-time puppet version of the show’s star, Lincoln Loud, called 'Lincoln Live'.

Using its existing relationship with Adobe, the Lab helped the computer software company build a character animator tool. “We’ve been using that to create topical, real-time conversations on social media using Lincoln as a real-time puppet character,” says Young.

In addition, the Lab recently created a robust tech demo called Nickelodeon Slime Zone. It’s a social VR experience that puts kids and their families inside a giant Nickelodeon play space where they can watch cartoons, compete in multiplayer games, create art and run around and shoot each other with virtual slime blasters.

“We shared it at scale during the opening party in Burbank for the 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards. We put groups of six people in at a time and got a tremendous response. We’ll be sharing it at conferences and in a couple of select places over the next few months. But we’re taking a thoughtful approach for how and what we want to bring to market,” says Young.

The Slime Zone arrives on the heels of Nick’s new partnership with Cra-Z-Art to market and distribute branded DIY slime kits across the US.

As it looks for other potentially sticky tech concepts, the Lab is also sharing insights with Viacom's New York-based digital research and development hub, Viacom Lab, which opened last year.

“One of the greatest things about working with the Viacom family under Bob Bakish's leadership is that he’s brought all these groups together and broken down the silos. We talk a lot with the Viacom Next group, which is part of Viacom Lab, and everyone is sharing information across divisions,” says Young.

Bakish became Viacom CEO and president in November 2016 and reestablished its Kids and Family Group as Nickelodeon Group. The division is currently putting more focus on its Nickelodeon kids cable channel and leveraging additional growth opportunities around its kids business, including recreation and hospitality.

As part of a new five-point turnaround plan announced earlier this year, Viacom plans to deepen its partnerships to drive digital revenue, bolster Viacom’s live experiences and consumer products business, and create the company's first-ever short-form content unit, which will feature new original IP (intellectual properties) and existing programming.

“Our Entertainment Lab is a way to give our artists and creators access to innovative tools to inspire new ways to tell stories for the next generation of kids,” said Cyma Zarghami, President, Nickelodeon Group. “We are working with technology partners, gaming and visual effects companies and our own creators to bring our IP to new platforms, in new formats, and faster.”

Nickelodeon are aware that VR technology is in a bit of a grey area when it comes to kids. “We want to take it slow and determine what the long term effects might be,” added Young, “we’re on that evolutionary cycle where now it is time to reach out and share some of the things we’re doing and talk about it.”

UPDATE: Below is Nickelodeon's official Press Release announcing the exciting news, via NickPress.com:

NICKELODEON LAUNCHES BRAND-NEW ENTERTAINMENT LAB, DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY AND EXPERIMENT WITH NEW AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES


New Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab To Fuel Production Opportunities and Content Creation


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BURBANK, Calif.–May 2, 2017–Nickelodeon, the number-one kids entertainment brand, today announced the launch of its new Burbank-based Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab, which will spearhead long-range research and development efforts around new technologies for Nick and its audience.

“Our Entertainment Lab is a way to give our artists and creators access to innovative tools to inspire new ways to tell stories for the next generation of kids,” said Cyma Zarghami, President, Nickelodeon Group. “We are working with technology partners, gaming and visual effects companies and our own creators to bring our IP to new platforms, in new formats, and faster.”

The Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab will work to develop new entertainment experiences for kids by identifying and experimenting with new trends in technology and emerging platforms to create new creative capabilities and entertainment. Some of the areas Nickelodeon is currently working on include real-time rendering, virtual cinema, virtual reality, augmented and mixed reality and artificial intelligence. The Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab will focus on building prototypes to test new ideas, collaborating on innovation with creators, and shaping strategy around production capabilities to fuel future content opportunities.

The Lab will be headed by Chris Young, Senior Vice President, Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab. Young previously served as Executive Creative Director, Nickelodeon Animation Lab, where he focused on exploring and engineering alternative animation pipelines. Prior to that role, he held the title of Producer at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank. Young reports to Matthew Evans, Executive Vice President, Digital & New Business and James Stephenson, Senior Vice President, Original Animation.

Nickelodeon, now in its 38th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in more than 90 million households and has been the number-one-rated kids’ basic cable network for 22 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).

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The Splat Is Now NickSplat!

New name, same Splat. Keep watching NickSplat for more of your favorite '90s Nickelodeon shows and specials, every night at 10pm ET/PT on TeenNick USA!:



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Watch all your '90s Nickelodeon favorites on NickSplat, your late-night destination for your favorite childhood Nickelodeon cartoons and live-action shows! NickSplat doesn't question football-shaped heads, but embrace them - along with Reptar bars, a Big Ear of Corn, orange soda, and even slime for Pete (and Pete's) sake. Make your slime-covered Nickelodeon childhood dreams come true every night at 10pm ET/PT, only on TeenNick USA! #NickSplat!

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Showdown at the Movie Store! | “Henry Danger” | “Stuck in Two Holes” | Dan Schneider

While Captain Man and Kid Danger are stuck in two holes, it's Charlotte, Jasper and Piper to the rescue! Maybe! Check out this hilarious clip from the brand-new Henry Danger episode "Stuck in Two Holes"!:



Watch the brand-new Henry Danger episode "Stuck in Two Holes" on nick.com/henrydanger and the Nick App!

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Johnny Orlando: Ping Pong Master!?!? | YTV

Carlos plays a game of Ping Pong with Johnny Orlando at SPIN in Toronto!:



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Mix It Up w/ PAW Patrol & Blaze and the Monster Machines | Nick Jr.

What do you get when you combine PAW Patrol's Chase and Skye and Blaze and the Monster Machines with some ordinary, everyday objects? Give up? You get some incredibly cute animals mixed and mashed up into fast, furry, funny, and funky all-new vehicles!! Take delight in the family fun and surprises as Chase morphs into a Chase Car, Blaze transforms into a Hamster Machine, and high-flying Skye becomes a Skye-Cycle! Your preschooler can watch more videos like this — for free — in the Nick Jr. App and on NickJr.com!:



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Stream full episodes for free in the Nick Jr. App on Roku and Apple TV, or download full episodes for offline viewing on iTunes or Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=nick%20jr&c=movies

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PAW Patrol Pups Take Flight: iPhone | iPad | Google Play | Amazon

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Blaze and the Monster Machines Racing: iPhone, iPad, Google Play, and Amazon.

Blaze and the Monster Machines Dinosaur Rescue
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'Happy Birthday Lizzy Greene!' Official Tribute Music Video | Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn | Nickelodeon

It's Lizzy Greene's birthday! Celebrate this quad-tactic superstar's birthday with a special tribute music video featuring behind the scenes action and pictures of Lizzy growing up! And don't miss Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn on Nickelodeon! Happy birthday, Lizzy! :)


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Remix de Henry | Henry Danger | Nickelodeon Latinoamérica

Él es el niño peligro, Kid Danger. ¡Escucha su canción!:



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Cookie Challenge w/ Cree Cicchino | TeenNick Top 10

It's harder than it looks!:



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Music Monday: The Epic Space Rap w/ SpongeBob, TMNT & More | Nickelodeon

You ever look up at the stars and wonder, "what kind of song would Nickelodeon do about space?" Well, look no further! This is…THE EPIC SPACE RAP. Learn all about this galaxy with your favorite shows and catch more SpongeBob SquarePants, Game Shakers, Bunsen is a Beast, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, School of Rock, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn on Nick!:



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Spongebob Gold | La banda | Sweet Victory | Nickelodeon Italia

A maggio su Nickelodeon arriva l'episodio 200 di SpongeBob: ci prepariamo con gli episodi più epici della serie!:



Song: "Sweet Victory", from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Band Geeks". Sing-along with the lyrics below!:

The winner takes all,
It's the thrill of one more kill,
The last one to fall,
will never sacrifice their will!

Don't ever look back, on the world closing in,
be on the attack with your wings on the wind,
Oh, the games will begin.

And its sweet sweet sweet victory, yeah!
It's ours for the taking, it's ours for the fight.

And it's sweet sweet sweet victory, yeah!
And the one who's last to fall.

"Sweet Victory" lyrics via Encyclopedia SpongeBobia.

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The Thundermans | Jack and Kira - Outtakes | Nickelodeon UK

Check out a selection of hilarious outtakes featuring Jack and Kira, who play Max and Phoebe in The Thundermans!:



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Nickelodeon Latin America And Nickelodeon Brazil To Premiere "Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" On Saturday 6th May 2017

Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo return in Nickelodeon’s season five anthology series, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, premiering Saturday 6th May 2017 on Nickelodeon Latin America (Latinoamérica) and Nickelodeon Brazil (Brasil)!

Nickelodeon Latinoamérica will premiere each brand-new episode of the fifth season (quinta temporada) of Las Tortugas Ninjas every Saturday at 09h30 on Nickelodeon Colombia (Col.), 10h30 on Nickelodeon Venezuela (Ven.), 11h30 on Nickelodeon Mexico (Méx.), and at 13h30 on Nickelodeon Argentina (Arg.), and Nickelodeon Brasil will premiere each brand-new episode of Tartarugas Ninja season five every Saturday at 11h30.


Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles captures seven distinct stories from the hero brothers’ past and future, including their early days in New York City, encounters with villains and friends, and a peek into their distant, but wild future. Throughout the season, fans can expect to see both new and familiar friends and foes as each tale unfolds.


In the premiere episode, "Scroll of the Demodragon," Kavaxas, a hotheaded dragon man with mystical powers, partners with some of the Turtles' worst foes to bring chaos to New York City. In the episode, the Turtles believe they have defeated their old enemies, but they soon discover a new evil is rising. Hamill lends his voice as the villainous Kavaxas during the next three premiere episodes. In the North American dub of the episode arc, Kavaxas is voiced by Mark Hamill (Star Wars).

Additional season five guest stars include: Chris Sarandon (The Princess Bride) as Count Vlad Dracula, the lord of the vampires; Graham McTavish (The Hobbit trilogy) as Savanti Romero, an evil time master from the future; Dana DeLorenzo (Ash vs. Evil Dead) as Esmeralda, a kind and weary Romanian traveler with an expert knowledge of monsters; Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Revenge) as Sumo Kuma, a fierce and cunning Samurai commander; and Nyambi Nyambi (Mike & Molly) as Verminator Rex, the vicious leader of a gang.

Considered one of the most popular kids’ television programs of the 1980s, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a classic, global property created in 1984 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It first debuted as a successful comic book series and then became a hit animated TV show, a live-action television series and later spawned numerous blockbuster theatrical releases. Since its launch in 2012, Nickelodeon’s all-new CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has re-energized these iconic characters of this wildly popular franchise. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is seen in over 170 countries and territories and translated in 45+ languages.

Produced at Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank, California, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is executive produced by Ciro Nieli and Brandon Auman.

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