Nickelodeon UK To Get 'Fantasy' Rebrand In March 2009

From Broadcast Now:

Nickelodeon UK to get 'fantasy' rebrand

Nickelodeon UK is being handed a new on-air look that will then be rolled out to the company's other international channels.

The rebrand was devised by Peter Drake, vice-president of Nickelodeon UK, and creative and art director Akin Akinsiku. It was an 18-month project and blends live action with 3D animation to unify reality and fantasy.

Drake told Broadcast that the concept behind the channel's new look was "to make connections with real-world situations but then to transfer them into the world of a child's imagination".

There will also be only one version of the channel's signature 'splat' logo: at present there are several. The new logo will roll out online as well as on screen.

All the 3D work was created and produced at Mainframe by a team led by Adam Jenns. The sound design was done by Ian Chatham at Blue Post Production and the music created by Blasé Music.

The redesign, which was produced in the UK, will air here on 7 March before it is rolled out internationally. The channel was last rebranded three years ago. There are no plans as yet to rebrand the channel's sister station Nick Jr.

Nickelodeon UK kicks off its spring season with The Elephant Princess on 20 February.

The 13 x 30-minute Shiff Productions series is about an ordinary teenage girl who discovers that she has magical powers and is the heir to the throne of the enchanted kingdom of Manjipoor.

Nickelodeon UK To Premiere 'Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh' In December 2008

According to Nickelodeon UK's official Christmas on Nick website, Nickelodeon UK will be premiering the brand new two-hour Drake and Josh TV movie called 'Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh' on Sunday December 21st at 10am:

Drake and Josh Christmas Special

Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

Drake and Josh will be returning to your screens for a BRAND NEW Christmas movie!

Don't miss the premiere on Sunday December 21st at 10am, only on Nickelodeon!

Also, from PR Newswire-FirstCall, via Yahoo! Finance:

The big comic adventure reuniting Nick's superstar duo Drake Bell and Josh Peck unfolds as a mall Santa and his sack of toys - alias Drake and Josh - promise an adorable little girl that her foster family will have "the best Christmas ever." It's a pledge that will change their holiday and their lives - and one that's tough to keep after Drake's antics at a holiday party land responsible Josh in the slammer. Both boys are hauled into court after Drake tries to break his brother out of jail, and Judge Newman (Henry Winkler) rules that if little Mary Alice (Bailee Madison) and her family don't have the best Christmas ever, it's back behind bars for Drake and Josh. Little sis Megan's (Miranda Cosgrove) clever pranks keep a heartless parole officer at bay, but the guys bump heads and clash on the path to make good on their unbreakable promise, leaving kids to expect the unexpected - including Josh's ex-cellmate Bludge (Kimbo Slice) making an appearance as a rather unusual Santa. Bell rings in the season with rockin' renditions of Jingle Bells and The 12 Days of Christmas.

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards UK 2008 Nominees Press Release

From Nickelodeon UK:

Embargoed until 12.01am 28 July 2008

The Doctor’s Assistants fight it out
for top TV honour

It’s sonic screwdrivers at dawn for Catherine Tate and Freema Agyeman as they compete for the title of Favourite Female TV Star at the
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards…
…and Doctor Who is nominated for a record four awards!

The nominations are in for the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards UK which is back for its second year!

Forget the Daleks and the Cybermen, Doctor Who’s Catherine Tate and Freema Agyeman are about to have the biggest fight of their time travelling career to date as they take on each other for the accolade of Favourite Female TV Star at this year’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards along with Hannah Montana’s Miley Cyrus and iCarly’s Miranda Cosgove.

The Time Lord himself, David Tennant, is also amongst the nominees as he will be battling it out with Robin Hood’s Jonas Armstrong and American stars Dylan Sprouse (Suite Life) and Josh Peck (Drake & Josh) to take home the Nickelodeon Blimp for Favourite Male TV star.

Following their latest attempt to conquer Earth, can the Daleks exterminate the competition to win Favourite Baddie? They have tough competition in the form of SpongeBob SquarePant’s arch enemy Plankton, WWE bad boy Randy Orton and TV’s original Mr. Nasty himself Simon Cowell!

Doctor Who makes it a record four nominations as it goes head to head against Cowell’s reality juggernauts The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent as well as the hugely popular Harry Hill’s TV Burp in the Favourite Family TV Show category.

This year also sees a battle of the boogie as some of the country’s top dancers compete for the title of Favourite Winner; Britain’s Got Talent’s dancing sensation George Sampson, Dancing on Ice’s Suzanne Shaw and Strictly Come Dancing’s Alesha Dixon will all be bopping for glory against singing supremo Leon Jackson from The X Factor.

Harry Hill completes a hat-trick of nominations as he battles for Favourite TV Presenter against Dermot O’Leary, Holly Willoughby and last year’s winners Ant & Dec, and for Favourite Funny Person where he faces tough competition again from Ant & Dec, Catherine Tate and pretenders to the comedy throne, Dick & Dom.

Following his outstanding win at the British Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton is hoping he can race to victory and take the title of Favourite Sportsman but Liverpool and England ace Steven Gerrard, WWE star John Cena and last year’s winner, David Beckham will all be hoping Nickelodeon viewers vote for them.

Nickelodeon is the UK’s number 1 commercial kids’ TV network watched by almost 11 million viewers every month. All Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards winners are chosen by kids – the best critics of all! Kids cast their votes online at www.nick.co.uk/kca and via the red button their TV remote. Kids can enter to win tickets simply by voting. Voting commences 28 July and closes on 1 September.

Last year’s inaugural event was hugely successful with top rocker presenters McFly kicking off proceedings and a multitude of stars, including BAFTA Award winner David Walliams, Harry Potter star Emma Watson, X Factor winner Shayne Ward, dance floor booty-shakers ‘Booty Luv’ and famous faces from Drake & Josh, Hollyoaks, Coronation Street and EastEnders presenting, performing and picking up their coveted Nickelodeon Blimp awards.

TV babe and queen of presenters Holly Willoughby donned snorkel and mask to dive into the world famous Nickelodeon green slime as she was inducted into the Nickelodeon Hall of Slime. Holly is the latest in a long list of A-list slimees including Orlando Bloom, Harrison Ford, Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz; but who will join the ranks of the showbiz elite by getting slimed in 2008?

This year’s event will take place at London’s Excel on Saturday 13 September in front of a specially invited audience of 2,500 kids (all competition winners) and will be broadcast a week later (20 September) exclusively on Nickelodeon with subsequent broadcasts on Nick Replay (+1 channel), MTV Hits and TMF – it is sure to be the most spectacular family television event of the year!

Watch out for the announcement of some of the hosts and presenters in the coming weeks…

For further press enquiries please contact:
Christina Joyce / Samantha Elliott

020 7292 8352 / 020 7292 8277
christina.joyce@premierpr.com / samantha.elliott@premierpr.com

Nominations in full:

Favourite Kids’ TV Show
Hanna Montana
Drake & Josh
Suite Life
iCarly

Favourite Kids’ Cartoon
SpongeBob SquarePants
Ben 10
Shaggy & Scooby
Horrid Henry

Favourite Family TV Show
Doctor Who
Britain’s Got Talent
The X Factor
Harry Hill’s TV Burp

Favourite Film
Indiana Jones
Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Golden Compass
The Spiderwick Chronicles

Favourite Male Film Star
William Moseley
Daniel Craig
Freddie Highmore
Shia LaBeouf

Favourite Female Film Star
Amy Adams
Georgie Henley
Anna Popplewell
Dakota Blue Richards

Cont’d

Favourite Animated Film
Ratatouille
Horton Hears a Who
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Favourite Sports Person
David Beckham
Lewis Hamilton
Steven Gerrard
John Cena

Favourite Baddie
The Daleks
Simon Cowell
Plankton
Randy Orton

Favourite Singer
Mika,
Leona Lewis
Duffy
Chris Brown

Favourite Band
Girls Aloud
Sugababes
The Hoosiers
McFly

Favourite Male TV Star
David Tennant
Dylan Sprouse
Josh Peck
Jonas Armstrong

Favourite Female TV Star
Catherine Tate
Miley Cyrus
Freema Agyeman
Miranda Cosgrove

Favourite TV Presenter
Ant & Dec
Harry Hill
Dermot O’Leary
Holly Willoughby

Favourite Winner
George Sampson
Leon Jackson
Suzanne Shaw
Alesha Dixon

Favourite Funny Person
Harry Hill
Ant & Dec
Catherine Tate
Dick & Dom

MTV Hits Favourite Song
Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis
That’s Not My Name – Ting Tings
Rockstar – Nickelback
Don’t Stop the Music – Rihanna
Fascination – Alphabeat
Heartbeat – Scouting for Girls

Notes to Editors:

The first ever annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards UK premiered in October 2007 to a floor stomping arena audience of 2,500 people. The family television event of the year was watched by a record breaking 1.2million multi-channel viewers and in excess of 3.3million votes were cast by kids and teens in the UK and Ireland.

The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards UK will once again be produced by Broadcast Best Children’s Channel of the Year and the UK’s number 1 rating commercial kids’ TV network, Nickelodeon UK, together with the team behind MTV's European Music Awards.

All tickets for the show are free and will be available to win via competitions across Nickelodeon channels, online at www.nick.co.uk and through competitions in the national media.

The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards is the world’s most successful kids’ television event and the 22nd Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards USA, hosted earlier this year in Los Angeles, was broadcast to over 210million households. The ceremony was hosted by funny man Jack Black and saw special appearances from Chris Brown, Hayden Panettiere, Hilary Duff, Janet Jackson, Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Miranda Cosgrove, Rihanna, Usher and Will Smith. 2006 saw the launch of the Kids’ Choice Awards Italy, followed in 2007 by inaugural Kids’ Choice Awards in the UK, Australia, Germany and Holland.

Nickelodeon UK is watched by over 10.9 million people and over 3.9 million kids every month. Nickelodeon UK is the number 1 outlet to directly reach kids aged between 2 and 12 years old and their families.

Nickelodeon UK broadcasts five entertainment channels dedicated to kids, including Broadcast Best Children’s Channel Nickelodeon, Nick Replay and NickToons for kids aged 6-12 years old and pre-school specialist channels Nick Jr (Broadcast Best Specialist Channel) and Nick Jr 2 plus Nick Jr on TMF for Freeview subscribers. The network is the official home to hugely successful shows including SpongeBob Squarepants, Drake and Josh, Dora the Explorer and LazyTown.

Nickelodeon UK Announces The Date and Venue For The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards UK 2008

According to the Visit London website, Nickelodeon UK will be holding the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards UK 2008 at ExCel London on Saturday 13th September 2008.

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

We have a VIP family trip to the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards at ExCel London on 13 September to give away.

Kids' Choice Awards

The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards are back, and this year they are bigger, starrier and slimier than ever. It's the only award show where you get to choose who wins (and who loses) and it's packed with all your favourite celebs.

Voting goes live on 28 July, so get your thinking caps on now. Will you vote for David Beckham or Lewis Hamilton? Is Dr Who your Favourite Family TV Show or Britain’s Got Talent?

More Information

To vote or for further information on this event visit the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2008 website

Nickelodeon UK To Launch Brand New Channel Called NickToonsters In August 2008

From C21 Media:

Nick UK unveils new toon net

Nickelodeon UK has launched a new cartoon channel called NickToonsters, aimed at a slightly younger audience than those targeted by NickToons.

NickToonsters will target Nicktoons viewers' younger siblings aged five to seven, launching with favourites such as The Rugrats, Hey Arnold, The Wild Thornberrys, CatDog and As Told By Ginger. It will be slightly more female-skewing than NickToons.

Howard Litton, MD of Nickelodeon UK, said: "NickToonsters will feature the gentler side of animation and provide the perfect transition from Nick Jr to NickToons for five- to seven-year-olds."

"High-quality animation from all over the world is a real hallmark of Nickelodeon, and we have a wealth of exclusive content that we're constantly getting requests for. NickToonsters will provide a chance for popular cartoons like The Rugrats to shine on their own channel, both as a welcome return for existing fans and as a whole new world of friends for a brand new audience."

NickToonsters will launch on August 18 on Sky.




17 Jul 2008
© C21 Media 2008

Also, from Digital Spy:

Nickelodeon to open new UK toon channel

Nickelodeon is to launch a new UK channel called NickToonsters on satellite August 18.

The 7am to 7pm channel will be aimed at children aged five to seven and is slightly more female-focused then the existing Nick Toons.

Programmes will include catalogue episodes of The Rugrats, The Wild Thornberries and Hey Arnold.

During launch week the channel will show the entire back catalogue of The Rugrats.