2K Play And Nickelodeon To Launch Lineup Of Games Based On Hit New Preschool Shows And Characters
2K Play and Nickelodeon announced today new video games that celebrate the imaginative, educational and interactive worlds of Nickelodeon’s hit preschool series, Dora the Explorer, Bubble Guppies and Team Umizoomi. Available this fall, Nickelodeon Dance 2 for console systems builds on the success of its predecessor, Nickelodeon Dance, by featuring new Nickelodeon characters, innovative game modes, original dances, and energetic songs from the network’s hit TV shows. In addition, Bubble Guppies, the top-rated CG-animated preschool series, makes a splash with its video game debut, delighting Nintendo DS™ gamers with a watery world of laughter and learning. Rounding out the lineup, Dora & Team Umizoomi's Fantastic Flight for Nintendo DS brings together the mighty math superheroes of Team Umizoomi and the beloved Dora the Explorer for the very first time.
"Nickelodeon Dance 2 builds on the active fun children, moms, teachers and grandparents had with our original dance sensation by adding new songs, characters, and twists,” said Steve Lux, Vice President of Business Development for 2K Play. "On the portable front, we’re delighted to introduce games based on preschoolers' favorite new Nickelodeon properties, including Bubble Guppies and Team Umizoomi, providing the perfect opportunity to play learning games on the go."
"Our new titles with 2K Play exemplify Nickelodeon’s ongoing commitment of stimulating and developing preschoolers' minds through play and education," said Sherice Torres, Senior Vice President of Home Entertainment, DTO and Video Game Licensing, Nickelodeon Consumer Products. “Kids will love singing, dancing and interacting with the characters from their favorite preschoolers series.”
In Nickelodeon Dance 2, gamers of all ages can dance, sing and workout with more Nickelodeon friends than ever before. Thirty all-new tracks include chart-toppers from hit Nick Jr. TV shows, like The Fresh Beat Band, Bubble Guppies, Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, and The Backyardigans. Original dance routines are under development with the guidance of an Emmy-recognized® children's dance choreographer.
The first Nickelodeon Dance was named one of Parents magazine's "15 Best Video Games" in 2011. It was also featured in The Active Gaming Showcase, which is the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition and the Entertainment Software Association’s joint initiative to promote active play through video games. Nickelodeon Dance 2 continues the franchise’s trend of encouraging heart-healthy activity with the inclusion of a special workout mode.
Bubble Guppies for Nintendo DS is the first video game featuring the fish-tailed classmates Molly, Gil, Deema, Nonny, Oona, and Goby from Nickelodeon’s top-rated CG-animated preschool series. Gamers will dive into an underwater world of learning and exploration in this fin-tastic voyage.
In Dora & Team Umizoomi's Fantastic Flight for Nintendo DS, Dora the Explorer steps into her first adventure with the mighty members of Team Umizoomi. Gamers will help Millie, Geo, Bot and Dora on a high-flying journey, practicing math and problem-solving skills along the way.
Nickelodeon Dance 2 for console systems, Bubble Guppies for Nintendo DS and Dora & Team Umizoomi's Fantastic Flight for Nintendo DS will be available this November and have not yet been rated by the ESRB. The console titles are being developed by High Voltage Software, Inc., and Nintendo DS titles by Black Lantern Studios, Inc.
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Nickelodeon And 2K Play To Launch Lineup Of Brand New Video Games Based On Hit Nick Jr. Preschool Shows And Characters
From Business Wire via TheStreet.com:
Nickelodeon Currently Co-Producing Season Five Of "Winx Club"; To Debut On Nickelodeon During Fall (Autumn) 2012
From Kidscreen:
Rainbow extends global reach for Winx Club toys
Italian producer, distributor and licensor Rainbow has appointed a number of new toy distributors for its Winx Club brand. New partners on board include Bizak (Spain), Universal Trends (Germany), Cotiplas (Brazil), Emway (Indonesia), Tisak (Croatia), and OFY (Serbia).
Winx Club dolls are produced for the worldwide market by Witty Toys, part of the Rainbow Group, except in North America, Australia and New Zealand and UK where Jakks Pacific is the master toy licensee for producing and distributing the dolls.
More than 10 new doll collections are planned to roll out later this year, inspired by the upcoming fall launch of season five of Winx Club, currently in co-production with Nickelodeon. The dolls will represent key elements of girls play, including fairy play, fashion play and hair play. Highlighting Rainbow’s 360-degree approach to their brands, the toys will be linked to the TV show and digital media. Each doll will be linked to a code that will allow children to download special content related to their specific doll via www.winxclub.com.
Each collection, created by Witty Toys, will also come with a range of local marketing and advertising initiatives including TV promotions implemented by the distributor, to ensure exposure for the brand in the new territories.
Aimed at four- to 12-year-olds, there are more than 104 Winx Club TV episodes and four TV movies on air in more than 130 countries. Winx Club has 365 licenses and billions worth of merchandising at retail worldwide across all categories including digital, publishing, home entertainment and live events.
Tags: Bizak, Cotiplas, Emway, OFY, Rainbow, Tisak, Universal Trends, Winx Club
Global Television Networks Pick Up The Broadcast Rights To Animated Series "Monsuno"
From C21Media:
Global nets grab MonsunoAlso, from Kidscreen:
Networks across Europe, the Middle East, Canada and Australia have acquired boys’ action series Monsuno (52x30′).
The series launched on Nick Toons in the US in February and has now gone to the UK’s CiTV, Italy’s K2, Spain’s TV Clan, Canada’s YTV, the Middle East’s Spacetoon and Nine Network channel Go! in Australia.
The 6-11 boys-skewed series follows the battle between a group of heroic kids and aliens intent on destruction.
It is distributed by FremantleMedia Enterprises.
Pacific Animation Partners, a joint venture of toyco Jakks Pacific, Dentsu Entertainment USA, FME and The Topps Company, produce the show.
Jesse Whittock
11-06-2012
©C21Media
GENRES: Animation, Children's
SHOWS: Monsuno
COMPANIES: CITV, Dentsu Entertainment USA, FremantleMedia Enterprises, Go!, Jakks Pacific, K2, Nick Toons, Nine Network, Pacific Animation Partners, Spacetoon, The Topps Company, TVE, YTV
SECTIONS: C21 Kids
COUNTRIES: Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Spain, UK, US
Monsuno series to bow in six new marketsAlso, from Licensing.biz:
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has signed six new international distribution deals for the boys’ action-adventure series Monsuno.
The deals will see Monsuno air on free-to-air channels including CITV in the UK, Switchover Media (K2) in Italy, RTVE (Clan) in Spain, YTV in Canada, Spacetoon in the Middle East, and Nine Network’s GO! channel in Australia.
Targeting six- to 11-year-old boys, Monsuno is a 52 x half hour animated action-adventure series in which a race to harness the power of Monsuno ensues between a group of heroic kids and the evil forces focused on destroying the planet. Nickelodeon has the pay TV rights to Monsuno, which premiered in the US on Nicktoons in February and is now rolling out in more than 60 markets worldwide.
FME is the worldwide (excluding Asia) distribution and ancillary rights agent for Monsuno and will be available this week at Licensing Show to discuss opportunities for phase two categories including apparel, graphic novels, sticker and activity books, as well as for phase three products in categories across games, outdoor toys, dress up, activity and craft, board games and puzzles.
The Monsuno series is co-produced by Pacific Animation Partners, a joint venture between Jakks Pacific and Dentsu Entertainment USA, with FremantleMedia Enterprises and The Topps Company. It is supported by a Jakks Pacific toy line featuring innovative, kid-controlled action figures, accessories, playsets, collectables, electronics and integrated role play.
Jakks Pacific is the creator of the underlying Monsuno property and master toymaker for the Monsuno toy line. The Topps Company produces Monsuno trading card games, confectioneries and related products
Tags: Dentsu Entertainment USA, FreemantleMedia Enterprises, Jakks Pacific, Monsuno, Pacific Animation Partners, The Topps Company
VEGAS 2012: Six new TV deals for MonsunoAlso, from Animation Insider:
Boys' animated series picked up by CITV in the UK.
FremantleMedia Enterprises has announced a string of TV channels which have picked up the Monsuno licence.
The popular boys’ action series will be broadcast on free-to-air channels such as CITV in the UK, Switchover Media in Italy, RTVE in Spain,YTV in Canada, Spacetoon in the Middle East and Nine Network’s Go channel in Australia.
Nickelodeon has the pay TV rights to Monsuno, which premiered in the US on Nicktoons in February, and is rolling out in over 60 markets worldwide.
FremantleMedia Enterprises is the distribution and rights agent for Monsuno and is currently attending Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas to discuss opportunities for apparel, graphic novels, books, toys, board games, puzzles and more.
Jakks Pacific is the creator of Monsuno and the toy line. The Monsuno TV series is co-produced by Pacific Animation Partners LLC, a joint venture between Jakks Pacific, Dentsu Entertainment USA, FremantleMedia Enterprises and The Topps Company.
Andrew Berman, FME’s VP for distribution, kids and family entertainment, said: “We are incredibly excited to announce these new programming deals which further demonstrate the worldwide appeal of Monsuno.”
Carmine Russo, president of Jakks Pacific’s International division, added: “On-air placement with these top free-to-air network partners continues to expand the tremendous worldwide presence of the Monsuno franchise.”
TV Animation Sales 2012 (June)
TV Animation News: Global Sales Update
The following article spotlights a few news items regarding TV animation sales announced during June 2012. Nickelodeon's revival of sewer-dwelling ninja reptiles are already earning international sales (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Ankama's flexible MMORPG-based adventures move to Cartoon Network (Wakfu), and a pair of preschool items about everyday piglets find new homes as well (Wibbly Pig, Peppa Pig).
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FremantleMedia Enterprises (London, England), which manages the boys' adventure series Monsuno, has obtained a number of new broadcast partners for the monster-battle animation. FremantleMedia manages the series' international distribution and ancillary rights, which to date also includes the Nicktoons network, which debuted Monsuno in February 2012 [recent Monsuno news: "Nicktoons Readies New Animation" (02/2012)]. Monsuno is now also slated to air on CITV (UK), K2 (Italy), YTV (Canada), Spacetoon (Middle East), RTVE's Clan (Spain), Nine Network's GO! (Australia), and most recently, TV Tokyo (Japan) this coming autumn. Monsuno is about a group of kid heroes whose destiny to save the world is intertwined with fantastical creatures of enormous size and power. The series is a co-production of Dentsu Entertainment (U.S.), Dentsu Tec (Japan), FremantleMedia Enterprises (UK), and JAKKS Pacific (U.S.).
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Nickelodeon Australia Announces That Nickelodeon Star SpongeBob SquarePants Will Visit Australian Westfield Shopping Centres In June 2012
According to Nickelodeon Australia's brand new "These school holidays, SpongeBob is setting sail on an epic real life adventure!" promo/trailer [below with transcript], to celebrate the upcoming Australian June 2012 school holidays, Nickelodeon Star SpongeBob SquarePants will be visiting Westfield Shopping Centres around Australia from Saturday 23rd June 2012 where Australian fans of "SpongeBob SquarePants" and Nickelodeon Australia viewers will be able to meet and greet with SpongeBob SquarePants:
SpongeBob Live at Westfield from Cameron Jeong on Vimeo.
These school holidays, SpongeBob is setting sail on an epic real life adventure!You can visit the official Australian Westfield Shopping Centres website here at Westfield.com.au.
And he wants you to join him on his quest!
So grab your treasure map and jump on board as SpongeBob comes to a Westfield near you from Saturday June 23rd at select Westfield Shopping Centres in Queensland [QLD], New South Wales [NSW] and Victoria [VIC]!
To find out where you can meet SpongeBob, visit [the official Nickelodeon Australia website, The Nick Shack] Nickelodeon.com.au and DON'T MISS SPONGEBOB these school holidays, only at Westfield [Australia]!
Nickelodeon UK And Clark Shoes Team Up To Launch "Step it Up" Competition
According to the official Nickelodeon UK websites' official "Clarks Step it Up" website, Nick.co.uk/Clarks, Nickelodeon UK have teamed up with the British shoe shop and manufacturer 'Clark Shoes' to launch a brand new competition called "Clarks Step it Up", where visitors to Nickelodeon's official "Clarks Step it Up" competition webpage can enter to win the opportunity to have their very own dance lesson with professional dancer Kimberly Wyatt to work on a dance routine, which they'll then be able perform in their very own music video which will be aired exclusively on Nickelodeon UK.
To be in which a chance to be a Clarks Dancer Superstar, entrants need to film themselves performing their very best dance moves and routines to the backing track music provided by Nickelodeon and Clarks on the official "Clarks Step it Up" website (in MP3 format), then upload their videos to Nickelodeon UK's official "Clarks Step it Up" website at Nick.co.uk/Clarks, where visitors to Nick UK's official "Clarks Step it Up" website will be able to vote for their favourite dance performers from a shortlist of the twelve best dance videos.
Below is more information about Nickelodeon UK and Clarks exclusive "Clarks Step it Up" competition from the official "Clarks Step it Up" website on the official Nickelodeon UK website, where you can also enter Nickelodeon's "Clarks Step it Up" competition by downloading the backing track .mp3 (Clarks60sec.mp3) and uploading your very own videos of you performing your best dance moves:
Win the chance to be a Clarks Dance Superstar!Ready to be a Clarks Dance Superstar? You can enter Nickelodeon's "Clarks Step it Up" competition here on Nick.co.uk's official "Clarks Step it Up" competition website, where you can download the Nickelodeon and Clark's exclusive backing track and upload your own dance videos, and vote (soon) for your favourite dancers. The closing date for Nickelodeon/Clarks "Clarks Step it Up" competition is Tuesday 17th July 2012. Other prizes available to be won is a iPad 3, a Xbox 360, and Clarks shoes for a year.
Download the music track
Record your music video
Upload your music video
Vote for your favourite
Do you have what it takes to star in your own music video?
Clarks and Nickelodeon are asking YOU to Step-It-Up!
All you have to do is film your best dance moves and you could win the chance to work with Kimberly Wyatt on an amazing dance routine, which you’ll perform in your OWN video to be played exclusively on Nickelodeon.
Download music:
Download the backing track for your video. Right click the Download button and choose "Save As" to download the music.
Record your music video:
Using the backing track you have downloaded record your own music video! Be creative with your dance moves - the twelve best videos will be shortlisted and put to a public vote! When you have finished recording upload the video.
There are lots of ways to record your music video - Webcam; Mobile Phone; Video Camera
Upload:
When you have finished your music video it is time to upload it and enter the competition!
To upload your video make sure it is one of the following file formats; .MP4 .MOV .WMV .AVI .3GP
The maximum file upload size is 20MB.
Below is a streaming video and transcript of one of Nickelodeon UK and Clarks' "Step It Up!" promos from Nickelodeon UK's and Clarks' "Step It Up!" advertising campaign:
[Narrated by Kimberly Wyatt: Hey, do you have what it takes to star in your own music video?Also, Tweeted (posted) by Nickelodeon UK and Ireland on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK):
Clarks and Nickelodeon are asking YOU to Step-It-Up!
All you have to do is film your best dance moves, then upload them to nick.co.uk/clarks, and you could win the chance to work with me, Kimberly Wyatt, on an amazing, dance routine, which you'll perform in your own video.
Clarks - Step-It-Up!
Show me what you've got!
Closing date 17/7/12. Entrants under 16. Terms & conditions apply.
Seep bill payers' permission. Winners must be available 21st September 2012 [21/9/12]]
Find out how you can star in your own music video here! http://ow.ly/bUkL6.
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