Nickelodeon News Round-Up - Issue 21: Global Edition

Below is a round-up of aweslime Nickelodeon International news!

Nickelodeon Africa, Nickelodeon France, Nickelodeon Spain (Espana) and Nickelodeon Portugal today, Monday 9th March 2015, started to premiere and show brand-new episodes of "Sanjay and Craig"!:

* Nickelodeon Africa is premiering each brand-new "Sanjay and Craig" episode everyday at 17:30 CAT;

* Nickelodeon France is premiering each all-new episode of "Sanjay Et Craig" everyday at 18h00;

* Nickelodeon Spain (Espana) is debuting each brand-new episode of "Sanjay y Craig" everyday at 20:35;

* Nickelodeon Portugal is premiering each all-new "Sanjay & Craig" episode each day at 19:35.

Nickelodeon Russia and CIS recently debuted the second episode of Nickelodeon International's children's entertainment magazine television series "N-View"!

Nickelodeon Russia and CIS held a local version of the popular Nickelodeon programming stunt "Whodunnit Night" called "Кто это сделал?" ("Who Did It?") on Saturday 7th March 2015!

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Philippe Dauman Talks About Viacom's Plans At Deutsche Bank 2015 Media, Internet & Telecom Conference

Viacom is expecting to complete most of its current restructuring efforts by the end of March 2015, saving around $250 million as a result, the entertainment company's chief executive said at an investor conference on Monday 9th March 2015, reports Variety.

Speaking at the Deutsche Bank 2015 Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, Philippe Dauman, the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Viacom Inc, said the company, which operates Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central, was reorganizing and would retire certain kinds of programming that were less effective as more content from its networks turn up on subscription-video-on-demand services.

Some older programming "just doesn't work anymore, especially when you have off-broadcast programming that is on SVOD," Dauman said. "We are going to abandon some of that programming as we go forward, and continue to invest in what works, and that will help us grow."

Following their success with their daily, serialized format of hit shows like "Every Witch Way" and "House of Anubis", Nickelodeon recently announced at Nickelodeon Upfront 2015 that the network is picking up three more daily scripted series for the 2015-2016 programming season. These new live-action shows include: "Make It Pop", a comedic, music-infused daily strip about three girls who come together to start their own K-Pop-inspired band; "Talia's Kitchen" (working title), which follows a teenage girl who goes to work in her grandmother's Miami restaurant and finds that her talent for cooking is, quite literally, magical; and "The W.I.T.s Academy" (working title), a spin-off from "Every Witch Way" about the comedic adventures of young witches- and wizards-in-training. Nick has also renewed "Every Witch Way" for a fourth season and "Max & Shred" for season two.

Dauman's remarks come as Viacom is working to reorganize its TV networks. Viacom recently restructured the company's leadership team and reorganized its ad-sales staff.

Philippe said Viacom was stepping up investment in original programming, specifically scripted programs, across its networks. He also indicated that Viacom saw continued opportunity for growth in operating TV networks overseas, such as the recently acquired U.K. broadcaster Channel 5.

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Nickelodeon Italy To Premiere "Henry Danger" TV Series On Monday 9th March 2015

Nickelodeon Italy (Italia) has announced the exciting Nickelodeon Europe News on their official Nickelodeon Magazine (Nick Magazine) blog that, after debuting Nickelodeon's "Henry Danger" TV movie, "The Danger Begins", in January 2015, Nickelodeon Italy will start to fully premiere and show Nick's brand-new crime-fighting comedy series "Henry Danger" on Monday 9th March 2015 at 7:30pm (19:30)!

To celebrate, Nick Italia's Nickelodeon Magazine has published a series of "Henry Danger" posts, including a animated GIF gallery, a quiz, and a behind-the-scenes photo gallery!

You can watch Nickelodeon Italy's "Henry Danger" launch promo/trailer in the online streaming video clip from Nickelodeon Italia's official YouTube channel below!:

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Nickelodeon Greece To Premiere "Get Blake!" On Sunday 8th March 2015

Nickelodeon Greece has announced the exciting news on their official website that Nickelodeon Greece, the Greek version of the world's number one kids' channel, will start to premiere and show "Get Blake!" (locally titled "Ο Μπλέϊκ και οι Εξωγήινοι Σκίουροι"), a brand-new exciting cartoon style comedy series filled with visual gags and delirious characters, on Sunday 8th March 2015 at 12:20pm! Following the series debut, Nickelodeon Greece will continue to premiere all-new episodes every Sunday at 12:20pm.

"Get Blake!" (56x11'), formally titled "Blake and the Aliens", is Marathon Media's latest action comedy for kids everywhere. Each 11-minute episode follows Blake Myers, a fearless, adventure-seeking kid as he races headlong into all of life's experiences along with his best friend Mitch.

What's impressive about Blake is that he lives for today, despite knowing the awesomeness that awaits him in the future: Blake is destined to become a courageous Space Ranger and protector of humankind against a marauding race of... ALIEN squirrels!

These alien squirrels – or "Squaliens" – have been sent from the future by their Squalien General. Their mission: is to make sure Blake Myers never grows up to be Blake Myers, Space Ranger. Hero. Defeater of Squaliens.

From their super high-tech command center – now cunningly disguised as a regular earth tree in Blake's very own backyard – the Squaliens must use everything they have at their disposal to put an end to Blake Myers.

Only Blake and Mitch are aware of the alien squirrels' existence and together, must fight this battle on their own. But the Squaliens soon discover that stopping Blake Myers isn't as easy as it sounds...

The series boasts world-renowned creative teams with long-standing credentials in animation including director Daniel Klein, executive producer Eryk Casemiro; and Derek Dressler ("Kick Buttowski", "Johnny Test", "Breadwinners" and "Annoying Orange"), who supervised the writing, and features a American comic sensibility whilst preserving the distinctive French artistic style.

"Get Blake" is produced by Marathon Images in association with Nickelodeon, Game One and Gulli. With the participation of le Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l'Image Animée and the support of the MEDIA programme of the European Union.

"Get Blake" recently debuted on NickToons UK and Ireland on Monday 2nd March 2015 and will premiere on Nickelodeon USA in April 2015.

Source: Toon Zone forums member shakeheitor.

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Nickelodeon Germany News Round-Up: March 2015

Below is a round-up of aweslime Nickelodeon Germany (Deutschland) news!

Nickelodeon Germany will start to premiere and show Nickelodeon's brand-new original comedy series "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" from Sunday 8th March 2015 17:25 Uhr, as part of the channels "Alles neu, alles Nick" programming block! Following the shows debut, Nick Deutschland will continue to premiere all-new episodes of NRDD every Sunday at 5:25pm!

Nickelodeon Germany will start to premiere and show Nickelodeon's brand-new original sports-themed comedy series "Bella and the Bulldogs" every Sunday at 19:10 (7:10pm) from Sunday 10th May 2015!

Nickelodeon Germany will start to premiere and show "Emma, einfach magisch" ("Every Witch Way") season two in March 2015!

To celebrate the German premiere of Nickelodeon's "Kids' Choice Awards' 2015", Nickelodeon Germany will be holding a special "KCA Countdown" programming stunt weekdays at 18:30 (6:30pm) between Monday 23rd and Saturday 28th March 2015, in which Nickelodeon 'Alaaarm' presenters Laura Garde And Sascha Quade will be helping viewers countdown to Nick's annual slimefest! As part of "KCA Countdown", the 'Alaaarm' studio will be turned into the Slime-o-Drom. In addition to games and battles based on the Nickelodeon "Kids' Choice Awards’ 2015", Laura und Sascha will be welcoming special guests to the Slime-o-Drom, including VIVA-Moderator Sami Slimani, Blogger Dagi Bee, Mandy Capristo and Joko & Klaas! The Nickelodeon "Kids' Choice Awards" 2015 will broadcast on Sunday 29th March 2015 at 18:30, exclusively on Nickelodeon Germany!

Nickelodeon Germany Ratings: February 2015

Nickelodeon Germany (Deutschland) and Nicknight, Nick Germany's night time programming block, both saw ratings gains in February 2015!

Nickelodeon scored a market share of 10% in the channels core target group of 3-13 year old viewers! Ratings were fueled by strong performances by "Emma, einfach magisch" ("Every Witch Way"), brand-new episodes of "SpongeBob SquarePants" ("SpongeBob Schwammkopf"), as well as the exclusive broadcast of "George, der aus dem Dschungel kam" ("George of the Jungle"). Nickelodeon saw ratings increase by 6.4 percent compared to January 2015.

Nicknight scored a 2.2% market share in the channels relevant target group of 14-29 year old's and grew more than 10% compared to January 2015. Ratings were fueled by successful shows "Plain Jane" and "Catfish". On Nicknight, programme highlights are always linked with social media platforms, most recently on Valentine's Day on Saturday 14th February 2015, which saw the hashtag #nicknightlove storm the Twitter Trends charts! In the coming weeks, Nicknight will start to premiere the new season of "Degrassi" and show the new series "Faking It"!

SpongeBob SquarePants Tour of Germany 2015

Nickelodeon megastar recently embarked on a grand tour of Germany! On his tour, SpongeBob travelled the country from north to south, and to celebrate, Nickelodeon has created a exclusive travel diary for its yellow protagonist!

On Friday 16th January 2015, with the motto "Schwammgelbe Abenteuer", SpongeBob left his home town of Bikini Bottom to start his German tour. At Künste Flensburgs, SpongeBob was greeted by YouTube star Torge Oelrich. From there, SpongeBob went south, stopping in Cologne for swim training with children, then travelling to Berlin for a extended stop, where he answered questions and met Jana Ina Zarrella, Collien Ulmen-Fernandez and Christian Ulmen.

Next stop on SpongeBob's itinerary, Frankfurt! SpongeBob paid special attention to the financial district during his visit to the Main-Metropole.

SpongeBob was met by prominent city guide, Mira, better known to many on YouTube as FunnyPilgrim, who showed Spongy around the town with great attention to detail.

Last stop on SpongeBob's Germany trip was Zugspitze, where SpongeBob enjoyed a cable car ride and enjoyed the beautiful views.

Of course, no holiday would be complete without photographs! Check out SpongeBob's holiday snaps below!: