Nickelodeon UK Slimes Ant and Dec As They Receive Honorary Kids' Choice Award

They are used to playing pranks on other people or forcing celebrities to eat insects on "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!", but Ant and Dec got a taste of their own medicine when they accepted a Kids' Choice Award – a world-famous Nickelodeon sliming, the ultimate Nickelodeon honour!

In a secret visit at ITV Studios, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were awarded Nickelodeon's first ever Kids' Choice Award for 'UK TV Legends' by Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely, the UK hosts of the 2015 KCAs!

While Ant and Dec were accepting their coveted orange blimp award, Jordan and Perri watched with glee as the "Saturday Night Takeaway" hosts sealed their own fate by unwittingly hitting a button which set off Nickelodeon's slime machine!

Nickelodeon created the UK TV Legends award especially for Ant and Dec in recognition of their outstanding contribution to entertainment and to celebrate Ant and Dec’s TV triumphs throughout their esteemed careers, Nickelodeon has honoured the presenters with its highest accolade – a sliming!

Ant said: "Thanks to everyone at the Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards for honouring us with this blimp and the greatest privilege of all, a sliming!"

Dec added: "We are blown away to receive this amazing TV Legends award. But watch out Perri and Jordan, we'll get you back for the sliming!"

Ant & Dec have joined a star-studded list of previous slimees including Justin Bieber, Taylor Lautner, Katy Perry, Halle Berry, Nick Jonas, Harrison Ford, Orlando Bloom, Andy Murray, and recently, Perri Kiely and his Diversity co-dancers.

As part of Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards 2015, kids can vote across seven UK specific and additional international categories online at kca.nick.co.uk/vote, on The Nick App (now available on Android) and via Twitter using the hashtag #KCA. Fans can join in on the slime-fest by going to kca.nick.co.uk the official destination for everything Kids' Choice Awards, with hilarious videos, photo galleries, games and all of the latest KCA news on this year's show and nominees.

UK hosts Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely will be in LA bringing viewers the best of the behind the scenes action and orange carpet gossip from this year's show. In the run up to the awards, fans can tune in and hang with Jordan and Perri as they visit LA, tour Hollywood, meet Nickelodeon stars, send back the very latest Orange Carpet gossip, showcase the very best of Nickelodeon, cover all the excitement in the build-up to this years slime-tastic extravaganza and countdown to the Nickelodeon 2015 Kids' Choice Awards every Friday from 4:00pm, only on Nickelodeon UK (from 5:00pm on Nick+1)!

Fans can tune-in to Nick for the UK premiere of the Nickelodeon 2015 Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon's 28th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, on Sunday 29th March 2015, starting with "Kids' Choice Countdown 2015" at 5:00pm, then the main show, the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards, hosted by the multi-talented singer/songwriter and actor Nick Jonas, from 5:30pm (repeated from 6:30pm on Nick UK's plus-one (+1) timeshift channel, Nick+1), less than 24 hours after the live US show, which will take place in Los Angeles' legendary 'Fabulous' Forum for the first-time ever on Saturday 28th March 2015!

All photos by Andrew Timms/Nickelodeon.

Sources: The Official Ant & Dec Website, Press Association via Stourbridge News, Digital Spy, This Is Lancashire.

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Nickelodeon To Release Episodes Of 2003 Series Of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" On DVD; To Give "Pulverizer Power" DVD Wide Release

TVShowsOnDVD.com is reporting the Turtley Awesome news that, following NickToons USA airing the 2003 series of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", produced by 4Kids Entertainment and Mirage Studios, in December 2014, Nickelodeon will be releasing six episodes of the 2003 series of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on two DVD's, "NYC Showdown" and "Search for Splinter", on Tuesday 9th June 2015!:

When four pet turtles were bathed in ooze, they began to mutate and became the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Raised in New York City sewers by their foster father and martial-arts Master Splinter, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael wage war against crime. They stop evildoers in all forms, whether barbaric gangs, lowlife crooks, deranged cyborgs, or even the crime syndicate The Foot, led by their archrival, The Shredder.

The search is on in this totally rad value-pack! A Mousers attack has separated the Turtles from their master! But they get more than they bargained for when their search for Splinter leads them to a building connected with their mutation. Also, it's total Turtles action when Leo, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey return to New York with one goal in mind: to destroy the Shredder once and for all. And this battle promises to be a fight to the finish!

The classic 2003 series of the hot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise returns to DVD with Volume 1 and Volume 2. Each single-disc volume includes 3 first season episodes filled with all the ninja action and comic-book adventure that TMNT fans love...released in time for summer and available at hot, low value pricing!

Additionally, Nickelodeon and Paramount will be giving their "Pulverizer Power" TMNT DVD, was exclusively at Wal-Mart during Summer 2014, a wide release on Tuesday 9th June 2015! The DVD will feature three related Pulverizer-themed episodes from Nickelodeon's hit 2012 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series - "The Pulverizer" (Season 1), "The Pulverizer Returns!" (Season 1), and "Mutagen Man Unleashed" (Season 2, featuring a mutated Pulverizer):

It's three episodes packed with non-stop crime-fighting action and hilarity. First, the Turtles encounter their very first fanboy, a teenager who dresses up in a costume to fight crime as...The Pulverizer! Then, The Pulverizer is back, and this time the Turtles actually want his help to battle Shredder and stop him before he creates a mutant army. Finally, Donnie's attempts to invent a cure for the mutated Pulverizer are interrupted when the lovesick teenager escapes and terrorizes April as Mutagen Man!

You can find the cover art for all three of Nickelodeon's upcoming "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" DVD's below:

Additional source: Toon Zone forums member Storm Eagle.

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Viacom International Media Networks Names June Yeoh Senior Director Of International Program Sales For Asia

Original Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Asia Press Release via VIMN Asia's official Pressroom:

VIACOM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA NETWORKS NAMES JUNE YEOH SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM SALES FOR ASIA

SINGAPORE, 23 MARCH 2015 – Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) announced today that June Yeoh has been appointed Senior Director of International Program Sales in Asia.

In this position, which she will assume on 7 April 2015, Yeoh will report to Caroline Beaton, VIMN's Senior Vice President for International Program Sales and will be based in Singapore. She will oversee all of VIMN Asia's international program sales across Greater China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia; the company's brand portfolio in Asia includes MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. and Comedy Central.

"I'm pleased to have June Yeoh return to Viacom given her extensive experience working across different portfolios of the TV industry and her stellar track record of sales success," said Beaton. "We're confident Yeoh will be an invaluable team player as we take our brands and international program sales in Asia to the next level."

Yeoh brings with her more than 12 years of experience in the TV industry, having covered Channel, Content and Distribution. Before joining VIMN, Yeoh was Manager of TV Content Distribution and Format Sales at BBC Worldwide Southeast Asia since 2011. She was responsible for the sales of BBC Worldwide's programs and formats catalogs to all terrestrial, Pay and digital platforms in Southeast Asia. Prior to that, she worked at Bloomberg LP, CNBC International and at MTV Asia.

Yeoh holds an honor's degree in Communications from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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About Viacom International Media Networks

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), is comprised of many of the world's most popular multimedia entertainment brands, including MTV, MTV LIVE HD, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, Paramount Channel, and more. Viacom brands are seen globally in more than 3.2 billion households in approximately 170 territories and 37 languages via more than 200 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 550 digital media and mobile TV properties. Keep up with VIMN news by visiting the VIMN PR Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/VIMN_PR. For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com, the Viacom blog at blog.viacom.com and Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/Viacom.

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Viacom International Media Networks Promotes Syahrizan Mansor To Vice President Of Nickelodeon In Asia

Original Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Asia Press Release via VIMN Asia's official Pressroom:

VIACOM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA NETWORKS PROMOTES SYAHRIZAN MANSOR TO NEW ASIA VICE PRESIDENT OF NICKELODEON

SINGAPORE, 19 MARCH 2015 – Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) announced today that Syahrizan Mansor has been promoted to Vice President of Nickelodeon in Asia.

In this position, which she assumes with immediate effect, Syahrizan will be responsible for the Nickelodeon Brand across Greater China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. She reports to Mark Whitehead, VIMN's Executive Vice President and Managing Director for Asia and is based in Singapore.

"Syahrizan's strategic programming and acquisition decisions, creative and engaging on-air promotional work over the years have really contributed to the growth of Nickelodeon. I'm thrilled she will now bring the same creative energy and experience into her new role as we continue to grow the Nickelodeon Brand in Asia, which still has significant scope to expand its presence in Asia," said Whitehead.

A 15-year veteran in VIMN and with nearly two decades of experience in the TV industry, Syahrizan was most recently the Senior Director of Programming for Nickelodeon Asia, where she was responsible for programming, acquisitions and on-air promotions for Southeast Asia channels on both Pay TV and free-to-air platforms. Before joining VIMN, Syahrizan was with MediaCorp's previous TV12 in Singapore.

Syahrizan holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Murdoch University, Australia.

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About Viacom International Media Networks

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), is comprised of many of the world's most popular multimedia entertainment brands, including MTV, MTV LIVE HD, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, Paramount Channel, and more. Viacom brands are seen globally in more than 3.2 billion households in approximately 170 territories and 37 languages via more than 200 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 550 digital media and mobile TV properties. Keep up with VIMN news by visiting the VIMN PR Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/VIMN_PR. For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com, the Viacom blog at blog.viacom.com and Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/Viacom.

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Kerry Taylor Appointed As Viacom International Media Networks UK's First Ever Chief Marketing Officer

Original Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) UK and Ireland Press Release via the Viacom UK and Ireland Press Centre:

KERRY TAYLOR APPOINTED AS VIMN UK'S FIRST CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

MTV UK's Jo Bacon to lead Channel 5 rebrand reporting to Taylor

Tweet this: MTV's Kerry Taylor and Jo Bacon to oversee Channel 5 rebrand

London, 19th March 2015 – Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has appointed Kerry Taylor as the first ever Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for its operations managed out of the UK, with an immediate brief to oversee a creative rebranding of Channel 5 during the course of 2015.

The company has also confirmed the appointment of Jo Bacon, MTV UK's VP, Marketing and Communications, to take on additional responsibility for marketing at Channel 5, and lead the planning and execution of the rebrand reporting to Taylor.

Joint has been appointed as strategic agency for the rebrand of Channel 5.

Taylor and Bacon will work closely with Channel 5's Chief Operating Officer, Paul Dunthorne, and Programme Director, Ben Frow, on the rebrand, which follows the completion of VIMN's takeover of Channel 5 and is scheduled to be delivered by the end of the year. Channel 5 has performed strongly under its new ownership; it was the only major commercial free-to-air network to grow share of viewing amongst all individuals, 16-34s and ABC1s in 2014 and also year-to-date in 2015.

David Lynn, President of VIMN UK, Australia and Central and Eastern Europe, said: "Kerry is Viacom's outstanding UK-based marketer and her and Jo's appointment to oversee the rebrand of Channel 5 demonstrates how we're combining the best talent and assets of both businesses. Their task will be to capture changing perceptions about the brand amongst lighter viewers as Channel 5 continues to improve programme range and quality and its ratings performance under Ben's direction."

As Chief Marketing Officer for VIMN's pan-regional operations managed out of the UK, reporting to Lynn, Taylor will additionally have marketing oversight of VIMN's pay TV brands – Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Channel, Spike and BET – in more than 30 countries, including the UK and Ireland, Russia, Hungary and Australia.

About Kerry Taylor

As SVP, General Manager, MTV for VIMN UK, Kerry Taylor has successfully managed the evolution of the core MTV channel to offer a mix of music and general entertainment programming, while expanding MTV's bouquet of music channels.

As a result of changing its programming mix, the core MTV channel more than doubled its average audience amongst 16-34s in the UK between 2010 and 2014 and was named Entertainment Channel of the Year at the Broadcast Digital Awards in 2012. MTV UK's growth has been driven by an increasing number of original productions commissioned by Taylor and her team, including reality series, Geordie Shore and Ex on the Beach.

Under Taylor's stewardship, MTV's portfolio of music channels has also expanded and, in 2014, was the UK's most popular music broadcaster for the seventh year running.

Taylor first joined MTV's parent company, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), as Vice President, Marketing, Creative & Consumer Press for MTV UK & Ireland in September 2007. In this role, she successfully spearheaded the launch of entertainment channel VIVA on the Freeview platform, via a high profile marketing campaign ('Up Your Viva'). Prior to joining MTV, Taylor was Director, Marketing & On-Air for Living TV, Bravo, Challenge and Trouble at Virgin Media. During this time, she played a key role in repositioning Living TV, which resulted in the channel being awarded Broadcast Channel of the Year in 2006. She has also worked at the BBC and for Star TV in Hong Kong.

About Jo Bacon

Jo Bacon joined VIMN as VP, Marketing and Communications for MTV UK in January 2012 and has helped oversee one of the most successful periods in its history, with the core MTV channel more than doubling its average audience amongst 16-34s between 2010 and 2014. Bacon's MTV UK marketing team was named Best In-house Social Media team at the Social Media Communications Awards in 2013.

Prior to joining MTV UK, Bacon was Head of Content and Client Services Director at Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R between 2003 and 2011, where she led the multi award-winning BBC account as Business Director with responsibility for all pan-BBC marketing initiatives including the Olympics 2012 campaigns and the launch of the BBC iPlayer. She also ran global businesses including Bacardi and Virgin.

About VIMN

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), is comprised of many of the world's most popular multimedia entertainment brands, including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount Channel, Channel 5 in the UK, VH1, VIVA, COLORS, Spike, Game One and Tr3s: MTV, Música y Más. Viacom brands are seen globally in more than 3.2 billion households in approximately 170 territories and 40 languages via more than 200 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 550 digital media and mobile TV properties. Keep up with VIMN news by visiting the VIMN PR Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/VIMN_PR.

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