Kidrobot Launches '90s Nickelodeon Phunny Plush Line

Kidrobot and Nickelodeon have expanded their partnership which brings Nick 90's Nostalgia to 90's kids everywhere with limited edition Nick 90s toys, art toy figures and collectibles celebrating your favorite Nickelodeon 90's cartoons with the launch of brand new '90s Nick plushies featuring characters from beloved Nicktoons The Ren & Stimpy Show, Hey Arnold!, Rugrats and SpongeBob SquarePants! Helga would totally get the Arnold one!

Each Nick 90s Phunny Plush polyester stuffed animal retails for $11.99 (USD), and is available to purchase on kidrobot.com and Amazon.com (including trading card variant bundles)! Check out the collection below!:

NICK 90S SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS PHUNNY PLUSH BY KIDROBOT

Get a serious hit of cartoon nostalgia with the Nick 90’s SpongeBob Plush! Featuring your favorite absorbent pal SpongeBob SquarePants, this Phunny plush is one bowl of sugary cereal away from the perfect Sunday morning. This plushie is 7” tall!

PATRICK STAR STUFFED ANIMAL PLUSH - KIDROBOT X NICKELODEON

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Spongebob Squarepants isn't complete without the other STAR of the long running Nickelodeon show... PATRICK STAR! Kidrobot and Nickelodeon have teamed up to bring to life Nick 90's cartoons with the Kidrobot x Nick 90's Collection including this plushie version of your favorite starfish, Patrick Star. This high quality Spongebob Squarepants Patrick Star plush stuffed toy sits 8 inches tall and will take you back to the 90's for some much needed nostalgia!

REN & STIMPY REN PLUSH STUFFED ANIMAL - NICK 90S PHUNNY

Ren was the OG emotionally unstable Chihuahua and don't you forget it! Kidrobot and Nickelodeon have teamed up to bring to life Nick 90's cartoons with the Kidrobot x Nick 90's Collection including this plushie version of your favorite chihauhau, Ren from The Ren & Stimpy Show. This high quality Ren & Stimpy "Ren" plush stuffed toy sits 8 inches tall and will take you back to the 80's & 90's for some much needed Nickelodeon nostalgia!

STIMPY REN & STIMPY PLUSH STUFFED ANIMAL - NICK 90S PHUNNY PLUSH

Stimpy, the good-natured yet dimwitted cat from The Ren & Stimpy Show was making cat videos before youtube every existed! Kidrobot and Nickelodeon have teamed up to bring to life Nick 90's cartoons with the Kidrobot x Nick 90's Collection including this plushie version of your favorite cat, Stimpy from Ren & Stimpy. This Ren & Stimpy high quality Stimpy plush stuffed toy sits 8 inches tall and will take you back to the 80's & 90's for some much needed Nickelodeon nostalgia!

HEY ARNOLD PLUSH TOY - NICK 90S PHUNNY PLUSH

Trust us, more than just Helga Patacki had a secret crush on the football headed star of Hey Arnold! Kidrobot and Nickelodeon have teamed up to bring to life Nick 90's cartoons with the Kidrobot x Nick 90's Collection including this plushie version of your favorite football head nicktoon, Arnold from Hey Arnold! This high quality Hey Arnold plush stuffed toy sits 8 inches tall and will take you back to the 90's for some much needed Nickelodeon nostalgia!

CHUCKIE RUGRATS PLUSH - NICK 90S PHUNNY PLUSH

Have you ever faced your fears and thought "maybe this isn't such a good idea?" Chuckie Finster definitely faced many fears and no matter how scared he is, with his friends by his side he always overcomes! The Rugrats crews Chuckie is a loyal friend through and through and now its time for Tommy to move aside and let Chuckie be friends with you. Kidrobot and Nickelodeon have teamed up to bring to life Nick 90's cartoons with the Kidrobot x Nick 90's Collection including this plushie version of your favorite sensitive Rugrat, Chuckie Finster. This high quality Chuckie Rugrats plush stuffed toy sits 8 inches tall and will take you back to the 90's for some much needed nostalgia!

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'44 Cats' Has PAWsome Debut on CCTV 14 in China

Italian content powerhouse Rainbow Group, the production company behind global classics such as the legendary Winx Club saga, recently launched its animated hit 44 Cats on CCTV 14 China, and ratings have already established it as a leading show on the channel!

Premiering on CCTV 14 China on Tuesday 4th February 2020, 44 Cats has been airing daily on China’s major kids content channel. The 52 x 13’ CG-animated preschool series follows the daily adventures of Lampo, Milady, Pilou, and Meatball – four adorable kittens living in lovely Granny Pina’s house and playing their songs as a music band named The Buffycats. Always ready to help their friends finding creative solutions to any kind of problem, the Buffycats are conquering broadcasters across the globe thanks to their cuteness and universal attributes, their stories dealing with central themes such as tolerance, diversity and altruism, and their unique way of combining positive values, action and comedy in a sophisticated CGI production. Distinctive feature of the show is the wonderful music score, made up of original songs from the Italian tradition, developed and sung by the famous children choir of the Antoniano Bologna.

“We are really proud that 44 Cats has reached the Chinese audience with its positive values and entertaining adventures“, commented Iginio Straffi, CEO of Rainbow and creator of the series. “We are confident that the audience will appreciate the passion and dedication we put in this show”.

44 Cats keeps growing meowtifully, and on the licensing and consumer products landscape the brand is gaining rising popularity across the world. Guangzhou Art-land Holding Co. Ltd. is consumer product agent for the brand in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Rainbow’s explosive mix of music and comedy is ready to charm the Chinese audience, while a second, enthralling season of the best loved cat friends team on screen is already in production.

In addition to CCTV14, 44 Cats airs on many Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels around the world.

44 Cats is inspired by the very popular Italian kids song "44 Gatti", which, in 1968, won the 10th edition of the Zecchino d'Oro and has since entered the collective imagination of Italians.

44 Cats is the first Rainbow Group production jointly developed with Bardel Entertainment, the Canadian animation studio it acquired in 2015, and jointly produced in collaboration with Antoniano Bologna and Rai Ragazzi, and combines great music and edutainment with high quality animation. The series also marks Rainbow’s (Winx Club, Regal Academy, Club 57, Mia and me, Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends) inaugural foray into preschool programming.

44 Gatti become the most watched Italian-produced cartoon of 2018 when it debuted on Rai Yoyo on Monday 12th November 2018, recording record ratings of 527,000 viewers and a 2.71% audience share, helping Rai Yoyo to continue to be the most watched children's channel in Italy! Since its debut, 44 Gatti has also held the record for the highest viewing share amongst children aged 4-7 years, reaching 16% and an average audience of 350,000 viewers in the 19.15 timeslot.

Visit the official 44 Cats show website at 44cats.tv to find out more about the show and its musical stars, as well as watch exclusive video clips, play pawesome games and download purr-tastic activities!

More Nick: Rainbow's '44 Cats' Renewed for Season Two!

Sources: Licensing International, The Toy Book.

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Channel 5 Greenlights Two New Seasons of 'Daisy & Ollie' for Milkshake!

Channel 5 has greenlit a third and fourth season of the 2D animated series Daisy & Ollie for its multiplatform preschool brand Milkshake!

The actor, presenter, comedian and singer Jason Manford will continue to create and star in both seasons, alongside an all-star voice cast. Daisy & Ollie encourages preschoolers to be naturally curious about the world around them. Each episode follows best friends Daisy and Ollie in their adventures, as they seek out the answers to real life questions from kids, with the help of music, songs and their toys Boo the Monkey and Whizzy the Robot.

Hoopla Animation is set to produce 52 7-minute episodes, which will launch on Milkshake! on Monday 30th March 2020. Further details on the voice artists will be announced at a later date.

“It’s going to be an exciting year for Milkshake! and we’re thrilled to be kicking off with Daisy & Ollie as our first U.K. originated commission in 2020,” said Louise Bucknole, Vice President (VP) of kids programming at ViacomCBS Networks International. “Entertaining children through fun, relatable content and stand-out characters is key to our ethos for kids to understand themselves and with a fantastic talent like Jason Manford at the helm, our viewers are in for a treat!”

Manford, an executive producer on the series, commented: “I am absolutely over the moon that Daisy & Ollie is coming to Milkshake! with a brand-new series. The show is such a pleasure to work on, especially as a parent myself, we all have brilliant fun figuring out the answers to life’s biggest questions and the new set of episodes are bound to keep the whole family entertained.”

Helen Brown, company director of Hoopla Animation and an executive producer on Daisy & Ollie, said: “Creating and developing the brand new series of Daisy & Ollie has been amazing and I’m absolutely thrilled that it will now be shown on Channel 5’s Milkshake! and available on My5, to even more households across the country. As a Mum myself, I wanted to create a show that empowered our kids with knowledge and encouraged them to be even more inquisitive. The new series is filled with fun and engaging questions sure to do just that.”

Last year, Milkshake! said it would be doubling its investment in kids content resulting in 50 new UK originated hours per year from 2021.

More Nick: Nick Jr. UK to Premiere 'The Adventures of Paddington' on Monday 2nd March 2020 at 4:30pm!

Sources: TVKIDS, TBI Vision.

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Egmont Launches Milkshake! Magazine in the UK

New compilation magazine will feature characters from hit shows on the preschool TV block.

Egmont Publishing will launch a new magazine later this month dedicated to Channel 5’s kids’ programming block Milkshake!

The fun and engaging compilation magazine is aimed at three to five-year-olds, and features characters from favourite Milkshake! shows, including Peppa Pig, Paw Patrol, Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom and Thomas & Friends, as well as their favourite Milkshake! presenters too.

All 44 pages of Egmont’s first issue of Milkshake! magazine will be full of preschool fun, plus an extra eight-page Peppa Pig mini-mag and Peppa Pig shopping set, so Milkshake! readers can extend the world of play and discovery beyond the magazine.

Egmont has undertaken extensive research, meaning that the magazine’s content will be rooted in Early Years Foundation Stage learning, delivered through fun and play. Egmont’s Ages and Stages insight will ensure that content caters to multiple skill levels and abilities, while there will also be bonus ideas for parents to help boost their child’s learning as they chat, play and read with family.

Kiran Vara, Publisher of Milkshake! magazine, says: “We’re thrilled to be launching our take on Milkshake! magazine and to be offering a high-quality magazine to the segment’s 1.6 million monthly viewers*.

“We’re sure that the package of Egmont’s lively and engaging editorial, vibrant, contemporary design and quality covermounts will mean that this new look magazine is a big hit with Milkshakers!”

Over the next twelve months, Milkshake! magazine will be promoted at the end of Milkshake! programmes on air. Milkshake! fans will also be in with a chance to win a year’s worth of the new magazine, as a competition to win subscriptions will run on air and online. As well as social media advertising across Milkshake! and Egmont platforms, a website takeover for Milkshake! magazine will run on popular parenting website, UKMums.tv.

During its day-part, Milkshake! is the top performing TV segment on a free-to-air channel and is currently experiencing a 15 per cent growth in kids’ viewership year on year.

Issue one hits newsstands on Wednesday 12th February 2020 and is priced at £4.99.

The new Milkshake! magazine brings Channel 5’s multi-platform preschool brand back to the publishing sector.

*Source: BARB/TechEdge

More Nick: Nick Jr. UK to Premiere 'The Adventures of Paddington' on Monday 2nd March 2020 at 4:30pm!

Sources: TNP.MEDIA, Preschool News, License Global, ToyNews.

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Pocket.watch Answers Global Demand To Deliver Premium Kids Programming, Consumer Products And Advertising Solutions To EMEA And UAE Territories

Pocket.watch Answers Global Demand To Deliver Premium Kids Programming, Consumer Products And Advertising Solutions To EMEA And UAE Territories

Company Expands International Footprint with Hiring of Former Disney EMEA Executive Danny Spronz; Adds European YouTube Phenomenon JasonVlogs As Strategic Creator Partner

Ryan's Mystery Playdate

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11, 2020 -- Pocket.watch, the new studio creating global franchises from the YouTube stars and characters loved by Generation Alpha, today announced the opening of its first international office based in London. The company's expanded global presence will be led by Danny Spronz, who will serve as pocket.watch's Managing Director EMEA, and will be responsible for all business operations, advertising sales, consumer products licensing and content sales in the region. Prior to pocket.watch, Danny was Vice President Digital Partnerships and Influencer Marketing at The Walt Disney Company EMEA.

"The rate of demand for children's programming from the biggest stars and creators loved by generation alpha across EMEA and other western territories shows no signs of slowing down and pocket.watch is uniquely positioned to fill this need," said Danny Spronz, Managing Director EMEA, pocket.watch. "Pocket.watch has proven time and again to be a trailblazer in the kids' entertainment space and I am thrilled to be joining the team to help further the company's success and reach into new territories."

The company's global expansion follows on the heels of NPD reporting that pocket.watch's Ryan's World line of consumer products was the #1 new property in the UK in 2019. To help service the global demand for premium content, pocket.watch has also entered into a partnership with Etisalat, the largest telecom operator in the Middle East, to bring the company's premiere slate of kids programming, including Ryan's Mystery Playdate, HobbyKids Adventures and Ryan's World Specials, to e-Junior, Etisalat's top UAE kids TV channel through SVOD and Pay TV. In addition to programming, pocket.watch plans to roll out new consumer products from the Ryan's World, Ryan's Mystery Playdate and HobbyKids Adventures franchises within the territory in the second half of the year.

"We are delighted to continue to enhance our content offering by partnering with pocket.watch," said Humaid Rashid Sahoo, CEO, E-Vision. "Our e-Junior channel is the number one most watched kids' channel in the UAE and exclusively available on Etisalat's eLife TV. Bringing the latest and the best in kids' entertainment to the UAE complements our objective of delivering the best quality content to our e-Junior customers."

To help the studio reach an even larger global audience, pocket.watch will also expand its roster of creator partners, with the addition of Netherlands based creator JasonVlogs. Since launching in 2015, JasonVlog's massively popular YouTube channel has amassed over 5 billion lifetime views. Pocket.watch will replicate its successful creator-to-franchise business model by working alongside JasonVlogs to develop an animated series launching this year. Following the launch, the partners will extend the franchise into consumer products, games and more.

This announcement rounds out an exciting first month of 2020 for pocket.watch. In addition to global expansion, the company is in active discussions with distributors for its exclusive, premium slate of creator fueled content including animated series' EvanTube's Dollar Toy Squad and Onyx Monster Mysteries amongst others.

For more information on pocket.watch, its expansion, creators and its premium slate of content, please visit pocket.watch

About pocket.watch

Pocket.watch is a new studio that specializes in entertaining and inspiring kids and families through digital-first content and sparking their imaginations with lifestyle products ranging from toys to toothbrushes. The company inspires kids to seamlessly move between screen time and playtime and boasts a growing portfolio of franchises that includes some of the largest kids and family YouTube brands in the world. Pocket.watch developed and launched the massive Ryan's World® consumer products line and created and produces Ryan's Mystery Playdate, which airs on Nickelodeon and is the #1 preschool show on television. The company was founded in March 2017 by Chris M. Williams and is located in Culver City, CA where it maintains an office and studio. Its management team is made up of studio veterans and visionaries from traditional and digital entertainment including Albie Hecht, Stone Newman, Jon Moonves, Kerry Tucker and David B. WIlliams. Investors include Viacom, Greycroft, Third Wave Digital and United Talent Agency (UTA), as well as notable strategic angels including Robert Downey Jr. (Team Downey) and Jon Landau. For more information about pocket.watch, please visit pocket.watch.

About E-Vision

E-Vision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Etisalat, is a pioneer and trusted content aggregator in the region providing a comprehensive turnkey solution for content acquisition and management for IPTV platforms and multi-screen (OTT). E-Vision currently operates in the UAE, KSA, Egypt and Pakistan. Over the years, E-Vision has developed winning solutions, and capabilities to meet business partners in the field of TV channels licensing, video-on-demand acquisition, content strategy, video OTT solutions, 4K, hospitality and advertising.

For about two decades, E-Vision has partnered with the biggest names in the industry worldwide, and secured content for multiple Pay TV and OTT services from major Hollywood Studios, Bollywood and the latest Arabic productions as well as leading TV channel providers from around the globe.

From Kidscreen:

Pocket.watch goes global with new hire, partners

Former Disney exec Danny Spronz is leading the prodco's first international office, as the studio sends its content abroad and grows its lineup of creators.

Expanding its global reach, LA-based prodco Pocket.watch has opened its first international office. The company tapped former Disney VP Danny Spronz (pictured) to lead the new London-based office as managing director for EMEA.

Spronz started in the role this month and is responsible for all business operations, advertising sales, consumer products licensing and content sales in the region. Before joining Pocket.watch he worked as the VP of digital partnerships and influencer marketing for Walt Disney EMEA. He held that role for three years, and in that time he managed overall talent strategy, partnerships and management for the company’s on-screen and digital influencer talent.

Previously, he worked at the House of Mouse as its VP of international for Maker Studios, in charge of strategic partnerships and network, where his remit was to grow and manage the company’s network business across all international markets. Prior to his time at Disney, Spronz founded the digital content producer dot.talent in 2010, with the goal of building and monetizing the digital ecosystem around celebrity talent.

Pocket.watch has been busy growing across segments in the past year, including launching its first audio series, The Claw, in November. It also expanded the popular Ryan’s World YouTube channel (23.9 million subscribers). Last year the company launched a range of CP for the brand, including blind bag collectibles, slime, vehicles, plush and putty. Pocket.watch also brought Ryan’s World to linear TV with the launch of the live-action series Ryan’s Mystery Playdate on Nickelodeon, which was picked up for a second season shortly after its premiere.

Beyond UK growth, Pocket.watch is partnering with Middle East telecom operator Etisalat to bring the prodco’s programming—including Ryan’s Mystery Playdate, HobbyKids Adventures and Ryan’s World specials—to UAE kids TV channel e-junior, which is available as an SVOD service and pay-TV channel. Pocket.watch plans to roll out new consumer products from its Ryan’s World and HobbyKids franchises in the region later this year.

The studio is also growing its slate of creator partners, inking a deal with Netherlands-based digital influencer Jason Vlogs (9.3 million YouTube subscribers) to turn the popular digital star into a franchise with an animated series set to bow this year. The YouTube channel features vlog-style videos of a family and their adventures together. and since launching in 2015 it has reached more than two billion lifetime views. Following its franchise model, Pocket.watch will also expand the channel with consumer products and games following the launch of the animated series.

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More Nick: 'Ryan's Mystery Playdate' and 'Hobby Kids Adventures' Success Keys pocket.watch Slate Expansion!

Original source: PR Newswire.

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