Nickelodeon Superstar SpongeBob SquarePants To Support Breast Cancer Research Australia

The licensing business news website Licensing.biz is reporting the Sponge-tastic news in the following article that Nickelodeon Australia has once again partnered with The National Breast Cancer Foundation (Australia) to turn Nickelodeon megastar SpongeBob SquarePants pink in support of breast cancer research!

Throughout breast cancer awareness month, taking place during October 2014, a range of sleepwear labelled SpongeBob PinkPants will be sold through Big W stores in Australia.

Priced from AUD$20-$25, a portion of all SpongeBob PinkPants pyjama and nightie sales will go towards breast cancer research projects to help NBCF achieve its aspirational goal of zero deaths from breast cancer by 2030:

AUSTRALIA: Spongebob Squarepants to support Breast Cancer Research

Spongebob PinkPants sleepwear line will be sold through Big W stores in Australia.

Nickelodeon has once again partnered with The National Breast Cancer Foundation to turn Spongebob Squarepants pink in support of breast cancer research.

Throughout October - which is breast cancer awareness month - a range of sleepwear labelled Spongebob PinkPants will be sold through Big W stores in Australia.

Priced from $20-$25, a portion of all Spongebob PinkPants pyjama and nightie sales will go towards breast cancer research projects to help NBCF achieve its aspirational goal of zero deaths from breast cancer by 2030.

"We are grateful to have Spongebob PinkPants products involved again in raising money for breast cancer research," said Carole Renouf, CEO of the National Breast Cancer Foundation. "Every dollar raised through the sale of the Spongebob PinkPants products will take us one step closer towards our goal of zero deaths from breast cancer by 2030."

Claire O'Connor, ANZ director of consumer products for Nickelodeon Viacom Consumer Products, added: "This is our fourth year supporting this great cause and we hope that our Spongebob PinkPants range can once again make a valuable contribution to funding breast cancer research projects."

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Nickelodeon Benelux Acquires Rights To "The New Adventures of Geronimo Stilton"

Kidscreen and Animation Magazine are reporting the exciting Nickelodeon news in the following articles that Nickelodeon Northern Europe has acquired the broadcast rights to the brand-new "Geronimo Stilton" animated series "The New Adventures of Geronimo Stilton", based on the popular book series of the same name, for Nickelodeon Benelux (Nickelodeon Netherlands (Nederland) and Nickelodeon Belgium (België; Flanders))!

"The New Adventures of Geronimo Stilton" (26 x 22-minute eps), produced by Atlantyca Entertainment and the French production company Superprod, with the participation of Rai, follows the story of internationally renowned mouse-journalist Geronimo as he travels across the globe, and features faster moving storylines than the original 2009 series, which currently airs Nickelodeon Netherlands, Nickelodeon Belgium, and Nickelodeon Scandinavia (Nickelodeon Denmark (Danmark) and Nickelodeon Sweden (Sverige)).

Atlantyca has also secured pre-sales with broadcasters ARD and Kika in Germany and Canal Panda in Portugal for the all-new animated "The New Adventures of Geronimo Stilton" television series. Atlantyca announced the deals at MIPCOM 2014 in Cannes

The New Adventures of Geronimo Stilton

From Kidscreen:

Atlantyca Entertainment and Superprod to create new Geronimo Stilton series

His popularity may be quiet as a mouse Stateside, but Geronimo Stilton will expand his reach across Europe with the creation of a new animated series from Atlantyca Entertainment and French prodco Superprod, with the participation of Rai.

The New Adventures of Geronimo Stilton (26 x 22-minute eps) follows the story of mouse-journalist Geronimo across the globe, with faster moving storylines than the original. For this new series, Atlantyca has already signed broadcast licensing agreements with ARD and Kika (Germany), Nickelodeon (Belgium, Holland) and Canal Panda (Portugal).

Based on the kids books launched in 2000 by Italian publisher Edizioni Piemme, Geronimo Stilton books have sold more than 100 million copies across 150 countries.

Also, from Animation Magazine:

Atlantyca, Superprod Team Up for New ‘Geronimo Stilton’ Series

Atlantyca Entertainment took advantage of the MIPCOM event to announce its deal with France-based studio Superprod to produce The New Adventures of Geronimo Stilton, with the participation of Italy’s Rai. The brand new cartoon (26 x 22) will feature faster moving stories of internationally renowned mouse-journalist Geronimo Stilton.

Atlantyca has already secured key pre-sales for the series, inking deals with broadcasters ARD and Kika in Germany, Nickelodeon for Belgium and Holland, and Canal Panda for Portugal.

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Halloween 2014 On Nickelodeon UK And NickToons UK

Nickelodeon UK, the number one commercial kids TV network in the UK, and the TV guide Digiguide have announced Nick UK and NickToons UK's spooktacular schedules and highlights to celebrate the spookiest and scariest month of the year which will feature some of the most terrifying episodes of Nickelodeon's most popular original series and spine-tinging premieres of brand new episodes to make sure you have the perfect jolly-olly-hollo-Halloween!

Halloween on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK

The Halloween horror fun begins on Friday 31st October 2014 when "Big Time Rush" experience Big Time Terror in "Big Time Halloween", and things get creepy in the hit Nick Flick "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf". Then, get ready for more supernatural fun with tons of episodes of "The Haunted Hathaways", including the premiere of the brand-new hour-long "Haunted Hathaways" Halloween special "Mostly Ghostly Girl" at 4pm!

The first day of Nick UK's Halloween Weekend might be over, but that's no reason to howl at the moon! There'll be more frightening Halloween mayhem on Nickelodeon UK when their fright-fest weekend continues on Saturday 1st November 2014 with the spooktacular Halloween-themed episodes of "iCarly", "iHalfoween" and "iScream on Halloween", plus a encore of "The Haunted Hathaways" Halloween special "Mostly Ghostly Girl"!

The the blood curdling screams (of laughter) continue on Sunday 2nd November 2014 with the haunting "Victorious" episode "Helen Back Again", the hauntingly good "SpongeBob SquarePants" episodes "Don't Look Now" and "Seance Schmeance", and episodes of "The Haunted Hathaways"!

Plus, catch spine-tinging Nick Flicks "Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween", "Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred" and "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf" as part of Half-Term on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK, starting Monday 27th October 2014!

Halloween 2014 on NickToons UK & Ireland

NickToons' Halloween shenanigans begins Friday 24th October 2014 with the premiere of the brand-new 30 minute "Sanjay and Craig" Halloween special "Tufflips' Tales of Terror" at 6:00pm!

Beware of creatures that go "Bwaaaaaah!!!" in the night on Monday 27th October 2014 when Nicktoons premieres the brand-new spine-tingling "Rabbids Invasion" episode featuring the chilling tales "Vampire Rabbid", "Rabbid Halloween", "Zombie Rabbid" at 2:30pm, followed by encores of the hauntingly good "SpongeBob" special "Spongebob v The Goo" and "Sanjay and Craig" special "Tufflips' Tales of Terror". Plus, there's terror for SwaySway and Buhdeuce when they run into a monster and experience a "Beach Day... Of Horror" at 4:30pm (encore at 10:30pm), and Timmy Turner's help with the gardening brings his expired hamster back to life in the "Fairly OddParents" episode "That's Life" at 7pm!

The Halloween fun continues on Tuesday 28th October 2014 with the spooky "Fairly OddParents" episode "Scarily Odd Parents", the chilling "SpongeBob SquarePants" episodes "Ghost Host", "Scaredy Pants" and "Born Again Krabs", the blood curdling funny "Breadwinners" episode "Tunnel of Fear", and the terrifying "Sanjay and Craig" episode "Ghost Pool"!

The monster mash continues on Wednesday 29th October 2014, starting with the "SpongeBob SquarePants" episode "Sandy, SpongeBob and the Worm" at 10:15am, and spooky SBSP episode "Ghoul Fools" at 2pm. At 2:30pm, Timmy isn't allowed to see the latest horror film in the "Fairly OddParents" episode "Fly Boy". There's ghostly shenanigans in SBSP episode "The Curse of Bikini Bottom" at 3pm, and Cosmo and Wanda turn into Scary Fairies in FOP episode "Lights Out" 3:15pm. SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward get "Shanghaied" at 3.30pm, then Squidward becomes a Unfriendly "Ghost" at 3:45pm, and SpongeBob develops a "Fear Of A Krabby Patty" at 9pm!

The shrieks continue on Thursday 30th October 2014, starting with the "Monsters vs Aliens" episode "Attack of the Movie Night". SpongeBob visits a mysterious town in "Rock Bottom" at 11:45am, then a evil Jellien overlord visits Bikini Bottom and turns everyone into clones in "Planet of the Jellyfish" at 12pm. There's an encore of "Squidward, the Unfriendly Ghost" at 2pm, and Timmy's Mom and Dad become "Ghostbusters" and fight Ghouls in "Poltergeeks" at 2:15pm - Who ya gonna call?! There's "Zombie Bananas" loose in "Rocket Monkeys" at 2:45pm, SpongeBob plays "Ghost Host" to the Flying Dutchman at 3pm, and there'll be howls of laughter in the "T.U.F.F. Puppy" episode "Happy Howl-O-Ween" at 3:15pm. SpongeBob tries to prove he's not a "Scaredy Pants" at 3:45pm, and visits a "Toy Store Of Doom" at 5:30pm.

On Halloween fun continues on the scariest day of the year on Friday 31st October 2014, when Bikini Bottom experiences a "Whelk Attack" at 11:45am. SpongeBob tries to prove he's not a "Scaredy Pants" at 2pm, there's ghostly going on's in SBSP episode "The Curse of Bikini Bottom" at 2:15pm, and there's an encore of the brand-new spine-tingling "Rabbids: Invasion" episode featuring the fang-tastic tales "Vampire Rabbid", "Rabbid Halloween", "Zombie Rabbid" at 2:30pm. SpongeBob has a gooey problem in "It Came From Goo Lagoon" at 3pm, and Remington Tufflips and Huggle Bunny host a spooky, strange and shoddy half-hour Halloween special in "Tufflips' Tales of Terror" at 3:30pm and there's "Pineapple Fever" in Bikini Bottom at 5:30pm (repeated at 10:30pm).

The haunting's continue over the weekend, when SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward get "Shanghaied" on Saturday 1st November 2014 at 10am, Bikini Bottom thinks that SpongeBob is a monster in "The Thing" at 11:30am, a large worm is terrorising Bikini Bottom in "Sandy, SpongeBob and the Worm" at 2pm, SpongeBob gets into a fight with a doodle of himself in "Frankendoodle" at 3pm, and Heffer and Rocko have a bad trip aboard an aeroplane in the "Rocko's Modern Life" episode "Jetscream"!

There's more fang-tastic spookiness on Sunday 2nd November 2014, when a large worm terrorises Bikini Bottom in "Sandy, SpongeBob and the Worm". When the lights go out, Sanjay becomes the most powerful kid in town in the "Sanjay and Craig" episode "Blackout" at 10:30am, and in "Family Re-Noodman", the boys infiltrate Noodman's reunion to taste the special Frycade wings at 10:45am. 'Night Light', tales of the boogeyman send SpongeBob needs a "Night Light" after tales of the boogeyman send him into a panic at 11:30am, and SpongeBob and Patrick visit a "Toy Store Of Doom" at 7:30pm. "Pineapple Fever" hits Bikini Bottom at 9pm (repeated at 10:30pm).

Plus, catch terrifying stories in "Grizzly Tales" every morning at 3am!

Big thanks to NickUKHub!

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Nickelodeon USA's Premiere Of "Haunted Thundermans" Special Is Week's Top Entertainment Telecast With Kids

Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids and families, has announced the exciting Nickelodeon Ratings News in the following press release, from TVByTheNumbers.com, that the premiere of Nickelodeon's "Haunted Thundermans" crossover Halloween special on Nick USA on Saturday 11th October 2014 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, featuring the stars of Nick's hit live-action series "The Haunted Hathaways" and "The Thundermans", topped the second week of October 2014 (Monday 6th to Sunday 12th October 2014) as the number-one entertainment program with Kids 2-11 (4.7/1.5M) and drew 2.5M total viewers! The hour-long special episode also posted double-digit year-over-year gains for the net with K2-11 (+38%) and total viewers (+29%).

"211_Haunted Thundermans"--Pictured: Max (Jack Graffo), Phoebe (Kira Kosarin), Miles Preston (Curtis Harris), Taylor (Amber Montana), Chad (Chase Austin) Photo by: Bonnie Osborne/Nickelodeon ©2014 Viacom, International, Inc. All Rights Reserved

In animation, "SpongeBob SquarePants" was the week's top kids program with total viewers, scoring 2.7M P2+. "Sanjay and Craig" was the number-two animated kids program with total viewers (2.4M P2+). Additionally, a brand-new episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on Friday 10th October 2014 ("A Foot Too Big") ranked number-one in its time period with Boys 2-11 (2.4/386K) and Boys 6-11 (2.9/281K).

Original Nickelodeon Press Release:

NICKELODEON'S HAUNTED THUNDERMANS SPECIAL IS WEEK'S TOP ENTERTAINMENT TELECAST WITH KIDS

SpongeBob SquarePants is Top Kids Show with Total Viewers for the Week; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Wins with Boys in its Time Period

NEW YORK–Oct. 14, 2014 – The premiere of Nickelodeon’s “Haunted Thundermans” crossover Halloween special (Saturday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT), featuring the casts of Nick’s hit live-action series The Haunted Hathaways and The Thundermans, topped the second week of October (10/6/14-10/12/14) as the number-one entertainment program with Kids 2-11 (4.7/1.5M) and drew 2.5M total viewers. The hour-long special episode also posted double-digit year-over-year gains for the net with K2-11 (+38%) and total viewers (+29%).

In animation, SpongeBob SquarePants was the week’s top kids program with total viewers, scoring 2.7M P2+. Sanjay and Craig placed was the number-two animated kids program with total viewers (2.4M P2+). Additionally, a brand-new episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Friday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m. ET/PT) ranked number-one in its time period with Boys 2-11 (2.4/386K) and Boys 6-11 (2.9/281K).

Nickelodeon, now in its 35th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 19 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B).

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Nickelodeon UK Announces Nick And NickToons' October 2014 Half-Term Holiday Line-Up

Nickelodeon UK, the number one commercial kids TV network in the UK, and the TV guide Digiguide have announced Nick UK and NickToons UK's spooktacular programming plans to celebrate the October 2014 British and Irish school half-term/mid-term holiday break and Halloween!

October 2014 Half-Term on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK

To celebrate the October halfterm holiday, Nick UK will be bringing you back-to-back episodes of hit Nickelodeon shows "Sam & Cat", "The Haunted Hathaways", "iCarly", "Victorious" and "The Thundermans", plus your favourite Nick Flicks, and loads of Nick specials everyday from Monday 27th to Friday 31st October 2014!

Nickelodeon UK has announced in their brand-new trailer/promo the fang-tastic news that this Halloween Halfterm, Nickelodeon UK is welcoming boys and ghouls to Nick's Haunted Halfterm, where, every weekday from 3:00pm (repeated from 4:00pm on Nickelodeon +1), Nickelodeon UK will be airing back-to-back episodes of hauntingly good "The Haunted Hathaways" plus premiering the brand-new hour-long "Haunted Hathaways" Halloween special "Mostly Ghostly Girl", jam-packed full of blood curdling screams (of laughter), on the spookiest night of the year, Friday 31st October 2014, from 4:00pm (encored at 5:00pm on Nick +1), as part of Nick's Haunted Hathaways Halfterm!

You want more? Nick has more! As part of Nick UK's October 2014 half-term programming line-up, Nickelodeon will also be showing episodes of hit Nick shows, including "Big Time Rush", "Every Witch Way", "Wendell & Vinnie", "See Dad Run" and "Drake & Josh", plus Nick's newest hit, "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn"!

Make an appointment with your friends and family, reserve the best spot on your sofa and grab some popcorn! To even further celebrate the October half-term school holidays, Nickelodeon UK and Ireland will be screening a selection of popular Nickelodeon movies, including spine-tinging Nick Flicks to make sure you have the perfect jolly-olly-hollo-Halloween, every weekday at 1:00pm (repeated at 2:00pm on Nickelodeon +1)! According to Digiguide, Nick UK's Nick Flicks line-up will be:

Monday 27th October 2014: Jinxed!

Tuesday 28th October 2014: Swindle

Wednesday 29th October 2014: Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween

Thursday 30th October 2014: Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred

Friday 31st October 2014: The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

Plus, catch Nickelodeon Movies' latest blockbuster film, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", in cinemas everywhere across the UK from Friday 17th October 2014!

October 2014 Half-Term on NickToons UK & Ireland

To celebrate the October halfterm holidays, Nicktoons UK and Ireland will be airing a selection of your favourite Nicktoons shows, including "Robot and Monster", "T.U.F.F. Puppy", "Monsters vs Aliens", "Fairly OddParents", "Rocket Monkeys", "Sanjay and Craig", "Rabbids: Invasion", "Power Rangers Megaforce", "Beyblade Metal Fury", "Grizzly Tales", "Gormiti", "Matt Hatter Chronicles", and NickToons' latest brand-new hit show, "Breadwinners", plus will be hosting a special "SpongeBob SquarePants" marathon featuring back-to-back episodes of the hit Nick show, everyday from Monday 27th to Friday 31st October 2014!

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