Tuesday, December 02, 2014

2014 "Nickelodeon HALO Awards" Draws 3 Million For Nick USA, Posts Double-Digit Gains From Last Year

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 2014 "Nickelodeon HALO Awards" capped off the Thanksgiving weekend on a high note, scoring the show's biggest audience ever! The Sunday night concert special, which was road-blocked across Nickelodeon USA, Nicktoons and TeenNick on 30th November 2014, drew 3 million total viewers, posting double-digit gains over last year on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons and triple-digit increases on TeenNick.


A pro-social awards event driven by one-of-a-kind music performances, the 2014 "HALO Awards" drew 2.4 million viewers on Nickelodeon and posted double-digit year over year (YOY) increases with kids 2-11 (4.6/1.4M, +29%), kids 6-11 (6.4/1.2M, +37%) and tweens 9-14 (4.5/871K, +57%). The show also drove double and triple-digit increases on Nicktoons (+91% with K6-11) and TeenNick (+239% with T12-17).

Pop superstars Nick Jonas, Jessie J, Meghan Trainor, Echosmith, The Vamps and Fifth Harmony performed their chart-topping hits at the "Nickelodeon HALO Awards", an hour-long concert special celebrating kids who are "Helping and Leading Others" (HALO) in their communities. Led by host, creator and executive producer Nick Cannon, the star-studded musical event was held at New York's Pier 36 and was capped by an all-star finale featuring powerhouse hip hop group The Roots.

The show also featured special appearances by Zendaya, Victoria Justice and Carlos PenaVega, along with stars from Nick's hit series "Instant Mom" (Sydney Park), "The Thundermans" (Jack Griffo, Kira Kosarin), "The Haunted Hathaways" (Benjamin Flores Jr. and Breanna Yde) and "Victorious" (Leon Thomas and Matt Bennett).

Original Nickelodeon Press Release:

NICKELODEON'S ANNUAL HALO AWARDS PROVES GIVING BACK ROCKS

THIS YEAR'S MUSIC CONCERT SPECIAL DRAWS 3 MILLION VIEWERS, POSTS DOUBLE-DIGIT GAINS FROM LAST YEAR

Event Hosted by Nick Cannon, Featured Performances by Nick Jonas, Jessie J, Meghan Trainor, Echosmith, The Vamps and Fifth Harmony

NEW YORK – Dec. 2, 2014 – The 2014 Nickelodeon HALO Awards capped off the Thanksgiving weekend on a high note, scoring the show’s biggest audience ever. The Sunday night (Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. ET) concert special, which was road-blocked across Nickelodeon, Nicktoons and TeenNick drew 3 million total viewers, posting double-digit gains over last year on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons and triple-digit increases on TeenNick.

A pro-social awards event driven by one-of-a-kind music performances, the 2014 HALO Awards drew 2.4 million viewers on Nickelodeon and posted double-digit year over year increases with kids 2-11 (4.6/1.4M, +29%), kids 6-11 (6.4/1.2M, +37%) and tweens 9-14 (4.5/871K, +57%). The show also drove double and triple-digit increases on Nicktoons (+91% with K6-11) and TeenNick (+239% with T12-17).

Pop superstars Nick Jonas, Jessie J, Meghan Trainor, Echosmith, The Vamps and Fifth Harmony performed their chart-topping hits at the Nickelodeon HALO Awards, an hour-long concert special celebrating kids who are “Helping and Leading Others” (HALO) in their communities. Led by host, creator and executive producer Nick Cannon, the star-studded musical event was held at New York’s Pier 36 and was capped by an all-star finale featuring powerhouse hip hop group The Roots.

The show also featured special appearances by Zendaya, Victoria Justice and Carlos PenaVega, along with stars from Nick’s hit series Instant Mom (Sydney Park), The Thundermans (Jack Griffo, Kira Kosarin), The Haunted Hathaways (Benjamin Flores Jr., Breanna Yde) and Victorious (Leon Thomas, Matt Bennett).

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Nick Jr. UK To Premiere Three Brand-New "Lily's Driftwood Bay" Winter Specials On Wednesday 3rd December 2014

The Belfast-based independent children's television production company SixteenSouth Television has announced the exciting news on their official Twitter profile page, @SixteenSouth, that Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's preschool channel, Nick Jr. UK and Ireland, will premiere and show three brand-new Winter-themed episodes of the popular mixed media animated preschool series "Lily's Driftwood Bay" on Wednesday 3rd December 2014!


According to the "What's On" schedule section on nickjr.co.uk, Nick Jr. UK will debut all three episodes from 9:00am (repeated from 10:00am on Nick Jr+1) on Wednesday 3rd December 2014. Following each episodes premiere, Nick Jr. UK will encore all three episodes the same day from 1:30pm (2:30pm on Nick Jr+1) and on Thursday 4th December 2014 from 9:30am and 2pm (10:30am and 3pm on Nick Jr+1).

In the first all-new Winter episode of "Lily's Driftwood Bay", "Winter Games", Bull is determined to win a medal at the Driftwood Bay winter games. In the second brand-new Wintery episode, "Snowy Sheep Chase", a stray sheep leads Lily and Salty deep into a snow storm. Then, in the third all-new episode, "Christmas Kerfuffle", everyone is preparing the Cockle Cafe for a celebration when disaster strikes!

Nick Jr. UK keeps the festive fun going after the premiere of the all-new "Lily's Driftwood Bay" Christmas specials with a selection box of Christmas-themed episodes of "Zack and Quack" and "Thomas and Friends" all this week at 9am (10am on Nick Jr.+1)!

Additionally, SixteenSouth have announced that they are looking for Northern Ireland residents who they can add to their writing team for the second season of Nick Jr. UK's hit show, "Lily's Driftwood Bay"!
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NickToons UK To Premiere "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Season Two Finale On Saturday 13th And Sunday 14th December 2014

The online British and Irish TV guide website Digiguide is reporting the Booyakasha TMNT News that Nicktoons UK and Ireland, Nickelodeon UK's animation and action channel, will premiere and show the special two-part season two finale episode of Nickelodeon's hit CG-animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" television series, titled "The Invasion", in two parts over the weekend of Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th December 2014!


According to Digiguide, Nicktoons UK will premiere "The Invasion" part one on Saturday 13th December 2014 at 9:30am, with a encore at 5:30pm, and "The Invasion" part two on Sunday 14th December 2014 at 9:30am, with a repeat at 5:30pm.

In the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season two finale, Leo and Donnie disagree about their plan to stop the Kraang invasion. Meanwhile, Donnie must step up as a leader when Leo makes a critical mistake and is separated from the team.

Following the UK debut of the second season finale of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", Nicktoons UK will begin to encore season two of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" every weekend at 9:30am and repeat TMNT season one every weekend at 5:30pm from Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st December 2014.

Nicktoons UK will start to premiere and show the explosive third season of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series from February 2015, as part of 2015 on Nickelodeon UK!
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Monday, December 01, 2014

Urban Commons Purchases 777-Room Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando Hotel

Original Urban Commons, LLC Press Release via PR Newswire iReach:

Urban Commons Purchases 777-room Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando Hotel


LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Urban Commons, LLC announces today the purchase of the 777-room Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando hotel located in Orlando, Florida. Nickelodeon Suites Resort is located directly east of the main entrance to Walt Disney World in the Lake Buena Vista area of Orlando, Florida. Lake Buena Vista is one of the nation's most dynamic submarkets, known for being the home to Walt Disney World, the flagship of Disney's worldwide theme park empire and, according to Forbes, the most visited vacation resort in the world with an attendance of 52.5 million annually. In addition to its location minutes from Walt Disney World, the Property is only three miles from SeaWorld, four miles from Wet 'n Wild, five miles from Universal Orlando, eight miles from the Orange County Convention Center, and eleven miles from the Orlando International Airport. The Hotel sits on 24 acres and features 777 oversized suites averaging 500 square feet. The Property also features 85,000 square feet of recreational amenities, including two expansive lagoons with extensive interactive water features distinctively called, The Lagoon and The Oasis. It is one of only five poperties in Lake Buena Vista with a waterpark. In addition, the Hotel recently added 4,000 square feet of meeting space, which has been very popular for birthday parties and social meetings. Finally, the Property also hosts a unique entertainment retail complex of approximately 50,000 square feet, known as "The Mall", which showcases six food and beverage outlets, a 3,000 square feet arcade, two retail shops, a 4-D movie theater, a live action studio, and a Kids' Spa.

Over the last several years Urban Commons has completed a large number of commercial property acquisitions. Urban Commons targets value-add opportunities where they see the greatest growth potential and upside opportunities for returns. With their success, Urban Commons continues to aggressively grow its portfolio in the hospitality sector.

Urban Commons, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm, specializes in hospitality and residential income generating assets. Urban Commons targets value-add property acquisitions in highly populated, predictable markets. With decades of cumulative real estate investment, development, and management experience, the company has proven the ability to thrive in the US market throughout all market cycles. Urban Commons owns, manages and invests in a variety of assets including land, apartment buildings, condominium projects, hotels, retail and commercial properties. Hospitality partners include names such as, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Hilton Worldwide, InterContinental Hotels Group and Wyndham Worldwide. For further information about Urban Commons, please visit www.urban-commons.com.

Media Contact: Nancy Choi, Urban Commons, LLC, 213-260-9111 ext. 104, nancy@urban-commons.com

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Nickelodeon UK To Premiere Brand-New "The Thundermans" Christmas Special "Winter Thunderland" On Friday 19th December 2014

The online British and Irish TV guide website Digiguide is reporting the exciting Nick UK News that Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK, the number one commercial kids TV network in the UK, will premiere and show the brand-new Christmas special of Nick's popular superhero-themed original comedy series "The Thundermans", called "Winter Thunderland", on Friday 19th December 2014 at 5:30pm (repeated at 6:30pm on Nickelodeon+1), as part of "Jordan and Perri's Xmas Slime"!


In the all-new "The Thundermans" holiday special, Max (Jack Griffo) is at his Scroogiest on Christmas Eve, until the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future show up to put him in the holiday spirit. Will Nora (Addison Riecke) only receive green cottage cheese as her Christmas present from Max? And can Billy (Diego Velazquez) really be the most evilest of the Thunderman family? Find out in the brand-new "The Thundermans" Christmas special!


Following the debut of the brand-new "The Thundermans" Xmas special, Nick UK & Eire/HD will encore the all-new seasonal episode on: Saturday 20th December 2014 at 11:00am and 7:30pm; Sunday 21st December 2014 at 6:00pm; Monday 22nd December 2014 at 11:30am; and Wednesday 24th December 2014 (Christmas Eve) at 5:30pm.



Kira Kosarin as the Ghost of Christmas Present

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