NickToons Hungary to Launch on Tarr Kft on Friday 1st May 2020

ViacomCBS Networks has reached an agreement with Hungarian television service provider Tarr Kft which will see NickToons Hungary (Magyarország) launch on the service on Friday 1st May 2020! NickToons Magyarország will be available in the service's 'Basic' TV package, as well as its OTT platform, MobilTV. Launched in April 2019. NickToons Magyarország is a sub-feed of Nickelodeon's pan-regional Nicktoons feed which airs programming with Hungarian audio track and localised advertisements.

From DTV News:

Újabb szolgáltatónál érhető el a Nicktoons május 1-jétől

A ViacomCBS és a Tarr Kft. közötti együttműködés kiterjesztéséről kötött megállapodásnak köszönhetően érkezik a szolgáltató kábelcsatornái sorába és a MobilTV kínálatába a Nicktoons gyermekcsatorna és a Nickelodeon csatornacsalád népszerű sorozatait bárhol és bármikor elérhetővé tevő Kópétár.

A jelenlegi járványügyi veszélyhelyzetben, amikor a családok egész nap otthon tartózkodnak, jelentősen megnőtt az igény a gyermekeknek szóló, kitűnő szórakozást nyújtó és interaktív módon ismereteket átadó televíziós tartalmak iránt. A Tarr Kft. kábeltelevíziós előfizetői számára péntektől elérhetővé válik a Nickelodeon márkacsaládjába tartozó, 24 órában humoros rajzfilmeket sugárzó Nicktoons gyermekcsatorna. Az alapcsomag részeként nézhető új csatornán olyan, már bizonyított sikersorozatok mellett, mint a Spongyabob Kockanadrág, A Lármás család és a Tündéri keresztszülők, láthatóak lesznek újabb sorozatok is, mint A Casagrande család, a Lego City kalandok és a Szivárványos egyszarvú pillangócica.

A Nickelodeon, a Nick Jr. és a Nicktoons csatornákról ismert, kicsiknek és nagyobbaknak egyaránt remek szórakozást nyújtó népszerű sorozatokból kínál okoseszközökön és online bárhol és bármikor megtekinthető válogatást a május 1-jén induló Kópétár. A rendszeresen újabb sorozatokkal és epizódokkal frissülő önálló videótárban az induláskor a nagyobb korosztály számára elérhető lesz a SpongyaBob Kockanadrág, a Hé Arnold és a Madagaszkár pingvinjei animációs sorozatok, illetve a Veszélyes Henry élőszereplős széria. A kisebb gyerekek pedig olyan, hasznos ismereteket szórakoztatva átadó rajzfilmsorozatok lesznek elérhetőek, mint a Dóra és barátai, amely interaktív, táncos, éneklős formában ismerteti meg velük az angol nyelvet, illetve A Mancs őrjárat, melynek kedvelt kutyusai a kisgyerekek problémamegoldó készségeket fejlesztik.

A Kópétárat bármely, portfóliójukban jelenleg is megtalálható Tarr tv kiscsomag előfizetői díjmentesen vehetik igénybe a Tarr MobilTV alkalmazáson keresztül webes felületen, okostelefonon vagy okos tv készüléken.

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From Media1:

Bővül a Nicktoons gyerekcsatorna vételkörzete

A ViacomCBS gyerekcsatornájával bővül a Tarr Kft. nevű műsorterjesztő cég csatornakínálata. A Tarr még egy újdonságot bejelentett.

A Tarr Kft. és a ViacomCBS közös bejelentése szerint május elsejétől, péntektől elérhetővé válik a Nickelodeon márkacsaládjába tartozó, 24 órában humoros rajzfilmeket sugárzó Nicktoons gyermekcsatorna.

Az alapcsomag részeként nézhető új csatornán olyan olyan ismert sorozatok mellett mint a Spongyabob Kockanadrág, A Lármás család és a Tündéri keresztszülők, láthatóak lesznek újabb sorozatok is mint A Casagrande család, a Lego City kalandok és a Szivárványos egyszarvú pillangócica.

Május 1-jén indul a Kópétár is, mely a Nickelodeon, a Nick Jr. és a Nicktoons csatornákról ismert, kicsiknek és nagyobbaknak egyaránt szórakozást kínáló népszerű sorozatokból kínál okoseszközökön és online bárhol és bármikor megtekinthető válogatást. A rendszeresen újabb sorozatokkal és epizódokkal frissülő önálló videótárban az induláskor a nagyobb korosztály számára elérhető lesz a SpongyaBob Kockanadrág, a Hé Arnold és a Madagaszkár pingvinjei animációs sorozatok, illetve a Veszélyes Henry élőszereplős széria.

A kisebb gyerekek pedig olyan, hasznos ismereteket szórakoztatva átadó rajzfilmsorozatok lesznek elérhetőek mint a Dóra és barátai, amely interaktív, táncos, éneklős formában ismerteti meg velük az angol nyelvet, illetve A Mancs őrjárat, melynek kutyusai a kisgyerekek problémamegoldó készségeket fejlesztik.

A Kópétárat bármely, portfóliójukban jelenleg is megtalálható Tarr tv kiscsomag előfizetői díjmentesen vehetik igénybe a Tarr MobilTV alkalmazáson keresztül webes felületen, okostelefonon vagy okos tv készüléken.

A Nicktoons gyerekcsatorna 2019 elején jelent meg Magyarországon magyar nyelven, és 4-10 éves gyerekek számára biztosít egész napos válogatást rajzfilmsorozatokból.

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Lopii Productions in Talks with Nickelodeon's Noggin for Digital-First Quarantine-Themed Series 'My Stay-At-Home Diary'

Lockdown and social distancing measures due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) continue to effect all aspects of the kids film and TV sector, including how studios approach casting for both live-action and animated productions.

For the foreseeable future, companies have had to adapt because in-person auditions for live-action roles are on hold (as are most traditional live-action productions), and the majority of voiceover actors have limited access to sound studios or proper home systems to record tracks for animation jobs.

For production companies fortunate enough to keep their pipelines going — including Canadian live-action studio Lopii Productions — online video platforms like Zoom and Skype are increasingly becoming the tools of choice for casting kids shows.

Lopii Productions (My Home My Life) had to get creative to find the cast for its lockdown series, My Stay-At-Home Diary (pictured). Aimed at four- to eight-year-olds, the 10 x four-minute series takes viewers into the lives of 10 different kids from around the world to experience how they’re staying busy and having fun despite being quarantined. The show is being filmed by the kids and their parents.

My Stay-At-Home Diary is created by the prodco’s founders Rennata and Georgina Lopez, alongside LA-based freelance producer-director and former Apple children’s production exec Kristen McGregor (McGregor and Rennata are pictured top left and right, respectively). Rennata Lopez revealed to Kidscreen the project is coming together quickly since a casting call went out on Lopii’s Facebook page in March. So far, more than 60 kids have applied from Iran, Ghana, Israel, the US and Canada.

The digital-first series has already drawn interest from broadcasters and SVODs, and the prodco is in discussion with TVO, CBC and Shaw Rocket Fund for financing. Using her American relationships, McGregor has set up meetings with Nickelodeon - for its SVOD platform Noggin - and YouTube Originals.

Once kids send in their video auditions, Lopii responds with an online questionnaire to get more details about their families, their feelings about being quarantined, how their parents’ jobs have been affected by COVID-19, plus technical information like what kind of phone or tablet they use, and whether or not they have access to Zoom or a laptop.

Lopii’s top picks are then scheduled to meet the show’s producing and directing team (Lopez and McGregor) via what the company calls Zoom scouts. The show’s pilot episode, which features 11-year-old Aaron Chen and his Burlington, Canada-based family, has already been filmed and the iPhone footage is being edited by freelance hires in Toronto. Lopii plans to simultaneously finish casting, film, edit and deliver the additional nine episodes between May and June.

The process marks the first time Lopii has cast a show fully virtually. The studio previously used Skype to partially cast its first kids series, My Home My Life, which bowed on Canadian pubcaster TVO last month. That series is similar to My Stay-At-Home Diary in that it showcases a kids-eye view of family life, but differs because it was shot by Lopii’s film crew at home locations in one region (Ontario, Canada).

She says using Zoom and online questionnaires for the full casting process on My Stay-At-Home Diary will actually benefit the show and the company in a few different ways.

“We are casting real kids who have to shoot their own footage and don’t have lines to memorize,” says Lopez. “Seeing them in their natural environment on a Zoom call actually works great for us. We can also get more information from an online questionnaire than we would normally get from an in-person audition.”

She adds that the experience could also help Lopii if it’s forced to virtually cast a second season of My Home My Life. “If we get a green light soon, we would need to begin casting in May and June to begin production in September, so we would mimic the same casting style until we are eventually allowed to leave our houses.”

Aside from learning how to use Zoom, another casting challenge for Lopez and her team on My Stay-At-Home Diary has been the show’s reliance on kids’ and parents’ access to technology.

“We want to tell stories that are diverse and fit every economic background, but the reality is we might not be able to tell some stories because families don’t have the technology,” says Lopez.

For this reason, Lopii has two rolling budgets for the show. According to Georgina Lopez, Lopii’s line producer and production manager, one is the absolute minimum the series can be made for—US$106,000 for 10 episodes—providing families have the required technology. “The second is a little more ideal at US$200,000 and factors in if we help some of the families by sending them camera packages.”

Lopii is fronting the development costs for the first two episodes (US$7,000 to US$8,500 each).

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Relax, 'iCarly' Star Noah Munck Is Still Alive & Well

Fear not, folks… actor Noah Munck, best known for playing Gibby on Nickelodeon’s hit comedy series iCarly, is NOT dead.

Fans were left fearing the worst after rumors began spreading like wildfire on social media that the beloved actor had passed away.

The story appears to have originated from a notorious prank website on which a hoax article was published claiming that the 23-year old actor was found dead in his California apartment on Monday night.

The website claimed that Munck was discovered lifeless in his apartment after police officers responded to a call by a neighbor who said they heard a gunshot from the actor’s apartment.

However, the page carrying the story also includes a sidebar message that reads: “You’ve been pranked! You got owned!”

It appears some fans who visited the page and began spreading the rumor about Munck’s death on social media might failed to notice the disclaimer that the story was only a hoax.

Anyone can go to the website to create a prank story, with the website urging visitors to create them to trick their friends. Below the message urging visitors to post a prank is a clickable button labeled “+Create Prank.”

The website has been the source of multiple celeb death hoaxes in recent years. Last year, it published a fake news story that the teenage Tik Tok and YouTube star Alex Guzman died in a car crash.

While some were fooled by the story about Munck’s death and began spreading it on social media, others were quick to realize it was just a hoax and that the beloved actor was still alive.

Munck isn't the only Nickelodeon star that has been targeted by hoaxers falsely claiming that they've died. For years, rumors circulated that Kel Mitchell from All That, Kenan & Kel and Good Burger had passed away. In the same vein of things, a rumor about SpongeBob SquarePants getting canceled goes around at least once a year.

Noah Munck Bio

Munck was born in May 1996 in Orange County, California, and is the oldest of five siblings born to mom Kymbry Robinson and dad Greg Munck, a church pastor.

The 23-year-old took an interest in acting when he was a child and started appearing in commercials at the age of 10. He went on to star on TV shows such as All of Us, American Body Shop, and 1321 Clover.

He also appeared in Rules of Engagement, Sam & Cat, Son of Zorn, The Goldbergs and Schooled (JTP!). However, he is best known for playing Gibby, a school friend of Carly, Sam, and Freddie, on iCarly, which aired on Nickelodeon from September 2007 to November 2012.

Munck appeared in a recurring role as Gibby in Seasons 1 to 3 of the series and then as a regular in Seasons 4 to 6.

Gibby, who also had a younger brother called Guppy, was known for his habit of taking off his shirt while dancing.

Munck’s film credits include The Rainbow Tribe, All About Steve, Four Christmases, and Bad Teacher.

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Has a SpongeBob SuperFan Just Figured Out the Krabby Patty Secret Recipe?

Earlier this month, it was revealed that a fan had perfected the KFC recipe from home, revealing the secret 11 herbs and spices that go into making chicken that is Finger Licking Good. Now, a SpongeBob SquarePants fan has gone one-stop better - and maybe - just maybe - figured out the Krabby Patty secret recipe!

Tacomaster posted the following on the SpongeBuddy Mania SpongeBob SquarePants fan forums:

"Greetings, bottom feeders! For the past few minutes, I have been hard at work trying to figure out the Krabby Patty secret formula, using clues throughout the series, articles on the SpongeBob wiki(luckily, there is no Poseidon Powder to be found), and even fake recipes(there is no Plankton or disulfide in my recipe, either) to create at least a rough outline for a Krabby Patty. But enough introduction, because it’s time for the moment you’ve been waiting for!

Secret Formula

• Patty - These are generally vegetarian, as confirmed by both Stephen Hillenberg and Vincent Weller, but can also be beef(in Pickles, Bubble Bass orders ”bossy”, or beef, patties).
• A Pinch of Salt - Salt is confirmed to be a part of the actual recipe, and the portion(a pinch) comes from the fake one.
• Flour - Also confirmed as part of the recipe.
• Barnacle Shavings - See flour. If I had to guess, the land equivalent of this would be potato skins, as evidenced by Chocolate with Nuts’ billboard for Barnacle Chips. There are other meals with barnacles in them(barnacle loaf and Swedish barnacle balls), but they are generally meat based, and as we know, there is no meat in a Krabby Patty(unless you ask for it, of course).
• Tumeric - See flour.
• 4 Teaspoons of Chopped Onions - From the fake recipe.
• A Cup of Love - From the fake recipe, but love is also used in preparing the Krabby Patty and is implied to make them so good.
• Spicy Coral Dust - This is where we get to straw grasping. In Friend or Foe, Mr. Krabs accidentally knocked seven seasonings into a vat of the prototypical Patty mixture, which resulted in the modern day Krabby Patty. (I made sure seven is also the number of ingredients in the formula, minus the Patty itself and the immeasurable love.) One of the bottles had an image of fire on it, implying it to be spicy, Coral dust, mentioned to be extra spicy, is mentioned in the fake recipe in Evil Spatula(although fire algae paste is mentioned, although that’s not specifically mentioned as spicy, and we only have seven herbs and spices to work with here). The land equivalent is chili powder.
• Secret Ingredient - A pinch of chum. The ingredient is kept under wraps in Patty Caper, but in Friend or Foe, the recipe is revealed to have a pinch of chum in it. This would reveal why it’s so secret- nobody in Bikini Bottom would willingly eat chum. And while in real life, chum is made of chopped fish, in Bikini Bottom, chum is made of vegetarian ingredients and even has had multiple recipes, all of which are disgusting.

There’s also the Secret Sauce. If we go by the commercial in As Seen on TV, we can deduce by the missing ingredients normally on a patty that the sauce is...

• Tomatoes/Ketchup
• Mustard
• Pickles/Pickle Relish
• Mayonnaise

Most of these ingredients are also found in actual restaurant secret sauces (specifically, ketchup, relish, and mayonnaise). Speaking of which, after looking up various assembly methods and Patty pictures, I can infer the assembly goes like this...

First bun, then patty, followed by tartar sauce, ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, cheese, pickles, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, secret sauce, and bun, in that order! Well... not exactly. The assembly varies from episode to episode, sometimes within the episode itself(looking at you, Pickles). Not to mention, patties can be made to order(extra onions, hold the mayonnaise, King Size Ultra Supreme with the works, double batter fried on a stick, Himalayan salt, smoked paprika, micro greens, aged Gouda, Double Triple Bossy Deluxe, four by four, animal style, extra shingles with a shimmy and a squeeze, light axle grease, make it cry, burn it, and let it swim). Not to mention this is just a rough outline and probably not the actual formula... Overall, we may never know the actual formula, but I feel a little better for having gotten a little closer. Feel free to experiment with this, have fun, and most importantly- do not forget the pickles."

Has Tacomaster achieved what Plankton has failed miserably at for years? Or is Mr. Krabs' Krabby Patty secret recipe still safe? Let me know in the comments below!

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Classic British Kids TV Coming to BritBox UK

Classic kids tv coming to BritBox UK

London, 27th April: BritBox today announced a series of telly treats coming to the service next month. In addition to the content already announced, May will also see a season of classic children’s television series from the ITV archives launching on the site - many of which have aired on Nickelodeon UK over the years.

From 7th May, just in time for the May bank holiday weekend, subscribers to the service will be able to indulge their inner child and turn back time to enjoy the first seasons of The Worst Witch (1998), Press Gang (1989), and Children’s Ward (1989). The pilot episodes of Puddle Lane (1985), Murphy’s Mob (1982), Jungle Run (1999), Tots TV (1993), Wizadora (1991), Wolves, Witches and Giants (1995), and Woof! (1989) will also be made available.

There's currently no word if series such as Spatz, Mike & Angelo, Fun House, T-Bag and Three, Seven, Eleven will also be joining the line-up.

Last, but not least, a Gerry Anderson collection will be launched including ten of the best episodes of Thunderbirds (1965) alongside the documentary All About Thunderbirds (2008). The pilot episodes of Captain Scarlet (1967), Joe 90 (1968) and Stingray (1964) will also feature.

Will Harrison, Managing Director of BritBox UK said:

“We have seen a trend in our subscribers favouring ‘comfy content’ and lighter viewing over the last month, so we’ve been raiding the archives to keep everyone suitably entertained. We hope that our viewers enjoy the trip down memory lane as much as we have!”.

About BritBox

BritBox is a digital video subscription service created by the BBC and ITV. The service brings the very best in past, present and future British programming and award-winning content to viewers all in one place for £5.99 per month in HD. British TV boxsets from All 4 and British films from Film 4 will launch on the service in 2020. The service includes high quality factual and entertainment content from Channel 5 plus original British comedies from Comedy Central UK. BritBox features the biggest collection of British content available on any streaming service, and brand new commissions for British production companies specifically created for BritBox. BritBox also offers expert curation and playlists that will enable viewers to easily find programmes they know and discover new favourites via web, mobile, tablet, connected TVs and streaming devices including Fire TV, Apple TV & Chromecast. Content on BritBox can be downloaded and viewed offline where rights allow.

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