CruiseSAT is branching out from the Americas to offer global services and new premium and live content.
'We're excited about expanding to the rest of the world,' said Charles Sackermann, CEO of Digital Video Systems (DVS), the long-established parent company of CruiseSAT.
Until now, there hasn't been much competition in the space, according to DVS maritime consultant Shannon McKee of Access Cruise.
'We're bringing more variety, more flexibility and additional options,' Sackermann said. 'The technology we're using allows us to give a higher performance.'
Single satellite downlink
CruiseSAT provides high-definition and standard-definition linear networks including news, sports, entertainment and specialty networks and on-demand content using a single satellite downlink.
After launching in 2017 with Carnival Cruise Line as its first customer, CruiseSAT added Royal Caribbean and MSC Cruises — but for services only in the Americas. Now, by going global, the door is open to all lines.
DVS provides satellite engineering, services and support for some 250 cruise ships worldwide and Sackermann said CruiseSAT was developed after listening to those customers' needs. CruiseSAT is now aboard more than 50 cruise ships so 'we see a large runway for our expansion.'
And having global reach makes it possible to serve emerging markets like the expedition cruise segment with its far-flung deployment.
News, sports, entertainment, live events
From a content perspective, CruiseSAT has master agreements with key partners and works closely with cruise lines to develop a package that best suits their demographics. The portfolio includes BBC World News, CNN, CBS News, FOX Business, Travel Channel, Food Network, HGTV, Discovery Channel, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, Rai Italia and Deutsche Welle.
CruiseSAT worked with partner ViacomCBS to create Nick at Sea. Unique to cruise lines, the Nickelodeon-branded channel features kids' programming from Nickelodeon's extensive catalogue.
Among the other available content is GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV and GMA News TV of the Philippines, ET Live, CNBC, MSNBC and Newsmax TV.
The sports portfolio includes ESPN, SEC ESPN, ESPNU, NFL Network and others. Last year more than 1,000 hours of prime events like NCAA March Madness Final Four, NFL games and the Super Bowl were available.
Cost-effective solutions
During this challenging period for the cruise industry, 'It's even more important for us to bring cost-effective solutions to our customers,' Sackermann said. 'We're a trusted partner. We'll continue to work with them through these difficult times.
'We're pushing the envelope to be cost-conscious and bring solutions that have high value but are reasonably priced.
The Nickelodeon franchise entertains millions of young fans across India and has always created a fun-filled environment for kids. As a leader in the kids’ category, Nickelodeon continues to engage young viewers with initiatives like #YogaSeHiHoga marking the occasion of International Yoga Day, set to take place on Sunday 21st June 2020. The uniqueness of the campaign is that kids' favorite Nicktoons like Motu Patlu, Doggy Don, Rudra, SpongeBob and many others are teaching kids to practice yoga to stay physically and mentally healthy.
Through a host of quirky videos and astons on-air, all the Nickelodeon franchise channels - Nick, Sonic, Nick Jr. and Nick HD+, has creative communication of the Nicktoons performing various yoga asanas in the most adorable manner. Viewers can see Motu doing the Tadasana to SpongeBob doing the Vrikshasana, encouraging kids to do the same and share their pictures or videos.
The campaign is brought to life on social media with a #YogaSeHiHoga social media challenge and a lot of fun short-form videos. The challenge aims at encouraging kids to imbibe yoga in their daily routine, which would help them stay fit physically as well as mentally. All kids must do is watch their favorite toons perform the yoga asanas on the Nickelodeon channels and share a picture or a video of them doing the same on nickindia.com and the best entries will get featured on the channel. To reach out to as many kids as possible, Nickelodeon has collaborated with some of the fastest growing influencer communities on Facebook like Unimo Mom and dad with interactive Yoga sessions planned along with other key mommy bloggers. With the endearing Nicktoons leading the way, thousands of entries from young fans have poured in!
Last year, the campaign #YogaSeHiHoga saw Motu and Patlu perform yoga with Prime Minster Narendra Modi along with 40,000 people at Prabhat Tara Ground to promote the importance of healthy living. The initiative was applauded by the Prime Minister on his official social accounts. In addition to this, the brand also partnered with Mumbai’s biggest Yoga event – ‘Yoga by the Bay’ which was attended by over 10,000 yogis with Nicktoons Shiva and Rudra in attendance.
Commending the initiative, P.N. Ranjit Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, said, "As the world goes through tough times, communication houses including TV channels have a special responsibility to the society. They are the ones who are constantly in touch with the people, and engage with their thoughts, and hence they have the opportunity to usher in optimism. The Ministry of AYUSH is glad that Nickelodeon is packing Yoga into their content since the current health emergency is the right time to highlight Yoga in view of its rewards in the form of immunity enhancement and stress relief."
As part of proliferating the campaign, the brand also collaborated with mommy networks and child celebrities Ruhanika Dhawan, Aakriti Sharma, Myra Singh Gill, to name a few, to come forward and participate in the challenge and further extend support to the initiative.
The franchise is extensively promoting the campaign on-air and on digital with promos and through an array of activities to drive awareness on the importance of Yoga.
Nick says #YogaSeHiHoga to celebrate International Yoga Day
Nickelodeon (Nick) has always created a fun-filled environment for kids. Continuing to engage young viewers, the kids broadcaster has launched a new campaign #YogaSeHiHoga marking the occasion of International Yoga Day.
The campaign features kids’ favourite Nicktoons like Motu Patlu, Doggy Don, Rudra, Spongebob and many others encouraging and teaching kids to practice yoga to stay physically and mentally healthy.
Nick has released a host of quirky videos and astons on-air all its franchise channels- Nick, Sonic, Nick Jr and Nick HD+, as well as on its digital verticals and social media handles.
The videos aim to have creative communication with kids through Nicktoons performing various ‘yoga asanas’ in the most adorable manner. One can see Motu doing the Tadasana to Spongebob doing the Vrikshasana, encouraging kids to do the same and share their pictures or videos.
The campaign also has a social media challenge where kids can participate by sending Nick their pictures/videos of doing yoga and stand a chance to get featured on the channel. Nick has shared the participation link on its official Instagram page.
Commending the initiative, Ministry of AYUSH joint secretary P.N. Ranjit Kumar said, “As the world goes through tough times, TV channels have a special responsibility to the society. They are the ones who are constantly in touch with the people, and engaging with their thoughts, and hence they have the opportunity to usher in optimism. The Ministry of AYUSH is glad that Nickelodeon is packing Yoga into their content since the current health emergency is the right time to highlight Yoga in view of its rewards in the form of immunity enhancement and stress relief.”
The #YogaSeHiHoga challenge aims at encouraging kids to imbibe yoga in their daily routine which would help them stay fit physically as well as mentally. The best entries would get featured on the channel. To reach out to as many kids as possible, Nick has also collaborated with an influencer community on facebook which will have interactive Yoga sessions planned with key mommy bloggers. The channel said that with the endearing Nicktoons leading the way, thousands of entries from young fans have already poured in!
Last year, the campaign #YogaSeHiHoga saw Motu and Patlu perform yoga with Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with 40,000 people at Prabhat Tara Ground to promote the importance of healthy living. The brand also partnered with Mumbai’s biggest Yoga event – ‘Yoga by the Bay’ which was attended by over 10,000 ‘yogis’ with Nicktoons Shiva and Rudra in attendance.
To strengthen the campaign, Nick has also brought on board child celebrities such as Ruhanika Dhawan, Aakriti Sharma, Myra Singh Gill, to name a few, to come forward and participate in the challenge and further extend support to the initiative.
The franchise is extensively promoting the campaign on-air and on digital with promos and through an array of activities to drive awareness on the importance of Yoga.
International Yoga Day 2020: कार्टून्सची योगासने पहिलीत का?; घरातल्या छोट्या मंडळींना तुम्हीही द्या प्रोत्साहन
योगासनांचा सराव करणे ही गोष्ट मोठ्यांसाठी जितकी महत्त्वाची आहे तितकीच ती लहान मुलांसाठीही महत्त्वाची आहे. यामुळे त्यांची रोगप्रतिकारशक्ती वाढते, त्यांची बुद्धी तीक्ष्ण बनते तसेच त्यांच्यातील सर्जनशील उर्मी प्रवाहित व्हायलाही प्रोत्साहन मिळते. योगसाधनेमुळे मुलांना आपल्या मनातील भीती, राग आणि उदासी यांच्यावर मात करता येते आणि त्यांचा आपल्या अंतर्मनावरील विश्वास दृढ होतो; अशाप्रकारे बुद्धी आणि मन यांची एकतानता साधली जाते. आता अनलॉक १.० चा टप्पा सुरू झाला असला तरीही मुलांच्या घराबाहेर पडण्यावर अजूनही निर्बंध आहे, त्यात ऑनलाइन क्लासेसशी जुळवून घेण्याची त्यांची धडपड सुरू आहे. अशा काळात निकेलोडियनने आपल्या मजेदार आणि शैक्षणिक मोहिमेद्वारे योगाला मुलांच्या दैनंदिन आयुष्यामध्ये समाविष्ट करण्यासाठी आपल्या ‘योगा से ही होगा’ नावाच्या या मोहिमेच्या माध्यमातून निरोगी जीवनशैली आणि बळकट रोगप्रतिकारशक्तीच्या महत्त्वाबद्दल जागरुकता निर्माण करण्यासाठी आपल्या खास कार्टून्स कॅरेक्टर्सलाच कामाला लावलं आहे. (शब्दांकन: तेजश्री गायकवाड )
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योगामुळे शरीराचे अधिक चांगेल भान येण्यास मदत होते, स्वत:वर अधिक चांगले नियंत्रण राखता येते, लवचिकता आणि मना-शरीरातील ताळमेळही साधता येतो. योगासनांचे अनेक फायदे आहेत, विशेषत: हायपरअॅक्टिव्ह मुले किंवा एकाग्रता साधू न शकण्याची समस्या असलेल्या मुलांसाठी तर योगासने अधिकच लाभदायी आहेत. आसनांच्या साथीने संगीताचे उपचार केल्यास मुलांचे मन शांत होण्यास मदत होते.
3 / 10
योगसाधनेमुळे मुलांना आपल्या मनातील भीती, राग आणि उदासी यांच्यावर मात करता येते आणि त्यांचा आपल्या अंतर्मनावरील विश्वास दृढ होतो
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योगामुळे शरीराचे अधिक चांगेल भान येण्यास मदत होते
योगामुळे लवचिकता आणि मना-शरीरातील ताळमेळही साधता येतो
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योगामुळे लवचिकता आणि मना-शरीरातील ताळमेळही साधता येतो
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योगा हा लहान मुलांसाठी फायद्याचा आहे.
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हायपरअॅक्टिव्ह मुले किंवा एकाग्रता साधू न शकण्याची समस्या असलेल्या मुलांसाठी अधिक फायद्याचा आहे
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आसनांच्या साथीने संगीताचे उपचार केल्यास मुलांचे मन शांत होण्यास मदत होते
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त्यामुळे या वर्षी आंतरराष्ट्रीय योगदिनानिमित्त घरातील छोट्या मंडळींनाही योगा करण्यासाठी नक्की प्रोत्साहन द्या.
Lockdown diaries: Child actors resort to yoga for good health
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Child actors Ruhanika Dhawan, Aakriti Sharma, Myra Singh Gill feel it is important to stay active as people continue to stay indoors amid the coronavirus pandemic, and say making yoga part of their life can help everyone stay active.
"I have been practicing yoga especially after we were asked to stay home and doing everything necessary to stay strong and healthy. Apart from strengthening immunity, yoga also helps me increase my concentration and memory power," Ruhanika said.
To this, Aakriti Sharma added: "As we all continue to stay at home, it has become important to do any form of physical activity to stay active and happy. I have been meditating every day and practicing yoga everyday with my family and encouraging my friends too. It helps increase my attention and feel relaxed."
Myra also shared that "yoga is an important part of my life as it helps in relaxing my mind and being more creative".
"I promise to encourage my family and my friends to do so as practicing yoga each day has a lot of benefits," she added.
In sync with their beliefs, Ruhanika, Aakriti and Myra Singh Gill have united for Nickelodeon''s Yoga Se Hi Hoga campaign, which aims to celebrate International Yoga Day.
THIS INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY, NICKELODEON SAYS #YOGASEHIHOGA
National, June 21, 2020: The Nickelodeon franchise entertains millions of young fans across India and has always created a fun-filled environment for kids. As a leader in the kids’ category, Nickelodeon continues to engage young viewerswith initiatives like #YogaSeHiHoga marking the occasion of International Yoga Day. The uniqueness of the campaign is that kids favorite Nicktoons like Motu Patlu, Doggy Don, Rudra, Spongebob and many others are teaching kids to practice yoga to stay physically and mentally healthy.
Through a host of quirky videos and astons on-air, all the Nickelodeon franchise channels- Nick, Sonic, Nick Jr and Nick HD+, has creative communication of the Nicktoons performing various yoga asanas in the most adorable manner. One can see Motu doing the Tadasana to Spongebob doing the Vrikshasana, encouraging kids to do the same and share their pictures or videos. The campaign is brought to life on social media with a #YogaSeHiHoga social media challenge and a lot of fun short form videos. The challenge aims at encouraging kids to imbibe yoga in their daily routine which would help them stay fit physically as well as mentally. All kids must do is watch their favorite toons perform the yoga asanas on the channels and share a picture or a video of them doing the same on nickindia.com and the best entries would get featured on the channel. To reach out to as many kids as possible, Nickelodeon has collaborated with one of the fastest growing influencer community on facebook like Unimo Mom and dad with interactive Yoga sessions planned along with other key mommy bloggers. With the endearing Nicktoons leading the way, thousands of entries from young fans have poured in!
Last year, the campaign #YogaSeHiHoga saw Motu and Patlu perform yoga with Prime Minster Narendra Modi along with 40,000 people at Prabhat Tara Ground to promote the importance of healthy living. The initiative was applauded by the Prime Minister on his official social accounts. In addition to this, the brand also partnered with Mumbai’s biggest Yoga event – ‘Yoga by the Bay’ which was attended by over 10,000 yogis with Nicktoons Shiva and Rudra in attendance.
Commending the initiative, P.N. Ranjit Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, said, “As the world goes through tough times, communication houses including TV channels have a special responsibility to the society. They are the ones who are constantly in touch with the people, and engage with their thoughts, and hence they have the opportunity to usher in optimism. The Ministry of AYUSH is glad that Nickelodeon is packing Yoga into their content since the current health emergency is the right time to highlight Yoga in view of its rewards in the form of immunity enhancement and stress relief.”
As part of proliferating the campaign, the brand also collaborated with mommy networks and child celebrities Ruhanika Dhawan, Aakriti Sharma, Myra Singh Gill, to name a few, to come forward and participate in the challenge and further extend support to the initiative. Speaking on the initiative, Ruhanika Dhawan, said, “I have been practicing Yoga especially after we were asked to stay home and doing everything necessary to stay strong and healthy. Apart from strengthening immunity, Yoga also helps me increase my concentration and memory power. I strongly believe the initiative of Nickelodeon Yoga Se hi Hoga!”
Expressing her delight, Myra Singh Gill said, “Yoga is an important part of my life as it helps in relaxing my mind and be more creative. I am happy to be a part of the initiative undertaken by Nickelodeon for Yoga Day of building stronger immune system. I promise to encourage my family and my friends to do so as practicing yoga each day has a lot of benefits.”
Commenting on the initiative, Aakriti Sharma said, “As we all continue to stay at home, it has become important to do any form of physical activity to stay active and happy. I have been meditating every day and practicing yoga everyday with my family and encourage my friends too. It helps increase my attention and feel relaxed.”
The franchise is extensively promoting the campaign on-air and on digital with promos and through an array of activities to drive awareness on the importance of Yoga.
All times CET; Unless otherwise noted, localised episode titles are Hungarian (Magyar).
--- This July, Nick Toons Central and Eastern Europe will be airing:
-- Brand new episodes of ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks season 4:
- 2020-07-27 18:45 4x14a Best in Shoe
- 2020-07-28 18:45 4x14b Royal Pain
- 2020-07-29 18:45 4x15a Between a Rope and A Hard Place
- 2020-07-30 18:45 4x15b World Day
- 2020-07-31 18:45 4x16a Allergic Reaction
"ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks" is locally titled "Alvinnn! és a mókusok" in Hungary and "Alvinnn!!! şi veveriţele" in Romania.
-- Special marathons:
- 2020-07-04/05 16:05-20:10 The Casagrandes + The Loud House (4x01-02)
- 2020-07-11/12 16:05-20:10 The Adventures of Kid Danger
- 2020-07-18/19 16:05-19:45 Fairly OddParents
- 2020-07-27/28 16:05-19:45 ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks
-- In Hungary (Magyarország):
- The Loud House is locally titled A Lármás család
- The Casagrandes is locally titled A Casagrande
- The Adventures of Kid Danger is locally titled Veszélyes Tini kalandjai
- The Fairly OddParents is locally titled Tündéri keresztszülők
- ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks is locally titled Alvinnn! és a mókusok
-- In România:
- The Loud House is locally titled Casa Loud
- The Casagrandes is locally titled Casagrande
- The Fairly OddParents is locally titled Tündéri keresztszülők
- ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks is locally titled Alvinnn!!! şi veveriţele
Original source: Mentrum; Additional source: Program24. Follow NickALive! on Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, via RSS, on Instagram, and/or Facebook for the latest Nicktoons CEE and Nickelodeon Central and Eastern Europe News and Highlights!
Below are Nickelodeon USA's premiere highlights for Nick, Nicktoons and Nick Jr. for the week commencing Monday, June 15, 2020!
All times ET/PT.
Nickelodeon's full June 2020 highlights can be found here.
Monday, June 22:
5:00 p.m. on NICK JR. - Top Wing - Top Wing Rescues Ker-Splash Canyon: The Beavers fix up Ker-Splash Canyon, an amazing water park; when rushing water endangers a group of reclusive Dodos and threatens to destroy the canyon, the Cadets race underground to rescue the Dodos and save the canyon. (#219)
Tuesday, June 23:
5:00 p.m. on NICK JR. - Top Wing - Brody's Flying Lesson; Brody's Purple Pearl Rescue: Brody earns his HQ Command Flyer Pilot's badge when Shirley accidentally launches the Command Flyer; Baddy McBat takes Brody's Splash-Diver so he can make off with rare, precious purple pearls. (#220)
Wednesday, June 24:
5:00 p.m. on NICK JR. - Top Wing - Pirate Playzone; King of the Dodos: Cap'n Dilly and the Cadets build a Pirate Playzone in Ker-Splash Canyon; the Dodos think Brody is the legendary Dodo King and do whatever he says until Baddy McBat takes the crown. (#221)
Thursday, June 25:
5:00 p.m. on NICK JR. - Top Wing - Waterfall Jump; Top Wing Tour Guides: Chomps and Rocco challenge Brody and Penny to a whitewater trick competition; when Shirley's city cousins visit Big Swirl, things don't exactly go as planned on their exciting island tour. (#222)
Friday, June 26:
12:00 p.m. on NICK - PAW Patrol - Dino Rescue: Pups and the Lost Dino Eggs: When a lost world of dinosaurs is discovered, Mayor Humdinger wants to take dino eggs back to Foggy Bottom but along the way a baby Brachiosaurus ends up in dino-sized trouble! The pups are ready for a dino rescue! (#706; New Special; New Theme) [info]
12:30 p.m. on NICK - Ryan's Mystery Playdate - Ryan's Jurassic Playdate: Things get prehistoric in the playroom as Ryan uncovers ancient challenges to get to his roarsome play date. (#311)
7:00 p.m. on NICK JR. - The Adventures of Paddington - Paddington Flies a Kite; Paddington the Detective: Paddington takes Jonathan to the park to fly a kite when Mr. Brown is stuck at home; Mrs. Brown's wedding ring goes missing, so Inspector Paddington of the yard is on the case. (#112)
Saturday, June 27:
8:00 p.m. on NICK - Tyler Perry's Young Dylan - In Too Deep: As Myles and Yasmine sort out the truth behind a lie that spun out control, Dylan helps them plan payback on Rebecca before she gets home. (#108)
8:30 p.m. on NICK - Group Chat with Annie & Jayden - : Nickelodeon’s night time talk show puts you in the know with social media stars Annie LeBlanc and Jayden Bartels as they chat, play games, and do crazy challenges with surprise guests and celebs. (#106; season finale)
Sunday, June 28, 2020:
10:00 a.m. on NICK JR. - Abby Hatcher - Teeny Terry's Perfect Sport; Abby's Track and Field Day: (#208)
10:30 a.m. on NICK JR. - Butterbean's Café - Race to the Fairy Finish!; Busy, Busy Butterbean!: (#212)
Nickelodeon creator Eric Robles has revealed that he once worked on a potential animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spin-off!
Tentatively titled Footclan Origins, the animated project would have been based on the iconic TMNT franchise, and feature an alternate world origin where Shredder and Splinter meet as orphaned street kids and start the Footclan!
Robles, who created Fanboy & Chum Chum, was in development on the project in 2015, at the same time as he was developing Glitch Techs with co-creator Dan Milano (Greg the Bunny, Warren the Ape).
Unfortunately, the project never got picked up, however, Robles has treated fans to a Turtley Awesome look at the project!:
In 2015 I was in development on both Glitch Techs, and this...Footclan Origins. Based off of the TMNT franchise this would have been an alternate world origin where Shredder and Splinter meet as orphaned street kids and start the Footclan😁 #tmnt#footclan#footclanoriginspic.twitter.com/T6GuJ8AQ3O
Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Nickelodeon's current iteration of the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, on Nicktoons. Fans can also catch Glitch Techs on Netflix today.
