Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards come to the UK

From Digital Spy:

Kids Choice awards come to the UK

Kids channel Nickelodeon is to stage a UK version of its Kids Choice Awards.

The awards, now in their 20th year in the US, will be held live in London later this year.

This year's US awards ceremony was held at the Pauley Pavilion in Westwood, California on March 31.

The star-studded show featured host Justin Timberlake involved in on-stage 'gunging' and pranks with the likes of Mandy Moore, Vince Vaughn, Tobey Maguire, and Steve Carell. It will air on Saturday 14 April at 10am and Sunday April 15 at 4pm.

According to Nickelodeon UK's Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2007 stunt, KCA Mission, which was presented by Nickelodeon UK's current presenters Ed Petrie, Sy Thomas, Ugly Mark Felgate, and Laura Hamilton, Nickelodeon UK presenter Ed Petrie will be presenting the first ever Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards UK.

'Magic Roundabout' returns to UK screens

From Digital Spy:

'Magic Roundabout' returns to UK screens

Nick Jr. has picked up the rights to a remake of the classic children's TV show The Magic Roundabout.

Ermintrude and Zebedee will reappear on UK television screens in 52 episodes of computer generated animation. Each episode will run for 11 minutes and will be produced by Films Action of Paris and Silver Fox Films of London.

"The original Magic Roundabout TV series was a charming cultural phenomenon which entertained generations of children," Nickelodeon UK managing director Howard Litton told Broadcast. "The beautiful CGI animated adventures are sure to be a big hit with today's discerning young viewers."

No transmission dates are available at present but the new series has been officially unveiled at MipTV.

Nickelodeon International gets Creepie

From C21 Media:

Nickelodeon gets Creepie

MIP NEWS: LA kids firm Taffy Entertainment has closed a major new deal with Nickelodeon International covering both broadcast and licensing and merchandising rights for animated series Growing Up Creepie.

From early 2008, Nickelodeon will begin rolling out the 28x22' series across its channels in Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America after securing the broadcast rights to the show.

But the deal also names Nickelodeon as Taffy's L&M agent in markets including the UK, Germany, Benelux, Japan and Australia. It will also handle video gaming in France.

Taffy will continue to handle L&M in the rest of the world, with the exception of the US, where Discovery Channel holds the broadcast and L&M rights.

The show takes an irreverent look at adolesence through the eyes of Creepie Creecher, a young girl abandoned as a baby and raised by a family of bugs. Currently on air in the US on the Discovery Kids Channel, it is produced by Mike Young Productions and Discovery Kids, in association with DAG Entertainment, Sunwoo Entertainment/Peach Blossom and Telegawl Teoranta.

Michael Rosser
16 Apr 2007
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Genie rubs off on more broadcasters

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Genie rubs off on more broadcasters

MIP NEWS: Broadcasters in Europe and the Middle East have picked up family sitcom Genie in the House from AB Distribution.

The 52x30' live-action series has been sold to Antena 3 (Spain), SIC (Portugal), Comedy TV (Russia), Italia Films (Middle East) and Happy TV (Serbia).

Produced by Helion Pictures and Moi J'Aime la Télévision, it airs on Nickelodeon in the UK and French broadcaster Canal J.

Further broadcast deals have already been secured with Nickelodeon in Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand and India. French comedy company Happy Audience handles video and DVD rights and is in Cannes this week working on signing up local partners.

The show follows the antics of sisters Sophie and Emma who discover a hapless teen genie living in their attic.

Michael Rosser
16 Apr 2007
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New deals for Edgar & Ellen

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New deals for Edgar & Ellen

Terrible twins toon Edgar & Ellen is extending its international footprint with new broadcast deals in Norway, Israel, Spain and Canada, deals secured by Cake Entertainment and Bardel Entertainment.

Cake, run by MD Genevieve Dexter, has brokered Edgar & Ellen broadcast deals with pubcaster NRK in Norway and pay-TV firm Noga Communications in Israel, which operates The Children's Channel.

LUK Internacional has also acquired all rights to the TV series in Spain, Portugal, and Andorra and will serve as a specialised distribution partner. Bardel Entertainment, meanwhile, has sold the show to SRC in Canada.

Since last year’s MipTV, broadcasters have picked up all English-speaking territories to the toon, including the US (Nicktoons Network), Canada (YTV), UK (Nickelodeon UK) and Australia (ABC Kids, Nickelodeon). Nickelodeon International will also air the show in nine countries.

The upcoming Edgar & Ellen series produced by Chicago's Star Farm Productions is set to premiere on Nicktoons Network in the US in August and on YTV in Canada in September.

Jules Grant
12 Apr 2007
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Viacom lassoes Yahoo! for online ads

From C21 Media:

Viacom lassoes Yahoo! for online ads

Viacom has handed Yahoo! a three-year contract under which the internet company will provide sponsored search and contextual ads across its 33 broadband sites, including MTV.com, VH1.com and Nickelodeon.com.

The tie-up was announced yesterday against the backdrop of Viacom's ongoing US$1bn lawsuit against YouTube parent Google. The company denied the decision to go with Yahoo! was influenced by this.

"Yahoo! has made impressive strides with its new search marketing system," said Viacom president and CEO Philippe Dauman. "We couldn't be more pleased to have them as a partner and we look forward to growing our relationship even more over time."

The deal includes other popular Viacom websites, such as those of the Comedy Central and BET channels, and the company said that it may well be extended to include a further 140 others around the world.


11 Apr 2007
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