iVillage UK Celebrates Premiere Of "iParty" On Nickelodeon UK With Competition

To celebrate the upcoming premiere of the brand new "iCarly" and "Victorious" crossover special episode "iParty (with Victorious)", iVillage UK have launched a exclusive "iParty (with Victorious)" competition on iVillage UK's official Facebook page:

Win Sony Walkman® Video MP3 player, Thanks to Nickelodeon and iParty!


Be sure to tune-in for Nickelodeon's brand new TV crossover event: iParty!

iParty is a creative crossover of iCarly and Victorious for the first-time-ever on our screens. iParty is an epic 90-minute special and the eagerly anticipated TV event also guest stars Nickelodeon alumnus Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live, All That, Kenan & Kel) as himself. One cheating boyfriend, plus two scorned girlfriends equals a night to remember as Carly and Tori plot sweet revenge while the rest of the iCarly and Hollywood Arts gang compete in a lyrical rap battle royale. The television event culminates in an ensemble performance of the theme song mash-up “Leave It All to Shine.”

To celebrate the event, iVillage.co.uk has teamed up with Nickelodeon to give away a Sony NWZ-E464 8GB Walkman® Video MP3 player loaded with amazing iCarly and Victorious tracks!

- "Make It Shine" (Victorious theme song) by Victorious cast
- "Freak the Freak Out" by Victorious Cast featuring Victoria Justice
- "Leave It All To Shine" featuring Miranda Cosgrove & Victoria Justice

TO ENTER

Watch iParty, Friday 7 October on Nickelodeon! from iVillage UK on Vimeo.

To enter, watch the above clip then visit us on Facebook and answer the following question:

In the above clip, on which site does Carly find a photo of her boyfriend, Steven?

a) TheSlap.com
b) TheBuzz.com
c) TheWord.com

Visit us on Facebook to enter today! One winner will be announced this Friday afternoon, just in time for iParty!

Be sure to watch the brand new TV crossover, iParty, on Friday 7th October at 6pm on Nickelodeon! (Sky 604 and Virgin Media 712)

“Leave It All To Shine” featuring Miranda Cosgrove & Victoria Justice – available to download from 2nd October.

You can find more information about Nickelodeon UK and Ireland premiering the brand new "iParty (with Victorious)" Nickelodeon special here.

Nickelodeon North's NickToons Channel "Ready For Action"

According to C21Media, Nickelodeon North's senior vice-president has told C21Media that Nickelodeon North, which houses 15 channels in Europe, including Nickelodeon Benelux, Nickelodeon Scandinavia, Nickelodeon Germany, Nickelodeon Switzerland, Nickelodeon Austria and all the viewers of an estimated fifteen branded networks in-between, "needs new boys' action fare for its Nicktoons channel".

Nick North ready for action

Nickelodeon North, which houses 15 channels in Europe, needs new boys' action fare for its Nicktoons channel, its senior VP has said.

You can read the full article here on the official C21Media website (paid subscription required).

Nickelodeon Picks Up Global Broadcast Rights To Ubisoft's "Raving Rabbids" CGI Animated Comedy TV Series For 2013

From Variety:

Nick licenses 'Raving Rabbids'

Show will air in 2013 in deal with France's Ubisoft

Gaul's Ubisoft Motion Pictures has forged a global licensing deal with Nickelodeon on "Raving Rabbids," its first inhouse production.

Based on its hit game franchise, "Raving Rabbids" is a CGI animated comedy series turning on the zany adventures of a bunch of wacky rabbit-eared critters.

The series, which comprises 78 seven-minute episodes, has been commissioned by pubcaster France Televisions.

Nickelodeon secured global broadcast rights outside France and will package and air the series as 26 half-hour episodes across its channels beginning in 2013.

"This partnership with Nickelodeon is a major milestone in Ubisoft's strategy to expand its brands to new media, thereby attracting new audiences to its games," said Ubisoft Motion Pictures CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet.

Paris-based Ubisoft Motion Pictures will work with a pool of screenwriters from France, the U.S., U.K. and Japan, as well as a group of international storyboard artists. Ten directors will be tapped to work on the show.

Ubisoft's French studios will handle development, layout, lighting, texturing, compositing and storyboarding to maintain as much editorial and artistic control as possible, said Baronnet, adding that Ubisoft will also cover post-production, delegating only a small part of the fabrication to another company.

Created by Ubisoft in 2006, "Raving Rabbids"' videogames and online videos have attracted more than 41 million fans on YouTube.

"Our goal is to create a television series that is as hilarious and unexpected as the game, and respects its DNA to make the fans happy," Baronet said. "But we're also looking to add some layers to the jokes to make the show appealing to kids and adult audiences alike."

The TV series is fully financed through Ubisoft's deals with Nickelodeon and France Televisions.

Previously, CEO of EuropaCorp, Baronnet took the helm of Ubisoft Motion Pictures when it launched in January and appointed his EuropaCorp colleague Jean de Rivieres as senior VP of international marketing and distribution, with Didier Lupfer as senior VP of production and development.

Baronnet has a good track record, said Jean-Baptiste Sergeant, analyst at French research company Gilbert Dupont. "In less than two years at EuropaCorp, Baronnet managed to finalize the acquisition of Cipango, one of France's top TV production companies, and sign EuropaCorp's first output deal with Universum in Germany."

"Raving Rabbids"

Also, from AFP via NineMSN News Finance:

[...] Plans are in the works for other productions involving Ubisoft's game franchises, [Ubisoft Motion Pictures CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet] said, with its motion pictures division separated into film and television arms.

First up will be a television adaptation of its wacky "Raving Rabbids" franchise for French public television and US children's channel Nickelodeon, due for broadcast next year.

Nickelodeon UK's Central London Studios And Offices May Move To Camden Lock In North London

According to this news article on the Building Design website, it sounds that Viacom International Media Networks, which owns MTV Networks Europe, which partly owns Nickelodeon UK and Ireland, may move Nickelodeon UK's studios and offices from it's current address in Central London at 15-18 Rathbone Place, London, W1T 1HU, to MTV Networks Europe's office building (and MTV's UK studios) which is located at 17-29 Hawley Crescent, Camden Lock, London, NW1 8TT, which is next to Regent's Canal, and which was the same building and television studios (then called "Breakfast Television Centre") that former UK breakfast television station "TV-am" used to broadcast from, in December 2012:

Work starts on Terry Farrell's TV-am remodel

Jacobs Webber design includes “spectrum of colour fins”

Work has started on the remodelling of Terry Farrell’s TV-am building in Camden, north London.

Designed by Jacobs Webber, the plans include a new facade with metal cladding and a “spectrum of colour fins”.

In addition a part of the site will be replaced with a new structure, providing an enhanced entrance, relocation of a studio and editing suits, a new atrium, increased skylights, glazing and additional office space.

When complete the owners of the building, Viacom International Media Networks, will use it to consolidate all of its brands, including MTV UK, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.

The project is scheduled for completion in December 2012.

You can view some pictures of TV-am's former studio's exterior including images of a computer-generated visualisation and a computer-generated rendering of the remodelled TV-am exterior here on the Building Design website (free registration required).