Blackpool Pleasure Beach Boss Amanda Thompson Awarded OBE In New Year Honours 2012

From Click Lancashire:

Pleasure Beach boss Amanda lands New Year honour

The boss of Blackpool Pleasure Beach has been named in the New Year's honours list.

Amanda Thompson, Managing Director of Pleasure Beach Blackpool is to be awarded the OBE for her services to tourism.

Keeping up a long family tradition, Amanda has followed in the footsteps of her father
who was also awarded the same honour.

The great-granddaughter of Pleasure Beach founder, William George Bean, Amanda became Managing Director of the family company in 2004 having previously served as Deputy Managing Director since 2000 and as a Director of the company.

As MD, Amanda has become one of the few gifted females to hold the title in the amusement park industry and in fact runs one of the largest amusement parks in the world.

Amanda is also President of Stageworks Worldwide Productions, the entertainment division of Pleasure Beach, which she formed in 1982 to present spectacular live shows on stage and ice.

With more than twenty years experience producing and directing ice shows, Amanda has brought Stageworks to the forefront of live entertainment, creating outstanding productions for venues worldwide.

Since taking over the helm, Amanda has continued to invest and to improve the aesthetics of Pleasure Beach and the whole visitor experience, bringing new and exciting concepts including the opening of the UK’s only Nickelodeon Land, which opened in May 2011 representing an investment of £10.3 million.

Commenting on the New Year Honour, Amanda Thompson said: "I feel very honoured and deeply privileged to have received this accolade and to follow in my father’s footsteps as he was also awarded the OBE for his services to tourism.

"It’s very important for me to carry on in the tradition of Pleasure Beach and long may the success continue."

Nickelodeon UK Announces A Few Of Their Big Plans For "2012 On Nickelodeon UK"

Nickelodeon UK and Ireland have announced on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK) a few of Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's big exciting plans for "2012 on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland", which include more brand new episodes of popular Nickelodeon shows, more brand new shows, including the brand new Nickelodeon sitcom series "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures" (rumoured to premiere on Nick UK and Ireland in March 2012), and Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice (Tori Vega in Nickelodeon's "Victorious") and the stars of the Nickelodeon sitcom and Nickelodeon boyband "Big Time Rush" visiting London, UK in February 2012:

Happy New Year! 2012 is going to be SO good to you. Brand new episodes, visits from Victoria Justice AND the BTR boys, new shows.. WOO!

And:

So TeenNick is returning

@NickelodeonUK - No plans so far for TeeNick in 2012! Jst amazing new shows, new eps, trips & music!

Nick Jr. Channel UK and Ireland have also posted (Tweeted) a few of the Nick Juniors 2012 highlights for "2012 on Nick Jr. and Nick Jr. 2" on their official Twitter profile (@NickJrUK):

Happy New Year! We hope 2012 will be as exciting for you as it will be for us! New episodes of your favourite shows and much much more!

Nickelodeon USA has Tweeted (posted) on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonTV) announcing that Nickelodeon's New Year's resolution for 2012 in to keep creating great new Nickelodeon shows and episodes in 2012:

Our New Year's resolution is to keep creating great new shows and episodes!

Nickelodeon UK Unveils 2012 Brand Refresh

Nickelodeon UK and Ireland today (Monday 2nd January 2012) completed their latest brand new channel brand refresh, which features more brand new Nickelodeon channel Idents (Nickelodeon Station Id's), and more brand new Nickelodeon channel bumpers.

As part of Nickelodeon UK's 2012 refresh, all of Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's channel bumpers have been updated and feature the stars of current Nickelodeon shows, such as the cast of the Nickelodeon show "iCarly", SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star from the hit animated Nickelodeon show (NickToon) "SpongeBob SquarePants", the cast of the Nickelodeon series "Supah Ninjas", and the cast of the Nickelodeon sitcom "Victorious". Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's "Now", "Next", "After The Break" and "Now Back To" bumpers have also been updated in Nickelodeon UK's 2012 brand refresh, and mainly feature the stars on the Nickelodeon show they are talking about, and feature a new unnamed voice over artist. Nickelodeon UK have also unveiled brand new Nickelodeon Idents (also known as a Nickelodeon Station Id's). One of Nick UK's brand new Idents features the Nickelodeon logo jumping on to the screen to the tune of a Nickelodeon jingle, and another brand new Nickelodeon UK Ident features SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star from "SpongeBob SquarePants" catching small I's that are in the style of the Nickelodeon logo with their Jellyfishing nets. Another brand new Nick UK ident features Squidward Tentacles from "SpongeBob SquarePants" sticking his head out of a top floor window of a white coloured version of Squidward's Easter Island stone tiki head house which is located to the left of the Nickelodeon logo protesting at SpongeBob SquarePants annoying him by using a loud "reef blower" in front of the Nickelodeon logo.

Nickelodeon UK's latest refresh is from Nickelodeon USA's 2011 Image Campaign, which was created by New York-based creative studio "Trollbäck + Company".

Here is more information about Nickelodeon UK's 2012 refresh, from Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's Wikipedia page:

Nickelodeon UK Refresh (2012)

On January 2nd 2012, Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) started using new style bumpers. They are not the style that Nickelodeon USA uses currently, they are the ones that they used from Summer 2010 till April 2011. All bumpers were updated, for every show. Also every show now has bumpers for 'Next', 'Now', 'After The Break' & 'Now Back To'. They also include a new voice over artist (her name is unannounced). Also updated in the refresh were the Nickelodeon indents. These are the videos with the Nickelodeon logo jumping on to the screen and the Nickelodeon tune would be played.

Below is a selection of Nickelodeon's latest on-air presentation from Nickelodeon UK's latest brand refresh ("Nickelodeon UK Refresh (2012)"):

Nickelodeon UK's brand new 'Next', 'After The Break, and 'Now' "Victorious" bumpers, featuring the cast of the Nickelodeon series "Victorious":



Nickelodeon UK's brand new "Supah Ninjas" 'Next', 'After The Break, and 'Now' channel bumpers, featuring the cast of the Nickelodeon action series "Supah Ninjas":



Nickelodeon UK's brand new "The Fairly OddParents" 'Next', 'After The Break, and 'Now' channel bumpers, featuring the cast of the Nickelodeon original animated show ("NickToon") "The Fairly OddParents!", and also includes a brand new Nickelodeon UK ident that features Timmy Turner, Cosmo, Wanda and Poof singing the famous Nickelodeon 'Nick-Nick-Nick-Nick-N-Nick-Nick Nick' jingle while in a white version of Fairy World, and a brand new Nickelodeon UK ident where Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda turn into the Nickelodeon logo, and the brand new "The Fairly OddParents!" Nickelodeon channel bumpers where Timmy Turner, Cosmo, Wanda and Poof form a band and play rock star guitars:



Nickelodeon UK's brand new "SpongeBob SquarePants" 'Next', 'After The Break, and 'Now' channel bumpers, which feature SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star and Gary The Snail from the original Nickelodeon animated show ("NickToon") "SpongeBob SquarePants", and also includes Nickelodeon's new "SpongeBob SquarePants" idents where SpongeBob SquarePants turns into the Nickelodeon logo, and where SpongeBob Squarepants and Patrick Star are Jellyfishing in front of the Nickelodeon logo, trying to catch Nickelodeon-orange coloured Jellyfish:



Nickelodeon UK's brand new "iCarly" 'Next', 'After The Break, and 'Now' channel bumpers, which feature Miranda Cosgrove (Carly Shay), Jennette McCurdy (Sam Puckett) and Nathan Kress (Freddie Benson) from the cast of the hit Nickelodeon sitcom "iCarly":



Nickelodeon UK's brand new "T.U.F.F. Puppy" 'Next', 'After The Break, and 'Now' channel bumpers, which include Dudley Puppy chasing and catching a green Dog 'CHEW' bone, and Dudley Puppy turning himself into the shape of the Nickelodeon logo:



A second brand new 'Next' Nickelodeon UK channel bumper for the Nickelodeon show "Victorious":



Nickelodeon UK's brand new "The Penguins of Madagascar" 'Next', 'After The Break, and 'Now' channel bumpers, which include one where Skipper, Kowalski, Private and Rico morph into the shape of the Nickelodeon logo, and one where Skipper, Kowalski, Private and Rico dance with King Julien XIII before they all turn into the shape of the Nickelodeon 'Nick' logo, and a brand new "The Penguins of Madagascar" Nickelodeon ident which features the cast of "Penguins of Madagascar" standing in action poses:



Below are two more streaming videos featuring a selection of Nickelodeon's latest on-air presentation from Nickelodeon UK's latest brand refresh ("Nickelodeon UK Refresh (2012)"), including brand new "Big Time Rush" and "Planet Sheen" Nickelodeon bumpers:

Collection of new Nickelodeon UK Bumpers 2012! (Part 1):



[HD] Collection of new NickelodeonUK Bumpers 2012! (Part 2) [including rare brand new Nickelodeon bumpers shown accidentally by Nickelodeon UK]: