Nickelodeon UK Confirms Plans To Premiere More Brand New Episodes Of "Victorious" In 2012; Nick UK To Air Next New "Victorious" Episode "Super Soon"

Nickelodeon UK and Ireland have announced and confirmed on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK) that Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK will be premiering and showing more brand new episodes of the hit Nickelodeon sitcom "Victorious" in 2012, and that Nick UK and Ireland and Nick HD UK will be premiering the next brand new episode of the popular Nickelodeon show "Victorious" very soon, most probably as part of "Easter On Nickelodeon 2012":

And YES @Victorious fans there will be more new Victorious coming up in 2012, the next one will be here super soon. Keep our eyes peeled...

Imira Entertainment's Animated Series "Lucky Fred" Enlists Alien-Hunters

From C21Media:

Imira’s Fred enlists alien-hunters

Imira Entertainment will turn viewers into alien-hunters as part of the Spanish producer-distributor’s multi-platform push.

A new web- and mobile-based app features ‘geo-localising’ technology to allow users to find and eliminate aliens in their own city.

The interactive game accompanies the second season of Lucky Fred (26x11’), the 2D toon for six- to 12-year-olds that Imira has coproduced with TVC in Spain, Rai Fiction in Italy and the Philippines’ Top Draw Animation.

Lucky Fred centres on RED, a ‘reality enhancement drone’ who falls from outer space and crashes through 13-year-old Fred’s bedroom ceiling. The toon has been sold to networks in more than 150 territories, including France’s TF1 and multiple Nickelodeon [Nickelodeon Benelux (comprising of Nickelodeon Belgium, Nickelodeon Netherlands (Nickelodeon Nederland), and Luxembourg), Scandinavia (comprising on Nickelodeon Denmark, Nickelodeon Norway and Nickelodeon Finland), Nickelodeon Latin America, Nickelodeon Asia and Nickelodeon South Korea] and Disney channels.

In other news, Imira will be looking for copro finance at MipTV for Drip & Drop (78x7′), an all-Spanish series in development with Enne Entertainment Studios, and Bat Pat (52x11′), a Spanish-Italian-Malaysian coproduction, with Atlantyca Entertainment and Inspidea.

Nico Franks
24-02-2012
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Nickelodeon Asia To Launch Nick Jr. Asia Preschool Channel On Thailand's 1-Sky Satellite Broadcast Platform

From C21Media:

New Thai platform adds Nick Jr

Nickelodeon preschool network Nick Jr will launch on Thai satellite broadcast platform 1-Sky, which debuted last year.

The Viacom International Media Networks-owned channel will be the first children’s net to launch on the platform, and will be available 24/7 to subscribers of 1-Sky’s Entertainment and Combo packages. It marks the latest in a slew of new carriage agreements for the channel across Asia last year.

Thai entertainment giant GMM Grammy launched the 1-Sky platform last year, investing three billion baht (US$98.7m) into the service, according to local reports.

Jesse Whittock
24-02-2012
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SHOWS: Bubble Guppies, Dora the Explorer, Fifi and the Flowertots

Rushing Into The Big Time; Nickelodeon Boy Band "Big Time Rush" To Perform At George Mason University's Patriot Center In Fairfax, Virginia, USA

From Fairfaxtimes.com:

Rushing into the big time

Big Time Rush coming to GMU on March 2 [2012]

Just as the Monkees entertained the tween set in the late 1960s, with a comical and musical television show that branched the group out to hit albums and sold-out concert tours, the boys of Nickelodeon's hit TV show “Big Time Rush” are taking a similar path.

Photo from Big Time Rush Big Time Rush, which includes (left to right) James Maslow, Logan Henderson, Carlos Pena Jr. and Kendall Schmidt, will perform March 2 at George Mason University's Patriot Center.
The show, which premiered to record ratings on Jan. 18, 2010, is comprised of Kendall Schmidt, Carlos Pena Jr., James Maslow and Logan Henderson, playing four young men whose characters share their first names and love of music.

“We are like brothers and are so excited to be doing this show,” Pena said. “There can be one day when we all get along great and another day when we get in an argument because someone got the last packet of mustard. At the end of the night, we all go to bed knowing it’s all good.”

On screen, the four play former hockey players that were picked out to form a boy band, and each episode navigates through their antics and schemes as residents at the Palm Woods Hotel and students at the Palm Woods School, both establishments intended for aspiring actors, singers and other performing artists.

Kendall is the leader, James the lady’s man, Logan’s the brains and Carlos is the funny one, though their fictional personalities are not always accurate with who they really are.

“There are parts of us in the characters, but they aren’t really us,” Pena said. “For example, my character is pretty fearless, but in real life I am really cautious. Logan is probably the most like his character.”

But these aren’t just actors. The boys can really sing, and as a band, Big Time Rush has released two best-selling albums, “B.T.R.” and “Elevate,” and they already are working on a third.

Last summer, Nickelodeon wanted to cash in on the show’s popularity and had Big Time Rush go out on a small concert tour. The result? Thousands of screaming fans and sold-out performances that rivaled the boy band popularity that New Kids on the Block and ’N Sync achieved 25 years earlier.

“It’s amazing to know that we are bringing boy bands back,” Pena said. “So many people have tried, but we are doing it. It’s crazy and gets really loud, but it’s the most incredible energy you can feel when you are on stage and it keeps you pumped the entire show.”

Big Time Rush currently is on its first headlining tour — The Better With U Tour — and will take the stage March 2 at the Patriot Center.

“We did the summer tour which was very basic and that got us ready for this. We spent the last month rehearsing on dance and vocals,” Pena said. “None of us ever expected to be in a boy band, so that was a challenge in itself, but we are doing something new and exciting and it’s been a lot of fun.”

The band has come a long way since its last tour. It’s no longer just them singing on stage; now it’s a full-fledged rockin’ show complete with dancing and spectacular sights.

“This will be unlike any Big Time Rush show that anyone has ever seen. We have pyro, do some acrobatics on the trampoline, the set is incredible and we will be playing new and old songs,” Pena said. “We definitely bring some elements of the show on stage, but we are being ourselves. We put on a really great pop show. I think people are going to be very impressed by what they see.”

Just two nights into the tour, Pena said the band already is feeling comfortable.

“It’s been a great start and we are having so much fun,” Pena said. “It seems like it gets better every night as we get more comfortable and I am super stoked to see how we do on night 19.”

Joining the band as an opening act will be One Direction, the British boy band made famous by Simon Cowell on the last season of the “X-Factor UK,” and currently racing up the charts with the tune, “What Makes You Beautiful.”

“I love to see all the kids having fun,” Pena said. “I love seeing people with their hands in the air, screaming and it gets us going for a fun show.”

Once the tour ends, the boys will return to L.A. for production on the third season of “Big Time Rush.”

“We start shooting in April and it’s going to be awesome. I know a lot of the new songs are being worked in and we are getting a lot of big guest stars,” Pena said. “They all have kids and want to be on the show and it’s awesome. Erik Estrada plays my dad. Fabio, Miranda Cosgrove …a lot of fun people are coming by. It’s going to be a great season.”

Nickelodeon UK Unveils Exclusive Sneak Peek Picture From The Brand New "Victorious" Special "Locked Up!"

To celebrate Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK premiering the brand new special episode of "Victorious" called "Locked Up!" on Friday 24th February 2012 at 6.00pm (repeated at 7.00pm on Nickelodeon UK's +1 timeshift channel, Nick Replay UK), Nickelodeon UK and Ireland have posted a exclusive sneak peek photograph from the "Victorious" special titled "Locked Up!" on their official Twitter feed (@NickelodeonUK):

@Victorious #LockedUp day! Are the gang getting locked up for real... or is orange jst the fashionable colour in Yerba? http://ow.ly/i/tx9M