Nickelodeon UK To Start To Show "The '90s Are All That" Style Classic Nickelodeon Programming Block From February 2013!

According to the official Nickelodeon UK and Ireland website, Nick.co.uk, Nickelodeon UK are planning to start to show a "The '90s Are All That" style Classic Nickelodeon programming block on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK from Monday 4th February 2013, featuring the Classic Nick sitcom "Clarissa Explains It All", the Classic Nickelodeon sketch show series "The Amanda Show", and the Classic Nick Sci-Fi series "The Journey of Allen Strange", as part of "February on Nickelodeon UK 2013"! It is currently unknown whether Nick UK & Eire's Nickelodeon Classics block will be branded or advertised as a 'Classics' block, but if successful, it is thought that Nickelodeon UK may add other Classic Nickelodeon shows to the line-up, including "Are You Afraid of the Dark?", "The Secret World of Alex Mack", "Space Cases", "The Adventures of Pete & Pete", "KaBlam!", and "Cousin Skeeter".

Below is Nickelodeon UK's Classic Nickelodeon schedule line-up, which starts from Saturday 4th February 2012:

10:30pm - The Amanda Show
11:00pm - Clarissa Explains It All
11:30pm - The Journey of Allen Strange

(All shows repeated one-hour later on Nick UK's plus-one timeshift channel, Nickelodeon+1.)

In the USA, "The '90s Are All That" is a programming block that airs nightly on Nick's TeenNick network that shows reruns of classic Nickelodeon shows from the 1990s, airing in a two-hour block running every night from midnight to 2 a.m., with an encore from 2 to 4 a.m. The block derives its name and logo from "All That", a popular sketch comedy series that ran on Nickelodeon USA from 1994 to 2005. Classic Nickelodeon shows which have featured on Nick US's "The '90s Are All That" programming block include "All That", "Kenan & Kel", "Doug", "Rugrats", "Hey Arnold!", "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters", "The Angry Beavers", "Are You Afraid of the Dark?", "Family Double Dare"*, "Figure It Out"*, "The Journey of Allen Strange", "Legends of the Hidden Temple", "The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo"*, "The Ren and Stimpy Show", "Rocket Power", "Salute Your Shorts",
"The Secret World of Alex Mack", "Space Cases", "The Wild Thornberrys", "Clarissa Explains it All", "Rocko's Modern Life" and "Hey Dude" (* This show wasn't shown on Nickelodeon UK).

Which Classic Nickelodeon show would you like to be shown again on Nickelodeon UK? Let NickALive! know on Twitter @DailyNickNews!

[Nickelodeon UK News source: NickUKHub]

Nickelodeon And "Big Time Rush" Star Logan Henderson Hints That BTR May Release A Few Songs In Spanish In The Future

Nickelodeon has announced the Nickelodeon / Big Time Rush News in the 'Nickelodeon Stars' section of the (geo-locked) official Nickelodeon USA website, Nick.com, that, while doing a interview through a live video stream hosted by Cambio, BTR boyband member Logan Henderson, who portrays the character 'Logan Mitchell' in the hit Nickelodeon original comedy series "Big Time Rush", announced that, although it won't be apart of their third musical album, the Nickelodeon Boy Band are hoping to release new songs in Spanish in the future, and hinted that Big Time Rush may be planning to also release a album featuring acoustic tracks sometime in the future:

BTR In Spanish?

The BTR boys have fans all over the world. And they heart their Rushers abroad so much, they may have a special surprise in the works! In a live stream hosted by Cambio, Logan Henderson sat down for a quick Q and A. And one of his answers brought great news to his foreign fans! Plus, it kinda made us want to brush up on our language skills...

In the interview, Logan revealed that Big Time Rush might be taking on a whole new language just to connect with their fans. After being asked if the third BTR album will include a song in Spanish, Logan replied, "I'm not so sure that the third album will have a song in Spanish, but we are planning on putting out some songs in Spanish and maybe even doing an acoustic album!"

Can you imagine Logan, Carlos, James and Kendall singing sweet serenades en Espanol? Sounds fantastico! But the guys may have to do a little bit of practicing first. "I need to work on brushing up my Spanish though, for sure," Logan admitted. Well, if Logan needs a tutor, we've got the perfect gal in mind...and she goes by the name of Dora [The Explorer]! :)

Millennials Generation: Scratching The Digital Marketing Itch

From the Guardian:

Millennials generation: scratching the digital marketing itch

Scratch, a small creative team within Viacom, works to connect businesses to those born after 1980 through social media

The worlds of advertising in particular and media in general are currently fawning over the Millennials – those younger men and women born between 1980 and 2000 who, it is thought, have the greatest potential to live inside of the new digital culture.

For them, the smartphone and the Wi-Fi-connected laptop, Twitter feeds, Facebook pages, YouTube videos and all the other internet-inspired communication breakthroughs of the last decade or more are natural phenomena, simply part of the furniture of their lives. This is the generation that is always logged on and any brand considering its future wants to speak to the Millennials, to sell them products and to be involved in their daily lives.

One man, who is in the vanguard of this trend towards those who are replacing Generation X and the baby boomers as the next big thing, is Ross Martin, executive vice-president and head of a New York-based company Scratch, which is almost as hard to describe, as it is difficult to predict the digital future.

Scratch was born two years ago out of MTV, the music television channel that has moved far beyond "just music" with hits like Jersey Shore and Pimp my Ride, but Scratch's 50-strong staff is considered so important (and perhaps so different from the rest of MTV) that it reports directly Rich Eigendorff, the COO of Viacom Media Networks. Martin, who is a producer and programmer as well as holding an advanced degree in poetry, is quick to dismiss the notion that Scratch is Viacom's internal ad agency or a creative agency in any traditional sense.

He calls Scratch a "creative SWAT team" and a "cultural consultancy" that keeps tabs on everything from K-Pop smash hit phenomenon Gangnam Style to what Lady Gaga is up to. Of particular interest is how the Millennials are both interacting with and themselves creating the next cool cultural shifts. "It's difficult to anticipate where the zeitgeist is going and get there before culture does, but that's sort of what I have to try and do," says Martin. In Hong Kong he was speaking at Casbaa, the cable and satellite conference for Asia after a trip to Japan where he "hung out" in underground art bars and met sneaker designers, graffiti artists and photographers who, he says, are forming "visionary" communities both online and offline.

Martin doesn't believe it is possible to keep up with the Millennials but he does think that Viacom channels MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central can "let them speak through our brands and our platforms". Viacom has a separate, global group of some 400 people called Be Viacom run by Dave Sibley that helps brands integrate their messages with Viacom products, increasingly both online and on the ground (through live events such as the MTV EMA awards) and on their TV channels.

The two groups sometimes work together and certainly Martin and Sibley speak at each other's events, but Scratch also provides a sort of socio-cultural consultancy to brands and companies, helping with things like product development and branding that will work better with how this younger generation thinks. Having worked with blue chip companies including Microsoft and HP as well the Guggenheim Museum. Scratch's biggest client at the moment is General Motors. Recently Scratch began running corporate recruiting on several university campuses in the US for GM because the company is interested in changing the DNA of its workforce.

Martin is spending increasing amounts of time outside of the US as part of Viacom's desire to globalise Scratch's particular brand of advice and work. Viacom already does tons of work on younger audiences and international expansion has been on the company agenda for decades. "Two of the biggest issues facing the Millennials are financial services and healthcare," says Martin. "These are both areas that are important not just in the US but globally."

On 15 November Viacom published new research on Millennials called The Next Normal which found that although this generation is really concerned about the flaccid economy and their own dim employment prospects, they largely describe themselves as "very happy". One of the biggest sources of that happiness is their embracing of social media and the internet in general. "One of the core traits of Millennials is hyper-collaboration," explains Martin, which is why social media is such an important part of understanding this next generation. "You can't check a box in social media and be done. It's a 24/7 job and it's really hard. It's alchemy of science, technology and creativity and a degree of magic. If you don't have them all you will fail."

He admits that media companies are "still in the Dark Ages" of tracking the data of how content is consumed across multiple platforms and devices and what that means in terms of monetisation but says media companies are a step ahead of the internet giants like Google and Facebook because media companies are more "cultural anthropologists". While he admits the industry has a lot to learn about data he believes that figuring out the emotional drivers to behaviour are the real keys to understanding and monetising this hyper-connected generation. "What we have to get is that storytelling is different on social than it is on TV and doing events on the ground is different from putting something on a mobile device and you can't afford to be mediocre at any of these things anymore," says Martin. "Our job is to be open to what this next generation needs and wants and be ready and able to amplify the compelling stuff they are creating."

Canadian Preschool Children's Channel Treehouse TV Accquires Rights To Series 1 - 6 Of Nick Jr. UK's "Peppa Pig"; To Air From March 2013; Studio Licensing To Start To Launch "Peppa Pig" Merchandise In Canada From Late 2013

According to the following news article from Kidscreen, the international entertainment business Entertainment One Family has sold seasons one to six of Nick Jr. UK and Ireland's popular Astley Baker Davies-produced animated preschool series "Peppa Pig" to Corus Entertainment's 24-hour preschool channel, Treehouse TV. eOne has also announced that they and Toronto's Studio Licensing will launch "Peppa Pig" products in categories such as toys, accessories, outwear and nightwear, footwear, games and puzzles by the end of 2013:

Peppa Pig comes to Canada via new Corus deal

Entertainment One Family has sold seasons one to six of its hit Astley Baker Davies-produced series Peppa Pig to Corus Entertainment's 24-hour preschool net, Treehouse.

Episodes are set to air in March 2013 and eOne and the brand's L&M program [Licensing and Merchandising program] from Toronto's Studio Licensing will launch products in categories such as toys, accessories, outwear and nightwear, footwear, games and puzzles by the end of 2013.

The latest deal follows on the heels of recent Peppa Pig sales international broadcasters including Yo Yo (Taiwan), TVB (Hong Kong), Okto (Singapore), Cineplex (Thailand) and Disney Jr. (Spain and Italy).

To date, the series has been sold to more than 180 territories worldwide.

Tags: Corus Entertainment, eOne Family, Peppa Pig, Studio Licensing, Treehouse

SeaWorld Parks And Entertainment And Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Announce New Multi-Platform Partnership For Nick Jr. USA's "Franklin & Friends"

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment has announced in the following Press Release, from PRNewswire, that they and Corus Entertainment's Nelvana have announced a new multi-platform partnership that combines the appeal of characters Nick Jr. USA's animated preschool series "Franklin & Friends" with the beloved SeaWorld brand:

SeaWorld and Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Announce Franklin and Friends Partnership

-- Internationally renowned book and TV series character Franklin embarks on new adventures at SeaWorld parks --

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 19, 2012 /SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Press Release via PRNewswire/ -- SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment and Corus Entertainment's Nelvana announced today a multi-platform partnership that combines the appeal of the popular Franklin & Friends characters with the beloved SeaWorld® brand. Beginning January 2013, the company's new SeaWorld Kids brand and Nelvana will team up to introduce kids and families to in-park Franklin characters, TV specials, books and merchandise.

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Highlights of this multi-faceted partnership include:

* Franklin will take up residence at the three SeaWorld parks for the year, where guests will be able to meet this classic character, take photos and get autographs. The parks include:

* SeaWorld Florida beginning with the "Just for Kids" event January 2013

* SeaWorld Texas beginning with the "Just for Kids" event April 2013

* SeaWorld California beginning with the "Spring into Night" event March 2013

* Franklin and Friends' specialty merchandise, much of it exclusive to SeaWorld, will be available in the parks

* SeaWorld and Nelvana are collaborating on two Franklin and Friends on-screen specials which will focus on the natural world

* The SeaWorld Kids brand will be reflected in select Franklin products, including co-branded books published by Corus Entertainment's Kids Can Press.

"Families throughout North America and from around the world look forward to their visits to SeaWorld parks in the U.S., and we are very excited to integrate the Franklin and Friends preschool brand into that experience," said Colin Bohm , Managing Director, Nelvana. "The theme parks and the new SeaWorld Kids entertainment and merchandising opportunities provide ideal platforms for kids and families to connect with Franklin and Friends."

"This partnership is a 'natural' for us to create fun, family experiences that connect young kids to animals and the world we share," said Scott Helmstedter , Chief Creative Officer for SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. "SeaWorld Kids is a brand dedicated to specifically connecting children with animals and nature, and Franklin is an enduring, much-loved animal character that brings adventure to kids. We look forward to working together to create unique opportunities for the Franklin and Friends' characters to have outdoor adventures and also educate viewers along the way."

Based on the best-selling children's book series by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark , published by Kids Can Press, the new CGI-animated TV series, Franklin and Friends, follows Franklin the Turtle as he experiences adventures and milestones, learning lessons along the way with his pals Snail, Rabbit, Beaver, Fox, Goose and best friend Bear. The series airs on Nick Jr. in the U.S. and Corus Entertainment's preschool channel Treehouse in Canada. Franklin and Friends is a Canada-Singapore co-production from Nelvana Limited and Infinite Frameworks.

The new SeaWorld Kids banner features entertainment and lifestyle products that connect children as old as 12 with the joy and wonder of animals. This new brand brings kids up-close to nature in fun new ways, allowing them to connect with the world we share at home, schools and on-the-go. SeaWorld Kids will represent both custom and library-driven content programming in animation, TV, film, gaming, publishing and music.

About Nelvana

Nelvana is owned by Corus Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a market leader in specialty television and radio with additional assets in pay television, television broadcasting, children's book publishing, children's animation and animation software. The Company's multimedia entertainment brands include YTV, Treehouse, Nickelodeon (Canada), ABC Spark, W Network, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada), CosmoTV, Sundance Channel (Canada), Movie Central, HBO Canada, Nelvana, Kids Can Press, Toon Boom and 37 radio stations including CKNW AM 980, 99.3 The FOX, Country 105, 630 CHED, Q107 and 102.1 the Edge. Corus creates engaging branded entertainment experiences for its audiences across multiple platforms. A publicly traded company, Corus is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CJR.B). Experience Corus on the web at www.corusent.com.

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment

For five decades SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment has inspired millions to celebrate, connect with and care for the natural world. The company is best known for its 11 U.S. theme parks, attractions that hosted more than 24 million guests in 2012 and include the beloved SeaWorld®, Busch Gardens® and Sesame Place® brands.

In 2011 the company began expanding its popular brands into media and entertainment platforms to connect people to nature and animals through movies, television and digital media; plus began developing new lines of licensed consumer products.
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment also is one of the world's foremost zoological organizations and a global leader in animal welfare, training, husbandry and veterinary care. The company cares for one of the largest collections of animals in the world, including more than 7,000 marine and terrestrial animals and 60,000 fish, The company has supported conservation programs on every continent and operates one of the world's most respected wildlife rescue programs to rescue ill and injured marine animals, with the goal to rehabilitate and return them to the ocean. SeaWorld animal experts have helped more than 22,000 animals in need - ill, injured, orphaned and abandoned - over more than four decades.

SOURCE SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment