Update: Nickelodeon UK May Launch Local Version Of Nick App Soon

Important Update (16th July 2013) - Unfortunately, the article which NickALive! got the Nickelodeon UK News from accidentally posted some incorrect news. Nickelodeon UK have confirmed to NickALive! that Tim Patterson, the Vice President (VP) of scheduling at Nickelodeon UK, did indeed speak about comedy content being at the heart of Nickelodeon and that Nick have recently worked on a co-pro with Sky HD, "Jordan & Perri's Ultimate Block Party". However, the new show Tim referred to is neither a comedy nor a co-pro and he didn't state the news during his "Meet the Commissioners" panel at the 2013 Children's Media Conference. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

The television industry news website TBI Vision is reporting the very exciting Nickelodeon UK news in the following article that Tim Patterson, the Vice President (VP) of scheduling at Nickelodeon UK has announced that Nickelodeon UK will be announcing a brand new comedy series, which will be a international co-production, in the next few weeks! Tim said Nickelodeon was after "original, comedy-driven content", "fresh ideas, new characters and concepts and funny stories" with comedy at the heart in both and short-long form, with shorter run concepts maybe trialled up on an upcoming Nick App before making the transition to TV, he added, which could suggest that Nickelodeon could launch the Nick App in the UK very soon!:

CiTV, Nick UK look for new laffers

UK commercial children’s channels CiTV and Nickelodeon UK are both seeking to add new comedies to their schedules, as the genre continues to attract young audiences.

CiTV is chasing shows for 6-11s in the same vein as My Parents are Aliens and My Phone Genie following a decision to move away from preschool programming earlier this year.

“Comedy is currently an ITV focus across all digital channels and our primary focus for children’s. We have available slots for commissions to air in quarter four of 2014 and we’re looking at strong live-action comedy. Our priority is sitcom or comedy drama,” said CiTV’s programming head Jamila Metran [...].

Having aged up its content, CiTV will also seek to find a new factual entertainment series with a “playground chatter factor”.

“We haven’t focused much on it in the past couple of years… [but] ultimately we want something different that turns into a talking point.”

Pay TV channel Nickelodeon, meanwhile will announce another international coproduction “in the next few weeks” said VP and director of programming, Tim Patterson [...].

He said Nickelodeon was after “original, comedy-driven content”, “fresh ideas, new characters and concepts and funny stories” with comedy at the heart in both and short-long form. Shorter run concepts could be trialled up on an upcoming Nick App before making the transition to TV, he added.

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