Nickelodeon star Ariana Grande has heaped praise on home-grown lad Nathan Sykes of The Wanted, saying the star "sang the hell out of" their new duet! Their track "Almost Is Never Enough" is set to feature in the upcoming film "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones", and Ariana recently sat down with MTV News US recently to discuss how the duet came about. She said: "I'm really excited by it. And, honestly, I didn't know it was going to be a duet and [my manager] Scooter [Braun] just said 'Check your email.'" You can continue reading MTV News' article here on MTV UK!
MTV added to Brazil pay TV - Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is launching its flagship entertainment media brand MTV on pay TV in Brazil. The new service, which debuts in October, will deliver more than 350 hours of local productions as well as some Portuguese-dubbed versions of Ridiculousness and Awkward. The channel will be made available on key cable operators in Brazil. As a result of the launch, VIMN has dissolved its licensing pact with local media conglomerate Abril Group, which has controlled the network since 1990. MTV Brazil had been among four MTV versions available in free-to-air terrestrial TV worldwide, but its ratings have been declining recently. The new service joins VH1, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, all of which VIMN has made available on pay TV in the country. Via C21Media. C21Media is also reporting that a group of Viacom veterans are aiming to reinvent kids' TV.
Big Time Pranks! - Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice and the boys of Big Time Rush are super close pals. And now that they're traveling and performing together on their Summer Break Tour, they're even closer! But this friendship comes with a price: prank pulling! Victoria Justice spilled all about it to Fanlala and Nickelodeon USA has brought fans all the deets here on their Celebrity blog!
Nickelodeon's hit original animated series (Nicktoon) "SpongeBob SquarePants" and Nickelodeon Preschool Animation's popular animated series "Dora the Explorer" delivers great TV ratings for e.tv, the fifth terrestrial television channel in South Africa, for the week between June 10 and July 7, 2013. Via Kidscreen.
Supa Strikas! - C21Media is reporting that a fourth season of Nickelodeon India's sports cartoon "Supa Strikas".
Zap2It's Pop2It blog is reporting that Hollywood stars Megan Fox and Will Arnett are both hard at work shooting Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures upcoming "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Ninja Turtles". The film, which skipped San Diego Comic-Con, is busy filmingr in New York City (NYC), meaning a whole slew of new photos from the set have made their way online. SuperHeroHype has a massive gallery of the set images, which can be clicked through for your viewing pleasure. There are plenty of new shots of both Fox and Arnett hard at work filming what looks like a news segment. Also, if you want to see what a Turtle in a completely foolproof disguise looks like, click here. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and produced by Michael Bay, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" also stars Alan Ritchson, Jeremy Howard, Noel Fisher, Pete Ploszek, Danny Woodburn and William Fitchner. It's due in theaters on June 6, 2014.
SpongeBob SquarePants Wordsearch - Can you find the (Italian) names of each character from SBSP? Find SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Squiddy (Squidward), Krabs, Gary, and Perla (Pearl)!:
Via Nickelodeon Italy on Facebook - Facebook.com/NickelodeonItalia.
McCurdy Towers - Sam Puckett may be crashing on Cat Valentine's couch in Nickelodeon's brand new buddy sitcom "Sam & Cat", but Jennette McCurdy just got a brand new home of her own! What could be better?! Well actually, there are a couple things Jennette thinks would make her house the absolute best on the block... a pool and a amusement park! Read her interview with Zach Sang and the Gang here on Nick.com!
Winx Club Season 6 News - Nickelodeon Star Matt Shively ("True Jackson, VP", "The Troop") recently announced in a Tweet (post) on his official Twitter profile page (@MattShively1) during July 2013 that he was back hard at work working on season six of popular Nickelodeon animated series "Winx Club", which is due to premiere on Nickelodeon channels around the world from Spring 2014. Matt Tweeted:
Finally back at work on WINX! All new season comin at ya soon! http://instagram.com/p/bgzVmeJKdy/.To celebrate working on the sixth series of Nickelodeon's "Winx Club", in which he voices the character Sky, Matt shared a exclusive photograph of himself working on "Winx Club" season 6 on Instagram, which includes a glance at a script for a upcoming brand new episode of "Winx Club" featuring a scene called "Inspiration of Sirenex", which is set in the Domino Palace courtyard!:
Gadgets Galore! - As tablets have become ubiquitous among adults, so too has the genre grown among children, with a whole range of devices now available for pre-schoolers up to teenagers. ToyNews has unveiled a handy guide which takes a look at some of the latest children's computer tablets currently available on the market, including Leapfrog's LeapPad2, in which users have access to a library of over 250 learning cartridge games, apps, video, music and eBooks, including content based on the popular Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. properties "Dora the Explorer", "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Go, Diego, Go!, plus HiT Entertainment's "Thomas & Friends".
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"Big Time Rush" star Carlos Pena, Jr. takes viewers behind the scenes of the brand new live-action Nickelodeon comedy series, "The Haunted Hathaways":
(via bigtimerushtv.com)
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Hot Peas 'n Butter's "Different Spokes for Different Folks" video airs on Nickelodeon USA & Nick Jr. USA - HuffPo
Fit For A Prince: How The Baby Food Category Went Premium (includes a bit about former Nickelodeon UK General Manager (GM) Paul Lindley, who left Nick UK to create Ella’s Kitchen) - Forbes
Paul Lindley also shares general tips on helping your kids build a healthy relationship with food and eating, and he and his team share dozens of kid-friendly dishes that will also appeal to adults in his new book, "Ella's Kitchen: The Cookbook" (Hamlyn, $19.99). Plus, find out how to make Easy Cheesy Zucchini Frittata in Statesman's Recipe of the Week! - Statesman
Viacom demands new Judge in company's YouTube copyright infringement fight - THR
SMG heads back to Stone Age - Creative consultant Leanne Preston, who worked in International Development and Production for the Nickelodeon network including across the Bafta nominated "House of Anubis" for six years, is also developing a number of projects based on original Intellectual Property (IP) at Bright Box, which specialises in the development of projects for children.s TV and transmedia across live action and animation, script development and editing and creative consultation across production. - C21Media
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