Dan Schneider Announces Debut Of "Sam & Cat" A Ratings Success For Nickelodeon USA; #Pilot Currently Number One On iTunes!

Nickelodeon TV show creator Dan Schneider, the creator, writer, and producer of hit Nickelodeon shows such as "Sam & Cat", "iCarly", "Victorious", "Drake & Josh", "The Amanda Show", "Zoey 101", "Kenan & Kel", "All That" (plus "What I Like About You", which Nickelodeon UK showed in the mid-2000's), the Nickelodeon Movie "Good Burger", and founder of the television production company "Schneider's Bakery Productions, Inc.", has announced in a Tweet (post) on his official Twitter profile page (@DanWarp) the fantastic Nickelodeon News that premiere of the pilot episode of his brand new Nickelodeon original comedy show "Sam & Cat", called "#Pilot", which Nick USA held the world premiere of on Saturday 8th June 2013 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), achieved huge ratings success for Nickelodeon USA!:

MORE NEWS: @SAMandCAT got HUGE RATINGS! More info to come! This is AMAZING!!! We owe this success to you #WonderfulFANS :)

In a separate Tweet, Dan Schneider also announced the exciting Nick News that, upon the first episode of "Sam & Cat" becoming available to download on iTunes, the series is now the number one show on all of Apple's iTunes!:

Thanks to the #FANS, Sam & Cat is now the #1 show on ALL of iTunes!!!! LOOK: pic.twitter.com/Q96vFfFvEZ

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Nickelodeon Portugal To Premiere The "House of Anubis" Special "The Touchstone of Ra" On Monday 10th June 2013

Nickelodeon Portugal has announced in the 'Noticias'/'News' section on their official website, nickelodeon.pt, the very exciting Nick News that Nickelodeon Portugal, the Portuguese version of the world's number one kids' channel, will premiere and show the brand new thrilling 90-minute "House of Anubis" ("A Casa de Anubis") movie special "The Touchstone of Ra", locally titled "A Pedra de Ra", which translates as "The Stone of Ra", on Monday 10th June 2013 at 3.40pm!!

Below is Nick Portugal's "Special "The House of Anubis: The Stone of Ra"" news article from their official website, translated by Google Translate:

Special "The House of Anubis: The Stone of Ra"

After the end of the third season, Nickelodeon has a surprise guarded only for the biggest fans of the television series more mysterious!

For the holiday of June 10, Nickelodeon prepared something very special and unique: the best kept secret of the series The House of Anubis, "The Stone of Ra". Legend has it that whoever built the Pyramid of Ra will be rewarded with gold but if he does well, everyone will pay the price. The arrival of a mysterious stone will encourage someone to risk. The power of this stone spear chaos and there is only one person who can stop. Will be a sufficient sacrifice to save everyone?

Do not miss this special on June 10th at 15:40!

Also, below is the untranslated Nick.pt news article, "Especial “A Casa de Anubis: A Pedra de Ra”":

Especial “A Casa de Anubis: A Pedra de Ra”

Depois do final da terceira temporada, o Nickelodeon tem uma surpresa muito bem guardada apenas para os maiores fãs da série mais misteriosa da televisão!

Para o feriado de 10 de junho, o Nickelodeon preparou algo de muito especial e exclusivo: o mistério mais bem guardado da série A Casa de Anubis, "A Pedra de Ra". Conta a lenda que quem construir a pirâmide de Ra será recompensado com ouro mas se não o fizer bem, todos pagarão o preço. A chegada de uma misteriosa pedra vai encorajar alguém a arriscar. O poder desta pedra lança o caos e só há uma pessoa que o pode parar. Será o sacrifício de um suficiente para salvar todos?

Não percas este especial no dia 10 de junho às 15:40!

Nickelodeon May Launch The Nick App On XBox 360 Soon

The official website of the entertainment industry newspaper Variety, Variety.com, is reporting the exciting Nickelodeon News in the following article that, as part of the networks TV Everywhere initiative to help deliver Nickelodeon content to as many viewers as possible via their favorite devices, Nickelodeon may be planning to launch their recently debuted Nick App, a Nickelodeon branded experience currently available for the iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch iOS devices and computers running the Windows 8 operating system, on Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console in June 2013!

Nickelodeon also confirmed to NickALive! that they are working on releasing the Nick App worldwide soon!

The Nick App features a moveable tile layout that can be swiped in any direction, promoting discovery and exploration and offering kids instant and on-demand access to more than 1,000 pieces of Nickelodeon-themed content. It includes short-form videos of original skits, sketch and comedic bits; behind-the-scenes clips and photos from Nickelodeon stars and animated characters; as well as kid polls and newly created games. Nickelodeon will also launch a Nick Jr. preschool version of the app later this year:

Viacom, for its part, is expanding its TV Everywhere push to try to preserve its existing cable distribution deals. Nick, for example, has released apps that provide full-length episodes, plus games and other digital content, on iPad and iPhone and expects to launch a version for Microsoft Xbox 360 next month.

Also from Variety:

Nick Video App Hits iPhone, With Xbox Next

Kid cabler’s multiplatform push includes authenticated access to full episodes, games and other content

Viacom’s Nickelodeon has launched a free app for iPhones that provides access to full episodes for subscribers of participating pay TV partners — plus games and other interactive content — and is targeting a version for Microsoft’s Xbox in late June.

The kid cabler was the first Viacom brand to launch a TV Everywhere app, bowing one for Apple’s iPad tablet in February. Nick’s strategy is to reach youngsters on every screen, in an attempt to hold on to its core audience as mobile usage soars — and as over-the-top video alternatives for children’s programming like Netflix grow increasingly popular.

“With these apps, we’re basically trying to create a brand-new experience that begins to reimagine what a TV channel is for today’s digital kid,” said Steve Youngwood, executive VP and general manager of digital for Nickelodeon.

Nick started on the iPad “because it’s the most kid-designed device out there,” Youngwood said. To date, the Nick App for iPad has been downloaded 1.3 million times.

With the release Thursday of the app for iPhones and iPod Touches, the cabler expects to reach an even larger addressable audience. Its Xbox 360 app, slated to launch June 25, will be Nick’s first foray into connected TVs.

In the Internet-connected TV space, “the most relevant platform is Xbox,” Youngwood said. “There are a lot of kids spending time on the Xbox.”

Through the apps, Nick provides the five most recent episodes of current series — including “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Big Time Rush,” “The Fairly OddParents” and “Sam & Cat”— to households that subscribe to a TV service package with Nickelodeon from one of eight distributors: DirecTV, Time Warner Cable, AT&T U-verse, Verizon FiOS, Bright House Networks, Cablevision Systems, Hawaiian Telecom, Suddenlink and RCN. The biggest providers absent for now are Comcast and Dish Network.

But there’s a “very robust non-authenticated experience,” as well, according to Youngwood. For starters, the oldest of the five full episodes from each show is available for free to anyone. The apps also offer more than 2,000 pieces of original content, such as short-form videos, games and polls, with more added daily.

“We consider this a new, branded, immersive experience, with TV Everywhere in addition,” Youngwood said. “You don’t just take TV and move it over the left. We could have done that years ago.”

On the Xbox 360, Nick’s app will take advantage of the videogame console’s features like Bing search and the Xbox Kinect attachment for voice and gesture controls. Cabler has not determined plans for Xbox One, Microsoft’s next-generation overhaul of the console. “We’re working with them for what it means for current apps,” Youngwood said.

Nick is selling direct advertising for the apps, with sponsors that have included 20th Century Fox Studios (which promoted “The Croods” on the iPad version), Universal Studios, Marvel and Mattel. The full episodes carry the same ad load as those on TV — although those cannot be rolled into Nielsen TV ratings, for now — and Nick is placing ads against short-form video, too.

Early results on usage are encouraging, Youngwood said: On iPad, time spent with the app is more than 20 minutes per day per unique visitor — 25% higher than for Nick websites accessed on computers.

The Nick apps are free of charge, available anywhere in the U.S. Primarily they’re aimed at kids 6-11 but have crossover appeal to tweens, teens and adults.

Later this year, Nickelodeon plans to launch a Nick Jr. version of the app aimed at preschoolers.

To promote the new iPhone/iPod touch version, Nick is running spots on the linear network:



FILED UNDER: Iphone Nick Xbox

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Nickelodeon Italy To Premiere "House of Anubis" Season 3 Finale, "House of Heroes", On Thursday 13th June 2013; HoA Special "The Touchstone of Ra" On Friday 14th June 2013

Nickelodeon Italy (also known as Nickelodeon Italia) has announced in the 'Notizie'/'News' section on their official website, NickTV.it, the very exciting Nickelodeon news that, after Nick Italy premieres and shows the much-anticipated epic finale episode of "House of Anubis" (locally titled "casa di Anubis") season 3, dubbed "The Reawakening", called "House of Heroes", on Thursday 13th June 2013 at 6.15pm, Nickelodeon Italy will then premiere and show the brand new thrilling 90-minute "House of Anubis" movie special "The Touchstone of Ra", locally titled "La Pietra di Ra", which translates as "The Stone of Ra", on Friday 14th June 2013 at 6.15pm, as part of a very special "House of Anubis" premiere week!


To celebrate the all-new third series of "House of Anubis", Nickelodeon Italy has launched a special House of Anubis competition where Italian SIBUNA's can win great HoA prizes, including a House of Anubis sweatshirt and T-shirt, plus a trip to visit Nickelodeon Land UK at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool! You can find more information and enter Nick Italy's official House of Anubis competition here on Nick IT's dedicated contest webpage, Vinci Anubis (Anubis Win). Plus, to celebrate Nickelodeon Italy airing the "House of Anubis" Season 3 finale on Thursday 13th June June 2013 at 6.15pm, Nick Italy's official House of Anubis website has unveiled a exclusive online streaming video clip from the episode, which you can watch here on NickTV.it!

Below is Nick Italy's "Anubis: The special The Stone of Ra on Nickelodeon!" news article from their official website, translated by Google Translate:

Anubis: The special The Stone of Ra on Nickelodeon!

If you're a fan of Anubis waiting a week to fear on Nickelodeon June 10 to 14. Every afternoon at 18:15 there will be a double date with Sibuna until the grand finale of the third season. But the biggest surprise comes with the special Friday, June 14 The Stone of Ra!

The grand finale of the third season: Thursday, June 13 at 18:15. Robert Frobisher Smythe seems to have the better of the Sibuna. The school is now under his control and his crazy plan is about to be made: will really Ammut to awaken and bring the evil in the world? Watch a preview from the last episode of season three!

The Stone of Ra: Friday, June 14 at 18:15. The school is over, but for Sibuna are not over the adventures! The Stone of Ra is a real film, a self-closing story that will once again see the boys in action on the eve of their graduation. After a trip to the Egyptian museum Sibuna will discover the secrets of the Stone of Ra ... or the world will be destroyed forever! Meanwhile, while the boys prepare to leave Anubis, the house comes a group of new students ...

In addition to Eddie (Burkely Duffield), KT (Alexandra Shipp), Fabian (Brad Kavanagh) and all the others, in The Stone of Ra get to know some new faces: Sophia (Claudia Jessie), Dexter (Jake Davis), Erin (Kae Alexander ) and Cassie (Roxy Fitzgerald).

Until 14 June, then, you still have the chance to win t-shirts and sweatshirts with our competition official Anubis Anubis Win!

Also, below is the untranslated nicktv.it news article, "Anubis: la terza stagione su Nickelodeon":

Anubis: lo speciale La Pietra di Ra su Nickelodeon!

Se sei fan di Anubis ti aspetta una settimana da paura su Nickelodeon dal 10 al 14 giugno. Ogni pomeriggio alle 18:15 ci sarà un doppio appuntamento con i Sibuna fino al gran finale della terza stagione. Ma la sorpresa più grande arriva venerdì 14 giugno con lo speciale La Pietra di Ra!

Il gran finale della terza stagione: Giovedì 13 giugno alle 18:15. Robert Frobisher Smythe sembra avere la meglio sui Sibuna. La scuola è ormai sotto il suo controllo e il suo folle piano è sul punto di essere compiuto: riuscirà davvero a risvegliare Ammut e a portare il male nel mondo? Guarda un'anteprima dall'ultima puntata della terza stagione!

La Pietra di Ra: Venerdì 14 giugno alle 18:15. La scuola è finita, ma per i Sibuna non sono finite le avventure! La Pietra di Ra è un vero e proprio film, una storia auto-conclusiva che vedrà ancora una volta in azione i ragazzi alla vigilia del loro diploma. Dopo una gita al museo egizio i Sibuna dovranno scoprire i segreti della Pietra di Ra… o il mondo sarà distrutto per sempre! Nel frattempo, mentre i ragazzi si preparano a lasciare Anubis, nella casa arriva un gruppo di nuovi studenti...
Oltre a Eddie (Burkely Duffield), KT (Alexandra Shipp), Fabian (Brad Kavanagh) e tutti gli altri, ne La Pietra di Ra conosceremo alcuni volti nuovi: Sophia (Claudia Jessie), Dexter (Jake Davis), Erin (Kae Alexander) and Cassie (Roxy Fitzgerald).

Fino al 14 giugno, poi, hai ancora l'opportunità di vincere le t-shirt e felpe ufficiali di Anubis col nostro concorso Vinci Anubis!