Nickelodeon Australia has announced in the following Press Release, via
twitdoc.com, the exciting Nickelodeon International news that Nick Jr. Australia & New Zealand, Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand's local version of the popular preschool channel, is bringing high energy adventure, singing and dancing to weekday mornings as Australia's favourite five-some preschool group, Hi-5 return to Aussie screens for a fourteenth season in the world premiere of "Hi-5 House"!
Premiering on Monday 4th November 2013 at 9.30am, the 25 episodes x 30 minutes format series will continue to air weekdays at 9.30am on Nick Jr., The Smart Place to Play, available only on Foxtel.
"Hi-5 House" will provide a stimulating variety of visual, aural and kinaesthetic experiences that cater to children's individual learning styles in a bright and energetic environment, the new Hi-5 House! Here, favourite Hi-5-er's Stevie Nicholson and Lauren Brant as well as three new additions to the cast, Mary Lascaris, Ainsley Melham and Dayen Zheng, will invite audiences to play along and learn through curricular activities based on music, movement and laughter.
In each episode, the all Aussie cast will explore five key educational concepts; visual and spatial awareness, linguistic and aural skills, logical thinking and mathematics, musicality, as well as physical and motor development. Old friends Jup Jup and Chatterbox will make regular appearances and new friends will be introduced, including a robot named Tinka. In a brand new segment "The Chatterbox" fans will meet bookworms Aristotle and Horace as they, along with Chatterbox (or Chats as she's affectionately known) explore English words and phrases in hilarious adventures. In the very first episode, called "Explore My Space", pre-schoolers will explore the new Hi-5 house with the group and will be invited to help them unpack!
The Hi-5 gang will also be taking their show from the screen to the stage in their "House Party Tour" throughout November and December 2013. Tickets are available to buy now via
www.ticketek.com.au!
Additionally, in a separate article,
Kidscreen is reporting that The Jim Henson Company has licensed its animated children's series "Doozers" to Nickelodeon Australia. The series, based on the race of characters from Henson's "Fraggle Rock" who love to work, debuted on Nick Jr. on Monday 7th October 2013.
"Doozers" (52 x 11 minutes), produced by The Jim Henson Company and DHX Media, has also been making its way across Europe, the Middle East and Africa on Turner Broadcasting’s preschool channel, Cartoonito, which reaches 125 million homes. Further, Turner Enterprises has been appointed the product licensing rights for the same territories. The series is also set to air on Discovery Kids Latin America and Cartoon Network Asia.
Original Nickelodeon Australia Press Release:
Hi-5 RETURNS TO TV WITH BRAND NEW SERIES ON NICK JR. Hi-5 HOUSE
World Premiere: Monday November 4 at 9.30am
SYDNEY, Thursday 31 October,
Nick Jr. is bringing high energy adventure, singing and dancing to weekday mornings! Australia's favourite five- some preschool group, Hi-5 return to Aussie screens for season fourteen in
Hi-5 House. Premiering
Monday November 4 at 9.30am, the 25X30min format series will continue to air
weekdays at 9.30am on Nick Jr. available only on Foxtel.
Hi-5 House will provide a stimulating variety of visual, aural and kinaesthetic experiences that cater to children’s individual learning styles in a bright and energetic environment, the new Hi-5 House! Here, favourite Hi-5-er's
Stevie Nicholson and
Lauren Brant as well as three new cast members,
Mary Lascaris,
Ainsley Melham and
Dayen Zheng will invite audiences to play along and learn through curricular activities based on music, movement and laughter.
"We're really excited to be the first territory to premiere Hi-5 House and bring this much loved group to a generation of new fans. The show is a perfect fit for our channel and brings to life our 'play along and learn' philosophy" said
Hugh Baldwin, Director of Television and Digital Content, Nickelodeon Australia.
"Hi-5's fresh format has a few new surprises. I'm confident that our fans will find tuning into the show the best play date ever. The new cast line up and exciting new look are sure to delight" said
Julie Green, Executive Producer, Hi-5 House.
"It's an honour to be a member of Hi-5. If I have learnt one thing during my time with the group it's that children, no matter where in the world they are from, just want to have fun. I'm very proud of the work that we do" said
Stevie Nicholson.
"I'm so grateful for this opportunity. I'm doing what I love and I can't wait to see all the little smiling faces and look forward to bringing a whole lot of fun to the Hi-5 family!" added
Mary Lascaris.
In each episode, the all Aussie cast will explore five key educational concepts; visual and spatial awareness, linguistic and aural skills, logical thinking and mathematics, musicality, as well as physical and motor development. Old friends Jup Jup and Chatterbox will make regular appearances and new friends will be introduced, including a robot named Tinka. In a brand new segment "The Chatterbox" fans will meet bookworms Aristotle and Horace as they, along with Chatterbox (or Chats as she's affectionately known) explore English words and phrases in hilarious adventures. In episode one
Explore My Space pre-schoolers will explore the new Hi-5 house with the group and will be invited to help them unpack!
Hi-5 will be taking their show from the screen to the stage in their
House Party Tour throughout November and December. Tickets are available now via
www.ticketek.com.au
Interviews with cast members are available. For further information, please contact:
Francis Coady, Director, The Coady Group
[...] / +61 414 552 170
Jaye Sellen, Publicity, Nickelodeon Australia
[...] / + 61 2 8373 3923
About Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. is the first channel in Australia completely dedicated to pre-schoolers and was built on Nickelodeon’s reputation as the world’s leading entertainment brand for kids. Nick Jr. encourages pre-schoolers to ‘play along and learn’ through programmes and consumer products that stimulate, educate, involve and excite developing and enquiring minds. Outside of the United States, Nick Jr. is part of Viacom International Media Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.
www.nickjr.com.au
About Foxtel
Foxtel is one of Australia’s most progressive and dynamic media companies, directly employing around 2,500 people, and delivering a diverse subscription television service to both regional and metropolitan areas over cable, satellite and broadband distribution. We offer a better entertainment experience every day to each one of our 2.3 million subscribing homes through delivery of exclusive and inspiring programming across all genres, the world’s most popular channel brands, and investment in high quality local content. As constant champions of innovation we have brought customers the iQ personal digital recorder, Australia’s largest HD offering, Foxtel 3D, and more recently, the Foxtel Go App for iPad. Foxtel is owned by Telstra Corporation Limited ACN 051 775 556 (50%) and The News Corporation Ltd (50%).
foxtel.com.au
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