Zodiak Kids Launches "Tickety Toc" App In The UK And Australia

Zodiak Rights, the international distribution and rights arm of Zodiak Media, has announced the Tick Tocktastic news in the following press release, from Zodiak Rights' official website, zodiakrights.com, the release of a brand-new "Tickety Toc" App in the UK and Australia!

Designed by award-winning developer Cupcake Digital, the first ever "Tickety Toc" App entitled "Tickety Toc Bubble Time", stars dynamic twins Tommy and Tallulah from the hit CG-animated preschool show, which airs on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels globally as well as Channel 5's Milkshake programming block in the UK and on Australia's Network 11.

In "Tickety Toc" "Bubble Time", Tommy and Tallulah discover a big pot of bubble mixture and blow a giant bubble which grows so large that it picks up their Tickety Town friends – and the twins too! Will Hopparoo, Tickety Toc's fun-loving bunny - who loves to pop bubbles - come to the rescue in time for Chime Time? The "Tickety Toc" app launched in the UK and Australia on Thursday 30th January 2014 and is now available on iTunes, Amazon Appstore for Android and Google Play priced at £1.99 GBP and $2.99 AUD.

"Tickety Toc Bubble Time" features include:

* It's Play Time: Four activities starring "Tickety Toc"'s charming residents help kids learn and have fun as they pop bubbles to complete words in Bubble Words, tell the time in Chime Time, build train tracks with Pufferty in Train Time and test their memory in a Memory Match game

* Creative Play Opportunities: Children can colour scenes from the story including their favorite "Tickety Toc" characters while using multiple effects and stickers

* Early-Learning Reading Skills are reinforced with text highlighting and synced narration

* Three Reading Modes: Read & Play, Read to Me, and Just a Book for quiet reading time

* The Grown-Up's Corner offers thoughtful questions designed to spark open-ended conversation and reinforce reading comprehension

Original Zodiak Rights Press Release:

Zodiak Kids launches Tickety Toc App in UK and Australia

30th January 2014

Zodiak Kids is to launch a Tickety Toc App in the UK and Australia, the Company revealed today.

Designed by award-winning developer, Cupcake Digital, the first ever Tickety Toc App entitled Tickety Toc Bubble Time, stars dynamic twins Tommy and Tallulah from the hit pre-school show, which airs on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr globally as well as Channel 5’s Milkshake in the UK and Australia’s Network 11.

In Tickety Toc Bubble Time, Tommy and Tallulah discover a big pot of bubble mixture and blow a giant bubble which grows so large that it picks up their Tickety Town friends – and the twins too! Will Hopparoo, Tickety Toc's fun-loving bunny - who loves to pop bubbles - come to the rescue in time for Chime Time? The Tickety Toc app will launch in the UK and Australia on 30th January 2014 and will be available on iTunes, Amazon Appstore for Android and Google Play priced at £1.99 and $2.99 AUD.

Alastair McHarrie Vice President Consumer Products, Zodiak Kids London, said: "Cupcake Digital has been a dynamic partner, delivering our first app experience and bring to life the energetic adventures of Tommy and Tallulah. We are extremely excited that kids will now be able to enjoy the world of Tickety Toc in a new and exciting way."

"Tickety Town is a wonderful place where anything can happen! So, it’s with incredible excitement that we are able to deliver the enchanting world of Tommy and Tallulah to fans," said Cupcake Digital EVP, Brand and Business Development Amory Millard. "Tickety Toc and its memorable characters will now be available in a new digital format, giving kids more ways to play and interact with their favorites anytime, anywhere."

Tickety Toc Bubble Time features include:

* It's Play Time: Four activities starring Tickety Toc's charming residents help kids learn and have fun as they pop bubbles to complete words in Bubble Words, tell the time in Chime Time, build train tracks with Pufferty in Train Time and test their memory in a Memory Match game

* Creative Play Opportunities: Children can colour scenes from the story including their favorite Tickety Toc characters while using multiple effects and stickers

* Early-Learning Reading Skills are reinforced with text highlighting and synced narration

* Three Reading Modes: Read & Play, Read to Me, and Just a Book for quiet reading time

* The Grown-Up's Corner offers thoughtful questions designed to spark open-ended conversation and reinforce reading comprehension

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Below is a online streaming video clip featuring Zodiak and Cupcake Digital's "Tickety Toc Bubble Time" trailer:

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SixteenSouth Announces Stellar Voice Cast For Nick Jr. UK's Brand-New Preschool Series, "Driftwood Bay"

The Belfast-based independent children's television production company SixteenSouth Television has today, Monday 3rd February 2014, announced in the following press release, from the prodcos official Facebook profile page, Facebook.com/SixteenSouth, the stellar line-up of voice talent who will be joining forces and lending their voices to breathe life into the adorable characters of "Driftwood Bay", a brand-new mixed media animated preschool series commissioned by Nick Jr. UK, which includes Stephen Fry ("QI" ("Quite Interesting"), "The Hobbit", "Blackadder"), Peter Mullan ("Harry Potter", "Top of the Lake"), Tameka Empson ("EastEnders", "3 Non-Blondes"), Jane Horrocks ("Sunshine on Leith", "Absolutely Fabulous"), Ardal O'Hanlon ("Father Ted", "London Irish", "My Hero"), Annette Crosbie ("One Foot in the Grave", "Hope Springs") and Richard Dormer ("Game of Thrones", "Good Vibrations", "Fortitude")!

Set to premiere on Nickelodeon UK's preschool channel, Nick Jr. UK and Ireland, in May 2014, "Driftwood Bay" (52 x 7 minute episodes) is a all-new preschool animation series about a little girl who creates an imaginary world from treasures she finds washed up on the beach. "Driftwood Bay" received funding from the Northern Ireland Screen Fund supported by Invest NI and part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

Lily (Orlagh O'Keefe from Belfast) is a five year old who lives in a beach hut on the shore with her Dad (Dormer). Everyday, the sea washes up a curious new treasure, which sparks Lily's imagination about what might be happening 'across the way on Driftwood Bay'. And so, with her best friend Gull - the clever seagull (Paul Currie), an adventure begins as they head off to Driftwood Bay – and its cast of colourful inhabitants.

There's Salty Dog (Mullan), the jolly seafaring sailor with a story for every occasion; Nonna Dog (Crosbie), a sage granny who runs Cockle Café and who's always ready with some advice and a biscuit; Hatsie Hen (Empson), a train-driving hen with a need for speed and a love of excitement; Bull (O'Hanlon), a boisterous bull who always charges head first into things (sometimes literally); Wee Rabbit (Horrocks), a gentle young bunny with a love of art, fairy tales and rainbows; and Lord Stag (Fry) an aristocratic deer with a taste for the finer things in life.

A unique series about making fun and adventure from things that you find, "Driftwood Bay" was created by Sixteen South, based on an original idea from artist Joanne Carmichael, and featuring characters and environments completely created from objects found washed up on the beach.

The series is set to air in May on Nick Jr. UK and will also air on RTE in Ireland, Sprout in US, ABC Australia, Kika in Germany, MTV in Finland, NRK in Norway, SVT in Sweden, and HOP! in Israel later this year. Broadcasters in Australia and the US will be keeping the original voices to the series.

Original Sixteen South Television Press Release:

Stephen Fry, Peter Mullan, Tameka Empson, Jane Horrocks, Ardal O’Hanlan, Annette Crosbie and Richard Dormer lend voices to new Nick Jr. series.

A top-notch cast including Stephen Fry (QI, The Hobbit), Peter Mullan (Harry Potter, Top of the Lake),Tameka Empson (EastEnders, 3 Non-Blondes), Jane Horrocks (Sunshine on Leith, Absolutely Fabulous), Ardal O’Hanlon (Father Ted, London Irish), Annette Crosbie (One Foot in the Grave, Hope Springs) and Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones, Good Vibrations, Fortitude) is joining forces to breathe life into the adorable characters of brand new pre-school series Driftwood Bay, it was announced today.

Set for transmission on Nick Jr. in May, Driftwood Bay (52 x 7 mins) is a pre-school animation series about a little girl who creates an imaginary world from treasures she finds washed up on the beach. Driftwood Bay received funding from the Northern Ireland Screen Fund supported by Invest NI and part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

Lily (Orlagh O’Keefe from Belfast) is a five year old who lives in a beach hut on the shore with her Dad (Dormer). Every day, the sea washes up a curious new treasure, which sparks Lily’s imagination about what might be happening ‘across the way on Driftwood Bay’. And so, with her best friend Gull - the clever seagull (Paul Currie), an adventure begins as they head off to Driftwood Bay – and its cast of colourful inhabitants.

There’s Salty Dog (Mullan), the jolly seafaring sailor with a story for every occasion; Nonna Dog (Crosbie), a sage granny who runs Cockle Café and who’s always ready with some advice and a biscuit; Hatsie Hen (Empson), a train-driving hen with a need for speed and a love of excitement; Bull (O’Hanlon), a boisterous bull who always charges head first into things (sometimes literally); Wee Rabbit (Horrocks), a gentle young bunny with a love of art, fairy tales and rainbows; and Lord Stag (Fry) an aristocratic deer with a taste for the finer things in life.

"Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine attracting a cast of this magnitude to Driftwood Bay," says producer Colin Williams from Sixteen South. "These incredibly talented people have taken our characters off the page and made them come alive in the most wonderful, creative way."

Adds Tim Patterson, VP Director of Programming, Nickelodeon UK and Ireland: "Driftwood Bay is completely different in look and feel to any other pre-school properties around at the moment. With its distinctive visual appeal and wonderful, warm characters we think it will quickly become a firm favourite with our young viewers and their parents."

Actor Peter Mullan says: "Any actor would give his right arm to be doing a series like Driftwood Bay. It's sweet, innovative, funny and gentle with a good heart and a great sense of collective responsibility. I've never done any voice work on animation so I thought this was a nice chance to do something that my children can actually see me in for a change!"

A unique series about making fun and adventure from things that you find, Driftwood Bay was created by Sixteen South, based on an original idea from artist Joanne Carmichael, and featuring characters and environments completely created from objects found washed up on the beach.

The series is set to air in May on Nick Jr. and will also air on RTE in Ireland, Sprout in US, ABC Australia, Kika in Germany, MTV in Finland, NRK in Norway, SVT in Sweden, and HOP! in Israel later this year. Broadcasters in Australia and the US are keeping the original voices to the series.

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