Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Bear Teams Up With WWF For New Paw Campaign; Advertisements To Air On Nickelodeon UK

The UK grocery retail sector news website TalkingRetail.com is reporting the Nickelodeon UK news in the following article that the baked-fruit snack brand Bear will be celebrating its fifth birthday this year by joining forces with the WWF to help protect the paws of Bears threatened with extinction and the habitats they rely on.

For every pack of limited edition WWF Paws sold, Bear will be donating 5p (single packs) and 25p (multipacks) respectively to the World Wide Fund for Nature to raise funds to help protect the world's most endangered Bears and other wild species.

As part of Bear's WWF Paws campaign, a very special pack takeover will be rolling into stores to bring the fixture to life for consumers. Special appearances will be made by some of Bear's furry friends, with the Spectacled, Polar, Sloth and Panda Bears appearing on the special WWF Paws packs from September to November 2014.

As well as raising donations for WWF, the campaign sets out to engage and educate kids with a collectible 'Bears of the world' map and stickers that teaches children about the eight Bears of the world and the habitats that they live in. This will roll out through an on-pack collectible mechanic, and via lessons plans and activities in primary schools across the UK.

Bear will be supporting this campaign with its first ever kids TV advert for Paws, taking kids around the world to meet Bear's friends, and highlighting their partnership with the WWF. The campaign launched on Monday 22nd September 2014 with Nickelodeon and Disney Channel to drive awareness with over 2.5 million families across the UK.

Bear fruit Paws are made from gently baked fruit picked in season, never from concentrate. They contain no added sugar, preservatives or stabilisers:
Bear teams up with WWF for new campaign


Baked-fruit snack brand Bear will be marking its fifth birthday this year by joining forces with the WWF to help protect the paws of bears threatened with extinction and the habitats they rely on.

For every pack of limited edition WWF Paws sold, Bear will be donating 5p (single packs) and 25p (multipacks) respectively to WWF to help protect the world’s most endangered Bears and other wild species.

Giles Brook, founding partner says: “Bear started because we wanted to get people back to nature- both in terms of the food that they were eating, and also to get them really excited about the world around them.

“With six of the eight bears of the world vulnerable and at risk of extinction, we wanted to do something to protect these amazing animals. We’ll be donating 10% of our revenue through the sale of these packs to a cause that means a lot to the whole team at Bear.

“Our Bear Paws, which launched late last year, have made a great start, with four skus ranked in the top 10 for rate of sale within baby snacking finger foods. Having been in market less than a year this is really exciting, and hopefully means more donations to the WWF partnership, particularly as the activity will be supported by some fantastic instore promotional activity and a month long TV campaign.”

A special pack takeover will be rolling into stores to bring the fixture to life for consumers- special appearances will be made by some of Bear’s furry friends, with the Spectacled, Polar, Sloth and Panda Bears appearing on the special WWF Paws packs from September to November.

As well as raising donations for WWF, the campaign sets out to engage and educate kids with a collectible ‘Bears of the world’ map and stickers that teaches them about the eight bears of the world and the habitats that they live in. This will roll out through an on-pack collectible mechanic, and via lessons plans and activities in primary schools across the UK.

Bear will be supporting this campaign with its first ever kids TV advert for paws, taking kids around the world to meet Bear’s friends, and highlighting the partnership with the WWF. The campaign will launch on the 22nd September with Disney & Nickelodeon to drive awareness with over 2.5 million families across the UK.

Nicky Day, director of corporate partnerships at WWF-UK says: “WWF is really excited to be partnering with Bear, a company that shares our values in respecting the natural world. Through working with Bear we will be able to engage with families and children about our work safeguarding the world’s most iconic and threatened species whilst raising vital funds for our conservation work around the world.”

Bear fruit Paws are made from gently baked fruit picked in season, never from concentrate, they contain no added sugar, preservatives or stabilisers.

Source: Bear

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Golden Bear Launches Nick Jr. UK Sponsorship Campaign To Support Retailers

ToyNews, a monthly trade magazine for the toy business, is reporting the exciting Nickelodeon UK news in the following article that toy company Golden Bear has launched a three-month sponsorship campaign with Nickelodeon UK's top-performing preschool channel, Nick Jr. UK!

The new sponsorship deal will see Golden Bear's collection of vehicle brands feature on the channel each weekend between 9:00am and 12:00pm noon in sponsored stings.

The partnership has been secured in order to support retailers in the run up to the Christmas shopping season.

Golden Bear's new Volkswagen, V-Dubs, My First JCB and Go Mini will each take its own month-long sponsorship, running alongside Nick Junior's existing TV adverts.

The V-Dubs campaign launched earlier this month (September 2014), showcasing the Rollover RC Beetle. This will be followed by JCB in October 2014, with a range including Talkies, Big Wheelers and the Smash n Bash Crane Playset being showcased. The Go Mini collection will then run throughout November 2014 with the twin Turbo Raceway:
Golden Bear supports retailers with Nick Jr. sponsorship campaign


Collection of vehicle brands will feature on the channel each weekend in the run up to the key Christmas shopping period.

Golden Bear has launched a three-month sponsorship campaign with the popular children's network, Nick Jr.

The new deal will see Golden Bear’s collection of vehicle brands feature on the channel each weekend in sponsored slots running between 9am and noon.

The partnership has been secured in order to support retailers in the run up to the Christmas shopping season.

Golden Bear’s new Volkswagen, V-Dubs, My First JCB and Go Mini will each take its own month-long sponsorship, running alongside existing TV adverts.

The V-Dubs campaign launched earlier this month, showcasing the Rollover RC Beetle. This will be followed by JCB this October, with a range including Talkies, Big Wheelers and the Smash n Bash Crane Playset.

The Go Mini collection will then run throughout November with the twin Turbo Raceway.

"This sponsorship campaign will enable us to cover a large part of our portfolio over the three key months of the year and will be a great addition to the rest of our TV and marketing strategy," said Rachel Edge, consumer marketing manager, Golden Bear.

"Our vehicle brands form a major part of our portfolio and with world renowned brands among it, it is also a sector which we hope to grow both domestically and on an international scale.

"Supporting our retailers on the run up to Christmas is therefore highly important to us."

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Asian Networks Acquire Nickelodeon Content

The entertainment news website C21Media is reporting the exciting Nickelodeon International News in the following article that television broadcasters in China and Japan have acquired a slate of Nickelodeon animated properties (NickToons) inspired by manga and the martial arts!


In China, TianJinShi Team Shine Culture Communications has acquired the first seasons of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" and "The Legend of Korra", as well as "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron" spin-off "Planet Sheen". Meanwhile, in Japan, pay TV channel Buena Vista International will air both seasons of "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness".

Elsewhere in Asia, Thai broadcaster JKN Global Media has picked up more than 15 different Nickelodeon titles for its pay TV and free-to-air (FTA) channels JKN and BrightTV respectively.

These titles include season two of "Penguins of Madagascar", season five of "Fairly Odd Parents", season one of "Bubble Guppies" and season five of "SpongeBob SquarePants".

In Malaysia, Juita Viden has acquired seasons six to eight of "SpongeBob", season six of "Fairly OddParents" and season two of "The Penguins of Madagascar".

Finally, in Singapore, MediaCorp has taken the first season of Nickelodeon Preschools hit CG-animated preschool series "Paw Patrol" and the seventh seasons of "Dora the Explorer" and "SpongeBob":
Asian nets play with Nick content

Broadcasters in China and Japan have picked up a slate of Nickelodeon animated properties inspired by manga and the martial arts.

In China, TianJinShi Team Shine Culture Communications has acquired the first seasons of Avatar and The Legend of Korra, as well as Planet Sheen. Meanwhile, in Japan, pay TV channel Buena Vista International will air both seasons of Kung Fu Panda.

Elsewhere in Asia, Thai broadcaster JKN Global Media has picked up more than 15 different Nickelodeon titles for its pay TV and free to air channels JKN and BrightTV respectively.

These titles include season two of Penguins of Madagascar, season five of Fairly Odd Parents, season one of Bubble Guppies and season five of SpongeBob SquarePants.

In Malaysia, Juita Viden has acquired seasons six to eight of SpongeBob, season six of Fairly Odd Parents and season two of The Penguins of Madagascar.

Finally, in Singapore, MediaCorp has taken the first season of preschool toon Paw Patrol and the seventh seasons of Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob.

Nico Franks
02-09-2014
©C21Media

GENRES: Animation, Children's
SHOWS: Avatar, Planet Sheen, The Legend of Korra
COMPANIES: Buena Vista International, Nickelodeon, TianJinShi Team Shine Culture Communications, Viacom International Media Networks
SECTIONS: C21Kids
COUNTRIES: China, Japan, Malaysia, US

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Nickelodeon Australia Announces Ricki-Lee To Perform At SLIMEFEST 2014 In Sydney; Tickets For Morning Melbourne Concert Sold Out

Nickelodeon Australia has announced the exciting SLIMEFEST 2014 news in a post on their official Facebook profile page, facebook.com/NickelodeonAustralia, that, following Timomatic bring unable to perform at both SLIMEFEST events in Sydney or Melbourne due to a tragic situation, the Australian singer, songwriter, and television & radio presenter Ricki-Lee will be a performer at both SLIMEFEST concerts at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre in Sydney (SYD), New South Wales (NSW) on Friday 26th September 2014! Ricki-Lee will be joining the Australian pop singer Cody Simpson and his younger sister Alli Simpson, as well as Justice Crew and Sabrina Carpenter at Nick AU's 3rd annual SLIMEFEST!
.#SLIMEFEST update: We’re SUPER excited to announce that Ricki-Lee is going to perform at SLIMEFEST in Sydney!

Tickets are selling fast - http://ow.ly/BKNt6

Additionally, Nickelodeon Australia has also announced in a separate Facebook post that tickets for the 11:00am show in Melbourne (MEL) at the State Netball Hockey Centre in Parkville, Victoria (VIC) on Sunday 28th September 2014 have officially SOLD OUT!! Tickets for the 6:00pm Melbourne SLIMEFEST 2014 show and both 11am and 6pm SLIMEFEST 2014 shows in Sydney are still available to purchase on Ticketmaster Australia - hurry though, tickets are selling fast!:
.#SLIMEFEST Update: The 11am show in Melbourne has officially SOLD OUT!!

Tickets for the remaining SLIMEFEST shows are selling fast! Don’t miss out – http://ow.ly/BKXEC


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New Zealand Subscription Video On Demand Service Lightbox Acquires 400 Hours Of Nickelodeon, MTV And Comedy Central Content From Viacom International Media Networks

The entertainment news website C21Media and the television news website TBI Vision are reporting the exciting Nickelodeon International News in the following articles that the recently launched New Zealand subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) service Lightbox has acquired 400 hours of Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central content from Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN)!

Lightbox customers can now stream VIMN-owned shows including kids and adult animated series such as "SpongeBob SquarePants", "South Park" and "Beavis and Butt-Head".


These sit along other Viacom International Media Networks-owned series such as "iCarly", "Workaholics", "Awkward", as well as popular Nickelodeon Preschool series "Dora The Explorer", "Team Umizoomi" and "Bubble Guppies".

The no-contract service launched in New Zealand on Thursday 28th August 2014 and offers around 5,000 videos across PC's and laptops, iPads, Apple Airplay and Apple TV. The service costs NZ$15 (US$12.5) per month to subscribe and is operated by the digital arm of New Zealand-based telecommunications company Spark, formerly Telecom NZ, who have so far invested an estimated NZ$20 million in Lightbox.

From C21Media:
Lightbox fires up VIMN content

Fledgling New Zealand subscription VoD service Lightbox has acquired 400 hours of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon content.

Lightbox customers can now stream Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN)-owned shows including kids and adult animated series South Park, SpongeBob SquarePants and Beavis and Butt-Head.

Other titles available on Lightbox include Netflix’s Orange is the New Black and House of Cards as well as Breaking Bad, Heroes, Misfits, Seinfeld, The Office, The Thick of It, The X-Files and Outlander.

These sit along other VIMN-owned series such as Workaholics, Awkward and iCarly, as well as preschool cartoons Dora The Explorer, Team Umizoomi and Bubble Guppies.

The service, which launched in New Zealand on August 28, claims to be offering viewers 5,000 hours of TV content and costs NZ$15 (US$12.5) per month to subscribe.

It is operated by the digital arm of New Zealand-based telecommunications company Spark, formerly Telecom NZ.

Nico Franks
02-09-2014
©C21Media

GENRES: Animation, Children's, Drama
SHOWS: Beavis and Butt-head, South Park, SpongeBob SquarePants
PEOPLE: Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn
COMPANIES: Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Viacom International Media Networks
SECTIONS: C21Drama, C21Kids
COUNTRIES: New Zealand
Also, from TBI Vision:
Kiwi SVOD service bags Viacom shows

A new Netflix-style subscription on-demand service has acquired Beavis and Butt-Head, South Park and SpongeBob SquarePants.

Lightbox’s deal with Viacom International Media Networks is for more than 400 hours ofprogramming, handing the locally-owned SVOD service streaming rights to theshows.

Also included in the package are live action series such as Workaholics, Awkward and iCarly, and preschool series Dora The Explorer, Team Umizoomi and Bubble Guppies.

Spark New Zealand’s digital arm launched Lightbox last Thursday (August 28) as a no-contract service that offers around 5,000 videos across laptops, iPads, Apple Airplay and Apple TV.

A 30-day free trial is being offered to entice customers. Subsequent monthly fees will be NZ$15 (US$12.50).

Spark New Zealand was formerly known as New Zealand Telecom. It has invested an estimated NZ$20 million in Lightbox so far.

Spark New Zealand, Lightbox, Beavis and Butthead, Dora The Explorer, Team Umizoomi, South Park, SpongeBob SquarePants, Workaholics, Awkward and iCarly.

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