Nick To Host Nickelodeon Upfront 2015 Presentation On Wednesday 25th February 2015 In New York City

MediaBizBloggers is reporting the exciting Nickelodeon News that Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids and families, will be holding their annual upfront presentation, Nickelodeon Upfront 2015, where Nickelodeon will be unveiling the networks upcoming highlights for the 2015-2016 season, on Wednesday 25th February 2015 at a event in New York City!

Although unconfirmed, Nickelodeon is expected to announce information and preview the networks slate of upcoming brand-new shows, including new original animated series "Harvey Beaks" (formally titled "Bad Seeds"), "Pig Goat Banana Cricket", "Welcome to the Wayne", which Nickelodeon is developing for a TV series, and "The Loud House", upcoming brand-new shows "100 Things To Do Before High School" and "School of Rock", the networks two potential live-action series "The Dunes Club" (Working Title) and "Future Shock" (Working Title), Nickelodeon's brand-new animated preschool series "Shimmer and Shine", new digital series "Split/Second", "Junior Eye", "Chase Champion" (working title) and "Mr. Sheep's Department of Dreams", Nickelodeon's upcoming "Kids' Choice Awards 2015" and "Kids' Choice Sports 2015" events, Nickelodeon's upcoming brand-new original TV movie "Tripwrecked", and Nick at Nite's 30th Anniversary in July 2015!

Nickelodeon is also expected to announce their brand-new subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, which will allow viewers to watch Nickelodeon via the internet without the need for a cable subscription. Nickelodeon is set to launch their new online service, which won't carry the Nickelodeon brand, in March 2015.

Additionally, Nickelodeon is also expected to announce news about brand-new episodes and seasons for a raft of returning popular Nickelodeon shows, including "Henry Danger" and "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn", which were both renewed for 20 episode second seasons, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season four, "Sanjay and Craig" season three, and "Every Witch Way" season four.

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Nickelodeon Land UK Plans More Exciting Activities For 2015, Including Summer Of Slime

Jason Taylor, the Production & Logistics Manager at Stageworks Worldwide Productions & Blackpool Pleasure Beach, has announced the aweslime news in a interview with the Blackpool Gazette, below, that, following the introduction of on-park activities at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool in 2014, Nickelodeon's Team Nick gang at Nickelodeon Land are planning to make 2015 the biggest and best year ever at the UK's only Nickelodeon Land, with preparations under way for a host of exciting activities, including Nickelodeon Land's first-ever Summer Of Slime, which will be the very first time that Blackpool Pleasure Beach had slime at the park! Nickelodeon Megastar SpongeBob SquarePants, who will be starring in his brand-new movie in March 2015, will also be visiting the park in 2015!

The Blackpool Gazette also reports that Team Nick, Nickelodeon's ambassadors at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, will be holding auditions for new recruits later this month!

The Blackpool Gazette's article also gives readers a exclusive behind-the-scenes look at what goes on at Blackpool Pleasure Beach when the amusement park is closed for maintenance during the winter, and talks about what the theme park has in store for visitors in 2015, including Skyforce, a brand-new Red Arrows-inspired flying experience, scheduled to open in Spring 2015, which will allow visitors to make their ride as thrilling or as simple as they choose in self-piloted 'planes'!

Pleasure Beach, Blackpool reopens from its Winter break on Saturday 7th February 2015!:

Getting ready for the new season at the Pleasure Beach

Preparations are underway for the re-opening of the Pleasure Beach for the new season. The site of the Red Arrows Skyforce ride.

It's a classic horror movie cliché, the closed down fairground; eerily quiet and strange characters lurking in dark corners.

And on a bitterly cold February morning, Blackpool Pleasure Beach could easily be the set of a scary movie.

You don't realise just how noisy a theme park is until you set foot inside the gates when it's closed.

There's no rattling of the Grand National, no whooshing of the Big One, and no splashing of the river flume in Nickelodeon Land.

There's certainly no screaming as thrillseekers brave the rides, nor the cheerful hubbub of friends and families racing round the 44-acre South Shore site.

Instead, you might catch glimpse of a fork lift shifting tubs of water or crates of weights, a mini digger clearing debris or sky-high cranes around the park's oldest ride, and the latest recruits to the team arriving for training.

And perhaps the 'scariest' thing you might encounter are the independent inspectors, who actually make regular visits to the park throughout the year to keep tabs on the rolling programme of works.

The finishing touches are being put in place for the new season, which sees the Pleasure Beach reopen for weekends on Saturday, but there's surprisingly a lot of work still going on – even with just a few days to go.

Among the biggest changes taking place for 2015 is the demolition of the old monorail station, opposite the Wallace and Gromit Thrill-O-Matic – opening up the overpass area which links the two ends of the park.

Another major project has been refurbishing the 110-year-old Flying 
Machines, complete with new aircraft although they've retained the old-school, traditional feel.

From the oldest to the newest, also under way are the groundworks for Skyforce – a Red Arrows-inspired flying experience, due to open in the spring, which allows visitors to make their ride as thrilling or as simple as they choose in self-piloted 'planes'.

Alex Payne and Jason Taylor are among those in charge of preparing the park to open again after the winter break.

As technical director, Alex's job behind the scenes is to oversee the maintenance work onsite as well as the new build schemes.

In his office, tucked between the Grand National and Valhalla, it's seldom quiet.

In-season, the never-end of the whirl of the attraction goes on around them, and come the 'short' winter the team springs into life.

"You only really notice the noise, or lack of it, when it changes," he said. "So as the park reopens or closes, that's when you pick up on it."

Alex's team fights a never-ending battle against corrosion, as the park's buffeted by the winds off the Irish Sea, blasting the sand and salt water into the rides.

Skyforce, in the shadow of the Big One's main climb, will be one of the most 
exposed rides onsite, and a special method has been developed to hopefully delay the onset of corrosion, while existing rides are showered with love by the team onsite and contractors.

"There's a team of abseilers working on the Big One during the closed season, chipping off the paint, repairing corrosion and reapplying paint." Alex said.

"At 120ft up, at the return bend of the Big One, it's battered by everything. The paint is blasted off by the sand in the air and then the sea air gets into the metal-work. We have to give it as much love as we can. With all the rides, it's a case of delaying the onset as we'll never stop it given where we are. I cannot emphasise what a problem corrosion is for us."

The 75-strong in-house team of engineers works year-round to look after the site, with contractors providing additional specialist services.

This week the last of the rides are being pieced back together, and water tanks are refilled – as no matter how cold the forecast may be, guests to the park will still want to tackle the water rides such as the soaking-promising Valhalla, the kids' Rugrats Lost River log flume and white-knuckle coaster Infusion.

Valhalla is one of the first rides back in action each year after the closedown maintenance programme, as it takes so long to be ready for riders.

"It takes about a week to refill," Alex explained. "So the maintenance works have to be complete pretty much straight after Christmas, to allow it to refill and to then be able to do testing.

"There's so much to the ride, with integrating the effects system and the mechanics, that's it's always a big task.

"Servicing the boats is a rolling programme, and they'll go into the workshop throughout the season, and that applies across the park."

Jason Taylor, production and logistics manager, is more front-of-house, heading up the on-park entertainment team among other things. Most of his Team Nick staff have winter jobs with the Pleasure Beach, and new recruits will be auditioned later this month, with preparations under way for a host of fun activities.

"Last year we introduced on-park activities and this year we want to really push it forward," he said.

"We've got a Summer Of Slime planned, which is awesome and will be the first time we've had slime on park – for the guests and the staff. Where we had the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' film last year, this year there will be Spongebob Squarepants and Shaun the Sheep movies and they're both so popular as characters here – so that's another great way to enhance the experience for visitors."

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Nickelodeon Germany And Nicknight Enjoy Successful Starts To 2015

Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe has announced the exciting Nickelodeon International news in the following press release, from VIMN North's official Pressecenter, that Nickelodeon Germany (Deutschland) and Nicknight, Nick Germany's night time programming block, both had a successful start to the new year!

Nickelodeon closed January 2015 with a market share of 9.4%* in the channels core target group, a increase of more than 10%* compared to December 2014. Nickelodeon's ratings success looks set to continue all through the year with the premiere of many more brand-new shows and the debut of more all-new viewers initiatives!

Nicknight, Nickelodeon's recently launched evening programming block primarily aimed at young adults, also continues to grow strongly, closing January 2015 with a market share of 2.0%*, up 14.5%* compared to the previous month. Nicknight continues to thrill its core demographic of 14-to-29-year-old's with shows such as "Degrassi" and "Wendell & Vinnie", and offers viewers the option to watch a show with a German dub or in its original English language.

* Source: AGF in cooperation with GfK; 01.12.2014 -31.01.2015 (preliminary weighted)

02. Februar 2015

Nickelodeon, Nicknight & VIVA verzeichnen erfolgreichen Start in das neue Jahr

Der Abendprogrammblock Nicknight wächst weiter stark und schließt den Januar mit einem Marktanteil von 2,0 Prozent // VIVA steigert seinen Marktanteil im

Das Jahr 2015 startet erfolgreich für Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Northern Europe und seine Sendermarken. Besonders der Kindersender Nickelodeon, dessen Abendprogrammblock für junge Erwachsene Nicknight und der Musiksender VIVA schließen den ersten Monat des neuen Jahres mit sehr guten Marktanteilen ab.

Nickelodeon schließt den Januar 2015 mit einem Marktanteil von 9,4 Prozent* in der Kernzielgruppe ab und steigert sich damit um über 10 Prozent* im Vergleich zum Vormonat. Nickelodeon konnte zuletzt vor allem mit Formaten, wie 'Kung Fu Panda‘, 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', 'Cosmo & Wanda' und 'Rabbids' punkten und hält auch in diesem Jahr viele neue, spannende Shows und Initiativen bereit. So können Live-Action-Fans sich auf den neuen Programmblock "Alles Neu, Alles Nick" freuen, welcher ab dem 1. Februar immer sonntags ab 17 Uhr mit neuen Live-Action Serien, wie 'Henry Danger' und 'Max & Shred' aufwarten wird.

Nicknight, der Abendprogrammblock bei Nickelodeon, der sich vor allem an junge Erwachsene richtet, verzeichnet im Januar 2015 mit 2,0 Prozent* einen sehr guten Monatsmarktanteil und wächst damit um 14,5 Prozent* im Vergleich zum Vormonat. Nicknight begeistert die Kernzielgruppe der 14- bis 29-jährigen mit Shows wie der Teen-Drama-Serie 'Degrassi' und 'Wendell & Vinnie' und bietet seinen Zuschauern dabei die Möglichkeit, diese nicht nur in deutscher Sprache, sondern auch in englischer Originalversion anzuschauen.

Der Musiksender VIVA, welcher seit Oktober 2014 in der Zeit von 6 Uhr morgens bis 17 Uhr abends auf einem Programmplatz mit Comedy Central zu sehen ist, steigert sich im Januar um 17,1 Prozent* im Vergleich zum Vormonat und erreicht einen Marktanteil von 2,2 Prozent* bei den 14- bis 29-jährigen. Neben beliebten Musikshows, wie der 'VIVA Top 100', bietet VIVA seinen Zuschauern auch beliebte US-Kultserien, wie 'American Dad' oder 'Futurama'.

*Quelle: AGF in Zusammenarbeit mit GfK; 01.12.2014 -31.01.2015 (vorläufig gewichtet)

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