Monday, October 05, 2015
Sneak Peek Of New "The Thundermans" Episode "Evil Never Sleeps", Premiering 10/7 On Nickelodeon USA
To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand-new "The Thundermans" episode "Evil Never Sleeps" on Wednesday 7th October 2015 at 7:30pm (ET/PT), Nick USA has unveiled a super sneak peek preview of the all-new episode, which you can watch in the fantastic online streaming video clip below!:
Sneak Peek Of New "Bella And The Bulldogs" Episode "Girls' Night", Premiering 10/7 On Nickelodeon USA
To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand-new "Bella and the Bulldogs" season two episode "Girls' Night" on Wednesday 7th October 2015 at 8:00pm (ET/PT), Nick USA has unveiled a super sneak peek preview of the all-new episode, which you can watch in the fantastic online streaming video clip below!:
Nicktoons USA To Air "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2003) Season 5, "Ninja Tribunal", In October 2015
Nick & More! is reporting the Turtley Awesome news that Nickelodeon USA's animation and action channel, Nicktoons USA, will be airing the fifth season of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2003), titled "Ninja Tribunal", for the first time between between Monday 26th and Thursday 29th October 2015 from 8-9pm and on Friday 30th October 2015 from 8-10pm!
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael (aka the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) are taken to Japan in this installment in the long-running animated series. Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's characters are taken before a mysterious Ninja Tribunal after arriving in the country, and they are soon put through some rigorous training sessions to help them find some new special powers. The newly acquired abilities of the Turtles are tested when a warlord named the Shredder appears on the scene, and they must battle hard as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance.
Original source: ToonZone Forums member kanc.
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Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael (aka the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) are taken to Japan in this installment in the long-running animated series. Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's characters are taken before a mysterious Ninja Tribunal after arriving in the country, and they are soon put through some rigorous training sessions to help them find some new special powers. The newly acquired abilities of the Turtles are tested when a warlord named the Shredder appears on the scene, and they must battle hard as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance.
Original source: ToonZone Forums member kanc.
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Nickelodeon Germany To Premiere "Liar, Liar, Vampire" On Saturday 14th November 2015
Nickelodeon Germany has announced the magical Nickelodeon International news in the following press release, from Nick Germany's "Nick Pressecenter", that Nickelodeon Germany (Deutschland) will premiere the brand-new Nickelodeon Original Movie "Liar, Liar, Vampire", locally titled "Lügen haben spitze Zähne", on Saturday 14th November 2015 at 6:00pm!
High school is hard enough, especially when you're the new kid! In Nickelodeon's all-new film, when introverted, 17-year old Davis Pell (Rahart Adams, "Every Witch Way") switches schools, mega popular Caitlyn Crisp (Tiera Skovbye) mistakes him for a Vampire! With the help of his new neighbor and vampire expert Vi (Brec Bassinger, "Bella and the Bulldogs"), Davis plays up to this misconception and his new supernaturally super cool persona helps him score some serious popularity points! However, as word spreads fast, Davis might be biting off a bit more than he can chew...
Although unconfirmed, it is expected that other Nickelodeon channels around Northern Europe will also debut "Liar, Liar, Vampire" around the same time.
Original Nickelodeon Deutschland Press Release:
Echte Deutschlandpremiere mit falschem Vampir
Der Spielfilm 'Lügen haben spitze Zähne' feiert Premiere am 14. November um 18.00 Uhr bei Nickelodeon // Mit den Stars Brec Bassinger [('Bella and the Bulldogs' und Rahart Adams ('Emma, einfach magisch!')]
Berlin, 5. Oktober 2015 – Ein paar falsche Zähne, farbige Kontaktlinsen, Verzicht auf Knoblauch, Vermeiden von Spiegeln und Sonnenlicht und fertig ist der selbstgemachte Vampir.
Davis (Rahart Adams) ist ein Teenager mit einer blühenden Fantasie, der sich in Traumwelten flüchtet. Durch die berufsbedingen Umzüge seiner Mutter findet er nur schwer Anschluss. Nach dem jüngsten Umzug nimmt er sich vor, dass er diesmal nicht der unbeliebte Sonderling der Schule sein wird. Er will Freundschaften knüpfen, den Respekt der Mitschüler und eine Freundin finden. Schon an seinem ersten Abend in der neuen Stadt schließt er Freundschaft mit seiner Nachbarin und Mitschülerin Vi (Brec Bassinger) und an seinem ersten Schultag verliebt er sich direkt in die schöne Videobloggerin Caitlyn. Wie es der Zufall so will, hält diese ihn für einen waschechten Vampir. Da ein Dasein als Vampir den sozialen Status erheblich zu steigern scheint, beschließt Davis sie und die ganze Schulgemeinschaft in diesem Glauben zu lassen. Zusammen mit Vi, die eine Expertin des Vampirismus ist, spielt er fortan die Rolle des coolen Vampirs. Doch muss man sich wirklich verstellen, um gemocht zu werden?
Mit 'Lügen haben spitze Zähne' liefert Nickelodeon eine ganz eigene Vampirgeschichte, die zeigt, was es bedeutet, zu sich selbst zu finden.
Am 14. November um 18.00 Uhr feiert 'Lügen haben spitze Zähne' seine deutschsprachige Premiere bei Nickelodeon.
Bildmaterial und Screener sind hier zu finden.
Über Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon ist eine der bekanntesten Kinder Entertainment-Brands der Welt und die Heimat einiger der beliebtesten Kinderserien derzeit, darunter 'SpongeBob Schwammkopf', 'Sam & Cat', 'Die Pinguine aus Madagascar' und 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'. Besonderes Programm-Highlight sind die jährlich stattfindenden 'Nickelodeon Kids‘ Choice Awards', eine starbesetzte Show, in der Kinder weltweit über ihre Lieblingsstars abstimmen. Nickelodeon bietet seinen jungen und jüngsten Zuschauern die perfekte Unterhaltung – und das nicht nur im TV sondern auch Online auf www.nick.de sowie über Mobile Apps: für Nickelodeon-Spaß überall und jederzeit. Die in Berlin entwickelte Nick Jr. App 'Spaß macht Schlau' wurde bei den Lovie Awards 2014 mit Bronze ausgezeichnet. Am 1. Oktober 2014 ist zudem der Programmblock 'Nicknight' gestartet, der sich an die Zielgruppe der jungen Erwachsenen richtet.
Nickelodeon ist Teil der Viacom International Media Networks GmbH. Zum Nickelodeon Unternehmen gehören neben dem Fernsehangebot für Kinder außerdem der Bereich Consumer Products, Freizeitangebote und Publishing Produkte. Nickelodeon Northern Europe, mit Hauptsitz in Berlin, strahlt die Nickelodeon Inhalte in 14 Länder Nordeuropas auf seinen Kanälen Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nick Jr., Nick Hits, Teen Nick und Nicknight aus. Die Eigenproduktionen 'Het Huis Anubis' / 'Das Haus Anubis', 'Hotel 13', 'Nickelodeon Alaaarm' und 'Nick Battle' runden das Angebot von Nickelodeon in Nordeuropa ab.
Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe
Kontakt: Jacqueline Fingerle - Brand Communications
Fon: 49 30 700 100-141
E-Mail: [...], Info: www.viacom.de
Follow us on Twitter @VIMNgermany
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High school is hard enough, especially when you're the new kid! In Nickelodeon's all-new film, when introverted, 17-year old Davis Pell (Rahart Adams, "Every Witch Way") switches schools, mega popular Caitlyn Crisp (Tiera Skovbye) mistakes him for a Vampire! With the help of his new neighbor and vampire expert Vi (Brec Bassinger, "Bella and the Bulldogs"), Davis plays up to this misconception and his new supernaturally super cool persona helps him score some serious popularity points! However, as word spreads fast, Davis might be biting off a bit more than he can chew...
Although unconfirmed, it is expected that other Nickelodeon channels around Northern Europe will also debut "Liar, Liar, Vampire" around the same time.
Original Nickelodeon Deutschland Press Release:
Echte Deutschlandpremiere mit falschem Vampir
Der Spielfilm 'Lügen haben spitze Zähne' feiert Premiere am 14. November um 18.00 Uhr bei Nickelodeon // Mit den Stars Brec Bassinger [('Bella and the Bulldogs' und Rahart Adams ('Emma, einfach magisch!')]
Berlin, 5. Oktober 2015 – Ein paar falsche Zähne, farbige Kontaktlinsen, Verzicht auf Knoblauch, Vermeiden von Spiegeln und Sonnenlicht und fertig ist der selbstgemachte Vampir.
Davis (Rahart Adams) ist ein Teenager mit einer blühenden Fantasie, der sich in Traumwelten flüchtet. Durch die berufsbedingen Umzüge seiner Mutter findet er nur schwer Anschluss. Nach dem jüngsten Umzug nimmt er sich vor, dass er diesmal nicht der unbeliebte Sonderling der Schule sein wird. Er will Freundschaften knüpfen, den Respekt der Mitschüler und eine Freundin finden. Schon an seinem ersten Abend in der neuen Stadt schließt er Freundschaft mit seiner Nachbarin und Mitschülerin Vi (Brec Bassinger) und an seinem ersten Schultag verliebt er sich direkt in die schöne Videobloggerin Caitlyn. Wie es der Zufall so will, hält diese ihn für einen waschechten Vampir. Da ein Dasein als Vampir den sozialen Status erheblich zu steigern scheint, beschließt Davis sie und die ganze Schulgemeinschaft in diesem Glauben zu lassen. Zusammen mit Vi, die eine Expertin des Vampirismus ist, spielt er fortan die Rolle des coolen Vampirs. Doch muss man sich wirklich verstellen, um gemocht zu werden?
Mit 'Lügen haben spitze Zähne' liefert Nickelodeon eine ganz eigene Vampirgeschichte, die zeigt, was es bedeutet, zu sich selbst zu finden.
Am 14. November um 18.00 Uhr feiert 'Lügen haben spitze Zähne' seine deutschsprachige Premiere bei Nickelodeon.
Bildmaterial und Screener sind hier zu finden.
Über Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon ist eine der bekanntesten Kinder Entertainment-Brands der Welt und die Heimat einiger der beliebtesten Kinderserien derzeit, darunter 'SpongeBob Schwammkopf', 'Sam & Cat', 'Die Pinguine aus Madagascar' und 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'. Besonderes Programm-Highlight sind die jährlich stattfindenden 'Nickelodeon Kids‘ Choice Awards', eine starbesetzte Show, in der Kinder weltweit über ihre Lieblingsstars abstimmen. Nickelodeon bietet seinen jungen und jüngsten Zuschauern die perfekte Unterhaltung – und das nicht nur im TV sondern auch Online auf www.nick.de sowie über Mobile Apps: für Nickelodeon-Spaß überall und jederzeit. Die in Berlin entwickelte Nick Jr. App 'Spaß macht Schlau' wurde bei den Lovie Awards 2014 mit Bronze ausgezeichnet. Am 1. Oktober 2014 ist zudem der Programmblock 'Nicknight' gestartet, der sich an die Zielgruppe der jungen Erwachsenen richtet.
Nickelodeon ist Teil der Viacom International Media Networks GmbH. Zum Nickelodeon Unternehmen gehören neben dem Fernsehangebot für Kinder außerdem der Bereich Consumer Products, Freizeitangebote und Publishing Produkte. Nickelodeon Northern Europe, mit Hauptsitz in Berlin, strahlt die Nickelodeon Inhalte in 14 Länder Nordeuropas auf seinen Kanälen Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nick Jr., Nick Hits, Teen Nick und Nicknight aus. Die Eigenproduktionen 'Het Huis Anubis' / 'Das Haus Anubis', 'Hotel 13', 'Nickelodeon Alaaarm' und 'Nick Battle' runden das Angebot von Nickelodeon in Nordeuropa ab.
Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe
Kontakt: Jacqueline Fingerle - Brand Communications
Fon: 49 30 700 100-141
E-Mail: [...], Info: www.viacom.de
Follow us on Twitter @VIMNgermany
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Girls Love Rahart Adams
The ladies can't help but go gaga for Rahart Adams, the star of the brand-new Nickelodeon Original Movie "Liar, Liar, Vampire"! He has the hair, he's got the smile, and how about his accent?
High school is hard enough, especially when you're the new kid! In Nickelodeon's all-new film, when introverted, 17-year old Davis Pell (Rahart Adams, "Every Witch Way") switches schools, mega popular Caitlyn Crisp (Tiera Skovbye) mistakes him for a Vampire! With the help of his new neighbor and vampire expert Vi (Brec Bassinger, "Bella and the Bulldogs"), Davis plays up to this misconception and his new supernaturally super cool persona helps him score some serious popularity points! However, as word spreads fast, Davis might be biting off a bit more than he can chew...
Don't miss the premiere of the all-new Nick Flick "Liar, Liar, Vampire" on Monday 12th October 2015 at 7:00pm ET/PT (Columbus Day) on Nickelodeon USA and on Friday 23rd October 2015 at 5:30pm on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland/UK!
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High school is hard enough, especially when you're the new kid! In Nickelodeon's all-new film, when introverted, 17-year old Davis Pell (Rahart Adams, "Every Witch Way") switches schools, mega popular Caitlyn Crisp (Tiera Skovbye) mistakes him for a Vampire! With the help of his new neighbor and vampire expert Vi (Brec Bassinger, "Bella and the Bulldogs"), Davis plays up to this misconception and his new supernaturally super cool persona helps him score some serious popularity points! However, as word spreads fast, Davis might be biting off a bit more than he can chew...
Don't miss the premiere of the all-new Nick Flick "Liar, Liar, Vampire" on Monday 12th October 2015 at 7:00pm ET/PT (Columbus Day) on Nickelodeon USA and on Friday 23rd October 2015 at 5:30pm on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland/UK!
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Sneak Peek Of New "Power Rangers Dino Charge" Episode "True Black", Premiering 10/10 On Nickelodeon USA
To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand new "Power Rangers Dino Charge" episode "True Black" on Saturday 10th October 2015 at 12:00pm ET/PT, the official "Power Rangers" YouTube channel has unveiled a fantastic sneak peek preview from the all-new PRDC episode, which you can watch in the super online streaming video clip below!:
In the brand-new "Power Rangers Dino Charge" episode "True Black" (#514), when three Rangers are trapped in an underground tomb, Chase Randall (James Davies) must race to master his new power upgrade before his friends are lost forever. In the fantastic sneak-peek, the Rangers have a lot of weight on their shoulders!
Additional sources: Zap2it TV Listings, RangerWiki
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In the brand-new "Power Rangers Dino Charge" episode "True Black" (#514), when three Rangers are trapped in an underground tomb, Chase Randall (James Davies) must race to master his new power upgrade before his friends are lost forever. In the fantastic sneak-peek, the Rangers have a lot of weight on their shoulders!
Additional sources: Zap2it TV Listings, RangerWiki
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Level Up With SwaySway And Buhdeuce
Breadwinners never give up, and SwaySway and Buhdeuce are here to L-L-L-L-Level Up your day with this quazy brand new video!:
Watch "Breadwinners", only on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons!
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Watch "Breadwinners", only on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons!
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"100 Things To Do before High School" - Top 5 School Fails
Everybody loves a fail video! Check out this compilation of the Top 5 School Fails from the brand-new Nickelodeon show "100 Things to Do Before High School"!:
Catch brand-new episodes of "100 Things to Do Before High School" every Friday at 4:30pm on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK and every Saturday at 9:00pm ET/PT on Nickelodeon USA!
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Catch brand-new episodes of "100 Things to Do Before High School" every Friday at 4:30pm on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK and every Saturday at 9:00pm ET/PT on Nickelodeon USA!
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Viacom to Open State of the Art Production Studio in Miami
Original Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Press Release via Business Wire:
Viacom to Open State of the Art Production Studio in Miami
Studio Will Serve As Multiplatform Production Hub
October 05, 2015 01:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time
NEW YORK & MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) announced today that it will open a two-stage, 88,000 square foot, state-of-the-art production facility in Miami, Florida. The new studio, which was built by the Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) as a public-private partnership with EUE/Screen Gems Studios, will serve as a production hub for Viacom's global entertainment brands including Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central.
View of the Viacom International Studio in Miami, Florida (Photo: Business Wire)
"We are creating more content than ever before across all of our brands at Viacom," said Robert Bakish, President and CEO of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN). "The Viacom International Studio in Miami will offer a turnkey facility where we can create even more original, high quality content to meet the increasing demand for long-and-short-form content on all of our global platforms."
"We have had terrific success with the recent live action productions we have coming from Miami, and we are very excited to be committed to doing more," said Cyma Zarghami, President, Viacom Kids and Family Group. "We are constantly looking for new creative ideas and content formats that allow us to tell stories in a completely different way, and this facility will certainly forward that effort."
"Viacom has demonstrated again and again that hits come from all over the world," said Pierluigi Gazzolo, President, VIMN Americas and Executive Vice President, Nickelodeon International. "With an established track record of multi-lingual hits including Every Witch Way and Talia in the Kitchen being produced in Miami for multiple audiences simultaneously, in global collaboration with the US and local Latin American teams, we're excited to have the opportunity to further expand our production capabilities in the market."
Located in central Miami, the studio location offers access to a highly skilled, multi-lingual talent pool essential to creating global productions in multiple languages. The facilities will include two modern sound stages equipped to create a variety of content simultaneously, from daily scripted series, music specials and game shows to short form content for mobile, digital and on-air.
"We welcome Viacom as a long-term partner at our new Miami studios," said Chris Cooney, Chief Operating Officer of EUE/Screen Gems Studios. "Our company has worked closely with Viacom to develop a facility worthy of a dynamic content producer. Today, we celebrate our relationship with Viacom, and we applaud our partners at the Omni CRA, whose vision and efforts have made this building possible."
VIMN Americas' Miami headquarters is responsible for driving Viacom's businesses across Latin America and Canada and is the production hub for VIMN Americas production unit which creates content for Viacom International's brand portfolio including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and Paramount Channel. Within the past five years, VIMN Americas has increased its production output in Miami three fold. Viacom global hits produced in Miami include Nickelodeon's Every Witch Way, now in its fourth season, and its newest English-language production Talia in the Kitchen, a spin-off of the Spanish-language Toni, La Chef initially produced for Latin America, and WITS Academy, a spin-off of Every Witch Way, which premieres on Nickelodeon in the US on Monday, October 5th.
The building offers 88,000 square feet of production space, featuring:
* Two 15,000-square-foot sound stages with ceiling clearance 40 feet to the grid
* Lighting dimmer systems with cabled and powered lighting grids
* Lighting, electric and grip on site
* 12 post-production rooms
* 16 dressing rooms, including six star dressing rooms, plus two make-up rooms
* Two green rooms
* Technical equipment, prop, and set storage
* Designated spaces for the art department
* Production offices
* Conference and break rooms
* Commissary seating for up to 200
* Audience holding areas
* Mill shop, warehouse space
* Wardrobe rooms with washers and dryers
EUE/Screen Gems has entered into a long-term lease with Miami's Omni CRA to operate the new facility. Viacom has worked with EUE/Screen Gems to host its Atlanta offices and shows for BET Networks.
About Viacom
Viacom is home to premier global media brands that create compelling television programs, motion pictures, short-form video, apps, games, consumer products, social media and other entertainment content for audiences in more than 165 countries and territories. Viacom's media networks, including Nickelodeon, CMT, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, TV Land, Nick at Nite, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, SPIKE, Logo, BET, CENTRIC, Channel 5 (UK), Tr3s, Paramount Channel and VIVA, reach a cumulative 3.2 billion television subscribers worldwide. Paramount Pictures is a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment.
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Original Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency Press Release via Business Wire:
Viacom to Open State of the Art Production Studio in Miami
Studio Will Serve As Multiplatform Production Hub
October 05, 2015 01:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time
NEW YORK & MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) announced today that it will open a two-stage, 88,000 square foot, state-of-the-art production facility in Miami, Florida. The new studio, which was built by the Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) as a public-private partnership with EUE/Screen Gems Studios, will serve as a production hub for Viacom's global entertainment brands including Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central.
View of the Viacom International Studio in Miami, Florida (Photo: Business Wire)
"We are creating more content than ever before across all of our brands at Viacom," said Robert Bakish, President and CEO of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN). "The Viacom International Studio in Miami will offer a turnkey facility where we can create even more original, high quality content to meet the increasing demand for long-and-short-form content on all of our global platforms."
"We have had terrific success with the recent live action productions we have coming from Miami, and we are very excited to be committed to doing more," said Cyma Zarghami, President, Viacom Kids and Family Group. "We are constantly looking for new creative ideas and content formats that allow us to tell stories in a completely different way, and this facility will certainly forward that effort."
"Viacom has demonstrated again and again that hits come from all over the world," said Pierluigi Gazzolo, President, VIMN Americas and Executive Vice President, Nickelodeon International. "With an established track record of multi-lingual hits including Every Witch Way and Talia in the Kitchen being produced in Miami for multiple audiences simultaneously, in global collaboration with the US and local Latin American teams, we're excited to have the opportunity to further expand our production capabilities in the market."
Located in central Miami, the studio location offers access to a highly skilled, multi-lingual talent pool essential to creating global productions in multiple languages. The facilities will include two modern sound stages equipped to create a variety of content simultaneously, from daily scripted series, music specials and game shows to short form content for mobile, digital and on-air.
"We welcome Viacom as a long-term partner at our new Miami studios," said Chris Cooney, Chief Operating Officer of EUE/Screen Gems Studios. "Our company has worked closely with Viacom to develop a facility worthy of a dynamic content producer. Today, we celebrate our relationship with Viacom, and we applaud our partners at the Omni CRA, whose vision and efforts have made this building possible."
VIMN Americas' Miami headquarters is responsible for driving Viacom's businesses across Latin America and Canada and is the production hub for VIMN Americas production unit which creates content for Viacom International's brand portfolio including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and Paramount Channel. Within the past five years, VIMN Americas has increased its production output in Miami three fold. Viacom global hits produced in Miami include Nickelodeon's Every Witch Way, now in its fourth season, and its newest English-language production Talia in the Kitchen, a spin-off of the Spanish-language Toni, La Chef initially produced for Latin America, and WITS Academy, a spin-off of Every Witch Way, which premieres on Nickelodeon in the US on Monday, October 5th.
The building offers 88,000 square feet of production space, featuring:
* Two 15,000-square-foot sound stages with ceiling clearance 40 feet to the grid
* Lighting dimmer systems with cabled and powered lighting grids
* Lighting, electric and grip on site
* 12 post-production rooms
* 16 dressing rooms, including six star dressing rooms, plus two make-up rooms
* Two green rooms
* Technical equipment, prop, and set storage
* Designated spaces for the art department
* Production offices
* Conference and break rooms
* Commissary seating for up to 200
* Audience holding areas
* Mill shop, warehouse space
* Wardrobe rooms with washers and dryers
EUE/Screen Gems has entered into a long-term lease with Miami's Omni CRA to operate the new facility. Viacom has worked with EUE/Screen Gems to host its Atlanta offices and shows for BET Networks.
About Viacom
Viacom is home to premier global media brands that create compelling television programs, motion pictures, short-form video, apps, games, consumer products, social media and other entertainment content for audiences in more than 165 countries and territories. Viacom's media networks, including Nickelodeon, CMT, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, TV Land, Nick at Nite, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, SPIKE, Logo, BET, CENTRIC, Channel 5 (UK), Tr3s, Paramount Channel and VIVA, reach a cumulative 3.2 billion television subscribers worldwide. Paramount Pictures is a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment.
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Original Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency Press Release via Business Wire:
Sneak-Peek From First Episode Of "W.I.Ts Academy", Premiering TONIGHT On Nickelodeon USA
Who's ready for the magical premiere of "WITS Academy" TONIGHT?!
To celebrate Nickelodeon USA starting to premiere and show "W.I.Ts Academy" weekdays at 7pm/6c from tonight, 10/5, continuing the spellbinding journey of "Every Witch Way" with a magical mix of fresh & familiar faces, Just Jared Jr. has unveiled a fantastic sneak-peek preview from the very first episode, "The New Guard", which you can watch in a fantastic online streaming video clip here on JustJaredJr.com!
In the series premiere of "W.I.Ts Academy", Andi Cruz arrives at the prestigious WITS Academy and meets the other Guardians and witches and wizards in training. In the sneak-peek, Andi bumps into Ruby, causing a bad first impression... uh-oh!
In "WITs Academy", Andi's (Daniela Nieves) dream to become a Guardian has become true and she is now studying at W.I.Ts Academy, the Magic Realm's most esteemed school for witches and wizards in training, but, as the best friend and unofficial Guardian to the Chosen One, she now has to work hard to prove that she can live up to expectations as the first and only human Guardian. She's also in charge of getting the Magical Realm's toughest witch and wizard to graduation day, one of which is Jax's little sister, Jessie Novoa (Julia Antonelli). Along the way she'll have to decide who is a friend, who is a foe and who may be more.
"WITs Academy" stars Daniela Nieves as Andi Cruz, Kaelii "Jazzy" WIlliams as Kim, Calvin "Ryan" Cargill as Luke, Jailen James Allen Bates as Ben Davis, Andrew Amaru Ortega Walker as Sean De Soto, Lidya Jewett as Gracie Walker, Tyler T. Perez as Cameron, Kennedy Lea Slocum as Ruby Webber, Julia Antonelli as Jessie Novoa, Christ Margaret "Meg" Crosbie, Emily and Efthimios "Timothy" Colombos as Ethan, Todd Allen Durkin as Agamemnon, Mia Matthews as Desdemona, and Bianca Matthews.
To further celebrate the launch of "WITS Academy", Nickelodeon USA recently unveiled a magical "W.I.Ts Academy" billboard above one of the entrances of Nickelodeon USA's/Viacom's/MTV's New York offices and studios at 1515 Broadway, New York, NY, United States, right in the middle of New York City's famous Times Square, to promote the networks brand-new spellbinding series!
Here's a closer look at Nickelodeon's bewitching "WITS Academy" poster:
Additionally, "WITs Academy" star Kennedy Lea Slocum will be live-tweeting the West Coast premiere of "WITs Academy" tonight from 7:00pm! Follow along at @KennedySlocum!
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To celebrate Nickelodeon USA starting to premiere and show "W.I.Ts Academy" weekdays at 7pm/6c from tonight, 10/5, continuing the spellbinding journey of "Every Witch Way" with a magical mix of fresh & familiar faces, Just Jared Jr. has unveiled a fantastic sneak-peek preview from the very first episode, "The New Guard", which you can watch in a fantastic online streaming video clip here on JustJaredJr.com!
In the series premiere of "W.I.Ts Academy", Andi Cruz arrives at the prestigious WITS Academy and meets the other Guardians and witches and wizards in training. In the sneak-peek, Andi bumps into Ruby, causing a bad first impression... uh-oh!
In "WITs Academy", Andi's (Daniela Nieves) dream to become a Guardian has become true and she is now studying at W.I.Ts Academy, the Magic Realm's most esteemed school for witches and wizards in training, but, as the best friend and unofficial Guardian to the Chosen One, she now has to work hard to prove that she can live up to expectations as the first and only human Guardian. She's also in charge of getting the Magical Realm's toughest witch and wizard to graduation day, one of which is Jax's little sister, Jessie Novoa (Julia Antonelli). Along the way she'll have to decide who is a friend, who is a foe and who may be more.
"WITs Academy" stars Daniela Nieves as Andi Cruz, Kaelii "Jazzy" WIlliams as Kim, Calvin "Ryan" Cargill as Luke, Jailen James Allen Bates as Ben Davis, Andrew Amaru Ortega Walker as Sean De Soto, Lidya Jewett as Gracie Walker, Tyler T. Perez as Cameron, Kennedy Lea Slocum as Ruby Webber, Julia Antonelli as Jessie Novoa, Christ Margaret "Meg" Crosbie, Emily and Efthimios "Timothy" Colombos as Ethan, Todd Allen Durkin as Agamemnon, Mia Matthews as Desdemona, and Bianca Matthews.
To further celebrate the launch of "WITS Academy", Nickelodeon USA recently unveiled a magical "W.I.Ts Academy" billboard above one of the entrances of Nickelodeon USA's/Viacom's/MTV's New York offices and studios at 1515 Broadway, New York, NY, United States, right in the middle of New York City's famous Times Square, to promote the networks brand-new spellbinding series!
Here's a closer look at Nickelodeon's bewitching "WITS Academy" poster:
Additionally, "WITs Academy" star Kennedy Lea Slocum will be live-tweeting the West Coast premiere of "WITs Academy" tonight from 7:00pm! Follow along at @KennedySlocum!
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Nickelodeon Partners With Crazy Play For Branded Soft Play Areas
Nickelodeon, number-one entertainment brand for kids, has signed a new portfolio partnership with the Crazy Play brand!
The deal will result in a range of branded soft play areas boasting hit Nickelodeon brands such as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Dora the Explorer".
The first venues will be launching in the lead up to Christmas 2015 with more rolling out into the new year.
Check out initial designs for the Nickelodeon soft play areas below:
Original source: Licensing.biz
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The deal will result in a range of branded soft play areas boasting hit Nickelodeon brands such as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Dora the Explorer".
The first venues will be launching in the lead up to Christmas 2015 with more rolling out into the new year.
Check out initial designs for the Nickelodeon soft play areas below:
Original source: Licensing.biz
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Bagdasarian And PGS Name Wicked Cool Toys As Master Toy Partner For "Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks"
US toy manufacturer Wicked Cool Toys has been appointed the master toy partner for the hit "Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks" television series!
The firm has teamed with Bagdasarian Productions and PGS Entertainment to develop a line of diverse toys, including a voice changer singing microphone, articulated figures, playsets, plush and more.
The collection is expected to hit retailers in Summer and Autumn (Fall) 2016.
Offering a fresh look at the classic adventures of Alvin, Theodore, Simon and the Chipettes, "Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks" is already a top-rated CG-animated series on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels around the world.
Created, written and directed by Janice Karman, who along with her husband Ross Bagdasarian, are the owners and voices of the "Chipmunks" franchise and the producers of the previous hit 80s TV series and three "Chipmunks" movies.
"At Wicked Cool Toys, we have quickly positioned ourselves as a toy industry leader by aligning with powerhouse new and classic brands," said Michael Rinzler and Jeremy Padawer, co-presidents of Wicked Cool Toys.
""Alvinnn!!! and The Chipmunks" is a perfect complement to our portfolio and our team is envisioning "Alvinnn!!!" to be one of the most successful new pre-school properties of 2016."
Bagdasarian, added: "Janice and I look forward to creating a line of toys that embody the music, personality and uniqueness of our characters."
Original source: Licensing.biz
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The firm has teamed with Bagdasarian Productions and PGS Entertainment to develop a line of diverse toys, including a voice changer singing microphone, articulated figures, playsets, plush and more.
The collection is expected to hit retailers in Summer and Autumn (Fall) 2016.
Offering a fresh look at the classic adventures of Alvin, Theodore, Simon and the Chipettes, "Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks" is already a top-rated CG-animated series on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels around the world.
Created, written and directed by Janice Karman, who along with her husband Ross Bagdasarian, are the owners and voices of the "Chipmunks" franchise and the producers of the previous hit 80s TV series and three "Chipmunks" movies.
"At Wicked Cool Toys, we have quickly positioned ourselves as a toy industry leader by aligning with powerhouse new and classic brands," said Michael Rinzler and Jeremy Padawer, co-presidents of Wicked Cool Toys.
""Alvinnn!!! and The Chipmunks" is a perfect complement to our portfolio and our team is envisioning "Alvinnn!!!" to be one of the most successful new pre-school properties of 2016."
Bagdasarian, added: "Janice and I look forward to creating a line of toys that embody the music, personality and uniqueness of our characters."
Original source: Licensing.biz
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Nickelodeon Looking To Step Up Production In Europe
The entertainment news website C21Media is reporting the exciting news that Nickelodeon announced at MIPJunior 2015 that the number-one entertainment brand for kids is stepping up its production activity in Europe, with new projects currently being prepared in Spain and the Netherlands, and production on a brand-new live-action Nickelodeon series due to begin in Amsterdam very soon! You can read the full article here on the official C21Media website (paid subscription required).
As part of MIPJunior 2015, Russell Hicks, the president of content and development at Nickelodeon, and renowned Nickelodeon hit-maker Dan Schneider ("Game Shakers", "Sam &Cat", "iCarly", "Victorious", "Henry Danger", "Drake & Josh", "Zoey 101", "The Amanda Show") held a keynote session on Sunday 4th October 2015, in which the Nick executives discussed how to attract and retain kids' attention amid more choices than ever, what gives a program the potential to be a global phenomenon and how Nickelodeon and Schneider have effectively tapped into the youth culture zeitgeist for more than 20 years. The pair also considered how new platforms are impacting storytelling and traditional formats and how Nickelodeon is responding with content being development for every platform, and from an increasingly global stable of creators. You can read a liveblog of Russell and Dan's MIPJunior keynote session in the fantastic article below, from MIP World's official MIPBlog:
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As part of MIPJunior 2015, Russell Hicks, the president of content and development at Nickelodeon, and renowned Nickelodeon hit-maker Dan Schneider ("Game Shakers", "Sam &Cat", "iCarly", "Victorious", "Henry Danger", "Drake & Josh", "Zoey 101", "The Amanda Show") held a keynote session on Sunday 4th October 2015, in which the Nick executives discussed how to attract and retain kids' attention amid more choices than ever, what gives a program the potential to be a global phenomenon and how Nickelodeon and Schneider have effectively tapped into the youth culture zeitgeist for more than 20 years. The pair also considered how new platforms are impacting storytelling and traditional formats and how Nickelodeon is responding with content being development for every platform, and from an increasingly global stable of creators. You can read a liveblog of Russell and Dan's MIPJunior keynote session in the fantastic article below, from MIP World's official MIPBlog:
Liveblog: Nickelodeon's Russell Hicks and Dan Schneider
Children's TV gurus give their views on the market at MIPJunior
Between them, Russell Hicks (centre) and Dan Schneider have brought some of the most popular children's TV shows of recent years into being, from iCarly, Drake & Josh and Sam & Cat, to current hit Game Shakers.
Hicks and Schneider were the stars of today's MIPJunior keynote session, talking about their work, and the challenges of holding children's attention in a world of ever-proliferating platforms and content.
How are children's tastes in entertainment changing? "The world has gotten smaller due to the internet and smartphones and tablets that every kid is on. It's smaller, but there's still a need for local," said Hicks. "They wanna see their own backyard, things that they're familiar with. But they also want to see things they're not familiar with, that are surprising... We are building content everywhere today." From the Netherlands and Spain to the UK, in Europe.
What defines great children's programming today, given the glut of competition. "At the end of the day, kids gravitate towards great characters, characters they can relate to, who tell stories true to them," said Hicks. "That's what they're searching for. It needs to be great storytelling, otherwise there's just a lot of content... So they’re looking for new, fresh ideas, but still relatable to what they're going through in their life."
Schneider talked about the change in the variety of content available to kids since he joined Nickelodeon 21 years ago. "There are so many distractions for kids and so many places they can get shows. That's the biggest challenge for me," he said. "I find myself working harder now than I ever have before. I don't spend a lot of time looking at everything else out there and analysing. I don't even really watch competitive shows... I just work even harder to make the scripts entertaining, and I work even harder to cast... so that people will hopefully choose the shows that we make."
What are the children who watch Nickelodeon shows today like, and how does that affect the broadcaster's work? Hicks talked about the importance of research into that audience, citing the difference now to the children who watched in the broadcaster's early days. "They were the latch-key kid they came home, there were no parents. We were their parent!" he said.
"Fast forward to today, kids are completely different. Technology has changed their lives. The child born today is a digital native... Their parents are completely involved in their lives, they're helicopter parents. They're velcro parents. They're on their child 24-7 and the child likes it."
He noted that parents and children watch TV together, listen to similar music and "even dress alike", but added that the average eight year-old has "seen a lot of media" so is quicker to realise when a show is just a formulaic retread of a previous format.
How does Nickelodeon connect with children on other devices? "I remember in the late 90s, I would see a lot of television producers get very nervous about the web: 'this is competition and this is going to take away our audience'. I never viewed it that way," said Schneider.
His iCarly and The Amanda Show programmes were innovative in the way they had additional content online for viewers to explore. "I felt like this is a great thing. We don't just have to put content on television: we can put content online... I just view it as the more screens kids have, the more they need stuff to watch on those screens."
Hicks talked about launching shortform video through the Nick app, and then turning the ones that resonate best with children into full series for television. "You can start it out small and do just a web series, and say 'hey, this is actually working and take it further'," he said.
Schneider talked about the role of social media. "1,000%, which of course is dangerous... I get a lot of love on the internet, but there's also plenty of people going 'How come on iCarly Freddie and Sam never got together? Drop dead Dan Schneider!'. So you take the good with the bad," he said.
The conversation turned from iCarly to Game Shakers. iCarly was originally called Starstruck, about a girl who got cast in her favourite TV show. It made it to a script, before Schneider rethought the idea to make it "a little bit more progressive, a little bit more now" by being about a girl who created her own web show, rather than appearing in someone else's.
"Game Shakers is a bit similar. It's an amazing cast of kids, there's a little similarity in the DNA to iCarly in that you have these four kids who created this video game which takes off... and they say 'hey, let's start a video game company'. That's so much more fun than a show about kids just playing video games. And it's very empowering, because it's run by two girls, and the boys work for the girls."
The games are real: they're launched online and on app stores. 'It was the number one free app for a week or so," said Schneider. "It's doing incredibly well," agreed Hicks. "And we will release more games as the show creates more games."
The conversation turned back to what draws kids to programming. "Well, I think it's the characters. No one goes 'oh gee, that format's really interesting'," said Hicks. "It's got to start with character, and from there build." Schneider agreed. "People fall in love with the characters... When I used to watch Brady Bunch I never thought 'well, that was an incredibly well-written episode'," he said.
What does Schneider look for in his young stars? "Even when I cast the small supporting characters, I scrutinise them just as much as the lead characters, because I'm always farming for the next show," he said. "I'm pretty relentless. Just for those Game Shaker kids, I bet my casting directors probably saw 600-700 kids for every role... It's a really slow, whittling-down process." He writes specific audition scenes that "really force an actor to jump through a lot of hoops: can you play angry, can you play emotional, can you play crying?.. They really separate the amateurs from the professionals."
Finally, is television still the most important screen for capturing kids' attention? "I don't think it matters. I don't think the screen matters," said Schneider. "The more screens out there, the better. Let's have more watches that can show our TV. Television is pictures and sound, and if they're watching it on a screen, and they're watching our stuff, we're winning... I don't feel television is threatened at all by the Internet, by the portable screens. If they're holding them in their hands, they wanna look at something entertaining. I hope it's our stuff: we try hard to make it our stuff."
"We don't have a television issue. Television is not going away. We have a measurement issue. They do not measure all the places they [kids] are watching content," added Hicks. "When they fix that problem, we'll find out: they love content everywhere."
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Nickelodeon News Round-Up - Issue 32: Global Edition
Below is a round-up of aweslime Nickelodeon International news and highlights!
