-- Stop-Motion Icon Will Vinton Passes Away at 70
-- 'Hey Arnold!' Creator Craig Bartlett Pays Tribute to Will Vinton. Craig Bartlett created his famous Arnold Escapes from Church short film at the Vinton Studios in 1988 (which launched the 'Hey Arnold!' series later on Nickelodeon).
-- 'The Thundermans' Star Kira Kosarin to Attend Kidtropolis at Comic Con Ireland 2018!
-- JAKKS Pacific Officially Inks Deal with Paramount Players for Creepy Crawlers Feature Film!
-- The best costumes from among 180,000 comic-book enthusiasts who gathered at New York Comic Con 2018 (Including a Female Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Duo)!
-- New investment puts Federation Entertainment ('Find Me In Paris') en route to become "leading European studio"!
-- EG Daily Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Raise Awareness for Love of Self
-- Josh Peck speaks at Weis Center!
-- The All Africa Business Leaders Awards honours business excellence, and this year, Viacom International Media Network's (VIMN) very own Alex Okosi has been named as one of the finalists!
-- Why Nickelodeon's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Is One Of The Greatest TV Shows Of All Time!
-- Colombia's RCN Starts to Air Nickelodeon Latin America's 'Noobees'!
-- Nickelodeon Germany Airs 'Pokémon' Movie 'Zoroark – Meister der Illusionen'!
-- Avatar: 20 Crazy Things That Happened Between The Last Airbender And The Legend Of Korra!
-- The Cast of 'School of Rock,' Then and Now (Includes Miranda Cosgrove)!
-- Every Episode of 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Ranked!
-- Jim Henson’s ‘Dinosaur Train’ Roars to 100th Episode with Season 5 Order!
-- Win PAW Patrol: Halloween Heroes on DVD!
-- UK children’s entertainment producer and distributor Cake has struck a deal to distribute US studio Animation Collective’s content around the world! Cake will now shop the likes of Emmy-nominated Kappa Mikey (52×22’), which focuses on a struggling actor who becomes Japan’s biggest anime star. It became Nickelodeon’s highest-rated show when it premiered in the US on Nicktoons. Animation Collective is also behind Three Delivery, another Nicktoons show; Thumb Wrestling Federation: TWF for Nicktoons and Cartoon Network in the US and UK channel CBBC, where it was the highest-rated kids’ show; and preschool series Ellen’s Acres for Cartoon Network worldwide.
The company specialises in creating and producing content across multiple platforms.
-- duPont Manual High School sophomore and HALO Award winner Andrew Dunn honored at WLKY's 2018 Bell Awards!
-- 'Henry Danger' star Ben Giroux (The Toddler) to Star as Smee in 'Peter Pan and Tinker Bell - A Pirate's Christmas' presented by Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Lythgoe Family Panto December 13-23 in TPAC's James K. Polk Theater!
-- Filipinos and Asian-Americans rejoice as Joshua Dela Cruz is cast as the new ‘Blue’s Clues’ host!
-- Little Simeon (Simeon Daise) from ‘Gullah Gullah Island’ is all grown up now — and acting for BET!
-- 25 Avatar: The Last Airbender Characters Reimagined As Parents!
-- Pinoy to take over ‘Blues Clues’!
-- Fil-Am Joshua Dela Cruz Is The New Host Of ‘Blue’s Clues’ Reboot!
-- Viacom Wins Eight Awards at 2018 Emmy Awards!
-- The Five Best Nickelodeon Shows of the 90s!
-- The Ultimate "Victorious" Trivia Quiz - Grab some Bibble and get ready to "make it shine."!
-- 15 TV show theme songs you probably didn't know were performed by famous musicians (including: Bowling for Soup (Jimmy Neutron) and Coolio (Kenan & Kel))!
-- Venezuelan Actor Estefany Oliveira (Fefi Oliveira) Joins Nickelodeon Latin America!
-- 30 SpongeBob SquarePants Video Games Ranked!
-- How Border Crossing Inspired Mexican Artist Jorge R. Gutierrez's (El Tigre) Vibrant New Book, 'Border Bang’!
-- 'Drake & Josh' Star Jonathan Goldstein to Host 'Audition and Scene Study Technique' Master Class at HEARTS and LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET on February 11, 2019!
-- Barbie Randall’s Newly Released “the Overworked Shoes” Is a Charming Story about a Little Girl Who Learns to Live Healthier Thanks to a Strange Encounter in Her Closet! (Includes SpongeBob SquarePants cameo)
-- Fans are imagining Selena Gomez as Dora the Explorer in Paramount's live-action movie
-- 'ToonMarty' to Begin Streaming on Amazon Prime! The popular animated series made by Sardine Productions, is premiering this month on Amazon Prime in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, as well as in German-speaking territories. The 40×11-minute show will also be offered in France and additional French-speaking territories in October. The deal was brokered by distributor GoldBee.
-- MasMovil, Spain’s fourth largest telco operator, is launching a pay-TV offer for a promotional price of €3 – the lowest price in the market – and €5 per month from November. Along with Huawei, the company is offering the low cost package called Agile TV – based on Google’s Android TV, – including TV channels like Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, AXN, AXN White, La Liga 1/2/3 Syfy and Fox, among others, as well as the 25 DTT channels already existing in the market. In addition, until March, subscribers will be able to have access Sky’s OTT service for free with 14 channels. Agile TV will be available simultaneously on three different devices and can be accessed on the TV through a STB made by Technicolor.
-- Mídia em Foco hosts Jimmy Leroy, vice-presidente de Criação da Nickelodeon to celebrate Dia das Crianças!
-- Xilam Secures Publishing Partners for 'Oggy and the Cockroaches' in France! Hachette Livre was appointed as the master publishing partner for Oggy and the Cockroaches, and Panini is on board to launch Oggy and the Cockroaches sticker collections and magazines. Hachette will develop chapter, story, activity and novelty book formats, in addition to stationery lines. The items will be available at mass, book and toy retailers, as well as online. Oggy and the Cockroaches titles will be released from Q4 2018. The deal marks the launch of the first-ever chapter books for Oggy and the Cockroaches, and the titles will be published under Hachette’s Bibliothèque Rose brand. Xilam’s agreement with Panini will see the launch of Oggy and the Cockroaches collectible stickers and albums, as well as a quarterly magazine. Available at news kiosks and mass market retailers and on Panini’s websites, the branded sticker collection and magazine will be based on the fifth season of the show, titled Oggy Through the Ages. The French licensing program for Oggy and the Cockroaches is spearheaded by new master toy partner Lansay, which launched its first permanent line in January. For Christmas 2018, Lansay will introduce a new action game. Additionally. CCI is gearing up to launch its first shoe range this autumn/winter.
-- The XX Factor, an all-female comedy showcase, featured an all-Asian lineup, including 'The Thundermans' star Helen Hong (Mrs. Wong) on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 10:30 p.m. at Upright Citizens Brigade Sunet, 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles!
-- Fracaswell Hyman (Taina, Romeo!, Blue's Clues, Little Bill, Gullah, Gullah Island, Just Jordan) Re-Envisions “Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom"
-- Interview with Derek Rippe, Nickelodeon Associate Director, Toy Designer and an illustrator!
-- He starred with his family on ‘Gullah Gullah Island.’ Now a Beaufort native is back on TV!
-- 25 Nicktoons Characters Reimagined As Villains!
-- Netflix's 'The Dragon Prince' Season 1 Review: Avatar Meets Epic Fantasy!
-- The Sex Lives Of Sesame Street's Bert And Ernie Are None Of Our Concern
-- Claude Schmit, CEO of Germany's RTL, reveals that PAW Patrol and Peppa Pig are big hits for Super RTL! Excerpts:
TV KIDS: What’s driven that dominance for you?
SCHMIT: Our in-house productions, our magazines, are working very well. That’s not surprising, because they distinguish us from the American channels. We do invest heavily in our own shows. We have Super Toy Club, which we first had on air 15 years ago. Boys compete against girls and the winning team gets three minutes to run through the aisles of a toy store collecting whatever they want in a shopping cart. We are producing the second season and there are more seasons to come. We have Woozle Goozle, a science and knowledge magazine that is very funny. The classic Warner Bros. titles are doing very well. The DreamWorks shows are doing fine. Angelo! is doing terrifically. PAW Patrol, a Nickelodeon production, airs on Super RTL and the ratings are going through the roof. It has a huge market share among younger kids. It’s our best-performing preschool format. We are also the merchandising agent on PAW Patrol. That’s a very interesting blueprint. We did a similar deal with Peppa Pig, which was part of German public television’s Die Sendung mit der Maus (The Show with the Mouse). That is working well as well. That might be a blueprint for future cooperation.
TV KIDS: You mentioned earlier that Super RTL is the German merchandising agency for PAW Patrol and Peppa Pig. How has your licensing and merchandising business been, and what are your forecasts for it in the years ahead?
SCHMIT: Fifty percent plus. There is much positivity in that business right now. We are, after Disney, number two in the merchandising field in Germany; we used to be number four or five. A powerful impact is coming from PAW Patrol. That is going through the roof.
Additional sources: Google Translate, IMDb, Wikipedia.
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