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CYNTHIA TURNER'S CYNOPSIS Kids! 01/14/04
Good morning. It's Wednesday, January 14, 2004, and this is your early morning Kids! briefing.
ADV Films has acquired the broadcast and home entertainment rights to the trilogy Fist of the North Star, based on the like named manga series. ADV will air the Fist of the North Star on its Anime Network spring or summer of this year, to be followed by the DVD release, summer 2004
Interactive TV company OpenTV has launched its interactive games channel, PlayJam on EchoStar?s Dish Network, making PlayJam available to an additional 7 million+ subscribers and some 20 million households. Dish Network subscribers can access PlayJam via its Dish Home portal and select from a menu of games. Consumers can play and preview the first level of each of the games, but to play additional levels they have to subscribe to the service via Dish Network, for which EchoStar currently charges its subscribers $4.99 a month.
The Anime Network is extending its coverage again as Comcast On Demand continues to roll out of the network to include Detroit, Indianapolis, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, Huntsville, Atlanta and Albuquerque beginning this month.
Tokyopop Inc. has awarded Hasbro the master toy license for the action/adventure anime series Rave Master slated to debut on Cartoon Network this year. Rave Master, based on the 21 volume series of graphic novels of the same name, follows the trials of a regular boy named Haru who finds that he is ?destined to save the world from evil? (but really, who isn?t these days). Haru travels the world to seeking numerous Rave stones that he must retrieve in order to defeat the hateful Shadow Guard. The graphic novels, animated series and two video games (PS2, GC) and various toys have done quite well in Japan. Tokyopop is also the publisher of the Rave Master graphic novels.
Cinar Corporation announced yesterday that the Commission des valeurs mobili貥s du Qu颥c (CVMQ) and the other Canadian securities regulatory authorities that had previously issued cease trade orders against the securities of Cinar in spring 2000 following Cinar?s financial and legal scandals, have pulled back. That lifting of the various cease-trade orders permits the previously announced acquisition to proceed of the outstanding shares of Cinar by an investor group led by Michael Hirsh, Toper Taylor and TD Capital Canadian Private Equity Partners.
Miramax Home Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to In Search of Santa, a CGI animated picture from Tundra Productions (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys) and Colorland Animation Productions, according to Daily Variety. The film tells of two quarreling penguin princess sisters who come up against pirates and other foes on their South to North Pole quest to find Santa and protect the family throne. The VHS/DVD release is slated for holiday 2004.
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 in thousands (000) 1/05/04-1/11/04: Kids 2-11 Total Day (000) Kids 2-11 Primetime 8p-11p (000) NICK/NAN: 924 NICK/NAN: 1155
DISNEY CHANNEL*: 694 DISNEY CHANNEL*: 1114
CARTOON NETWORK: 576 CARTOON NETWORK: 914
TOON DISNEY: 103 TOON DISNEY: 122
ABC FAMILY: 101 ABC FAMILY: 113
NOGGIN/THE N: 51 BET: 102
MTV: 49 MTV: 87
TLC: 44 ANIMAL PLANET: 85
BET: 43 TLC: 71
ANIMAL PLANET: 38 DISCOVERY: 68 Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 in thousands (000) 1/05/04-1/11/04: Kids 6-11 Total Day 6a-6a (000)Kids 6-11 Primetime 8p-11p (000) NICK/NAN: 480 DISNEY CHANNEL*: 842
DISNEY CHANNEL*: 425 NICK/NAN: 754
CARTOON NETWORK: 302 CARTOON NETWORK: 481
ABC FAMILY: 74 ABC FAMILY: 78
TOON DISNEY: 44 BET: 75
MTV: 29 ANIMAL PLANET: 61
BET: 27 MTV: 57
TLC: 27 TOON DISNEY: 52
ANIMAL PLANET: 22 TLC: 47
DISCOVERY: 17 DISCOVERY: 43 Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Weekly, Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 in thousands (000) 1/05/04-1/11/04: Tweens 9-14 Total Day 6a-6a (000) Tweens 9-14 Primetime 8p-11p (000) DISNEY CHANNEL*: 318 DISNEY CHANNEL*: 660
NICK/NAN: 317 NICK/NAN: 580
CARTOON NETWORK: 225 CARTOON NETWORK: 377
MTV: 120 MTV: 248
ABC FAMILY: 112 BET: 113
BET: 43 ABC FAMILY: 94
TLC: 40 TLC: 76
COMEDY CENTRAL: 28 DISCOVERY: 59
DISCOVERY: 22 COMEDY CENTRAL: 57
ESPN: 21 ANIMAL PLANET: 49
ANIMAL PLANET: 21 Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Correction: The Spanish-language kid targeted network is ?Sorpresa!, and not the way it was spelled here yesterday, 499 more times to go ?Sorpresa! ?Sorpresa! ?Sorpresa!, 495, ?Sorpresa! ?Sorpresa! ? the Spanish-language kid targeted network launches its website, www.sorpresatv.com
Virgin Megastores North America and Integrate Marketing announced plans for the Virgin College MegaTour, a two month national college music tour scheduled to launch spring 2004. Presented by Dentyne Ice & Dentyne Fire, the Virgin College MegaTour will make stops in 18 major markets nationwide. The tour will also incorporate an interactive ?village? where students can watch special performances and take part in sponsored give-a-ways, activities, and music learning centers. Musical acts to be featured on the tour include Michelle Branch, Gavin DeGraw and Joe Firstman. Contact Integrate Marketing for sponsorship opportunities. Mad Booking & Events will serve as the booking agent for talent, production and to assist with tour marketing as well as booking the tour into select colleges.
At its midwinter meeting in San Diego this week, The American Library Association (ALA) announced the winners of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals (AKA: the 'Academy Awards' of children's book publishing). The Newbery and Caldecott Medals honor outstanding writing and illustration of books published in the U.S. during the previous calendar year. These awards are coveted by authors and publishers alike and can significantly increase sales and generate exposure for the author and their creations, as well as often leading to TV and/or movie development deals. Check out the medal winner lists from previous years and you will see many TV series and movies came from these award winning books and authors. For a comprehensive list of all of the honors awarded this week and current and past winners of the Caldecott and Newbery Awards go to http://www.ala.org/recommendedreading.
The 2004 Caldecott Medalists and Honorees: Caldecott Medal (for illustration): The Man Who Walked Between the Towers; author Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Book Press)
Caldecott Honors: Ella Sarah Gets Dressed; author Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Harcourt, Inc.)
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?; author/illustrator Steve Jenkins & Robin Page (Houghton Mifflin)
Don?t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus; author Mo Willems (Hyperion)
Newbery Medal: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread; author Kate DiCamillo; illustrator Timothy Basil Ering (Candlewick Press)
Newbery Honors: Olive?s Ocean; author Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins)
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793; author Jim Murphy (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)
Other awards of note:
Coretta Scott King Awards honoring African-American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults:
The First Part Last; author Angela Johnson (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Beautiful Blackbird; author/illustrator Ashley Bryan (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Belpr頭edals & honors acknowledge Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in a children's book.
Belpr頍edal (Narrative)
Before We Were Free, author Julia Alvarez (Alfred A. Knopf)
Belpr頍edal (Illustrator)
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book; author Yuyi Morales (Chronicle Books)
Carnegie Medal - honors an outstanding American video production for children released during the previous year.
Giggle, Giggle, Quack?; producers Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly (Weston Woods Studios); based on the picture book by Doreen Cronin & illustrated by Betsy Lewin. The video is narrated by Randy Travis with music by Scotty Huff.
Three King Author Honor Books: Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States; authors Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack (Scholastic Press)
Locomotion; author Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam?s Sons/Penguin Young Readers Group)
The Battle of Jericho; author Sharon M. Draper (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Margaret A. Edwards Award: Ursula K. LeGuin is the recipient of this award honoring lifetime contribution to young adult readers. LeGuin?s work includes the Earthsea fantasy series (1968-90); The Left Hand of Darkness (Berkley Publishing Group/a division of Penguin Grp. USA) and The Beginning Place (Tor)
The slogan is getting bigger but Burger King is aiming to making sure that you don?t, as the fast food chain joined in the low-carbohydrates game yesterday with the presentation of its bunless Whopper (isn?t that a fast food oxymoron?) and plans to introduce salads with pieces of steak, chicken and shrimp. The naked Whopper, as it were, is part of BK?s ?a new way to Have It Your Way? low-carb initiative and will be available begging next week and will be served with a fork and knife. The salads featuring chicken, shrimp and steak will debut in February, March and May respectively. Additional options as part of the BK low-carb menu include the option to substitute salads for fries and bottled water for soda.
Clear Channel Entertainment (CCE) yesterday unveiled a new marketing structure for its domestic Music division. CCE Music's new marketing department will be lead by CMO, Mark Campana, who has sectioned the unit into four regions and three national positions in order to support custom promotions and marketing campaigns in the 50 local markets. The regional teams are set up with the West headed by SVP, Melanie Davis; South by Brandon Lucas/SVP; the Midwest by Dave Clark/SVP; and the Northeast will be led by Jim Steen/SVP.
Kids Cable Network Averages in thousands (000) for Saturday January 10, 2004, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1513; K6-11 895; TWEENS 9-14 549
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 988; K6-11 582; TWEENS 9-14 452
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 778; K6-11 466; TWEENS 9-14 297
ABC FAMILY: K2-11 130; K6-11 85; TWEENS 9-14 71
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 94; K6-11 50; TWEENS 9-14 24 Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Kids Cable Network Averages in thousands (000) for Sunday January 11, 2004 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1440; K6-11 874; TWEENS 9-14 642
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 1129; K6-11 764; TWEENS 9-14 503
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 817; K6-11 417; TWEENS 9-14 247
ABC FAMILY: K2-11 181; K6-11 138; TWEENS 9-14 124
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 89; K6-11 53; TWEENS 9-14 23 Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Kids Cable Network Averages in thousands (000) for Monday January 12, 2004 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1179; K6-11 528; TWEENS 9-14 315
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 772; K6-11 462; TWEENS 9-14 336
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 662; K6-11 303; TWEENS 9-14 209
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 135; K6-11 53; TWEENS 9-14 24
ABC FAMILY: K2-11 94; K6-11 83; TWEENS 9-14 101 Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
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