Cynopsis: Kids! 10/29/10 Good morning. It’s Friday, October 29, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Nickelodeon UK acquires a new animated short-form preschool series from Blue-Zoo, which will air on Nick Jr channel next year. Olive the Ostrich is a multi-platform series that revolves around the imaginative adventures of Olive, a young Ostrich. Blue-Zoo is looking to kids to help them create the animated series by using real kid’s drawings to create backgrounds. The website for the program is designed to encourage kids to explore their imaginations and scan and upload their designs, create props and characters online to replace the backgrounds in the episodes with their own designs. Kids can also make their own storybooks online using their images and various Olive posies. Additionally, the site will offer areas to help spark creativity and help develop art and storytelling. Big Tent Entertainment has signed on to develop Olive-based apps and ebooks. Looks like the sale of Hit Entertainment is drawing closer, with the clearest suitors to being Mattel, Hasbro, Disney and Viacom, per The Telegraph. Hit’s parent company Apax Partners, a private equity company, is set to name either UBS or Bank of America Merrill Lynch to manage the sale. Contrary to recent speculation that Hit would sell off its Thomas & Friend brand, it now appears as though Hit could be acquired in full. Apax is hoping to get upwards of $1.5 billion. Other suitors that have been linked to discussions to specifically acquire Thomas & Friends from Hit Entertainment include Chorion and the itsy bitsy Entertainment Company. MORE KIDS STUFF Albie Hecht and his digital studio Worldwide Biggies introduce the new crime-fighting animated character Bigby in a new iPhone/iTouch game app, Bigby: L.A.P.D. A flash version of the game is also available on Addicting Games ( www.addictinggames.com ). As a member of the L.A.P.D. (League Against Pirates and Dragons), 9-year-old Bigby is a genius goes up against all the dragons and pirates that he believes do most of the bad things in the world while wearing his uniform, which includes bear suit pajamas and a jet pack. The app is the first step in Hecht’s plans for the character, which could be followed by a Bigby web series, online game and TV series. The Hub will host an on-air event featuring a five-part mini-series of the new CGI animated series Transformers: Prime, Friday, November 26 through Friday, December 3, 6:30-7p. The on-air event will preview the Transformers: Prime series, which is produced by Hasbro Studios, with debut episodes that will encore over the course of the week. In support of the Transformers: Prime mini-series, The Hub will promote the series and event beginning the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 26, with Transformers-themed programming including a special episode of Hubworld at 3p, the weekly half-hour magazine show, and at 3:30p the network will feature a behind-the-special, Hub Exclusive: Transformers: Prime, which will be followed by the premiere of the first two parts of Transformers: Prime mini-series event at 4p and 4:30p. The full Transformers: Prime event and support programming showcase lineup looks like this:
Family Channel (Canada) hosts a Night of Premieres on Friday, November 12, that will feature the premiere of the new Disney Channel original movie Avalon High at 8p, day and date with the US premiere, and the Canadian premieres of the Disney Channel original series Shake It Up at 6:30p, a special hour-long episode of Hannah Montana Forever at 7p, as well as new episodes of The Suite Life on Deck at 6p and Connor Undercover at 9:30p. Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) partners with Random House Children’s Books to create a line of books based on the network’s action-adventure series, Generator Rex. Random House will launch the new book program in summer 2011 with a Step into Reading leveled reader and deluxe 3D storybook. Additionally readers, storybooks, and activity books will follow. This new deal builds on the long-standing partnership with Random House and Cartoon Network, which include book lines based on Ben 10 and Bakugan (Del Ray Manga). Create by Man of Action (Ben 10 franchise), Generator Rex is produced at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, CA. New episodes of the series debut Fridays at 8:30p on Cartoon Network. American Greetings Properties (AGP) and licensing agent Medialink Brand Management complete a licensing deal with Play Imaginative for a new line of Care Bears Trexi figurines in Singapore. In addition to the Trexi toy, which are 3-inch character that have a rotating head and limbs, Play Imaginative has also released Care Bears branded notebooks, notepads, mouse pads, postcard sets, scheduling books and folders. WaterTower Music will release the original movie soundtrack for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 on Tuesday, November 16. The album includes 26 compositions by noted composer Alexandre Desplat (Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Queen, among others) and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios, featuring 70 minutes of new music, from the movie. Potter fans the buy the CD will also get a free download of the entire soundtrack of the movie in 5.1 Surround Sound Audio. Additionally, a special limited collector’s edition of the soundtrack will also be released this year. Each numbered limited edition set includes the full soundtrack, a bonus CD with additional music, an exclusive poster, picture disc vinyl, a DVD including video interviews and the soundtrack in Surround Sound, original Harry Potter film cells, autographed sheet music, and a numbered certificate of authenticity. This special set will release at retail stores in time for holiday 2010 and is available by pre-order. Further details are available at www.deathlyhallowssoundtrack.com. Warner Bros. releases Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part nationwide on Friday, November 19, 2010. A Heyday Films Production, and a David Yates Film, the movie is directed by David Yates, and produced by David Heyman, David Barron, and J.K. Rowling. STONE SOUP Scholastic officially launches its new social networking You Are What You Read ( www.youarewhatyouread.com), designed to connect readers of all ages around the world and emphasize the importance of books and reading and how it can bring people together. When readers log on they can post the five books that have had a major impact on their lives on their “Bookprints,” and connect with other people and learn about different books through their shared “Bookprints,” including those of celebrities, and noted people in academics, business, media and publishing. A feature that will join the site soon is called Book Buzz, which is a live feed of comments, news, and book reviews. Additionally, You Are What You Read also includes a separate young reader-targeted community, which offers kid-friendly information about books and activities. The new site is part of Scholastic’s Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life. – a worldwide literacy campaign that also marks Scholastic’s 90th anniversary. EXECUTIVE MOVES Scholastic Media promotes Daisy Kline to VP/Marketing and Brand Management. She reports to Leslye Schaefer, SVP/Marketing & Consumer Products. In her new role, Kline will continue developing strategies to build brand revenue and coordinate exposure across product categories and partners. Additionally, she heads marketing and promotion for Scholastic Interactive. Prior to joining Scholastic Media in 2007, Kline worked in marketing for Random House Children’s Books and HarperCollins Children’s Books. RATINGS Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 10/18-10/24/10 , 6a-6a: Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 6-11 for the week of 10/18-10/24/10 , 6a-6a: Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Tweens 9-14 for the week of 10/18-10/24/10 , 6a-6a: Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Teens 12-17 for the week of 10/18-10/24/10 , 6a-6a: Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, October 23, 2010 Broadcast Networks only (Live + SD Data): Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, October 23, 2010 Cable Networks only (Live + SD Data): Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11: A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
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