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Cynopsis: Kids!
04/10/06
Good morning. It’s Monday, April 10, 2006 and this is your first early morning Kids! briefing, coming to you from the NCTA conference in Atlanta.
Following a year and a half of “stealth development,” TVHead will launch its broadband TVHead Games-On-Demand Network. The casual gaming network will integrate into existing VOD infrastructure for cable and IPTV. TVHead’s two-pronged business model includes a free ad-supported version as well as a premium games offering for subscribers who want multiplayer gaming options, advanced community features and special brand-name games. The network will feature a range of game genres for all ages including kids and arcade games, puzzles, word, trivia, sports and other games such as Space Invaders, Backgammon, Zuma, Solitaire etc.
Cingular has partnered with MySpace, the social networking website, to offer unsigned bands/artists the ability to create as well as sell their own ringtones through the new Cingular Mobile Music Studio. Created by Cingular’s longtime partner Infospace, Cingular Mobile Music is located on a dedicated page on MySpace. Once musicians upload their original track, the music is screened to check it’s both original and “appropriate,” and once approved it will be converted into a 30-second ringtone. The artist is provided a link so their tones can be posted for audio preview and sold on their existing MySpace profile pages. Additionally, Cingular will give these unsigned artists the opportunity to market their ringtone on MySpace. Those ringtones created via the new service will only be available for download by Cingular customers on Cingular phones.
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
DreamWorks Animation has acquired the movie rights to develop and produce Punk Farm, the music-based CG animated movie. Based on the author Jarrett J. Krosoczka‘s kid’s novel of the same name, about a group of farm animals who dream of being a rock band and perform at the big animal music festival Livestock. The project was developed by Kevin Messick and Jim Hecht (Ice Age: The Meltdown), who will also serve as Executive Producer and will pen the screenplay respectively.
Disney Channel begins production today in Barcelona Spain on The Cheetah Girls 2, the sequel to its original movie The Cheetah Girls (2003), starring Raven-Symon鬠Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan, all of whom are reprising their roles from the first movie. Additionally, Mexican recording artist/actress Belinda Peregrin will star in the TV movie as a would-be rival to The Cheetah Girls. This is Peregrin’s first English-speaking role. The film is directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega (High School Musical).
MORE KIDS STUFF
Cartoon Network will air the two episode series finale of the Justice League Unlimited series on Saturday, May 6 and May 13 at 10:30p during the Toonami block. In the Justice League Unlimited series conclusion, the force behind the world’s villains is revealed and an army of bad guys is formed. There will be some unusual partnerships made as the team works to save the world in final face-off that takes place on both Earth and in space.
MTV News will present My Block: Puerto Rico on April 16 at 2p on MTV2, and April 20 at 7p on MTV. MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway heads to Puerto Rico to spotlight its Latin hip hop and Reggaeton artists. Some of the artists to be featured include Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderon, Don Omar and others.
Publisher of mobile content Hands-On Mobile (f/k/a Mforma) and PlayPhone, a mobile content distributor, have inked a distribution deal. Under the terms of the deal PlayPhone will distribute top Hands-On Mobile titles through its direct-to-consumer channels at retail, online and via the mobile web. New game titles are to include mega hits such as Marvel’s X-Men Legends, Dracula, and the arcade smash Puzzle Bobble.
Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; April 79, 2006:
Ice Age: The Meltdown (Fox) PG $34.5m-2 wk total $116.4m
The Benchwarmers (Sony/Revolution) PG-13 Opening weekend $20.5m
Take the Lead (New Line) PG-13 Opening weekend $12.8m
Failure to Launch (Paramount) PG-13 $4.1m-5 wk total $79.1m
ATL (Warner Bros) PG-13 $3.8m-2 wk total $17.3m
Phat Girlz (Fox Searchlight) PG-13 Opening weekend $3.1m
Stay Alive (Buena Vista) PG-13 $2.2m-3 wk total $20.4m
She’s the Man (DreamWorks) PG-13 $2.1m-4 wk total $29.8m
Larry the Cable Guy/Health Insp. (Lions Gate) PG-13 $1.5m-3 wk total $13.7m
The Shaggy Dog (Buena Vista) PG $1.2m-5 wk total $55.7m
Source: Box Office Mojo
Big Tent Entertainment and Gaffney International Licensing (Australia) have joined in a partnership whereby the two companies will work in tandem on a range of strategic marketing initiatives. Under the agreement, the Gaffney and Big Tent will establish a joint Content Board, which will be comprised of executives from both companies, that will identify and realize synergies across new content acquisitions, common content marketing, strategic licensee management, global retail relationships, and worldwide growth strategies.
MARKETING/LICENSING
The official website for Sony Pictures’ movie Spider-Man 3, based on Marvel’s Spider-Man character, is up and running and features a seemingly dispirited Spidey in a black outfit, perched in the rain with his head down. In addition to photos of Spidey, the site offers downloadable wallpaper and screensavers. Directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey McGuire and Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man 3 is slated for release on May 4, 2007, which as I am writing this is exactly 389 days and 10 hours and 34 minutes and 26 seconds from now, in case anyone is counting. (http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/spiderman3/site/)
Video game publisher Ubisoft has signed a licensing agreement with VIZ Media, LLC, to develop video games based on VIZ Media’s popular Shonen Jump’s Naruto animation series for the Xbox 360. The Naruto game is slated to be released in North America, South America, Central America and Mexico in 2007.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Walt Disney Television has upped several execs following a resignation announcement from Paul O’Higgins, VP/Marketing for EMEA, who departs the company in September.
- Nicoletta Gelli will now oversee marketing strategy and promotion for top Disney Channel properties in EMEA in addition to her current duties as Executive Director/Marketing for WDTV EMEA.
- Jonathan Boseley, Programming Director for Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East, will now be responsible for the U.K. territory as well. His new title is Executive Director/Programming for these markets.
- Zoe Scurfield was upped to Deputy Director/Programming for the UK, Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. She is presently Disney/ABC Cable Networks Group’s Director/Worldwide Programming Strategy.
RATINGS
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Thursday, April 6, 2006, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1206; K6-11 582; TWEENS 9-14 399
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 710; K6-11 415; TWEENS 9-14 355
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 608; K6-11 370; TWEENS 9-14 348
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 111; K6-11 62; TWEENS 9-14 43
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Answer to Friday’s trivia question: In this cartoon, the hero cruised the galaxy in the Phantom Cruiser. What cartoon was this? SPACE GHOST Kudos to: Jacque Alberta-Zonderkidz/Grand Rapids MI; Kristina Calvin-Brighter Minds Media/Worthington OH; Joe Swaney-Cartoon Network/Atlanta; John Harman-Screenvision/NY; Shaun Harrison-MMT/Chicago; Kevin Schmidt-National Cable Communications/Chicago; LaMont Ridgell-PRN/San Francisco; Derek Bartholomaus-Mind of Mencia/LA; Jeremy Weiner-Zim Squared/LA
Today’s Trivia Question: Who were Panthro, Tygra and Jaga? (click here with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.)
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