Cynopsis: Kids!
01/22/09
Good morning. It’s Thursday, January 22, 2009, a history making day, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.
Ozie Boo! Learn to Live Together, the popular French CGI-animated short-form preschool series, is to be adapted for the big screen, per Variety. Series creators Cyber Group Animation will produce the feature film, as well as handle international sales. Set for a release a holiday 2010 in France, the movie will revolve around the adventure of a group of baby penguin pals that are separated when their ice-flow cracks in half. The original Ozie Boo! series has been sold to 150 territories. The series has also spawned a new Christmas special, currently in production, and a new series Ozie Boo! Save the Planet, now in development.
MORE KIDS STUFF
PBS KIDS Sprout debuts National Geographic Kids Entertainment‘s (NGKE) preschool series Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies, on Monday, January 26 at 3:15 p, as part of its afternoon block, The Sprout Sharing Show. Starring Vanessa Williams as the voice of Mama, the series features wonderful wildlife segments from the National Geographic and BBC archives. Additionally, SproutOnline.com will offer games and coloring pages for Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies. Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies is a co-production of NGKE, BBC/CBeebies and King Rollo Films.
NATPE
Cookie Jar Entertainment heads for NATPE, in Las Vegas next week, with a roster including newer TV programs as well as other kid-aimed shows. New on the Cookie Jar roster for NATPE this year:
- Metajets (40×22) – a new mixed 2D and CGI-animated action series that revolves around young flying aces competing in the Aeronautical Racing Circuit. The series is a Sunwoo co-production, and premieres on Teletoon (Canada) this year.
- Noonbory and the Super 7 (52×11) a preschool series about a group of small creatures, led by Noonbory, who use their keen senses, imagination and teamwork to solve everyday problems. A Cookie Jar and Daewon Media co-production, the series will air on BBC Kids, Knowledge Network, Access Television and SCN in Canada.
- Cookie Jar will also showcase Johnny Test, Hurray For Huckle. And Caillou.
MARKETING/LICENSING
Disney Studios Home Entertainment is set to release Bolt on Sunday, March 22, 2009, in its new combined Blu-ray, DVD and digital file package. Two days later, Tuesday, March 24, the regular DVD version of Bolt will hit stores. The various format releases of Bolt will feature bonus content including: The 1 disc DVD an exclusive short, Super Rhino, starring the hyper hamster from the movie; 2 disc DVD includes the short, a music video, behind the scenes song recording with John Travolta and Miley Cyrus, Director information, deleted scenes, and the DisneyFile digital copy among other features; Blu-ray Hi-Def edition includes all the DVD bonus content, plus the standard definition DVD, plus DisneyFile Digital Copy, plus these exclusive-to-BD features such the Be-Awesome Mission game, Bolt Art Gallery, BD-Live including movie chat, movie mail among others.
American Greetings Properties (AGP) names Big Time Toys as the toy licensee for Sushi Pack. Under the deal Big Time Toys will produce and market plush, action figures (electronic and non-electronic), novelties and key chains based on Sushi Pack for the US and Canada. The line will be available at retail beginning fall 2009. Originally created by Studio Espinosa and optioned and developed by AGP, Sushi Pack currently airs Saturday mornings on CBS. Additionally, AGP taps Big Time Toys to be the worldwide toy licensee for My Pet Monster, a re-launch of American Greetings’ classic properties from the 1980s, across categories including plush, animatronics figures, action figures, novelties and key chains. The new My Pet Monster product is slated to bow at retail in fall 2009.
Seven Towns, owner of Rubik’s Cube, appoints KJG Ltd to handle the UK and European licensing and merchandising for Rubik’s Cube, which turns 30 in 2010. Seven Towns and KJG plans to celebrate the anniversary with a range of promotions, events and activities, as well as extending the brand into other platforms. The Rubik’s World Championship will be held during 2010 (location and details TBA). The Rubik’s Cube is distributed in the UK by Drumond Park and by Hasbro in the US.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Disney names Stephen Moore as EVP and MD, Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada. Based in London, Moore takes over the position left vacant when Tom Toumazis exited last year for Endemol. Based in London, Moore will report to Ben Pyne. Moore’s responsibilities include licensing deals for Disney franchises and distribution for channels including Disney Channel, Jetix, ESPN and Disney Cinemagic. He will also work to grow the channels and content distribution business across all platforms. Formerly COO/Aardman Entertainment, Moore was most recently a partner in preschool distributor Abbey Home Media.
Echo Bridge Entertainment appoints Emilia Nuccio to the newly created position of VP/International Sales. Nuccio, who will oversee sales in Latin America, Italy and US Hispanic territories, takes up her new role as she heads to NATPE next week where she’ll offer Echo’s Alliance Atlantis international distribution catalog. Nuccio most recently founded and led her consulting firm Girasole International. She previously served as President/International Program and Licensing Sales, The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company, VP/Latin American Sales, BBC Worldwide, and various roles at Televisa and Westinghouse Broadcasting (now CBS).
RATINGS
Disney Channel‘s telecast of the Presidential Inauguration-centric special Kids’ Inaugural: We Are the Future on Monday, January 19, 8-9:35p, averaged 3.4 million Total Viewers 2+, up by +26% over year ago when the network aired the movie Spy Kids 3D: Game Over.
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 1/12-1/18/09 :
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK°: 1207 DSNY*: 1138
DSNY*: 777 CARTOON: 811
CARTOON: 574 NAN**: 432
NOGGIN: 308 NOGGIN: 410
NAN**: 267 NICKTOONS: 153
ADSM**: 214 TOON DIS: 132
TOON DIS.: 119 DISCOVERY: 109
NICKTOONS: 85 MTV: 71
DISCOVERY: 61 ESPN: 68
MTV: 45 ANIMAL PLANET: 62
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 (000) 1/12-1/18/09 :
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK°: 621 DSNY*: 860
DSNY*: 507 CARTOON: 553
CARTOON: 365 NAN**: 334
NAN**: 216 NICKTOONS: 83
ADSM**: 142 DISCOVERY: 78
TOON DIS.: 62 NOGGIN: 68
NOGGIN: 50 TOON DIS: 65
NICKTOONS: 47 MTV: 49
DISCOVERY: 43 ESPN: 49
THE N: 32 THE N: 45
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 (000) 1/12-1/18/09 :
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK°: 446 DSNY*: 730
DSNY*: 419 CARTOON: 423
CARTOON: 257 NAN**: 391
NAN**: 266 MTV: 105
ADSM**: 169 DISCOVERY: 103
MTV: 69 ESPN: 80
DISCOVERY: 58 THE N: 75
ESPN: 51 COMEDY: 73
THE N: 46 NICKTOONS: 53
NICKTOONS: 35 ANIMAL PLANET: 48
BET: 48
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Saturday, January 17, 2009, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1475; K6-11 938; TWEENS 9-14 730
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 1103; K6-11 710; TWEENS 9-14 571
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 598; K6-11 390; TWEENS 9-14 333
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 161; K6-11 87; TWEENS 9-14 58
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Sunday, January 18, 2009, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1290; K6-11 797; TWEENS 9-14 573
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 945; K6-11 622; TWEENS 9-14 438
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 737; K6-11 482; TWEENS 9-14 302
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 143; K6-11 74; TWEENS 9-14 49
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Monday, January 19, 2009, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1473; K6-11 823; TWEENS 9-14 575
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 1087; K6-11 758; TWEENS 9-14 607
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 1048; K6-11 742; TWEENS 9-14 566
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 351; K6-11 229; TWEENS 9-14 152
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On what kid’s show could you find the following characters: Joy, Courage, IQ, Harmony and Sparky? THE BUGALOOS Kudos to: David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NY; Christopher Byrne-Byrne Communications, Inc./The Toy Guy®/NY; Howard Rosenstein-Meredith Integrated Marketing/NY; Tom Boyd-WGN/Chicago; Colleen Sherfey-Bandai America Inc./Cypress, CA; Anand Roy-The Walt Disney Company/Mumbai, India
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Later — Gwen
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01.22.09
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