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Cynopsis: Kids!
07/06/06
Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 6, 2006 and this is your first early morning Kids! briefing.
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Indie production/distribution company Off the Fence has entered into a co-production deal with Bonne Pioche, another indie production company who was behind the movie March of the Penguins. The first effort under the deal will be The Mole, a 1hr documentary about the lives of the industrious little builders.
Doctor Who is getting a new side-kick in the BBC’s current incarnation of the live-action sci-fi series. Freema Agyeman has been cast in the role of Martha Jones, the good Doctor’s new companion in the upcoming third season. Jones takes over for the current adventuring aide Rose Tyler, played by Billie Piper, who announced her departure from the show last month. For the many avid fans of the series, Agyeman recently appeared in an episode of the show, tho not as Martha but rather as another character named Adeola. No worries though, because the producers and writers took care of that potentially confusing and untidy to do when, at the end of the episode Adeola met with an untimely end. As for Rose’s fate? Well, I couldn’t say. Produced by BBC Wales for BBC One, the new season (13 episodes) and a holiday special will begin filming in Cardiff this summer.
MORE KIDS STUFF
ION Media Networks, Inc. and Sony Pictures Television have inked a programming pact that will see a gaggle of TV shows and movies from Sony’s library airing on the i TV network. Under the agreement ION picks up the rights to numerous classic TV series including The Partridge Family, The Monkees, Silver Spoons, Starsky and Hutch and Charlie’s Angels and movie titles including Oliver!, Short Circuit, A River Runs Through It and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, among others. The i network will begin airing Sony movie titles this month, and the TV series from August.
This week marks Canada’s The Christian Channel debut of JCTV, a youth-targeted programming block from Trinity Broadcasting Network’s JCTV channel, which is aimed at teens and young adults 13-30 yrs. A digital TV channel owned and operated by S-Vox, The Christian Channel will run the JCTV block Monday-Friday, 6-8p. The block is comprised of a range of series including reality programs, talk shows, extreme sports, music video including: F.M. which goes behind the scenes at Christian rock radio station Power FM in Texas; Youth Impact is a talk show featuring positive information and celebrity role models; The Way of the Master features Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort who take to the streets with their TV ministry to share their beliefs. The channel is available via Star Choice, Rogers Digital Cable and Manitoba Telecom Services.
MARKETING/LICENSING
A host of products will be highlighted at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). Presented by the International Society for Technology in Education, the NECC is being held in San Diego this week, July 5-7.
- Attendees will have the chance to try out prototypes of the $100 laptop for kids, from Nicholas Negroponte, Co-founder and Chairman Emeritus, MIT’s Media Lab and founder of Wired magazine, and his One Laptop Per Child Initiative (OLPC). The OLPC effort aims to change the world of education by providing kids around the world with internet ready, durable and no frills low cost laptops. The $100 laptops were unveiled earlier this year (
- Apple introduced a new 17-inch iMac configuration ($899) at the NECC yesterday. This model is designed specifically for the education marketplace, for all school levels (elementary, high school, college). The 17-inch iMac is available now and takes the place of the eMac, which is now out of production.
- CompassLearning, a provider of educational software (grades K-12), has teamed-up with Learning Through Sports, an education publisher that uses interactive sports games to teach core subjects and behavioral skills development (K-12). Under the partnership CompassLearning will re-sell Star Sportsmanship‘s Learning Through Sports web-based, role-playing program, which teaches a range of skills including good sportsmanship, teamwork and discipline.
- Software MacKiev, a developer/publisher of consumer and education software, is demonstrating a new podcast-friendly version of its Mac OS X edition of Broderbund Kid Pix Deluxe 3X. Enhancements to the new version include the addition of the Export to iPod Video function as well as import from Garageband, and export to iMovie HD, and improvements in the Slide Show area.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Jeffrey G. Katz has been appointed CEO/President, LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. Katz takes over the reins from Tom Kalinske, who will continue to serve as Vice Chairman of LeapFrog’s Board of Directors. Katz was the founding Chairman and CEO of Orbitz LLC, the e-commerce travel website. More recently he served on the Board of Director for Northwest Airlines, RazorGator, Inc., City of Hope (non-profit), and LeapFrog. Previously Katz was CEO/President, Swissair, and served in various executive roles at American Airlines including President, SABRE Travel Information Network and VP, American Airlines.
John Wille CFO, Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. has resigned. For an interim period, VP/Corporate Audits, James O’Reardon, will assume Wille’s responsibilities. O’Reardon joined the company in 1981, previously serving as VP/Administration.
RATINGS
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 6/26-7/2/06:
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK: 1250 DSNY*: 1375
DSNY*: 945 CARTOON: 902
CARTOON: 787 NAN**: 601
NAN**: 601 BET: 181
TOON DIS.: 190 TOON DIS: 149
NOG/THE N: 92 MTV: 92
BET: 86 ANIMAL PLANET: 81
MTV: 78 DISCOVERY: 78
NICKTOONS: 73 ESPN: 71
ANIMAL PLANET: 71 NICKTOONS: 67
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.
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime
Rankings among K6-11 (000) 6/26-7/2/06:
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK: 736 DSNY*: 1001
DSNY*: 601 CARTOON: 652
CARTOON: 568 NAN**: 457
NAN**: 457 BET: 117
TOON DIS.: 117 TOON DIS: 86
MTV: 59 MTV: 70
BET: 57 ANIMAL PLANET: 52
ANIMAL PLANET: 49 DISCOVERY: 43
NICKTOONS: 46 ESPN: 40
ESPN: 40 NICKTOONS: 39
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.
Weekly, Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime
Rankings among Tweens 9-14 (000) 6/26-7/2/06:
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK: 576 DSNY*: 784
NAN**: 484 NAN**: 484
DSNY*: 467 CARTOON: 472
CARTOON: 395 BET: 217
MTV: 169 MTV: 193
BET: 108 COMEDY: 99
TOON DIS.: 71 ESPN: 63
ESPN: 57 ANIMAL PLANET: 59
DISCOVERY: 44 DISCOVERY: 52
ANIMAL PLANET: 43 THE N: 47
TLC: 47
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.
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for
Thursday, June 29, 2006, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1181; K6-11 637; TWEENS 9-14 485
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 941; K6-11 582; TWEENS 9-14 442
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 875; K6-11 639; TWEENS 9-14 464
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 190; K6-11 125; TWEENS 9-14 83
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for
Friday, June 30, 2006, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1333; K6-11 798; TWEENS 9-14 624
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 972; K6-11 638; TWEENS 9-14 513
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 770; K6-11 582; TWEENS 9-14 386
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 192; K6-11 113; TWEENS 9-14 57
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for
Saturday, July 1, 2006, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1083; K6-11 659; TWEENS 9-14 531
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 869; K6-11 549; TWEENS 9-14 426
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 662; K6-11 458; TWEENS 9-14 326
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 170; K6-11 91; TWEENS 9-14 52
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for
Sunday, July 2, 2006, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1007; K6-11 676; TWEENS 9-14 567
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 912; K6-11 568; TWEENS 9-14 458
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 673; K6-11 440; TWEENS 9-14 278
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 156; K6-11 75; TWEENS 9-14 37
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: On what cartoon could you see a bumbling genie named BaBoo who used the words “Yapple Dapple”? JEANNIE Kudos to: Jim Salicrup-Papercutz/NY; Bob Friedland-Toys “R” Us, Inc/NY; M. Brent Byars-Turner Entertainment Networks/Atlanta; Keith M. Manzella-EastWest MG/NY; Michael Hawkins-PromoDoctors/Irving TX; Kevin Schmidt-National Cable Communications/Chicago; William Chip Beaman-Soundelux Design Music Group/Hollywood; Steve Leblang-FX Network; Erin Bartley-The Cookie Jar Company/Toronto; Andrew Lane-marblemedia/Toronto;
Today’s Trivia Question: On what tv game show could you see “Wammies”, little animated characters who happily cleaned out the contestant’s stash and leave them with zero? ( 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.)
Later — Gwen
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