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09/29/11
Good morning. It’s Thursday, September 29, 2011, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.
Telemundo enters into a license deal with Disney-Pixar to broadcast ten of the studios’ animated movies to US Spanish-language TV viewers beginning this October. This new multi-picture deal marks the first time Disney-Pixar movies will be available on Spanish-language TV network in the US. Under the pact, the first Disney-Pixar movie to broadcast is The Incredibles, which debuts October 2. The other animated movies featured as part of the agreement are Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life, Cars, Up, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, Ratatouille, and Monsters, Inc.
Co-production partners Anima Estudios, SLR Productions, Home Plate Entertainment and Telegael head into production on the newly green-lit animated comedy Teenage Fairytale Dropouts (52×11). The HD Flash animated series is currently slated to be available for broadcast in 2013. Teenage Fairytale Dropouts tells the story of three best friends, and second-generation fairytale characters, who are determined to be their own people despite what their well-known fairytale parents have to say on the topic! In case your are wondering … the three friends, Jeremiah, Fury and Trafalgar, are respectively the son of The Giant from Jack and the Beanstalk, the daughter of Tooth Fairy, and one of Merlin’s many nephews. Each has a lot of growing to do … both literally and figuratively.
In Italy, producer/distributor Mondo TV and toy company Giochi Preziosi have officially inked a deal to co-produce and distribute a new 3D CGI animated Gormiti TV series. With a bible and scripts by Man of Action (Ben 10), the new Gormiti series is set to be available by fall 2012. Based on Giochi Preziosi’s toy property, the first season of the new 3D CGI animated Gormiti series will include 26×26 episodes. Mondo TV will also handle TV distribution and home video for the new series around the world for 10 years.
Toronto’s Guru Studio (Justin Time) is developing two new animated series, and its new teen magazine show, all of which it will showcase at Mipcom this coming week.
- Port Little (26×11) a new animated preschool series set in the town of Port Little, where viewers learn about how people and things move and how transportation is about sharing and how it gets people, and in this case things (big and odd things) where they need to be every day.
- Shawn vs. Ben (26×22) targeted to kids/tweens, the animated series tells the story of frenemies, Shawn (12), a bit of a bully, and Ben (10), an underdog. Ben has been at odds with Shawn since they were toddlers, with Ben continually foiling Shawn’s schemes.
- Stash (26×22) – aimed at teens, each episode draws from the video archive of Stash Magazine to feature short films and music videos by talented directors, as well as and general comedy and inspired weirdness.
Licensing and brand management company memBrain Licensing unveils a licensing deal between Kidrobot, a creator/retailer of limited edition art toys, apparel and accessories, and the classic iconic Finnish design and character brand, Moomin ( www.moomin.com ). The Moomin x Kidrobot collection will include vinyl, plush, and wooden toys as well as a line of co-branded apparel for boys, girls, juniors and young men. The Moomin x Kidrobot collection will be distributed in leading department stores, specialty chains, Kidrobot stores and design-centric retailers throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. memBrain Licensing, which exclusively represents Moomin for North America, recently announced that Chronicle Books will join MacMillan Publishers and publisher Drawn & Quarterly to expand the Moomin brand in North America. Created by Tove Jansson, a Swedish-Finnish writer/illustrator, there are about a dozen Moomin novels and several picture books, a long-running TV series and animated TV series, a theatrical play and comic strip and a range of products from 300+ licensees worldwide.
Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) inks a licensing partnership for the animated comedy Regular Show with Fifth Sun to create a line of screen-printed and embellished t-shirts, thermals, tank tops and fleece for young men/women, which have launched at available at Hot Topic retailers nationwide. Created by J.G. Quintel, the third season of Regular Show debuted on Cartoon Network last week, where it continues to air Monday nights at 8:15p.
Entertainment One (eOne) signs new license deals for Peppa Pig with Yoplait for fromage frais and Heinz for tinned pasta shapes, which are now available at retail in the UK. Additionally, eOne has competed deals with Frank Roberts for gingerbread cookies, which debut this month at Waitrose, and Robert Roberts for Peppa Pig potato snacks bowing Q4 2011 in Ireland. eOne will attend Brand Licensing Europe 2011 seeking new licenses for the Peppa Pig program, looking specifically for license partners for ice cream, ready meals, juices & smoothies, lunch box items and fruit & vegetables.
MARKETING
Jakks Pacific enters into a new exclusive Australian toy distribution deal for Nickelodeon‘s new CG animated fantasy series, Winx Club, with Funtastic Limited. Under the deal, Funtastic will distribute Jakks’ new Winx Club product line simultaneous to Jakks’ release of the product in the US, North America, Latin America and the UK in fall 2012, which coincides with the premiere of the all new CG animated episodes of the series on Nickelodeon. The new Winx Club toy line features dolls, playsets, role-play, dress-up and Halloween costumes.
Mind Candy signs a month-long exclusive deal with UK retailer Clintons for limited edition line of Moshi Monsters beanies babies from plush license Ty. In addition to Ty Beanies, Clintons also offers other Moshi products, such as gift cards, gift-wrap and greeting cards, all available now.
Disney XD will premiere the new 10-part reality adventure series Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge on Monday, October 17 at 8:30p, which will culminate with an hour-long finale Monday, November 7 at 8-9p. Based on the popular adult-aimed realty show Fort Boyard, which premiered 20+ years ago, this new kid adaptation similarly shot on location at the same 19the century sea fort off the coast of France. Hosted by Geno Segers (Pair of Kings) and UK TV host Laura Hamilton (Dancing On Ice), the series features six teams (24 teens from the US and the UK) who take part in tournament competition to find the fort’s hidden treasures. Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge is produced by Zodiak Media Group‘s production companies The Foundation and Adventure Line Productions (ALP), which created the concept for the original adult series. The series will be televised on Disney XD cable and satellite channels around the world (excluding France and the Nordics) and CiTV in the UK.
Boomerang is scaring up some Halloween kid/family programming for the month of October including network series premieres, holiday-themed marathons, episodes and specials. Making their network premiere are the original live action primetime series The Munsters and The Addams Family, which will run back-to-back Mondays-Fridays, 7-8p, all month long from Monday, October 3. Halloween-focused programming will also include a super-scary weekday block this October (10:3a-3p) featuring animated favorites such as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, The Funky Phantom, Goober and the Ghost Chasers and The Addams Family (animated, 1992-95). A Halloween Day marathon (6a-2p) of classic series and specials will include The Halloween Tree, The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone and Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf. Additionally, Columbus Day (Monday, October 10), Boomerang will air 14 episodes of The Munsters.
Disney Junior in Canada is also getting ready for Halloween with holiday-themed specials set to air each Monday in October. Canada’s Disney Junior’s Halloween Monday programming includes: Monday, October 3, includes the debut of a new episode of Handy Manny at 7:30p; on Monday, October 10 a new episode of Special Agent Oso premieres at 6p; Monday, October 17 features Halloween-themed episodes of Jake and the Never Land Pirates at 6:30p, and Stella and Sam at 8p; Monday, October 4 will see the debut of a new episode of Jungle Junction at 5:30p; and all of these episodes will be featured as part of a Halloween marathon on Monday, October 31 5a-11:30p. All Halloween-episodes will also roll out on Disney Junior OnDemand throughout the month beginning with the Handy Manny episode on October 7. Additionally, this October DisneyJunior.ca ( www.disneyjunior.ca ) will offer families various activities, printables and Halloween safety tips, as well as a costume contest (October 10-17).
V&S Entertainment‘s HD CGI animated preschool series Everything’s Rosie is acquired by Dreamia TV‘s Canal Panda in Portugal. Canal Panda, which picks up the first two seasons of Everything’s Rosie (52×11), plans to debut the program in primetime from January 2012. The channel will also schedule the series to broadcast in the morning and bedtime time periods.
Russia’s The Riki Group will attend MipJunior/Mipcom where it will showcase its animated brand Kikoriki, including the new feature film and a third season (52×11) of the TV series produced in 3D CGI. Kikoriki: The Movie, the first Kikoriki feature film, is a stereoscopic 3D CGI movie, which The Riki Group co-produced with director Timur Bekmambetov’s (Wanted, 9, Nightwatch) production company Bazelevs. Kikoriki: The Movie is set to release in Russia this December 2011. The new season of Kikoriki, which was developed with the international market in mind, is the first season of the popular animated series to be produced in CGI animation and the first season to feature a US writing team. Lead by Mike de Seve, Creative Director of Baboon Animation, the US writing includes Bob Mittenthal (The Naked Brothers Band, Ka-Blamm), P. Kevin Strader (Jelly Jamm) and David Steven Cohen (Courage the Cowardly Dog), Anne Bernstein (Daria), and Ben Gruber (Superjail, Speed Racer). Season three of Kikoriki will be available for broadcast in fall 2012.
Kidobi ( www.kidobi.com ), the new preschool streaming video platform, adds 85 hours of programming to its digital library as it prepares to head to MipJunior/Mipcom to meet with international distributors, producers and rights holders. Kidobi’s new programming comes as the result of a series of new distribution deals for the preschool series Larry the Lawnmower and Ted Sieger’s Molly the Monster from Target Entertainment, Big City Publishing‘s Drawing with Mark and Angels from the Attic, Juno Junior and Juno Baby from The Juno Company, as well as Pdoink‘s Yogurt the Ogre among others. These new acquisitions join Kidobi’s portfolio of preschool content that already includes This is Daniel Cook, Mouse and Mole, and Farzzle’s World.
Classic Media enters into a deal with Hallmark to represent its new animated Christmas TV special hoops&yoyo Ruin Christmas (1×30). Under the deal Classic Media will handle worldwide distribution (excluding US and Canada DVD), for the Hallmark produced hoops&yoyo Ruin Christmas, which is set to premiere on CBS on November 25, 2011. Classic Media will offer the holiday special to international broadcasters at Mipcom.
The Santa Incident, a live-action Christmas special will release on DVD this November 1, 2011 from RHI Entertainment and Vivendi Entertainment. The family-targeted special, a Hallmark Channel original movie that premiered last year, stars Ione Skye (Fever Pitch, Say Anything) and Greg Germann (Ally McBeal, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby).
EXECUTIVE MOVES
France-based animation studio TeamTO hangs out a new shingle in the US. The new TeamTO LA office will be helmed by TV and movie executive Lenora Hume beginning this October. Most recently Hume founded and ran her own consultancy Lenora Hume Solutions in LA. She previously toiled for Hit Entertainment (UK) and prior to that for 16 years with Disney’s TV animation division, eventually serving as SVP/Worldwide Production.
RATINGS
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 797; K6-11 308; TWEENS 9-14 216
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 774; K6-11 411; TWEENS 9-14 332
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 359; K6-11 215; TWEENS 9-14 157
DISNEY XD: K2-11 137; K6-11 101; TWEENS 9-14 86
NICKTOONS: K2-11 66; K6-11 50; TWEENS 9-14 39
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
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