A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM DISNEY ABC KIDS NETWORKS

Source: Nielsen (Galaxy Explorer), *8/29/05-1/29/06 vs. 8/30/04-1/30/05 Based on (000)s **(NPower), Primary co-viewing share MSU 7p-11p vs. Nick and Cartoon Kids hours only Qual. Avail. upon request

CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Cynopsis: Kids!

02/28/06

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, February 28, 2006 and this is your first early morning Kids! briefing.

Disney and the UK’s Sky Broadcasting have entered into a new agreement to carry Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney on Sky’s basic tier package.  Additionally satellite broadcaster BSkyB will offer Cinemage, a premium channel that features Disney Content including Pixar movies and classic Disney movie titles.   ESPN will also be offered via BSkyB.  The new channels will be available from next month.

The BT Group has inked a deal with Cartoon Network to license programming content and develop new interactive content for BT’s broadband TV service slated to launch later this year.  This deal follows on the heels of BT’s recent pacts with media companies including BBC Worldwide, Paramount, Warner Music Group, Endemol, National Geographic Channel and kids TV programming leaders HIT Entertainment and Nelvana.

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Fremantle International Distribution will head to MIPTV 2006 (April 3-7, 2006) with Prehistoric Park (6×60 min).  Created by Impossible Pictures, UK indie producers, the folks who produced the Walking With… series, Prehistoric Park employs CGI animation technology to send natural history expert Nigel Marven back into time to rescue prehistoric animals.  Each episode will feature a different prehistoric predicament. The family-friendly series is a co-production between ITV (UK), Animal Planet (US), M6 (France) and ProSieben (Germany).  As co-financiers, FID will serve as the international distributor the series (excluding France and Germany).

Granada International has entered into independent distribution agreements with indie producers Endemol‘s Initial Kids, Honeycomb Animation (UK) and the Timoon Animation (France), each creating new kid-targeted shows.  Granada International will launch all three kid’s properties at MIPCOM in October 2006.  The deals were brokered by Granada International’s Controller/Programming Emmanuelle Namiech.  Their respective projects are as follows

• Initial Kids is starting production on Bel’s Boys (26 x 15 minutes), a live action comedy/drama series for K7-11.  Commissioned by ITV, the series revolves around a 9yr-old girl who winds up living her dream, as the manager of a boy band.
• Honeycomb Animation is developing Funky Town (40 x 5 min) a preschool series.  Ordered by the UK’s Five, Funky Town is designed to compliment the animated preschool series Funky Valley.
• Timoon Animation is currently in production with Boowa and Kwala (52 x 5 min), an animated series based on the website characters created by Up to Ten. The series is slated for delivery by the end of the year.  Granada International has picked-up the worldwide distribution rights (excluding French speaking territories).

Generate, a new content development and talent management company targeting young adults and families, has inked a deal with MTV Networks to develop and produce content for the multiple distribution platforms for MTVN’s cable, broadband and wireless channels.  Under the agreement Generate’s basic cable, wireless and broadband development and production services are exclusive to MTV Networks, including of course Nickelodeon, Noggin, The N, MTV, MTV2, mtvU, Nick at Nite and so on.  The company was launched this week by partners, Jordan Levin, Pete Aronson, Mike Karz, Dave Rath and Kara Welker.  The entire client roster previously part of Rath-Welker Management, will be assumed by Generate.

MORE KIDS STUFF

HarperCollins Publishers has acquired world-English language rights to three book comic/fantasy/adventure series by screenwriter Derek Landy.  The first book in the series, titled Skulduggery Pleasant, about a young girl teams-up with the wise-cracking skeleton of a dead magician to defeat an Ancient evil.  The book, audio and e-formats will be published in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India. The deal was negotiated by HarperCollins UK’s Gillie Russell, Fiction Publishing Director and Sally Gritten, Managing Director, and Michael Stearns, Editorial Director/HarperCollins US, with Landy’s agent Michelle Kass.

MTV2 will premiere the second seasons of its series The Andy Milonakis Show and Wonder Showzen on March 31, at 9p and 9:30p, during its Sic ‘Em Friday line-up.  Following the debut of each new episode of both series, the episodes will be available on MTV2.com and Overdrive and will include additional video content.  Additionally, websites for both series are set to rollout March 10 on MTV2.com.  Both great shows, are targeted for older teens and up.  Coinciding with the launch of the new seasons, MTV Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment will release The Andy Milonakis Show: The Complete First Season and Wonder Showzen: Season One on DVD on March 28.

FUNimation Entertainment, the brand management company, has acquired home video, master toy and merchandising rights to Afro Samurai; the 5-part animated mini-series featuring Samuel L. Jackson that will air on Spike TV later this year.  Afro Samurai is based on Based on Takashi Okazaki’s graphic novel of the same name and combines the worlds of animation, sci-fi and hip-hop (www.afrosamurai.com). Jackson will provide the voice of the lead character as well as serving as a producer on the show, Gonzo is the series producer. NAMCO is developing a video game based on the series as well.  The series is more for teens and young adults, than the younger ages.

MARKETING/LICENSING

Fox Mobile Entertainment yesterday launched Mobizzo, a new mobile content locale.  Fox News Corp’s will offer content from across its entertainment divisions as well as from other media companies on Mobizzo including games, music, and ringtones and wallpaper from Family Guy, American Dad, Napoleon Dynamite and Ice Age: The Meltdown.  Service is available either for a monthly subscription ($5.99) or a la carte.  As of now the service is available on Cingular and T-Mobile phones, with other US carriers joining soon. Fox Mobile Entertainment is launching a multi-million dollar consumer marketing campaign, including TV, print, radio and outdoor, in addition to a viral marketing campaign in support of the new service, which it intends to roll out globally later in the year.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

4Kids Entertainment has announced several executive promotions:

• Tony Reed has been upped to SVP/Marketing and Licensing.  Reed will head the development, licensing and marketing of key brand including Magical DoReMi, Cabbage Patch Kids and Winx Club.  Prior to her new appointment Reed served as SVP/Corporate Marketing.
• Carlin West moves up to SVP/New Concept Acquisition and Development.  She will be responsible for identifying and developing new product concepts and non-TV properties.  West previously served as SVP/Marketing and Licensing.

RATINGS

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Friday, February 24, 2006, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:             K2-11 1231; K6-11 577; TWEENS 9-14 395
DISNEY CHANNEL:        K2-11   815; K6-11 499; TWEENS 9-14 358
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   693; K6-11 408; TWEENS 9-14 264
TOON DISNEY:               K2-11   133; K6-11    66; TWEENS 9-14  40
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: In Bruce Wayne’s study was a bust which also housed the secret switch to his hidden cave well below.  Who was this a bust of?  SHAKESPEARE     Kudos to:  Jim Salicrup-Papercutz/NY; Eddie Hill-Nickelodeon/NY; Ed Casey-Riot Media/NY; Brian Compare-Court TV; Bob Friedland-Toys R Us/NY; Michael Hawkins-Promodoctors/Irving TX; Greg Lock-Nickelodeon/Chicago; Robert Twilley-Jupiter Entertainment/Knoxville; Tom Boyd-WGN TV/Chicago; Anthony Dente-DPS Film Roman/Burbank; Dean Kraemer-Inferno Advertising/LA; Andy Nordvall-My Name is Earl/LA; William Beaman-Soundelux Design Music Group/Hollywood CA

Today’s Trivia Question: What is the last name of Archie’s rival Reggie? (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
Gwen Billings for Cynthia Turner’s Cynopsis Kids!
02.28.06 – 3:52a
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