CYNOPSIS EVENTS AT NATPE 2009

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  Cynopsis: Kids!

01/27/09

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, January 27, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.

Comcast Corporation teams with Disney-ABC Domestic Television to launch the subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, Disney Family Movies.  The new service offers about 20 hours of content, including 10 feature films and two short-form films, which will be in rotation for approximately a month ($5.99/month), with new movies added weekly.  The service, which showcases classic and current Disney family movies, is now available to Comcast digital customers and can be found on Channel 1 in Premium Channels under Disney Family Movies.

AT&T Services Inc. and RaySat Broadcasting Corporation enter into a content deal with MTV Networks (MTVN), under which select programming, including for kids, will be offered as part of the AT&T CruiseCast ( www.cruisecast.com ) service.  Programming featured as part of the pact includes MTVN’s mobile channels from MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon and the linear TV channels, The N and Noggin.  Scheduled to debut spring 2009, AT&T CruiseCast mobile TV service is an in-car entertainment offering that will allow families, commuters, and mobile users to watch satellite video channels anywhere in the country.

Galleon Holdings is acquiring a 19% stake in the newly formed Dragonfruit Entertainment, a subsidiary of its US strategic partner, Dragonfruit Studios, for US$347,000 ($250,000 in cash and the rest coming in shares in Galleon Holdings).  This deal bolsters Galleon and Dragonfruit Studio’s relationship, which in fall 2008 saw Dragonfruit license rights to two Galleon multi-platform youth/family properties, Super Soccer Star and Apollo’s Pad.  Dragonfruit Entertainment is currently re-developing the Apollo’s Pad format for a multi-platform re-launch.  The plans include an emphasis on global distribution, advertising and sponsorship partners, to build on the relationships with Sony BMG and EMI, which supply the music catalogue for the site.

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Halifax Film, a unit of DHX Media, heads into production on the new tween-targeted sketch comedy series, That’s So Weird! (13×30), commissioned by Corus Entertainment’s YTV (Canada).  The live-action series features an ensemble of seven actors/performers, with episodes slated to begin delivering in March 2009.  Decode Enterprises, also a division of DHX Media, will handle worldwide sales.

More Little Princess for Five‘s preschool programming block, Milkshake!  The UK broadcaster has commissioned a third season of the animated series, Little Princess, from TV-Loonland and The Illuminated Film Company.  Scheduled to bow on Milkshake! in 2010, the new season includes 35×11 new episodes and new characters.  Additionally, to the noted UK cast is joined by actor/TV personality Brian Blessed, playing Great Uncle Walter, who debuted in the Little Princess Winter Special  A Merry Little Christmas.

Tintin fans can finally get excited … as Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment begin principal product in LA on the 3D motion capture feature film The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, directed by Steven Spielberg.  Starring Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, Defiance) as Tintin, a young reporter with boundless energy, and Daniel Craig as the evil Red Rackham, the movie is based is schedule for release in 2011.  Tintin is produced by Spielberg, Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy is based on the character and books created by Georges Remi, better know as Herge.  Jackson’s Weta Digital developed the performance capture technology being used in the movie. Paramount Pictures will release domestically and in all English speaking territories and Asia, excluding India, with Sony Pictures Releasing International distributing the film in Continental Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, India and the rest of the world.

MORE KIDS STUFF

4Kids Entertainment inks new broadcast deals in several territories for its animated series Chaotic.  Acquiring season one of Chaotic is RTL2 (Germany), which will debut the series Q2 2009, and Digiturk (Turkey).  Other new agreements include those with TEN NetworkMBC (Middle East Broadcasting) (Australia) and Rede TV (Brazil) for Chaotic’s second season, entitled Chaotic: M’arrillian Invasion.  Under previous deals Chaotic (season one) debuts Q1 2009 on Gulli TV (France) and Jetix in the UK.  Additionally, the second season of Chaotic was recently picked up by Teletoon (Canada) and Disney/Jetix Latin America.

Disney/ABC Television Group, ESPN and Verizon extend their agreement to offer a range of entertainment, news and sports video programming.  Under the deal, full-length episodes from Disney Channel (Hannah Montana, The Suite Life on Deck and Phineas and Ferb), as well as episodes from ABC Entertainment, ESPN and ABC News, will be available to Verizon Wireless V Cast Video and Mobile Web customers.  Full episodes of these programs will be available on demand on V Cast Video the day following their TV premiere.  Additionally, Verizon Wireless customers will now also be able to access and view expanded programming from ESPN, including short news clips and other sports-related content, as well as having access to a variety of ESPN’s and Disney/ABC Television Group’s mobile Web sites.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

The Weinstein Company (TWC) appoints Tom Ortenberg to the newly created position of President/Theatrical Films.  Based in LA, Ortenberg will be involved in all aspects of domestic theatrical features (e.g. acquisitions, distribution, marketing and publicity) released by both the TWC and Dimension banners.  He will report to Co-Chairmen Bob and Harvey Weinstein.  Ortenberg was most recently President/Theatrical Films, Lionsgate Entertainment.  He previously toiled for Columbia Pictures and Hemdale Film Corp., the latter where he served as President/Distribution and Marketing.

Discovery Studios taps Sean Atkins to serve as VP/West Coast Production and Development, effective February 17.  Based in LA, Atkins will report to Carole Tomko, President, Discovery Studios.  Atkins joins Discovery from HBO, where he was SVP/Digital Media, and previously served as Head of Development and Programming for Yahoo!, Inc.

Jesus Diaz joins BKN New Media as VP/Licensing and Merchandising.  Based in Barcelona, Diaz will oversee all licensing efforts in Iberia as well as manage agents in Italy, France, Greece, Latin America and Brazil.

RATINGS

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 1/12-1/18/2009 , 6a-6a:
K2-11                                            Total Delivery (000)
FOX:      American Idol (1/13; 8-10p)                      1973
FOX:      American Idol (1/14; 8-10p)                      2906
NICK:    iCarly (1/17; 8p)                                       2669
NICK:    Back at the Barnyard (1/17; 10a)               2437
DSNY*:  Suite Life on Deck (1/16; 8p)                     2253
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (1/17; 12p)           2218
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (1/16; 5:30p)        2207
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (1/18; 12p)           2141
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (1/17; 11:30a)      2114
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (1/17; 9:30a)        2110
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 6-11 for the week of 1/12-1/18/2009 , 6a-6a:
K6-11                                           Total Delivery (000)
NICK:    iCarly (1/17; 8p)                                       2044
FOX:      American Idol (1/13; 8-10p)                      2014
FOX:      American Idol (1/14; 8-10p)                      1961
DSNY*:  Suite Life on Deck (1/16; 8p)                     1859
NICK:    Back at the Barnyard (1/17; 10a)               1562
NICK:    True Jackson, VP (1/17; 8:30p)                  1542
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (1/16; 8:30p)                  1490
NICK:    iCarly (1/17; 7:30p)                                  1464
NICK:    iCarly (1/13; 7:30p)                                  1359
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (1/17; 9:30a)       1351
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Tweens 9-14 for the week of 1/12-1/18/2009 , 6a-6a:
Tweens 9-14                                                           Total Delivery (000)
FOX:      American Idol (1/13; 8-10p)                                                2782
FOX:      American Idol (1/14; 8-10p)                                                2537
NICK:    iCarly (1/17; 8p)                                                                 1843
DSNY*: Suite Life on Deck (1/16; 8p)                                                1721
CBS:     AFC Championship Baltimore/Pittsburgh (1/18; 6:44-10:21p)  1613
FOX:     NFC Championship Philadelphia/Arizona (1/18; 3:07-6:23p)    1594
FAM:     Another Cinderella Story (1/18; 8-10p)                                  1438
NICK:    True Jackson, VP (1/17; 8:30p)                                             1364
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (1/16; 8:30p)                                             1226
NICK:    iCarly (1/17; 9:30p)                                                             1112
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Teens 12-17 for the week of 1/12-1/18/2009 , 6a-6a:
Teens 12-17                                                            Total Delivery (000)
FOX:      American Idol (1/13; 8-10p)                                                2698
FOX:      American Idol (1/14; 8-10p)                                                2446
FOX:     NFC Championship Philadelphia/Arizona (1/18; 3:07-6:23p)    1744
CBS:     AFC Championship Baltimore/Pittsburgh (1/18; 6:44-10:21p)  1697
FAM:     Another Cinderella Story (1/18; 8-10p)                                  1223
FAM      Secret Life of the American Teenager (1/12; 8-9p)                  1039
NICK:    iCarly (1/17; 8p)                                                                  1025
DSNY*: Suite Life on Deck (1/16; 8p)                                                  889
VH1:     Real Chance of Love (1/12; 9-10:30p)                                     871
CBS:     CSI (1/15; 9:15-10:16p)                                                        760
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Abbreviation for Adult Swim, which airs on Cartoon Network

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Friday, January 23, 2009, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1019; K6-11 466; TWEENS 9-14 319
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11   957; K6-11 583; TWEENS 9-14 460
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   469; K6-11 315; TWEENS 9-14 225
TOON DISNEY:           K2-11   200; K6-11 124; TWEENS 9-14   75
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

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Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: What is the name of the hyperactive bird that’s “cuckoo for cocoa puffs?”  SONNY (THE CUCKOO BIRD) Kudos to: Erica Minton-WonderGroup/Cincinnati; Sara Zeglin-National Geographic Digital Media/Washington, D.C.; Caitlin Casey-Scholastic Inc./NY; Carin Greenberg/NY; Todd Schultz-WOA Productions/CTZ; Kevin Schmidt-National Cable Communications/Chicago; Tom Boyd-WGN/Chicago; Squirrel Rippley-Dark Horse Media/Tucson; Rebecca Rodriguez-Disney Channel/CA; Justin Meadows-Disney/ABC Cable Networks Group/Burbank; Ratana Therakulsathit-Mattel/El Segundo, CA; Maytal Nissim-Zebra TV Channels Ltd./Tel Aviv, Israel

Today’s Trivia Question:  On Clifford the Big Red Dog, what is the name of Emily Elizabeth’s self centered friend who is the human of a dog named Mac? (Email [email protected] 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 Cynopsis Kids!
01.27.09

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