Cynopsis: Kids!

07/27/10

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 27, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.

Sprout is set to launch its first, long form original series Noodle and Doodle (26×11) on Saturday, September 25 at 9a, in conjunction with the channel’s fifth anniversary.  Noodle and Doodle will then air every Saturday and Sunday morning at 9a and again at 11:30a.  The preschool series will air as part of the channel’s live morning programming block, The Sunny Side Up Show, which is expanding to include weekends. The Sprout produced series is hosted by Sean, co-hose of The Sunny Side Up Show, and Noodle, a puppet that enjoys working in the kitchen, and Doodle, a virtual electronic pal, and features arts, crafts and healthy cooking step-by-step activities for preschoolers and their families.  The series also includes Sean’s dog Doggity, who takes viewers into an animated world where a group of cooking dogs team up to solve problems and cooking snacks in the kitchen.  The animated Doggity segments were created in conjunction with series creator John McCoy and Ka-chew!, a division of Klasky Csupo (Rugrats, Wild Thornberrys).  A corresponding website for the series will debut at SproutOnline.com ( www.sproutonline.com ) after September 25.

This week marks Astral Media’s Family Channel (Canada) launch of the English-language Playhouse Disney channel on Telus TV.  The commercial free, preschool-targeted channel will be available to Telus TV subscribers in British Columbia and Alberta, who also subscribe to Family Channel, on channel 74.  Playhouse Disney programming includes Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny, Imagination Movers and Franny’s Feet.  Joining the lineup in September will be the new season of Special Agent Oso and a new season of the original Canadian production, The Secret World of Benjamin Bear.  Additionally, January 2011 will see the debut of Stella and Sam, a new series based on books by Marie-Louise Gay.  Family Channel

ScandiTV will launch in North America on August 1, 2010.  Based in California, the new service and provider of Scandinavian TV channels via TV, VOD and IPTV, news, kid-targeted programming and movies with the goal of offering a media and cultural exchange between Scandinavia and North America, as well as the Scandinavians living in the US and Canada.  ScandiTV plans to expand its services to Latin America some time in the future.  Offering a range of kid programming, the Nordic Package comes with four free movies per month  with most of the movies, many of which have never been seen in North America before, subtitled in English.  In addition to the purchase of a ScandiTV box (one-time fee $132), which connects to the users internet and TV, there are three subscriber packages: 6-month ($22/month); one-year ($20/month); and two-year ($18/month).  One does not need to be a cable or satellite subscriber to receive the service but can switch to those services if they have them.

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Sesame Workshop and Nigerian co-producer Ileke Media commence production in Nigeria this week on Sesame Square, the Nigerian version of Sesame Street.  Slated to premiere later this year, Sesame Square is a half-hour series hosted by Kami, the girl Muppet HIV-positive character, and the brand new boy Muppet Zobi.  Nigerians gave Zobi his name via a mobile vote.  In the series Kami and Zobi will be part of locally produced segments such as “Word of the Day,” which will feature Nigerian kids.  Sesame Square will also include Sesame Street formats including Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures, Elmo’s World, Global Grover, and Play With Me Sesame.

MORE KIDS STUFF

TeenNick launches The Nightlife (4×30), a series of four new specials hosted by Nick Cannon, TeenNick’s Chairman, beginning August 5 at 9:30p.  Focusing on new trends in fashion, music, dance and entertainment, one of the four specials will debut every Thursday night this August 9:30p.  The Nightlife specials include celebrity guests, such as Ice Cube, Anna Kendrick, Travie McCoy, New Boyz, Brandon Routh and T.I. in a club setting with Cannon serving as DJ.  Each episode features with a musical performance and dance segments, as well as pop culture reports from teen correspondents (and musical artists), Aaron Fresh and Chloe Wang.  Cannon also serves as executive producer of The Nightlife.

Disney Channel will premiere the new preschool special, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally, on Tuesday, September 7, 7-7:50p.  Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release the special on DVD the same day and date.  A week before the premiere, August 31, the full special will be available via Disney Channel On Demand.  Meanwhile in conjunction with its TV debut, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally will be available on iTunes and Xbox Live, as well as simulcast on mobile providers Sprint TV, FloTV and MobiTV.  Finally, the special will be accessible on mobile VOD for AT&T CV, Sprint TV and Verizon V Cast from September 8.  Online PlayhouseDisney.com/Mickey ( www.playhousedisney.com/mickey ) will launch Clubhouse Rally Raceway.

G4 ( www.g4tv.com ) will premiere four new anime series in 2011 based on classic Marvel characters, Iron Man, X-Men, Wolverine and Blade, under an exclusive US TV deal with Sony Pictures Television.  All produced by Madhouse and Marvel Entertainment in association with Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, each of the individual anime series is comprised of 12×30 episodes and will feature intertwined storylines and shared guest characters.  Sony Pictures Television will handle distribution for the series.  While G4 is targeted to males 18-34, no doubt kids/tween/teen anime, comic and superhero fans will find their way to the series.  Available in 70 million cable and satellite homes, G4 is a Comcast Entertainment Group channel.

Saban Brands appoints Marvista Entertainment to represent international TV rights for Saban’s kids’ series Power Rangers.  The deal will see Marvista handling the worldwide sales for the whole of the Power Rangers library, which features 700+ episodes produced over the last 17 years, as well as 20 additional new episodes from the 18th season that will bow on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons in 2011.  Power Rangers will be showcased this fall at Mipcom.

Ameba, a Winnipeg-based and kid-targeted IPTV system, expands its programming with the addition of CCI Entertainment‘s classic series Nilus the Sandman, Time Blazers, as well as Monster by Mistake to its AmebaTV.com ( www.amebatv.com ) subscription portal.

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MARKETING/LICENSING

Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing releases its first U-Ventures iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad interactive reading app, U-Ventures: Return to the Cave of Time, which are based on the Choose Your Own Adventure book series.  Simon & Schuster worked in partnership with software developer Expanded Books/Expanded Apps and Edward Packard, creator/author of the Choose Your Own Adventure books to create the U-Venture app series.  The U-Ventures apps feature sound, light and various special effects, music and alien voices, as well as a selection of story variations and endings and unique situations. The second story, U-Ventures: Through the Black Hole is slated for release later this summer, followed by a third title, U-Ventures: The Forbidden Castle this fall.

RDF Rights inks a publishing rights deal with Demon Records to release a Waybuloo single, Waybuloo Time For Yogo.  Based on the content (e.g. phrases and movements) from the Waybuloo preschool series, which airs on CBeebies, Waybuloo Time For Yogo is composed by series composer, James Burrell, Brighter Day Music, and releases digitally for download on August 9, 2010.  An accompanying music video has been produced exclusively for iTunes/Mobile as well as an exclusive Yogo instruction booklet, featuring poses used in the music video.  A full album, Waybuloo a World of Musical Happiness, will release digitally and on CD on September 6, 2010.  Waybuloo is produced by The Foundation, which is part of RDF Media Group, and Decode Entertainment for CBeebies.  RDF Rights holds global rights in all media for the property, excluding Canada where Decode handles broadcast and home entertainment rights, and DHX Licensing reps consumer products rights.

Koba Entertainment is currently producing a live theatrical production of Nelvana’s animated preschool series Max & Ruby, which is based on the book series of the same name by Rosemary Wells.  Targeted to family audiences, the musical tour, Max & Ruby: Bunny Party, kicks off in Western Canada this fall.  Featuring music and lyrics by Norman Foote, the show will make its way across Canada and then throughout the US in 2011. ( www.maxandrubyontour.com)

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Turner Broadcasting names Jeffrey Grant as SVP/Research, Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media (AYAKM) group. Grant will oversee research for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and AYAKM digital and consumer products.  Based in Atlanta, he will report to Jack Wakshlag, Chief Research Officer, TBS.  Grant joined TBS in 1996, most recently serving as SVP/Research, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim sales, marketing and enterprises and Turner Sports and Entertainment digital ad sales.

RATINGS

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Thursday, July 22, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1441; K6-11 857; TWEENS 9-14 756
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 1240; K6-11 876; TWEENS 9-14 775
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   688; K6-11 445; TWEENS 9-14 318
DISNEY XD:               K2-11   229; K6-11 177; TWEENS 9-14 129
NICKTOONS:              K2-11   149; K6-11 111; TWEENS 9-14   83
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Friday, July 23, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1297; K6-11 842; TWEENS 9-14 642
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 1237; K6-11 857; TWEENS 9-14 782
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   674; K6-11 426; TWEENS 9-14 304
DISNEY XD:               K2-11   200; K6-11 133; TWEENS 9-14   90
NICKTOONS:              K2-11   168; K6-11 125; TWEENS 9-14   87
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia:   When not overturning trash cans, eating seafood, romancing my pretty Persian cat girlfriend, or chasing mice, I spends time battling Spike.  Who am I?  HEATHCLIFF (tho Tom and Jerry also had a Spike, albeit no Persian cat)  Kudos to: E.J. Offurum- TruTV/New York;Sherrie Brooks-TBS/Atlanta;Mike Sheridan-ITV Studios/New York;Joe Swaney-Cartoon Network/Adult Swim/Atlanta;

Today’s Trivia Question:  After the irreversible mistake of pouring too much tenderness into the monster formula, this monster was created with a sweet disposition and a hole in his head.  Who is he? (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 Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
gwen @cynopsis.com
07.27.10

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