A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM QUBO

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qubo= NBC+ION+TEL kids shows. All claims- STD thru 2-24-08.
a: Nielsen NPower. Live K2-11 share of viewing w/W18-49. Kids blocks for brdcasters. M-S6a-12m for kids nets.
b: NTI Explorer and NPower. Live W18-49 (000’s). M-F10a-4p for non-kids cable nets.
c : Nielsen NPower. Based on W18-49 C3 index. Kids blocks brdcasters. M-S6a-12m all cable nets.

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Cynopsis: Kids!

05/06/08

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, May 6, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing.

With Iron Man just out and raking in the dough as the final box office numbers roll in for both domestic ($102.1 million) and international ($98.6 million), I know you will be shocked to hear that Marvel Studios says it plans to produce an Iron Man sequel.  Okay, back on your chair now?  In announcing its Q1 2008 shareholders report, Marvel Entertainment laid out the Marvel Studio move release plan.  We are looking at no Marvel Studios movies for 2009, but 2010 will see the release of the next Iron Man movie (April 30) and a feature film version of Marvel’s character Thor (June 4), which will be followed in summer 2011 by two Avengers movies, The First Avenger: Captain America (a working title, May 6, 2011) and The Avengers (July 2011).  All of these movies will be distributed by Paramount.  Marvel Studios is also developing an Ant-Man movie.  In just a few week Marvel Studios will release The Incredible Hulk (June 13, 2008) distributed by Universal, and studio heads say they plan on continuing that franchise as well. Furthermore under separate feature film production deals work continues on Spider-Man 4 (Sony, date tbd), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Fox, set for May 1, 2009), Punisher: War Zone (Lionsgate, December 2008).

Nickelodeon will reposition its Nick at Nite (NAN) day-part as a young family programming block, according to Variety.  While NAN will continue to feature off-net sitcoms (e.g. George Lopez, Home Improvement, Fresh Prince of Bel Air etc), the network plans to produce several new family-centric productions to air during the block hoping to capture those who grew up watching the network, along with their kids.  New original programming will include a game show titled My Family’s Got Guts (a family version of the Nickelodeon game show Guts) and the dog competition show, The First Annual Worldwide Fido Awards (July 27 & 28), both of which come from Albie Hecht’s Worldwide Biggies.

MORE KIDS STUFF

NBC News’ educational arm NBC Learn launches iCue, a free hybrid online social network and news archive information content for Kids/Teens 13+ originally announced a few years back.  Designed in collaboration with the MIT Education Arcade, a research group that integrates gaming and peer collaboration into traditional learning activities and environments, iCue is an acronym for Immerse, Connect, Understand and Excel and offers users an archive of videos, letters, images, cartoons and graphs and other information from NBC News, discussion forums and the iCue CueCard patented technology.  The CueCard is a media player, flash card, note-taking tool, and trading card.  This week’s launch features political-themed games/activities highlighting specifically on Decision ’08.  Over the summer NBC Learn will add additional content and course curriculum for US History, US Government and Politics, and English Language and Composition, all of which is aligned with educational standards for AP courses and a range of high school and college classes.  Additional iCue content partners include The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Cartoon Network New Media introduces Ben 10 Alien Force: Game Creator, a new, free online game.  Based on the network’s new animated series Ben 10: Alien Force, which is set five years in the future, the Game Creator allows users to build their own online games and share them with friends and can be sent to the game gallery at www.cartoonnetwork.com for others to play.

Casting Call: 9 Story Entertainment, YTV and Les Stroud, wilderness survivor, host and filmmaker, are on the hunt for six brave teens (13-17 years old), to participate in the previously announced new series Survivorman Kids (13 episodes).  Would be teen participants can apply at www.survivormankids.com ; the deadline is Friday, May 16.  The program will be filmed in Ontario over the summer.

MARKETING/LICENSING

Screenvision and MTV are teaming up for an in-cinema initiative to promote the 2008 MTV Movie Awards.  The 2008 MTV Movie Awards in-theater campaign will launch across Screenvision’s cinema advertising network on May 9, and include original branded content segments featuring the 2008 awards as part of Screenvision’s digital pre-show.  The 2008 MTV Movie Awards will be broadcast live on June 1 at 8p.  Screenvision’s in-cinema ad network includes 14,000+ screens across 2,300 theatres across the US.

PorchLight Home Entertainment acquires the US DVD distribution rights to Animalia.  The first DVD title set for release is Animalia: Welcome to the Kingdom is comprised of four episodes and will be available from September 23, 2008.  Based on the Animalia illustrated kid’s book by author/illustrator Graeme Base, the CGI Animalia series currently airs in the US on both Animania HD and PBS, as well as in the UK on BBC and Canada on CBC.

Sesame Street Playground, a new CD/DVD set comprised of songs and music videos from Sesame Street productions around the world, including classic and new regional Muppet characters, will be released by Putumayo Kids this September 30, 2008.  The CD features 12 songs, including Zhima Jie, the Chinese version of Rubber Ducky, and featuring characters developed specifically to reflect the culture and society of each country.  The DVD includes 6 music videos, visiting various locations around the world.  The liner notes will be printed in four languages.  At least one percent of Putumayo Kids CD sales proceeds benefit non-profit groups that support kids, families, schools and other charities

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Shea Fontana is upped to Manager/Children’s Programming, PorchLight Entertainment.  She will focus on developing preschool programming, in addition to girl-related kid’s program development and sales.  Fontana joined PorchLight two years ago and most recently served as Production coordinator and ADR voice director on Animalia, as well as a range of other animated series.

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Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  Premiering in 1954, the first incarnation of the Walt Disney anthology TV series titled Disneyland was subsequently and more commonly known as The Wonderful World of Disney. What was the original theme song of this show?  WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR    Kudos to:    Estrella Diaz-TNT/TBS/ TruTV/NY;  Brian Yanish-Brian Yanish Designs/NY; Dusty Ratledge-Scripps Networks/ Knoxville, TN; Kareem el-Dahab-AOL/Dulles, VA; Susan Ford–C&R Research/Chicago; Hank Bordowitz-Western Illinois University/Macomb,IL; Katrina Cicala-Prairie Home Productions/Saint Paul, MN; Kerri Huyck-KIDK/Idaho Falls, ID; Al Ovadia-Al Ovadia & Associates/Hidden Hills, CA; Richard Quan-Imaginary Time/San Francisco; Bonny Dore Productions Inc./LA; Peter Hill-Canwest Broadcasting /Toronto

Today’s Trivia Question: Grouchy Bear, Marcella, Queasy the Parrot and Sunny Bunny are characters from what late ’80s animated TV show?  (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!
05.06.08

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