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Cyn opsis: Kids!

10/17/06

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, October 17, 2006 and this is your first early morning Kids! briefing. 

MTV Networks has gone shopping again, this time acquiring Quizilla.com, an online user generated social network for and by teens, who use the site to share their own creative content (e.g. quizzes, fiction/non-fiction, poetry, polls etc).  MTVN purchased Quizilla from Gorilla Nation Media, LLC for its Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group.  Quizilla is one of three MTVN Kids and Family digital teen sites, which includes The-N.com and NeoPets.com; together the sites will help serve the teen female audience.  Additionally, Quizilla is the fourth acquired web community to join the Nickelodeon group, joining NeoPets.com, Shockwave.com and AddictingGames.com.  Quizilla.com drew 3.1 million unique visitors globally during September 2006, according to comScore Media Metrix.  The terms of the detail were not announced.  Gorilla Nation Media was represented by The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc., an investment bank specializing in the media/information industries.

MORE KIDS STUFF

Mushking, The Guardians of the Forest (52 x 30′), the animated adventure series, has been picked up by brand management group, Elastic Rights, which will handle TV and video rights in Iberia.  Elastic Rights has already completed TV deals for the full series with Cartoon Network (Spain), for launch in spring 2007 and also with DTT, Clan TV (Spain) for summer 2007.  Produced by TMS Entertainment, Mushking, The Guardians of the Forest is based on Sega’s arcade game Mushking The King of Beetles.  Targeted to K4-12, The Mushking property was an enormous success in Japan as an arcade game and selling 360+ million trading cards and the animated series had a successful run on TV Tokyo.

Star Farm Productions’ animated series Edgar & Ellen has been picked up by Nickelodeon’s international channels for air on its channels in France, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Australia.  The deal includes all 26 episodes of the series and six holiday specials.  Targeted to K6-8, the series airs on the Nicktoons Network in the US. Edgar and Ellen are siblings who pull pranks on each other in the large manor in which they live.

This is Major Tom to ground control … well, close, sort of, not really, okay never mind, but nonetheless, David Bowie, at the urging of his daughter, has recorded a voice over for an episode of Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants.  The famous rocker lends his voice to a character named Lord Royal Highness in an episode that is slated to air next year.

MARKETING/LICENSING

THQ Inc. has released SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab, with 16 million units shipping around the world.  Based on the Nickelodeon series, the new SpongeBob game is available for PlayStation 2, Nintendo’s GameCube, Game Boy Advance and DS.  Additionally the game title will also be available as one of the initial launch titles for the Wii video game console.

Chorion Ltd, the exclusive licensing representative for The World of Eric Carle, has extended its relationship to Puffin, the kid’s book publisher.  Under the expanded deal, Puffin will create a social stationery line of products based on author/illustrator Eric Carle’s “books to play with, toys to read,” along with other items under their Puffin imprint.  For example Puffin will create products based on Carle’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which will feature The Very Helpful Diary, The Very Busy Wall Calendar, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Classic Notebook and My Very Special Scrapbook.  The Eric Carle line of stationery products will be available from August 2007 through book and department stores, gift, mail-order book/gift catalogues, mass market, museum & art galleries and stationary retailers. The US retail launch for The World of Eric Carle branded products this past spring 2006 with products such as games, puzzles, stationery, stickers, toys, etc.

Cartoon Network Ad Sales and Marketing has teamed with LucasArts to launch a co-branded consumer promotion that will feature the launch of LucasArts’ Thrillville game in partnership with the launch of the new animated series Class of 3000.  The promotion will reach across Cartoon Network’s various platforms including on-air, CartoonNetwork.com, broadband player Cartoon Network Video and podcasting.  Beginning October 30, the network will introduce the Class of 3000 game on its website as part of the multi-platform launch plan for the series. LucasArts’ Thrillville will sponsor the game, which includes branded promotion supporting the November 21 release date. The site will also feature a direct link to a custom LucasArts mini-site developed for Thrillville featuring a video game trailer, key game messaging and video game artwork for kids to enter the Thrillville theme park.

4Kids Entertainment’s licensing program for the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CG animated feature film TMNT, features partnerships with Playmates (master toy licensee), Ubisoft (interactive video games), uclick (mobile entertainment), Simon & Schuster (publishing) and Giant (apparel) among others. Additionally, 35+ companies have obtained the licensing rights for the property in categories, including: apparel, food & beverage, health & beauty, home furnishing, publishing, stationery & paper, toys, video games, and electronics.  Slated for release in March 2007, the TMNT movie is being produced by Imagi Animation Studios, which acquired the movie rights from TMNT property owner The Mirage Group, and will be distributed domestically by Warner Bros. Pictures and internationally by The Weinstein Company.  The animated TV series airs Saturday mornings as part of the 4KidsTV programming block on Fox.

STONE SOUP

Miniclip.com, the online games website and game developer/publisher, launches its search for the star of its new game Moon Shadow today.  Gamers, who must be 13-yrs or older, are invited to enter the World Game Star audition for the part by submitting an explanation of why they should be chosen and a photo showing off their star qualities.  The individual selected to be in Moon Shadow will be sketched by artists and will be featured in a close upon on the game’s main screen, and players will be able to control the character and compete in the game.  Submissions will be accepted today through December 31, 2006 at the audition website ( http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/world-game-star/ ), which will initially be sponsored by Buena Vista Home Entertainment and its new DVD release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.  Moon Shadow is expected to launch in early 2007.

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EXECUTIVE MOVES

Chorion Ltd. has appointed three new executives to its licensing and marketing divisions in both its NY and London offices.  Last spring Chorion acquired Silver Lining Productions.

• Pamela Ferris joins the company as VP/Licensing; she is based in the NY Chorion Silver Lining office.  Most recently Ferris was VP/Licensing and Consumer Products, GT Brands, LLC.  She reports to Mario Santos, SVP/Worldwide Business Development.
• Lori Heiss has been named Head of Marketing Europe.  Heiss, who will work from the London office, was most recently Director/Marketing, Ragdoll Ltd.  She reports to Jane Turner, Managing Director Literary Estates.
• A 17-year marketing industry veteran, Monika Salazar joins as Chorion as VP/Marketing US.  Salazar will work out of the NY office.  Prior to this She was Director/Brand Marketing, VIZ Media.  Salazar is also to report to Jane Turner.

The Giddy Gander Company has named Heidi Schwartz as Director of Licensing for its preschool property The Wumblers.  Previously, Schwartz has worked for Planet Toys, Inc, Allstar Marketing Group and GUSS? Inc.  The Wumblers joins both the TBN and Smile of A Child TV networks beginning fall 2007.

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RATINGS

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Friday, October 13, 2006, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:            K2-11 1041; K6-11 531; TWEENS 9-14 402
DISNEY CHANNEL:       K2-11   917; K6-11 583; TWEENS 9-14 504
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   761; K6-11 524; TWEENS 9-14 377
TOON DISNEY:             K2-11     97; K6-11   56; TWEENS 9-14   45
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

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Later — Gwen
Gwen Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
10.17.06

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JOB OPENING: MGR, PROMOS MKTG/Nick & Nick Jr,/ NY: Mng, dev, execute Nick/NickJr on air/off-air ad sales promos, cre8tve conception  execution, strng client interaction, sales/negotiation skls.EOE/M/F/D/AAP. www.mtvncareers.com (10/24)

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