Source:The Nielsen Company via Startrak. 12/31/07-3/28/10 double digit growth vs same month in prior yr. Record:10/2/00-2/13/10. M-Su 6A-12A,K6-14,Live+SD AA(000).Subject to qualif available upon request.

Cynopsis: Kids!
04/07/10

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, April 7, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.

MTV Networks International (MTVNI) launches new localized Nickelodeon services under a new carriage deal with UPC digital cable platform in the Czech Republic and Romania.  This marks the first time that kids in the Czech Republic will be able to watch Nick in their local language, and furthers Nick’s presence in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Africa to 6+ million households.  The additional distribution on UPC Romania expands the existing distribution of the local language service, which has been available in Romania since February.  Additionally, local language websites ( www.nickelodeon.cz and www.nickelodeontv.ro ) will support the new Eastern European services.

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Robert Zemeckis is set to direct a feature film adaptation of upcoming young adult novel Dark Life, per Variety.  Disney and Zemeckis’ ImageMovers are partnering with the Gotham Group (Spiderwick Chronicles) to make the family-targeted futuristic underwater adventure movie.  Gotham Group recently acquired the movie rights to Dark Life, which Scholastic will publish on May 1, 2010.  Dark Life was originally set to be a two-book series but according to the report could now include further titles.  If you are wondering if Dark Life will be motion-capture movie, like ImageMovers Digital’s The Polar Express, Beowulf, A Christmas Carol and the upcoming Mars Needs Moms, you are not alone.  But, earlier this year Disney said that it would close ImageMovers Digital as a cost saving measure  so  we’ll have to wait and see.

MORE KIDS STUFF

RDF Rights inks new broadcast sales and licensing deals for the preschool series Yo Gabba Gabba!  Picking up all three seasons of the series are EBS (Korea) and TV5 (Philippines).  Based on their success with the first two seasons, Nickelodeon Australia, ABC Australia, Vision Media (Kuwait), Disney Latin America, Hop! TV (Israel) and True Spark (Thailand) have recently acquired the third season of the show.  Additionally, this June will see a second Yo Gabba Gabba! Live show hosted by DJ Lance open in Sydney, Australia before moving on to Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne, while the first Yo Gabba Gabba! Live show debuts in Argentina.  Meanwhile the Yo Gabba Gabba! Live!: There’s A Party In My City continues to tour in the US and internationally.  Yo Gabba Gabba! is produced by The Magic Store and Wildbrain Entertainment.

Shaftesbury Sales Company inks a deal for its new TV movie, Vacation with Derek, with Nickelodeon Australia.  Produced by Shaftesbury Films and directed by Michael McGowan (One Week, Saint Ralph), the TV movie brings much of the original cast back together including, Ashley Leggat and Michael Seater, along with Daniel Magder, Jordan Todosey, Ariel Waller, Joy Tanner and John Ralston.  The movie also features guest star Nico Archambault (So You Think You Can Dance Canada season one winner), who also serves as choreographer on the project, and Kate Trotter (Murdoch Mysteries, The Jane Show).

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM SHAFTESBURY KIDS

MARKETING/LICENSING

The Animagic Entertainment Group launches an interactive website based on its K6-12 targeted CGI animated series and brand The Balloonatiks at www.balloonatiks.com .  The new character driven site features new original animation, downloadable wallpaper and games, as well as the Hot Air City Times newspaper, Airbrain’s Wacky Facts, Bouncer’s Comic Shop that offers a range of comic strips and Balloonatiks products (e.g. books, DVDs, apparel etc.).

Animation Collective launches Ellen’s Acres Puzzle Pieces, its first iPad app.  The new app (free) is an interactive book based on an original episode of Ellen’s Acres and features animated pages, HD images, audio and sound effects.  Further Ellen’s Acres ( www.ellensacres.com ) apps will be available soon.

Oceanhouse Media launches versions of three of its kid-targeted HD apps for the new iPad, including three of its Dr. Seuss e-Book apps, The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss’s ABC, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which are available as free updates in iPad form for current iPhone or iPod Touch customers.

Chorion completes a range of licensing and promotional pacts for The World of Eric Carle in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico and Japan.

• In an exclusive promotional deal with PictureMe Portrait Studios (

www.pictureme.com ), kid’s can have their portraits framed with new designs featuring Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Walmart stores in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico, from today through June 22, 2010.

• Stride Rite Children’s Group will feature Carle’s artwork on a line of kids footwear, including characters from Brown Bear, Brown Bear and The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which launches in US Stride Rite and specialty stores in fall 2010.
• The Google Doodle T-shirt featuring The Very Hungry Caterpillar is available at the Googlestore.com (

www.googlestore.com ) in infant to adult sizes for a limited time.

• In Japan, licensees Kreo Co, Circle K and Sunkus partner for a Wonderful Break Life baked goods promotion.  Customers who buy baked items at any of the 6,100 Sunkus and Circle K stores can enter a code (featured on the products) online at

www.circleksunkus.jp/campaign/harapeko/ to win a branded product.  Premiums include stainless thermo tumblers, eco-friendly bags and sticker books.

Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) signs kid’s food and drink license deals across EMEA:

• Brands4kids inks a range of SpongeBob SquarePants branded foods in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The deals focus on low fat, low salt and high fiber snacks and breakfast foods including a fruit snack, crunchy muesli with pineapple and white chocolate flakes, chocolate milk mix with vitamins and calcium, popcorn and chips.
• In France and Belgium, United Biscuits‘ BN brand gives Dora the Explorer biscuits a make-over, including a new recipe without carbohydrates and new packaging.
• Greece-based food dye maker Yiotis signs on to supply SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer-branded Easter egg decoration kits for sale in Greece, Cyprus, Georgia, Bulgaria, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Hungary
• New UK agreements include food deals for with juice bar Boost Juice for Dora the Explorer branded cups with kid’s smoothies, Edible Arrangements for Dora and SpongeBob SquarePants branded fruit bouquets.  Additionally, NVCP has also renewed its deal with Nestle for a range of Dora the Explorer fromage frais.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Michael Eisner’s production company Vuguru appoints Kristin Jones, formerly SVP/Production, International Development at Miramax, as its new Chief Creative Officer, per Variety.  Vuguru also named David Shall as its Head of Business Operations and General Counsel.  He was previously EVP/Business Affairs and General Counsel at FremantleMedia and served in senior business roles at Fox.  Vuguru is backed by Eisner’s Tornante company and Canada-based Rogers Communications.

RATINGS

Disney Channel‘s premiere of its new original series Good Luck Charlie on Sunday, April 4 (8:30-9p), was the network’s biggest Sunday debut in Total Viewers 2+ (4.7 million), K6-11 (2.0 million) and Tweens 9-14 (2.o million).  For the time period, Charlie was the top telecast among K6-11 and Tweens 9-14, as well as the top scripted program with Total Viewers 2+.  Good Luck Charlie is both the most watched series launch since the spin-off series The Suite Life on Deck (September 26, 2008), and  the most watched non-sequel/non-Disney Channel original movie-premiere-driven series premiere among Total Viewers, K6-11 and Tweens 9-14 since Hannah Montana bowed (March 24, 2006).

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 3/29-4/4/10 :
Total Day      (000)   Primetime       (000)
NICK°:            1169    DSNY*:             1288
DSNY*:             832    CARTOON:          724
CARTOON:         536    NAN**:              666
NICK JR:           364    NICK JR:             522
NAN**:             410    DXD:                  170
ADSM**:           206    NICKTOONS:      133
DXD:                 159    BET:                    95
NICKTOONS:        88    DISCOVERY:        70
BET:                    48    MTV:                   66
MTV:                    46    ANIMAL PLANET: 61
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 (000) 3/29-4/4/10 :
Total Day        (000) Primetime       (000)
NICK°:              649    DSNY*:             975
DSNY*:             548    NAN**:             534
CARTOON:         360    CARTOON:        501
NAN**:             327    DXD:                114
ADSM**:           139    NICKTOONS:      98
DXD:                 101    NICK JR:            87
NICKTOONS:        64    BET:                  61
NICK JR:              64    ANIMAL PLANET: 47
BET:                    31    DISCOVERY:       46
ANIMAL PLANET:  31    MTV:                   43
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 (000) 3/29-4/4/10 :
Total Day     (000)   Primetime      (000)
NICK°:            491     DSNY*:            783
DSNY*:           467     NAN**:            586
NAN**:           428     CARTOON:        349
CARTOON:       271     MTV:                108
ADSM**:         200     BET:                  96
MTV:                 84     DXD:                 91
DXD:                 77     COMEDY:           70
BET:                  54     NICKTOONS:      67
NICKTOONS:      46     DISCOVERY:       63
ESPN:                43     ESPN:                63
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Saturday, April 3, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1316; K6-11 858; TWEENS 9-14 649
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 1116; K6-11 715; TWEENS 9-14 578
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   532; K6-11 395; TWEENS 9-14 304
DISNEY XD:               K2-11   200; K6-11 122; TWEENS 9-14   84
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Sunday, April 4, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:          K2-11 1061; K6-11 678; TWEENS 9-14 518
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11   926; K6-11 670; TWEENS 9-14 603
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   532; K6-11 373; TWEENS 9-14 239
DISNEY XD:               K2-11   171; K6-11 122; TWEENS 9-14   85
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Monday, April 5, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1183; K6-11 612; TWEENS 9-14 455
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 1081; K6-11 673; TWEENS 9-14 531
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   646; K6-11 448; TWEENS 9-14 325
DISNEY XD:               K2-11   190; K6-11 133; TWEENS 9-14 102
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia:  Dudley the Dragon was, well, the dragon.  The question is, what was the Tree’s name?  MR. CRABBY TREE  Kudos to: Lynn Valiquette-Best Boy International/Ontario; Michelle Melanson-Radical Sheep Prods/Toronto; Lee Williams-Boomstone Animation/Ottawa

Today’s Trivia Question:  This sitcom dragon (think ALF in dragon suit) awoke from a few centuries long nap, and crash-landed in the home of actor Brian and his eight year old daughter Jessica. What was the name of the 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.)

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