Cynopsis: Kids!

08/25/10

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 25, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.

imbee, a tween-centric social media company, launches Drew ( http://drew.imbee.com ), a new pop culture news site for tweens.  Drew, which by the way stands for the Dopest, Realist, Epic, Wrap-up, will feature anything and everything in entertainment, tech gadgets, sports, style and anything else important to tweens.  With a graffiti style logo, Drew aims to provide news on all these areas by getting information directly from sources and offer a story behind the story/headline/photograph.

Do your kids personally know all of the friends” they have accepted on their various social networks?  According to a new AOL survey conducted by The Nielsen Company, 54% of kids surveyed don’t.  Meanwhile, 41% of parents report knowing only half or less of their kid’s online friends.  As online safety and protecting reputations continue to be paramount for parents, AOL’s Paid Services Division releases its new Safe Social ( www.safesocial.com ) product this week.  AOL has licensed technology from Social Shield for Safe Social, which is designed to give parents a full 360 look at their kid’s life on social networks and, including a simple report card of their overall social networking activities and identifying potential red flags.  With the permission of their kid(s), Safe Social lets parents have access to their friend list as well as what their kids/teens are posting and photos.  Additionally, parents can also choose to get real-time email alerts about potential predator relationships (adult predators as well as bullies) and indications of risky behavior or negative references (e.g. posts about alcohol use, bullying, suicide related comments).  Safe Social is available for a free trial and will then run families $9.99/month.  Additionally, last month AOL introduced a free AOL Safety Toolbar ( www.safetytoolbar.aol.com) to help parents protect their kids/tweens/teens online.

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Jessica Alba is in talks to star in Robert Rodriguez‘s new movie Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World, which will be in 3D, per Heat Vision.  This time around, The Dimension movie will not star Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara in their roles as the Spy Kids from the first three Spy Kids movies (they are all grown up) or their spy parents Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino, though they are expected to appear in the movie.  Instead, Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World revolves around Alba’s character, a retired spy and now mom of a baby and two tween step kids (aka the new Spy Kids), who returns to active spy duty.  The movie is set to begin production in Austin, Texas next month with a release date of August 19, 2011.

MORE KIDS STUFF

Teletoon (Canada) will debut season three of Lucasfilm Animation’s animated series Star Wars: The Cone Wars with a one-hour special Friday, September 17 at 8-9p, the same day and date as the new season launches on Cartoon Network in the US.  The third season is comprised of 22 episodes and the special one-hour premiere episode.  Bonus content, which will run throughout the broadcast, includes interviews with series creates from conducted at Comic-Con and Star Wars Celebration V.  Following the new season launch, new episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars will air in its regular timeslot on Fridays at 8:30p, as part of Teletoon’s Superfan Friday programming block.  Episodes from previous seasons air Mondays-Fridays at 5:3p; and Sundays at 10:30a.

Random House Children’s Book ( www.randomhouse.com/kids) marks a first with the release of an e-book original, The Death of Joan of Arc: A Lost Story from the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel ($.99), by author Michael Scott and from Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers.  Available exclusively in digital format, the short story is part of Scott’s The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, which has sold 1+ million copies in North America.

MHz Worldview will shift the kid-targeted animated series Mixed Nutz to Saturdays at 10:30a, from September 1, 2010, as well as on MHz Networks 1 (MHz Worldview DC) Wednesdays at 10:30a.  From Big Bad Boo Studios, Mixed Nutz revolves around a group of five friends from different places and backgrounds all trying to fit in.  The series also airs on several public TV stations, and on Shaw TV (Canada), Suomi TV (Finland), Ebru TV and GemTV (middle East).  The series is available in 31+ million US households via broadcast, cable and satellite affiliates.  Additionally, interactive games, downloads, short clips from the series, and programming information can be found at www.mixednutzshow.com .

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MARKETING/LICENSING

DQ Entertainment inks a European merchandising deal with footwear manufacturer Off Road for a line based on DQE’s animated The Jungle Book series.  Off Road will produce Jungle Book footwear including slippers (indoor and beach), trainers, kids shoes, and boots (rain and snow).  The footwear collection will be designed and manufactured in China, Vietnam and India and marketed by French shoe retailers with outlets across France and the Benelux, as well as via mail order, internet and hypermarket and supermarket chains.  The deal was signed through TF1 Enterprise France, DQE’s co-production partner and licensing and merchandising agent for The Jungle Book in these regions.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Keith O’Brien is named Sales Manager/Non-Linear Digital Media, BabyTV.  O’Brien will oversee the commercial development of the BabyTV brand worldwide across non-linear digital media, which includes SVOD, video search platforms, Smart phone, mobile, syndication, gaming, social networking sites, among others.  He previously served as a Sales Executive with Sony Pictures Television, and an Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media.

RATINGS

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 8/16-8/22/10 :
Total Day      (000)   Primetime       (000)
NICK°:            1291    DSNY*:             1440
DSNY*:           1084    CARTOON:           754
CARTOON:        657    NAN**:                569
NICK JR*:         405    NICK JR*:            563
NAN**:             376    DXD:                   184
NICKTOONS:     123    NICKTOONS:        175
ADSM**:           191    DISCOVERY:        102
DXD:                 152    BET:                      93
TEENNICK:          61    TLC:                       80
DISCOVERY:        55    MTV:                      74
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel and Nick Jr are not ad supported cable networks, 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) 8/16-8/22/10 :
Total Day     (000)   Primetime       (000)
DSNY*:           787    DSNY*:              1099
NICK°:            778    CARTOON:           474
CARTOON:       410    NAN**:               413
NAN**:            268    DXD:                  144
DXD:                112    NICKTOONS:       132
ADSM**:          105    NICK JR*:           107
NICKTOONS:       95    DISCOVERY:         76
NICK JR*:           81    BET:                     64
TEENNICK:          55    TLC:                     49
DISCOVERY:        36    TEENNICK:           54
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel and Nick Jr are not ad supported cable networks, 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) 8/16-8/22/10 :
Total Day     (000)   Primetime       (000)
DSNY*:           708    DSNY*:              951
NICK°:            595    NAN**:              455
NAN**:           370    CARTOON:          344
CARTOON:       271    MTV:                  127
ADSM**:         149    DXD:                  111
MTV:                 90    TEENNICK:          110
DXD:                 88    NICKTOONS:       104
NICKTOONS:      78    DISCOVERY:         97
TEENNICK:         78    BET:                     97
BET:                  53    COMEDY:              96
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel and Nick Jr are not ad supported cable networks, 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, August 21, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1250; K6-11 837; TWEENS 9-14 697
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 1114; K6-11 758; TWEENS 9-14 658
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   645; K6-11 403; TWEENS 9-14 242
DISNEY XD:               K2-11   147; K6-11 107; TWEENS 9-14   76
NICKTOONS:              K2-11   132; K6-11   90; TWEENS 9-14   60
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Sunday, August 22, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1394; K6-11 916; TWEENS 9-14 647
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 1217; K6-11 868; TWEENS 9-14 780
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   689; K6-11 467; TWEENS 9-14 318
DISNEY XD:               K2-11   191; K6-11 133; TWEENS 9-14 105
NICKTOONS:              K2-11   123; K6-11   85; TWEENS 9-14   71
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Monday, August 23, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1157; K6-11 645; TWEENS 9-14 528
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 1019; K6-11 728; TWEENS 9-14 633
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   676; K6-11 399; TWEENS 9-14 270
DISNEY XD:               K2-11   245; K6-11 159; TWEENS 9-14 120
NICKTOONS:              K2-11   130; K6-11 103; TWEENS 9-14   89
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia:   Who am I?  I’m a mechanic by trade and currently work at Wally’s.  My favorite pastimes include playing checkers and reading comic books, and fish, of course. I also do a really bad impression of Cary Grant.  Who am I?  GOOBER!  Kudos to: Jess Brallier-Poptropica/Boston; Brad Stern/NY; Kathy May-Fisher Price Inc./East Aurora; Todd Tarpley-Nielsen/NY; Squirrel Rippley-Dark Horse Media/Tucson; Pat Brady-CESD/LA; Jeff Holder-FlyOver Projects/PDT;

Today’s Trivia Question:   Who am I?  I drive a Mach 5 with buttons on the steering wheel to adjust road tracking, move obstacles out of my way, transform the car into something else completely.  Who am I?  (Email Cynthia@cynopsis.com 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 —
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gwen @cynopsis.com
08.25.10

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