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Cynopsis: Kids!
05/24/06
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, May 24, 2006 and this is your first early morning Kids! briefing.
Shop Studios Network has launched two streaming content driven websites, Toon.TV and Drama.TV that are housed under its Shopstudios.TV banner. With plans to add new content weekly, Toon.TV debuts with episodes of the animated series Popeye and Mel-O-Toon cartoons. Drama.TV is more for grown-ups, initially offering classic movies including A Star Is Born (1937 version) and The Perils of Pauline, as well as the TV series Bonanza. The websites/channels are all commercial free and do not require users to sign-up or subscribe. Shopstudios.TV has already bowed two Webisode.TV and AllGoodNews.TV, and is currently developing Foodreview.TV that will feature restaurant reviews, recipes, and new products. The plan for ShopStudios.TV is to create a virtual shopping mall of sorts. Shop Studios Network is a film/video/design production company founded by industry veterans Jacques Rosas and Eric Steding in 1997.
Nike and Apple have joined together to introduce a new line of Nike+iPod products designed to be used while you are working out. The first product under the partnership is the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, a wireless system that allows “Nike+ footwear to talk to your iPod nano” for use while running or walking, which means you need both the kit and the footwear. Together the kit and footwear will provide users with information about things such as time, distance, calories burned and pace that can be stored. Expected to be available at retail within the next 60 days, the kit includes an in-shoe sensor and a receiver that attaches to iPod. A new Nike Sport Music section on the iTunes Music Store and a new nikeplus.com personal service site support the Nike+iPod.
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Teri Hatcher will star in Laika Entertainment stop-motion animated feature film, Coraline, opposite Dakota Fanning who plays the title character. Based on Neil Gaiman’s book of the same name, Hatcher will lend her voice to a dual role lending her voice to Coraline’s Mother as well as the Other Mother. Focus Features holds the worldwide distribution rights Coraline.
Sorpresa! is sponsoring Monchi Bonche, a live action production that plans to visit 20+ summer camps and kids throughout Puerto Rico next month. Hosted by the Sorpresa! network’s Emanuel, the show is designed to be educational and entertaining and will feature songs, magic, costumes and interactive sets centering on camping, wildlife and the environment. Puerto Rican kid’s edutainment company, Magic Productions, will produce the stage production.
MORE KIDS STUFF
Nicktoons Network has selected six judges for its third annual Nicktoons Network Animation Festival, which is designed to showcase a range of indie cartoons from animators around the world. And the judges are:
- Shawn and Marlon Wayans, creators of a new animated special Thugaboo, set to air on both Nicktoons Network and Nickelodeon this August.
- Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy
- Andreas Deja, well known Disney animator who has worked on films including Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin among others.
- Bill Plympton, an indie animator who basically has a different take on the world than most. His short films such as The Tune, Microtoons, Boomtown, Plymptoons among others have also been featured in many TV commercials.
- JG Quintel, the winner of the last year’s Nicktoons Network Animation Festival’s Producers Choice and Student Award for his film The Naive Man From Lolliland. JG is currently working as a storyboard artist on Camp Lazlo at Cartoon Network.
This year’s Nicktoons Network Animation Festival, in partnership with Frederator Studios and Kidscreen magazine will kick off with a two-day live event at the Nicktoons Studios in Burbank, CA on August 12 & 13. Submissions will be featured on Nicktoons Network and its website, with a countdown of the entries premiering each day from August 26 – August 31. For information about submitting an animated short film entry forms can be found at, http://www.nicktoonsnetwork.com.
Breakthrough Entertainment Inc. is bringing the following kid/family targeted series to the LA Screening market through its Latin American agent, HOLA Entertainment.
- Atomic Betty (78×30) and (1 x 60 – Christmas Special) from Breakthrough, Atomic Cartoons, and TeleImages Kids
- Captain Flamingo (52×30) co-produced by Breakthrough, Heroic Film Company, Atomic Cartoons and PASI Animation, created for YTV Canada
- Design Match (13×30) Two rival design teams have three days to create a budget version of an expensive inspiration room.
Target Entertainment Ltd has inked a number of new broadcast rights deals for its comedy/reality program, The Dudesons, which is not at all for young kids, but no doubt they’ll watch. The series has been picked up by XYZ Entertainment for its music V Channel (Australia); Sky Networks for Sky 1 (New Zealand) debuting fall 2006; VTM (Belgium); and Real TV (Korea). Additionally Target has secured deals for The Dudesons with TV4 (Sweden), TV2 (Denmark) and TV2 (Norway), to run on their digital channels 100, TV2 Zulu and TV2 Zebra respectively. Target is also finalizing a deal with a UK cable channel. This summer the series will debut in the US on SpikeTV and in Spain on Buzz TV Teuve’s (f/k/a Mediapark) teens/young adults 15-25 yrs-old targeted channel. Also this summer the feature film The Dudesons Movie will be released in North America on July 11, the movie has already been released in Finland, the series has aired there for four years, where the movie had the second biggest opening weekend ever, right behind Ice Age 2.
MARKETING/LICENSING
Activision Publishing, Inc. has signed a multi-year deal with Mattel, Inc. for the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to new video games based on the Barbie brand. The first five games under the pact are based on Mattel Entertainment’s upcoming movies, including: The Barbie Diaries (for PC, Game Boy Advance); and Barbie In The 12 Dancing Princesses (PlayStation 2, PC and Game Boy Advance). In addition Activision will also distribute titles based on some of Mattel’s previous Barbie video games such as Barbie Fashion Show, Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus and Barbie Beauty Boutique. The first game titles will e available at retail fall 2006.
Disney Records will release Lightning McQueen’s Fast Tracks, an album “inspired by” the upcoming Disney/Pixar movie Cars on June 6. Produced by Fred Mollin, the release includes five original songs in addition to well known songs. The CD also features narration by Lightning McQueen and Mater, both characters from Cars.
Varsity Media Group, Inc., the teen centric multi-media company, has entered into a deal with PlayFirst, Inc., a publisher of casual games, to provide Playfirst’s games on VarsityWorld.com.
STONE SOUP
The Great Pumpkin turns 40 in October when the animated Halloween special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs on ABC. In celebration of the anniversary, Snoopy.com is inviting Peanuts fans to submit an essay (500-600 words) about their Worst Halloween Ever. Judges include members of the Charles Schulz family; the original voice of Charlie Brown, Peter Robbins; the special’s Executive Producer, Lee Mendelson; and Director/Producer Bill Melendez. Participants must be 13+ years-old and essays must be received, via email or snail mail, by United Feature Syndicate by July 21, 2006. More information can be found at www.snoopy.com.
This week marks the official opening of Cadbury Schweppes’ Snapple Theater Center in NYC’s Times Square (50th/Bwy). The 20,000 sq. ft. Snapple Theater Center, Snapple’s first branded entertainment venue, features two theaters, which will house Off-Broadway shows as well as rehearsal space. The first two Off-Broadway shows to open at the new center are Perfect Crime, the longest-running show in NYC history, and The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical anywhere, which begins previews Friday, July 28. Snapple plans to provide free rehearsal and theater space to NYC youth programs in need.
RATINGS
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 5/15-5/21/06:
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK: 1300 DSNY*: 1075
DSNY*: 741 CARTOON: 961
CARTOON: 661 NAN**: 661
NAN**: 661 TOON DIS: 165
TOON DIS.: 147 MTV: 99
NOG/THE N: 96 ESPN: 94
NICKTOONS: 59 ANIMAL PLANET: 90
MTV: 56 DISCOVERY: 75
DISCOVERY: 51 NICKTOONS: 65
ANIMAL PLANET: 51 BET: 56
TLC: 56
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.
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 (000) 5/15-5/21/06:
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK: 666 DSNY*: 787
NAN**: 507 CARTOON: 637
DSNY*: 440 NAN**: 507
CARTOON: 401 TOON DIS: 81
TOON DIS.: 79 MTV: 76
MTV: 44 ANIMAL PLANET: 68
ANIMAL PLANET: 36 ESPN: 66
NICKTOONS: 35 TLC: 44
DISCOVERY: 32 DISCOVERY: 44
ESPN: 27 COMEDY: 39
BET: 27
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.
Weekly, Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 (000) 5/15-5/21/06:
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK: 501 DSNY*: 740
NAN**: 496 NAN**: 496
DSNY*: 374 CARTOON: 474
CARTOON: 286 MTV: 232
TOON DIS.: 49 COMEDY: 101
MTV: 142 ESPN: 92
BET: 56 BET: 85
COMEDY: 49 THE N: 61
ESPN: 40 DISCOVERY: 58
DISCOVERY: 35 ANIMAL PLANET: 57
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.
Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: What cartoon has a super hero with a secret identity, a humble and lovable shoe shine boy? UNDERDOG Kudos to: Russ Camlet-NBC News/NY; Katharine E. Heintz-Knowles/Falmouth ME; Brad Stern-Long Island Children’s Museum; Tom Boyd-WGN TV/Chicago; David Korduner-DGA/LA
Today’s Trivia Question: Who am I? I was born in Kentucky. My first foray into the entertainment field was as part of a band in the late 1960s which produced one so-called hit. When the band didn’t produce much after our hit, I was asked to be a game show host, taking over for Edd Byrnes who shot the pilot game episode. Thereafter, I moved to a relationship game for several years, and was succeeded by Pat Bullard. In the late 1990’s, I stepped in where Brad Sherwood left off to host another game show for two years. I am currently still on the air, and still hosting yet another game show after succeeding Ralph Andrews. Who am I? ( click here 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
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05.24.06 – 3:43a
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