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‘NFL Rush Zone’ Returns to Nicktoons
Nickelodeon and the National Football League continue their partnership with NFL Rush Zone: Season of the Guardians, the first-ever original half-hour animated series developed by a major U.S. sports league and a cable network, the two entities jointly announced today. The second installment of the Nicktoons series (24 episodes) is [...]
Hicks Is Nick’s New President of Content/Production
Russell Hicks, a 14-year Nickelodeon veteran and its Chief Creative Officer since 2008, has been named to the new position of President, Content Development and Production for the Nickelodeon Group. The announcement was made today by Cyma Zarghami, President, Nickelodeon Group, to whom Hicks will continue to report. The newly created [...]
Breakthrough’s ‘Dino Dan’ to Roar in Finland
YLE in Finland has picked up the the hit children’s series Dino Dan, it was announced by Nat Abraham, Breakthrough’s president of distribution. Targeting 4-7-year-olds, Dino Dan is a CGI and live-action adventure series that centers on a 10-year-old boy whose every waking moment is taken up with dinosaurs, using [...]
Nickelodeon Greenlights New Animated Series
Nickelodeon has greenlit over a dozen new live-action, animation and TV movie projects that will begin production this fall and into 2013. Among the new projects on tap are the CG-animated series Monsters vs. Aliens and 2D-series Sanjay & Craig which are based at Nickelodeon’s Animation Studio in Burbank, Calif. [...]
‘Ben & Holly’ Returns to Nick Jr. UK
The second season of eOne Family’s Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom has begun its weekday run (7.15 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.) on Nick Jr. UK. Thirteen more episodes from season two will be broadcast on the channel at the end of the year. Channel 5’s Milkshake! will also air the [...]
‘Angry Birds’ Lands Top Licensing Honor
Rovio Entertainment’s terribly addictive game Angry Birds won the Best Licensed Program of the Year award at this week’s Licensing Expo in Las Vegas. The game, which has spawned a new animated series coming this fall, also won the Best Character/Toy Brand Program of the year and the Best Character [...]
New ‘Olivia’ Goodies Set for Fall
Classic Media has announced new consumer products partners and new Olivia merch set to debut this fall. The new partners including Just Play (Master Toy), Dalmatian Press, Chronicle Books and Publications International join a roster of 40-plus licensees for the beloved piglet created by children’s author Ian Falconer, who currently [...]
Millimages’ ‘Louie’ Lands Multi-Territory Deal with Nick
European producer and distributor Millimages has secured a multi-territory deal with Nickelodeon for animated pre-school show Louie. Nickelodeon has picked up Pay TV rights to the show for Nick Jr. in Europe (excluding the U.K. and France), Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America and will air the show [...]
Queen Elizabeth to Play with Peppa Pig
The Queen of England will make a special appearance on a new episode of the animated series Peppa Pig on Monday, June 4th. Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee, the special episode marks the first time in the show’s history that a human character will be featured in the series and a [...]
‘Team Snoopy’ and More Play Ball on DVD
If you’re not the types to dance around the May Pole, there’s some sweet family fare launching on DVD today. First up: It’s another Peanuts compilation, Charlie Brown! The latest collection, Happiness Is…Peanuts: Team Snoopy, celebrates Charles Schulz’s much-adored characters at their most athletic. First up, one player on Charlie [...]
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Adobe announced that a major update to Adobe Creative, the company’s flagship...
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Production on DreamWorks Animation’s late-2015 release Kung Fu Panda 3...
