Cricket is Butterbean’s little sister who proves even small hands can be a big help. Learn more about this awesome-sauce chef while watching full episodes of Butterbean’s Café, weekday mornings on Nickelodeon, and everywhere you find Nick Jr.!
Do you know the most awesome little helper of all of Puddlebrook—Cricket? She has a magic icing bag. She loves to cook. And although she’s small, she’s a big help to Butterbean, Poppy, Dazzle, and Jasper. Check out Cricket’s top five most awesome-sauce clips from full episodes of ‘Butterbean’s Café.’ You can learn a lot from Cricket. She’s a fun fairy with very good ideas; she’s kind to her sister; and she also loves to learn from others. Cricket’s awesome moments may look a lot like highlights from your child’s life. She loses a tooth, opens a lemonade stand, and even learns to ride a big-kid bike! Want more Butterbean’s Café? See what’s cooking weekday mornings on Nickelodeon, and everywhere you find Nick Jr.
Preschoolers can watch full episodes online, play games, and discover silly surprises in the free Nick Jr. App and at NickJr.com. Stream Nick Jr. for free in the Nick Jr. App on Roku and Apple TV or download full episodes for offline viewing on iTunes or Google Play.
You can also download premium apps featuring your child's favorite Nick Jr. shows on iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon, including Nick Jr. Draw and Play and Nick Jr. Let’s Learn!
It’s time to count down the top 5 greatest rescues from full episodes of PAW Patrol! You can find more PAW Patrol weekday mornings on Nickelodeon, and everywhere you find Nick Jr.!
Are you ready for action? Watch this collection of the pups’ fierce and sometimes funny moments during missions to save the day in Adventure Bay. Chase, Marshall, Rubble, Rocky, Skye, and Zuma, are a pack of rescue pups that work together as a team to take on just about anything—mechanical dinos, sharks, red-hot volcanoes, and more. “No job is too big, no pup is too small!” So which pup-tactular rescue will take the number one spot in this countdown video? It’s a sizzling surprise your PAW Patrol you won’t want to miss!
Preschoolers can watch full episodes online, play games, and discover silly surprises in the free Nick Jr. App and at NickJr.com. Stream Nick Jr. for free in the Nick Jr. App on Roku and Apple TV or download full episodes for offline viewing on iTunes or Google Play.
You can also download premium apps featuring your child's favorite Nick Jr. shows on iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon, including Nick Jr. Draw and Play and Nick Jr. Let’s Learn!
Frankie is faced with a tough decision, and learns that she can't have two dates for the dance!
Power up for I Am Frankie season two, coming soon to Nickelodeon UK & Ireland! Visit nick.co.uk/frankie for more I Am Frankie, and catch up on season one weekdays at 6:30pm from Monday 28th January 2019!
Yes, he's the real guy. Butch Hartman created your childhood AKA Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, TUFF Puppy, and now...the NOOG NETWORK and Bunsen Is a Beast!
A power outage is sweeping through Swellview, the internet is completely broken, and Swellview's only hope is Schwoz's anti-virus and Kid Danger's bravery! Catch the epic conclusion to the brand-new three-part Henry Danger television event "A New Evil", "A New Hero", Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 8:00pm ET/PT, only on Nickelodeon USA!
In the final part of the all-new Henry Danger"A New Evil" trilogy, "A New Hero" (#508), Schwoz (Michael D. Cohen) works to create an antivirus to stop an evil plan; Kid Danger (Jace Norman) and Captain Man (Cooper Barnes) battle a villain; and Kid Danger's heroism is put to the ultimate test as they fight to save the world!
Arthur (Sally Sue) is set to become the net's latest viral sensation in the brand-new Cousins For Life episode "Hot Dog Day Afternoon", premiering Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 8:30pm ET/PT, following an all-new Henry Danger at 8:00pm ET/PT, only on Nickelodeon USA!
In the all-new Cousins For Life"Hot Dog Day Afternoon" (#105), Ivy (Scarlet Spencer) and Stuart (Dallas Dupree Young) are surprised to find themselves at odds when Ivy and her mom wage a protest against Stuart's favorite chain restaurant!
With snow, ice and frost, this wintertime season is unpredictable! Here’s an Expectations vs. Reality: Winter Edition to match the mood! Watch more of your favorite shows on Nickelodeon!
Everyone’s favorite starfish is back again! This Patrick Show episode has a beastly Sandy, a winter wonderland and an ending no one expected! Watch more of your favorite shows on Nickelodeon!
Henry (Jace Norman) and Ray (Cooper Barnes) battle bad guys in the Hart house. But without his powers, will Henry be able to defend his home? It’s all going down in part 2 of the epic 3-part television event! Catch more Henry Danger on Nickelodeon!
What is YOUR favorite Henry Danger and Captain Man moment of all time?! 🔥
In the final part of the brand-new Henry Danger"A New Evil" trilogy, "A New Hero" (#508), Schwoz (Michael D. Cohen) works to create an antivirus to stop an evil plan; Kid Danger (Jace Norman) and Captain Man (Cooper Barnes) battle a villain; and Kid Danger's heroism is put to the ultimate test as they fight to save the world! Tune in Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 8:00pm ET/PT to see the epic conclusion!
Nickelodeon USA today kicked off the New Year by launching a all-new on-air brand refresh for TeenNick, Nick's network exclusively for and about teens and tweens!
TeenNick launched its new on-air branding this morning, Tuesday, January 1st, 2019, at 6:00 a.m. ET/PT, and marks the channel's first major rebrand since Summer 2015.
Image credit: Nickandmore!
Nearly all of TeenNick's on-air aesthetics have been updated during the refresh: the v-chip rating, the on-air bug/dog (which now features three colors for the "Teen" part of the logo that change after each commercial), the "up next" lower third (which has now moved to a block in the top right of the screen), the re-typed end credits have had a font and text color update, and most notably are the new show-specific bumpers - something that the channel has not used in a long time. There are at least two bumper card styles for each show.
Below are some screenshots showing off TeenNick's new on-air design. For awesome animated GIFs showcasing the new look in action, please visit Nickandmore!:
Originally published: Tuesday, January 01, 2019.Follow NickALive! on Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, via RSS, on Instagram, and/or Facebook for the latest Nickelodeon and TeenNick News and Highlights!
Update 1/14: Has the petition been successful? Maroon 5, who is set to perform during the Super Bowl half-time show, has released a cryptic video about their upcoming performance, which features a quick glimpse of SpongeBob SquarePants around the 30-second mark!
To honor the life and work of SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg, who tragically passed away this week after a long battle with ALS, a group of fans has started a petition to bring one of the show's most memorable musical performances to the biggest stage in the country.
A few days after Hillenburg's passing, a petition on Change.org called for the NFL to play "Sweet Victory" during the halftime show of February's Super Bowl. At the time of writing this article, just two days after the petition went live, it has already earned more than 31,000 signatures.
"As some of you may or may not know, Stephen Hillenburg - the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants - has passed away recently," writes Isreal Colunga who started the petition. "As a tribute to his legacy, his contributions to a generation of children, and to truly showcase the greatness of this song, we call for Sweet Victory to be performed at the Halftime Show."
Image via Getty/Anacleto Rapping
This may seem like a strange request if you've never watched an episode of SpongeBob, but if you're a fan, this makes all the sense in the world. If you recall, SpongeBob and his friends performed "Sweet Victory" in a Season 2 episode of the series called "Band Geeks" - a favorite episode among fans. In the episode, Squidward finds himself telling a lie to his archnemesis Squilliam Fancyson, claiming he has a marching band. Not believing the Krusty Krab worker, Squilliam offers Squidward's band a slot to perform for a human audience at halftime of the Bubble Bowl, Bikini Bottom's equivalent to the Big Game.
The band Squidward assembles is pretty awful to begin with — ahem, "Is mayonnaise an instrument?"— but the group eventually comes together to knock their show out of the park with their hit song.
While Squidward didn't expect the band to be able to do anything, since he lied about their talents in the first place, he was shocked when they started performing an intense, '80s inspired rock ballad, complete with fire effects and lasers. The "Sweet Victory" ballad is sung by David Glen Eisley, who co-wrote the track with Bob Kulick.
The NFL may not recognize this petition, no matter how many signatures it gets, but the support of this cause alone is a testament to the massive number of people Hillenburg has impacted with his work. If you want to sign the petition, you can head over to Change.org. The full clip of SpongeBob performing "Sweet Victory" is available on the Nickelodeon website.
Update (1/3): Official press release via PR Newswire:
Viral Petition Launched for Spongebob Squarepants'"Sweet Victory" to Perform at Big Game Halftime Show
Singer Songwriter Cael Dadian's live performance continues to rack up astonishing views while petition has garnered over 1 million signatures
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent petition supporting a live 2019 halftime show performance of "Sweet Victory" from Spongebob Squarepants' infamous episode (Band Geeks) has taken the internet by storm.
This interest has been fueled by the unexpected passing of the show's creator, Stephen Hillenburg and the incredible popularity and memorability from millennials and beyond of this specific magical scene ("Sweet Victory" by Spongebob). To join the millions of signatures on the petition, click here: https://www.change.org/p/nfl-have-sweet-victory-performed-at-the-super-bowl.
Cael Dadian created a live rendition of the song after bringing together 18 musicians in just a few days and while turning mayonnaise into an instrument (in reference to the most memorable quote from this famous episode). Cael then shared this live performance online and the response has been overwhelming.
Cael's live performance video has over 330,000 Twitter views, over 12,000 YouTube views, is featured on the original petition, has received direct response from Nickelodeon and the original song's producer, Bob Kulick. In addition, this performance by Cael and his 'Band Geeks' has since been featured on an entire KTLA News Channel 5 segment, Sports Illustrated, Miami Herald, Syfy, The Score, MSN, among others. Passionate engagement from this younger generation and a steady flow of supporting comments are pushing for Cael and this group to perform this song live with Maroon 5 at the upcoming 2019 halftime show.
About Cael Dadian Cael Dadian is a 22-year-old singer, songwriter, performer and producer of pop, R&B, and hip-hop music from San Diego, California. He has landed production placements with the likes of DJ Carnage, Hoodrich Pablo Juan, and others. He is a true kid at heart which you'll hear in his music and his live "Sweet Victory" performance.
Contact: bencodenmgmt@gmail.com
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Update (12/17): The petition to have SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, and company playing their "Sweet Victory" hit single at Super Bowl LIII is nearing one million signatures, prompting a tease from the stadium hosting the annual event.
Atlanta's Mercedez-Benz Stadium, home to the Atlanta Falcons and Major League Soccer's Atlanta United, posted a cryptic tweet earlier this weekend of a GIF featuring SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Crabs, and the crew as they prepped for their iconic Bubble Bowl performance. This will be Mercedes-Benz Stadium's first time hosting the sporting event.
The National Football League had previously announced the Adam Levine-led Maroon 5 would be headlining the halftime show.
As of this writing, the petition has north of 940,000 signatures, hundreds of thousands past the petition's original goal.
In addition to the NFL "Sweet Victory" halftime show, fans are also trying to persuade the Empire State Building in New York City to light up yellow in tribute to Stephen Hillenburg.
“We are incredibly saddened by the news that Steve Hillenburg has passed away following a battle with ALS,” Nickelodeon said in a statement when the news broke. “He was a beloved friend and long-time creative partner to everyone at Nickelodeon, and our hearts go out to his entire family. Steve imbued SpongeBob SquarePants with a unique sense of humor and innocence that has brought joy to generations of kids and families everywhere. His utterly original characters and the world of Bikini Bottom will long stand as a reminder of the value of optimism, friendship and the limitless power of imagination.”
Paramount has launched development of a third Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie — nearly three years after the last TMNT theatrical film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows hit the big screen, reports Variety!
The studio has hired Andrew Dodge, whose credits include the Jason Bateman comedy Bad Words, to write the script. Producers are Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller through their Platinum Dunes production company. The movie is slated to start production later this year.
The studio is aiming to reboot the movie arm of the franchise through the third Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles project.
“We’re doing a reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Paramount. That is looking like production at the end of the year,” Form told Variety Sunday at the Critics’ Choice Awards.
“Did you just give something away?” Fuller said. “Oh boy. We did the preceding two Turtle movies, but I didn’t know that we were saying that we’re making it, but that’s good to know!”
Paramount has made two movies are based on the 1980s cult comic by Kevin Eastman and Kevin Laird about four wisecracking bandana-sporting pizza-loving turtle superhero brothers named after the Renaissance artists Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo and Donatello, who, mutated by an experimental ooze, use ninja skills acquired from their sensei, a mutated New York City rat named Splinter also mutated by the mysterious ooze, to protect New York City. Both films performed decently at the box office. The first movie, released in 2014, grossed $493 million worldwide while 2016’s installment, subtitled "Out of the Shadows", earned $245 million. Both films starred Pete Ploszek as Leonardo, Alan Ritchson as Raphael, Noel Fisher as Michelangelo and Jeremy Howard as Donatello, as well as their Megan Fox (Transformers) and Will Arnett (Bojack Horseman) as their human allies, April O'Neil and Vern Fenwick, respectively. Both movies were also produced by Michael Bay with Platinum Dunes.
However, due to the sequel's lower gross, the future of the TMNT movie franchise was put into doubt, with producer Andrew Form saying back in October 2016 there were no new plans for the franchise, but with Jim Gianapulos stepping in as Paramount CEO, a push for more quality content across all of the studio’s films and franchises has factored into the planning for the Ninja Turtles.
New Line released three low-cost Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies using actors in practical suits in the early 1990s. The first film was a hit with $201 million worldwide, while the second grossed $78 million domestically, and the third took in $42 million.
Across six movies — five of them live-action, one a CG-animated big screen reboot that failed to take off in 2007 — the Turtles have earned more than $1 billion dollars in box office totals since their theatrical debut in 1990.
Dodge’s script for Bad Words was named to the Black List. He’s worked on Space Jam 2 and O’ Lucky Day. He is repped by CAA, Grandview and Gang Tyre.
Form and Fuller last produced horror hit A Quiet Place for Paramount, which has a sequel dated for 2020.
The news comes as Nickelodeon recently relaunched a refreshed TMNT animated series Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which will follow the band of brothers as they discover new powers and encounter a mystical world they never knew existed beneath the streets of New York City.
The Consorcio Energético Punta Cana - Macao (CEPM), a privately owned utility company that generates, transmits, distributes and commercializes energy in the touristic areas of Punta Cana, Bávaro and Bayahíbe in the Dominican Republic, has signed a agreement with Karisma Hotels and Resorts to supply, for the first time, solar energy (photovoltaic) to two hotel complexes operated by of Karisma in Punta Cana!
Nickelodeon Punta Cana
The initiative, which contributes to the development of sustainable tourism, will allow the Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana and Sensatori Resort Punta Cana hotels to operate with clean energy, from a photovoltaic source, to be supplied by CEPM.
The agreement was signed by the Executive Director of CEPM, Roberto Herrera, and Jorge Féliz, Director of Karisma Hotels.
"We see the signing of this agreement as a relevant opportunity to continue contributing to the development of tourism from a sustainable and environmentally friendly vision," said Herrera.
He added that CEPM plans to continue investing in renewable energy to encourage the use of natural resources that contribute to mitigating climate change in a responsible manner. Both CEPM and Karisma share a commitment to use sustainable energy to help protect the future of the planet.
Luis Felipe Aquino, Jorge Feliz, Franklin Holguín Hache and Sahira García
The proportion of energy that CEPM will supply to the hotel facilities will have a power of 1.5 MW, thus avoiding the use of conventional fuels for the operations of this tourist infrastructure.
"With the construction of this solar greenhouse we continue taking firm steps in the development of sustainable tourism and expand the possibility of well-being of the current population, joining the global commitment to ensure the quality of our natural resources and their continuity for future generations," Féliz added.
With this agreement, CEPM expands its generation matrix, which also contains wind, natural gas, biomass, heavy fuel oil (HFO) and light fuel oil (LFO).
Suministrarán energía solar a los hoteles Nickelodeon y Sensatori Resort de Punta Cana
BÁVARO, La Altagracia.- El Consorcio Energético Punta Cana-Macao, S.A. (CEPM) suscribió un contrato para suministrar, por primera vez, energía de fuente solar (fotovoltaica) a un complejo hotelero, que es operado por Karisma Hotels & Resorts con 460 habitaciones en la zona de Uvero Alto.
La iniciativa, que contribuye con el desarrollo del turismo sostenible, permitirá a los hoteles Nickelodeon Punta Cana y Sensatori Resort Punta Cana funcionar con energía limpia, a partir de fuente fotovoltaica, a ser suministrada por CEPM.
El acuerdo fue firmado por el director ejecutivo de CEPM, Roberto Herrera, y Jorge Féliz, Director de Karisma Hoteles.
“Asumimos la firma de este acuerdo como una oportunidad relevante para seguir contribuyendo con el desarrollo del turismo desde una visión sostenible y amigable con el ambiente”, resaltó Herrera.
Agregó que CEPM proyecta continuar invirtiendo en energía renovable para fomentar el uso de los recursos naturales que contribuyan a mitigar el cambio climático de manera responsable. Esto es un compromiso asumido por ambas empresas firmantes del acuerdo con la sostenibilidad y la protección del planeta.
La proporción de energía que suministrará CEPM a las instalaciones hoteleras contará con una potencia de 1.5 MW, evitando así el uso de combustibles convencionales para las operaciones de esa infraestructura turística.
“Con la construcción de este invernadero solar continuamos dando pasos firmes al desarrollo del turismo sostenible y ampliamos la posibilidad de bienestar de la población actual, aunándonos al compromiso global de asegurar la calidad de nuestros recursos naturales y su continuidad para las generaciones futuras”, resaltó Jorge Feliz.
Con este acuerdo CEPM amplía su matriz de generación, que también contiene viento, gas natural, biomasa, heavy fuel oil(HFO) y light fuel oil (LFO).
CEPM suministrará energía solar a Sensatori y Nickelodeon Punta Cana
El Consorcio Energético Punta Cana-Macao, S.A. (CEPM) suscribió un contrato para suministrar energía de fuente solar a los hoteles Sensatori Resort y Nickelodeon Punta Cana.
La iniciativa, que contribuye con el desarrollo del turismo sostenible, permitirá que el complejo hotelero, que es operado por Karisma Hotels & Resorts con 460 habitaciones en la zona de Uvero Alto, funcione por primera vez con energía limpia, a partir de fuente fotovoltaica, a ser suministrada por CEPM.
El acuerdo fue firmado por el director ejecutivo de CEPM, Roberto Herrera, y Jorge Féliz, director de Karisma.
“Asumimos la firma de este acuerdo como una oportunidad relevante para seguir contribuyendo con el desarrollo del turismo desde una visión sostenible y amigable con el ambiente”, resaltó Herrera.
Agregó que CEPM proyecta continuar invirtiendo en energía renovable para fomentar el uso de los recursos naturales que contribuyan a mitigar el cambio climático de manera responsable.
La proporción de energía que suministrará CEPM a las instalaciones hoteleras contará con una potencia de 1.5 MW, evitando así el uso de combustibles convencionales para las operaciones de esa infraestructura turística.
“Con la construcción de este invernadero solar continuamos dando pasos firmes al desarrollo del turismo sostenible y ampliamos la posibilidad de bienestar de la población actual, aunándonos al compromiso global de asegurar la calidad de nuestros recursos naturales y su continuidad para las generaciones futuras”, resaltó Jorge Feliz.
Media company is among other multinational corporations facing hurdles in the country
Viacom headquarters in Times Square in New York. Photo: Richard B. Levine/Zuma Press
Media giant Viacom Inc. is in talks to sell a majority stake in some of its China operations after running into difficulties trying to scale its business in the world’s second-largest economy, according to people familiar with the matter, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Viacom, which owns children’s entertainment network Nickelodeon, film studio Paramount Pictures, and music network MTV has operated in China for more than two decades. The New York-based company in the last few months has had discussions about a stake sale with at least one Chinese entity, the people said, adding that a deal may or may not materialize.
The talks follow similar divestments by large U.S. corporations including McDonald’s Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. in recent years. Other large multinational companies that have operated in China for years are also considering stake sales or even complete exits from their businesses in the country, according to investment bankers and advisers.
In the early 2000s, China was the land of opportunity for virtually every major multinational company. Banks and consulting firms raked in big fees coaching American companies on how to enter the country. Now, many are advising companies on how to exit or restructure their operations. Investment bankers at Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and some boutique firms in Asia are spending more time talking to companies rethinking their China strategies.
The Viacom talks have involved the potential sale of a majority share in its channel brands, such as Nickelodeon and MTV, in China, an arrangement similar to the company’s joint venture with Reliance Industries Ltd. in India. Viacom sold Reliance the majority stake in the venture last year.
Selling a controlling stake in its China business to a domestic investor could help Viacom reduce its potential regulatory risk in the country at a time of high trade and political tensions between Beijing and Washington, while still allowing it to profit.
Companies are finding they need to restructure as the promise of turbocharged Chinese growth dissipates, said Brent Carlson of consulting firm AlixPartners. Growth remains robust by global standards, and for many firms China is too big to ignore. But it can also be brutally competitive and fraught with regulatory hurdles. China’s trade conflict with the U.S. is also threatening to crimp American companies’ growth prospects in the country.
AlixPartners helped bring many companies to China over the past two decades. Now, Mr. Carlson said he has transformed his business to advise companies on pruning their operations.
Lian Lian, co-head of mergers and acquisitions for North Asia at JPMorgan, said the rise of dominant homegrown players, slowing economic growth in China and the development of e-commerce are prompting more multinational companies to assess their Chinese strategies.
She recently helped advise Dutch beer giant Heineken NV on selling its China business to the country’s largest brewer and taking a one-fifth stake in the buyer, China Resources Beer Holdings Co. China is the world’s largest beer market by volume, but Heineken had struggled to expand on its own despite having a business there since the 1980s.
Some foreign companies are concerned that a Chinese call for nationalism could dent their prospects. When McDonald’s in 2017 sold an 80% stake in its China operations to state-owned Citic Ltd. and U.S. private-equity firm Carlyle Group LP, the restaurant chain was shifting to a so-called asset-light structure to reduce its ownership of physical outlets. One consideration in the deal was the reputational risk of operating a U.S. company in China and the potential for negative consumer sentiment to affect its business, according to people familiar with the matter.
Industry participants say companies currently active in high-demand China sectors, such as semiconductor chips and other high technologies, could become obsolete as China builds out its own capabilities.
In the pharmaceutical industry, some companies that entered China on the back of a national reform policy to bring foreign expertise to the sector were crowded out of the market during the next round of policy changes. Among them was Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health Inc., which in 2018 sold its Chinese pharmaceutical and medical-products distribution business for more than $1 billion to a local rival after facing challenges scaling up in the country.
Many large corporations are still growing and making money in China. The top 20 U.S. companies in the S&P 500 with the most sales in China reported $158.4 billion in China sales in 2017, according to The Wall Street Journal calculations, a figure that surpasses the $129.9 billion in goods China imports from the U.S. And in certain industries where regulations have been rolled back—such as financial services and automobiles—U.S. and foreign companies are still trying to expand in China, bankers and advisers say.
Viacom is working to build two Nickelodeon theme parks in Chinese cities that will feature cartoon characters including SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer. Photo: Nickelodeon.
Viacom has long wanted to ramp up its presence in China. Since the mid-1990s, MTV has had a 24-hour Mandarin channel that features Chinese and international music, and in 2005 Viacom became the first foreign media company to take a 49% stake in a Chinese media company when Nickelodeon formed a joint venture with state-owned Shanghai Media Group to produce and broadcast children’s programs in the country. That deal has since lapsed.
Viacom executives for years spoke publicly about the immense growth opportunities presented by the country’s giant population, but tight regulations—such as government-imposed quotas on film distribution and foreign media companies’ access to broadcast television networks—have limited Viacom’s ability to expand. Paramount Pictures has been limited in the number and types of movies it can distribute on the mainland, though the company has achieved Chinese box office successes with films including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Transformers: Age of Extinction in recent years.
More recently, Viacom has struck deals to distribute music videos and TV shows on iQiyi Inc., an online-video platform controlled by search giant Baidu Inc. Viacom is also working with local organizations to build two Nickelodeon attractions in Chinese cities that will feature cartoon characters including SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer - the Nickelodeon Cultural Resort in Foshan and a Nickelodeon theme park in the Mall of China.
Viacom In Talks To Sell Majority Stake In Its Chinese Operations – Report
Viacom is in talks to sell a majority stake of its Chinese operations.
The move, which was reported by the Wall Street Journal, would see the Hollywood studio sell a stake in its channels business, which includes MTV and Nickelodeon.
The newspaper reported that Viacom has already held talks with at least one unnamed Chinese entity after struggling to scale its businesses in the country, which has been a notoriously difficult market for international media and entertainment businesses.
Viacom may be using its recent experience in India as a blueprint for growth in China. In January 2018, Viacom sold a 1%, controlling stake in the business to TV18, backed by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. Although the deal cedes control of the firm, which operates 42 channels and generates revenues of around $500M, it will allow it grow and take advantage of the Reliance firepower. Viacom CFO Wade Davis said that it did the Indian deal to “set the company up for its next wave of growth” and to take advantage of local distribution, particularly Reliance-affiliated Jio platform, one of the largest and fastest growing mobile, broadband and video distribution platforms in India.
Viacom Explores Sale of Majority Stake in Its China Channels
Viacom is exploring the sale of its majority stake in its TV channels in China, according to media reports Monday.
The media giant has held talks with at least one entity in China over the sale of stakes in channels such as MTV and Nickelodeon, the Wall Street Journal said. The newspaper, which was the first to report the move, did not name the potential buyer.
News of the talks comes as the U.S. and China become increasingly entrenched in the trade war that has soured relations between the nations over the past several months. Although a reduction in Viacom’s stakes would remove its control over its channels in China, bringing on a Chinese majority owner could help with navigating the country’s tricky political and regulatory environment.
Viacom sources told Variety that the company, under CEO Bob Bakish, remains committed to the Chinese market, whose mammoth size makes it impossible to ignore. Also, partnering up with a local enterprise is a model that Viacom has pursued elsewhere in Asia, including the region’s other billion-plus-population country, India. There, Viacom sold a stake in its joint venture, Viacom18, to its partner, TV18, last year, allowing TV18 to assume majority control.
Reports said that the talks in China center only on Viacom’s television operations and do not involve Paramount Pictures, whose “Transformers” spinoff, “Bumblebee,” is currently top of the box office in the Middle Kingdom.
Viacom in Talks to Sell Majority Stake in China TV Channels
A deal would bring Viacom’s China television brands business in line with its ownership structure elsewhere in Asia.
Viacom is considering selling off majority control of its Chinese TV operations.
The media giant has held talks with at least one interested Chinese entity, the Wall Street Journal was the first to report Monday. The talks have centered on a potential sale of Viacom's TV networks business in China, including MTV and Nickelodeon, sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
The China operations of Paramount Pictures, also owned by Viacom, were not said to be involved in such discussions. Paramount's Transformers spinoff Bumblebee is currently leading the China box office with ticket sales totaling $106 million after two weekends.
The news comes amid a trade war and softer media industry growth in China than at any time in recent memory. The Journal's sources, who were not named, said Viacom has been frustrated by the difficulties in scaling its business in the world's most populous nation. A sale could also reduce the U.S. company's political exposure during a time of rising tensions between Beijing and Washington. Putting a Chinese entity in the driver's seat would provide a measure of regulatory security while allowing Viacom to still maintain some profits.
A deal in China also would bring Viacom’s business there in line with the structure pursued elsewhere in Asia, especially India. Viacom reduced its stake in its India joint venture, Viacom18, to a minority position in January 2018. Viacom’s Indian partner Reliance Industries upped its stake from 50 to 51 percent for $20 million, taking operational control of the company. Viacom also has a similar arrangement in place in South Korea, where its local partner, SBS, has majority control over the joint venture channels SBS MTV and Nickelodeon Korea.
Viacom, led by CEO Bob Bakish, has operated in China for more than 20 years. The company runs the 24-hour MTV Mandarin channel and Nickelodeon China with CCTV, as well as licenses a substantial amount of content to local streaming services like iQiyi. Viacom also has plans to build two Nickelodeon-branded theme parks in China with local partners.
Viacom Weighs Majority Stake Sale Of China Operations
Media giant Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) is in talks to sell a majority stake in some of its operations in China after running into difficulties trying to scale its business in the world’s second largest economy.
Viacom, which owns film studio Paramount Pictures, music network MTV and children’s entertainment network Nickelodeon, has operated in China for two decades. The New York-based Company in the last few months has had discussions about a stake sale with at least one Chinese entity.
The talks, which have involved the potential sale of a majority share in its channels brands in China, pose an arrangement similar to the Company’s joint venture with Reliance Industries Ltd. in India. Viacom sold Reliance the majority stake in the venture last year.
Selling a controlling stake in its China business to a domestic investor could help Viacom reduce its potential regulatory risk in the country at a time of high trade and political tensions between Beijing and Washington, while still allowing it to profit.
Viacom has long wanted to ramp up its presence in China. Since the mid-1990s, MTV has had a 24-hour Mandarin channel that features Chinese and international music, and in 2005 Viacom became the first foreign media Company to take a 49% stake in a Chinese media company when Nickelodeon formed a joint venture with state-owned Shanghai Media Group to produce and broadcast children’s programs in the country. That deal has since lapsed.
Viacom executives for years spoke publicly about the immense growth opportunities presented by the country’s giant population, but tight regulations—such as government-imposed quotas on film distribution and foreign media companies’ access to broadcast television networks—have limited Viacom’s ability to expand. Paramount Pictures has been limited in the number and types of movies it can distribute on the mainland, though the company has achieved Chinese box office successes with films including “Transformers: Age of Extinction” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” in recent years.
The argument about China has always been about the growth potential of a 1.4 billion-strong market, but after almost 25 years of selling its TV brands in the country, Viacom’s revenue split is still overwhelmingly dominated by the U.S. and Europe. Even if it could gain market share, there’s the problem that advertising spending in the country as a whole is looking lackluster.
From a period in the early part of this decade when spending increased as much as 50% annually, it’s now failed to hit a double-digit growth rate in six years, according to GroupM, WPP Plc’s media agency. Spending still comes to some USD 90 Billion a year, but as a share of GDP it’s been trending down for more than a decade.
That dismal growth potential means it’s simply not worth the hassle of navigating China’s regulatory environment, with or without trade tensions. Chief Executive Officer Robert Bakish, a veteran of Viacom’s international operations, said at an investor conference last week, “It’s China, it’s a little bit of a can of worms.”
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Also, from Bloomberg:
SpongeBob and the Sinking of Viacom’s China Dream
Don’t blame the trade war: Byzantine rules and slowing growth had already thwarted the U.S. media giant’s TV ambitions.
There’s no money in getting Chinese viewers hooked on MTV and Nickelodeon.
That’s certainly the impression you’d get from Viacom Inc.’s apparent decision to sell its majority stakes in its Chinese TV channel brands. The media company has held talks with at least one Chinese entity about selling the businesses, a person familiar with the matter told Nabila Ahmed of Bloomberg News. The Wall Street Journal had earlier reported the potential deal.
It’s tempting to regard this as a casualty of the U.S.-China trade war, with heightened tensions seriously reducing the attraction of selling SpongeBob SquarePants and Beyonce to a Chinese audience — but in truth, the current spat is at best the last straw. While Viacom still sees significant potential in China’s film industry, television has been struggling for years.
Television is the bulk of Viacom’s business globally, making up about three-quarters of revenue and, in recent years, more than 100 percent of operating income thanks to losses from its Paramount film studio. In China, the script is reversed. Almost all the potential lies in getting a blockbuster picture like “Transformers” or “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” past Beijing’s cinema censors and onto the limited quota of Hollywood films granted release. Television looks like a distinct also-ran.
The problem in China’s television market is roughly the same as in the U.S. The world’s second-biggest media market is dominated these days by a handful of online players. About two-thirds of advertising yuan are spent on digital, according to eMarketer. Baidu Inc., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. carve up about 80 percent of that sum, in much the same way that Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google do elsewhere.
Combined with the vast proliferation of television channels is the fact that Viacom’s youth-oriented brands are barely distributed on the pocket-sized screens on which young Chinese, especially in urban areas, get most of their media content. Until last year, there was no non-TV outlet for MTV’s content in China at all, and Nickelodeon has similarly been busy signing up agreements with local distributors to get its content on streaming platforms.
The argument about China has always been about the growth potential of a 1.4 billion-strong market, but after almost 25 years of selling its TV brands in the country, Viacom’s revenue split is still overwhelmingly dominated by the U.S. and Europe. Even if it could gain market share, there’s the problem that advertising spending in the country as a whole is looking lackluster.
From a period in the early part of this decade when spending increased as much as 50 percent annually, it’s now failed to hit a double-digit growth rate in six years, according to GroupM, WPP Plc’s media agency. Spending still comes to some $90 billion a year, but as a share of GDP it’s been trending down for more than a decade.
That dismal growth potential means it’s simply not worth the hassle of navigating China’s byzantine regulatory environment, with or without trade tensions.
Chief Executive Officer Robert Bakish, a veteran of Viacom’s international operations, knows that as well as anyone. Asked about the potential for international audience growth at an investor conference last week, he pointedly left it out of his generally optimistic analysis. “It’s China, it’s a little bit of a can of worms,” he added. You can say that again.
Viacom has recently held acquisition talks with two free, ad-supported streaming video services as it looks to expand the digital reach of its entertainment properties, Deadline reports!
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish. Credit: Todd Williamson/Getty Images.
The media company is understood to have approached Tubi TV, a free service partly owned by MGM and Lionsgate; and Pluto TV, a Los Angeles-based company that has attracted investments from Scripps Networks Interactive, Sky, Third Wave Capital Partners and Samsung Venture Investment Corp., the venture-capital arm of Samsung.
It’s unclear whether these discussions will result in a deal, sources say. Pluto TV was exhibiting last week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, where its executives have been touting its growth and $200 million annual run rate. One source said the company’s not for sale.
The Information first reported the acquisition talks, which Deadline independently confirmed.
Viacom Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bob Bakish has spoken publicly about positioning the company for an increasingly fragmented media landscape where one-size-fits-all cable bundles are fraying.
In remarks at the Citi 2019 Global TMT West Conference last week, Bakish talked about Viacom’s variety of offerings in the direct-to-consumer space, from so-called “skinny” program bundles, like Philo, to niche digital offerings like Noggin, Nickelodeon's preschool SVOD product that’s distributed through apps on the Apple App Store and Google Play store, as well as via the Amazon channel store and on the Roku platform.
Viacom’s also busy developing programs for digital distribution, such as Nickelodeon's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender reboot for Netflix, and the reboot of the MTV reality series The Real World for Facebook Watch. Viacom also recently sold Nickelodeon's Pinky Malinky to Netflix. Ad-supported VOD is another way to reach broad audiences with a free offering that could potentially entice viewers to purchase subscription products.
“We believe working with some of our distributors including in the AVOD space, ad-supported video on demand, both as a standalone product and as a funnel and entry point for an upgrade path of various subscription products, including potentially big bundle,” said Bakish at the Citi conference. “So, that’s the way we’re playing it. We’re doing it in a capital-light way. We’re not going to go out and spend X double-digit billion dollars acquiring a company.”
Viacom’s evolving digital strategy comes at a time of growing competition in the streaming space. Disney and AT&T’s WarnerMedia are both preparing to launch Netflix-like services later this year. NBCUniversal has also revealed that it’s preparing to launch a new streaming platform.
Some players, like Roku, Pluto TV and Tubi TV, are betting that consumers will be able to afford a limited number of subscription services, and will be looking to fill out their viewing with free TV programs.
Update (22/11) - Viacom Internacional Studios in Miami, Florida presented Club 57 to the press during a special tour event! Via Prensario Internacional:
Viacom y Rainbow presentaron su nueva serie infantojuvenil Club 57
Viacom Internacional Studios presentó su nueva serie teen musical, Club 57, en coproducción con Rainbow Group de Italia con un impresionante despliegue de talentos a lo largo de los variados sets de grabación en Miami.
El talento de 'Club 57' junto a ejecutivos de Viacom, Rainbow y Rai Italia
A la cita de presentación acudieron Iginio Straffi, Fundador y CEO de Rainbow, y Luca Milano, Director de la RAI de Italia, quienes dieron palabras de elogio a la directiva, a talentos de la serie y a el equipo de producción, a lo largo de un tour de más de 2 horas en los estudios de Viacom Internacional en la ciudad de Miami.
'Estamos presentando una serie juvenil, en formato de telenovela musical, son 60 capítulos de 1 hora cada uno, es un contenido premium realizado entre la pintoresca Puglia en Italia y nuestros estudios en Miami y nuestra meta es que para el año 2019 sorprendamos una vez más a la audiencia con una cautivante historia escrita por Catharina Ledeboer, reconocida por sus éxitos en formatos juveniles como Every Witch Way, WITS Academy y Talia in the Kitchen for Nickelodeon US; además de las 3 temporadas de Grachi para Nickelodeon Latin America', citó Pierluigi Gazzolo, Presidente de VIMNAmericas y EVP de Nickelodeon International.
El contenido es la clave
Ante la consulta sobre el futuro de la compañía y la posibilidad de convertirse en una OTT, Pierluigi Gazzolo señaló: 'Creemos en ser dueños de contenidos, en ser productores de un volumen importante de series de calidad y donde vemos a Amazon, Netflix y otros actores como socios en la distribución de los contenidos, de allí la trascendencia de lo que hacemos'.
Iginio Straffi, Pierluigi Gazzolo y Luca Milano
Esta visión es compartida por Straffi y Milano, quienes expresaron que estudios recientes, cualitativos y cuantitativos, destacan que, en la medida que las OTT crezcan aumentará en paralelo la demanda de contenidos de calidad y para eso es que preparan nuevos materiales a ser distribuidos.
Crecimiento de ingresos de VIS refuerza tesis del contenido premium
Entre los años 2017 y 2018 los ingresos de Viacom Internacional Estudios crecieron en 60% y la proyección es de 45% para 2019. 'El futuro es el VOD, y en VIS estamos enfocados en producir contenidos de calidad para llenar todas las plataformas disponibles de nuestros clientes y aliados y seguir presentes en la vida de nuestro público', finalizó Gazzolo.
Club 57 será grabada en escenarios de Puglia, Italia, y en Viacom International Studios en la ciudad de Miami, bajo la responsabilidad de Miriam Luciow, VP Producción y Desarrollo Nickelodeon y Viacom Internacional Estudios. Es una propuesta juvenil donde el español y el italiano se unen en música y por el amor de los protagonistas, quienes viajan en el tiempo (1957 y el presente) y entre lenguas diferentes.
Catharina Ledeboer, autora de la serie
La serie presenta un reparto panregional encabezado por la actriz venezolana Evaluna Montaner, el actor italiano Riccardo Frascari, el colombiano Sebastian Silva, el mexicano Martin Barba, la venezolana Angela Rincon y la chilena Carolina Mestrovic, entre otros. Además, el reparto también incluye a la cubanoamericana Isabella Castillo y al actor colombiano Andrés Mercado, quienes regresan a la pantalla de Nickelodeon luego de su participación en Yo Soy Franky, Vikki RPM y Grachi.
Prensario visitó los estudios de 'Club 57' en Miami
La música para la serie estará compuesta y producida por el cantautor argentino-venezolano Ricardo Montaner, los cantautores Mau y Ricky, y el colombiano Camilo Echeverri.
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Update (18/12): Nickelodeon Latin America (Latinoamérica) and Nickelodeon Brazil (Brasil) have announced plans to premiere Club 57 very soon! Nickelodeon have also revealed the cast of Club 57 and the characters they'll be playing on the show!: Isabella Castillo will portray Amelia, Andrés Mercado will portray Manuel, Simoné Marval will portray Isa, Mauricio Novoa will portray Checho, Gabo Lopez will Oso, Evaluna Montaner will portray Eva, Riccardo Frascari will play JJ, Carolina Mestrovic will portray Vero, Laura Rosguer will play Maca, Fefi Oliveira will portray Mercedes, Martin Barba will play Aurek, Jorge Roguez will portray Rene, Luis Mayer will play Xavier, Sebastian Silva will portray Ruben, Gael Sanchez will play Cesar, Adriano Zendejas will portray Victor, Martina Lavignasse will play Diana, Jesus Nasser will portray Fernando, Valeria Arena will play Camila, Jonathan Quintana will play Miguel, Santiago Bidart will portray Abel, and Frank Fernandez will play Andrés.
Additionally, Eva Luna is producing the soundtrack for Club 57!
Nickelodeon Latin America (Latinoamérica), a Viacom International Studios (VIS) unit, has kicked off production on its brand-new Latino fictional music series Club 57 (60 x '60) in Italy!
Production of Club 57 kicks off in Italy. Photo credit: Juan Botero
Nickelodeon Latin America’s first co-production with Iginio Straffi’s Rainbow Group, Club 57 boasts a pan-regional cast and began taping mid-September 2018 on location in Puglia, Italy to later continue production at the Viacom International Studios in Miami, Florida. The show can be seen as further evidence of production studios increasing globalization of content, as well as Viacom’s drive to produce for and with third-party companies.
Club 57 revolves around teens Eva and her brother Ruben who accidentally travel to 1957. Not unlike the 1985 hit Back to the Future, Eva falls in love and decides to stay, but her decision triggers a butterfly effect that would change their lives for the worse, not improve them.
Combining music, dance and time-traveling adventures, Eva must now find a way to return to the present day without giving up her first love.
Club 57 is created by Catharina Ledoboer who has penned multiple tween/teen hits for Nickelodeon, including I Am Frankie (two seasons), Every Witch Way (four seasons), WITS Academy (one season) and Talia in the Kitchen (two seasons) for Nickelodeon US; and Grachi (three seasons) and Vikki RPM (one season) for Nickelodeon Latin America. (Every Witch Way, I Am Frankie and Talia in the Kitchen are also based on successful Nickelodeon Latin America formats.)
Venezuelan actress Eva Luna Montaner, in the role of Eva, plays opposite Italian actor Riccardo Frasari as her first love, JJ.
The rest of the cast includes Colombia’s Sebastian Silva who plays Eva’s brother, Rubén, Mexico’s Martin Barba playing Aurek, Venezuelan actress Angela Rincon as Sofia and from Chile, Carolina Mestrovic in the role of Vero, among others.
Other cast members include Cuban-American actress Isabella Castillo and Colombian actor Andres Mercado who return to the Nickelodeon screen after their participation in Nickelodeon Latin America’s Yo Soy Franky, Vikki RPM, and Grachi.
Multi-nommed Grammy artist Ricardo Montaner leads the team that will produce and compose the music for the series.
Viacom International Media Networks – Americas (VIMN) is showcasing Club 57, along with Nickelodeon Latinoamérica's latest hit Noobies, a Colombian live-action novela about a girl forming her E-Sports team, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Nickelodeon’s reimagined series of its iconic franchise, at MIPJunior 2018 and MIPCOM, taking place in Cannes,France starting Saturday 13th October 2018.
Viacom International Studios anunció inicio de rodaje de Club 57 Imager Por @todotvnews el 12/10/2018 0 printer La nueva coproducción musical de Nickelodeon Latinoamérica y Rainbow Group inició grabaciones en Italia y continuará en los próximos meses en los estudios de VIS en Miami.
Viacom International Studios (VIS) anunció este viernes 12 de octubre el inicio de grabaciones de la primera coproducción de Nickelodeon Latinoamérica y Rainbow Group, la serie de ficción y música, Club 57 (60 x 60’).
El rodaje, que comenzó a mediados de septiembre en la región de Puglia, en la costa italiana -el cual contó con diversos escenarios naturales y locaciones exteriores- continuará a lo largo de los próximos meses en los estudios de Viacom International Studios (VIS) en Miami (EEUU).
Club 57 sigue las aventuras de Eva y su hermano Rubén, quienes accidentalmente se transportan al año 1957. Hacen todo lo posible para volver a casa, hasta que Eva se enamora de JJ y decide quedarse en el pasado, desencadenando un efecto mariposa que cambia sus vidas para peor en vez de mejor.
Con una mezcla de música, baile y aventuras de viajes en el tiempo, Eva debe ahora ingeniarse la manera de volver al presente sin renunciar a su primer amor.
La serie cuenta con un elenco panregional, encabezado por la actriz venezolana, Eva Luna Montaner (Eva), el actor italiano Riccardo Frasari (JJ), el colombiano Sebastián Silva (Rubén), el mexicano Martin Barba (Aurek), la venezolana Ángela Rincón (Sofía) y la chilena Carolina Mestrovic (Vero), entre otros.
Además, el elenco también incluye a la reconocida actriz cubanoamericana Isabella Castillo y el actor colombiano Andres Mercado, quienes regresan a la pantalla de Nickelodeon tras su participación en las series Yo soy Franky, Vikki RPM y Grachi.
La serie contará con una banda sonora compuesta y producida por el cantautor argentino-venezolano Ricardo Montaner, multinominado a los Premios Grammy's y galardonado con el Premio Grammy Latino a La Excelencia Musical y un premio Billboard; los autores y productores Mau y Ricky, nominados a los Latin Grammy's 2017 en la categoría Mejor Artista Nuevo; y el cantautor colombiano, Camilo Echeverri.
La ficción está creada por la guionista Catharina Ledoboer, quien ha escrito múltiples éxitos para Nickelodeon, incluyendo Every Witch Way (cuatro temporadas), WITS Academy y Talia in the Kitchen para Nickelodeon EEUU; y tres exitosas temporadas de Grachi, la novela juvenil de Nickelodeon Latinoamérica.
La serie es una coproducción entre VIS y Rainbow Group y estará disponible para distribución globalmente.
Viacom International Studios inicia rodaje de serie musical Club 57
Viacom International Studios (VIS) anunció el inicio de grabaciones de la serie de ficción y música, Club 57, la primera coproducción de Nickelodeon Latinoamérica y Rainbow Group.
El rodaje, que comenzó a mediados de septiembre en la región de Puglia, en la costa Italiana, el cual contó con diversos escenarios naturales y locaciones exteriores, continuará a lo largo de los próximos meses en los estudios de VIS en Miami, Florida.
Club 57 sigue las aventuras de Eva y su hermano Rubén, quienes accidentalmente se transportan al año 1957. Hacen todo lo posible para volver a casa, hasta que Eva se enamora de JJ y decide quedarse en el pasado, desencadenando un efecto mariposa que cambia sus vidas para peor en vez de mejor. Con una mezcla de música, baile y aventuras de viajes en el tiempo, Eva debe ahora ingeniarse la manera de volver al presente sin renunciar a su primer amor.
La serie cuenta con un gran elenco panregional, encabezado por la actriz venezolana, Eva Luna Montaner, en el rol de Eva, el actor Italiano Riccardo Frasari como JJ, el colombiano Sebastian Silva interpretando a Rubén, el mexicano Martin Barba interpretando a Aurek, la venezolana Angela Rincon como Sofia y la chilena Carolina Mestrovic en el rol de Vero, entre otros.
La nueva puesta del canal está creada por la guionista Catharina Ledoboer, quien ha escrito múltiples éxitos para Nickelodeon, incluyendo Every Witch Way (cuatro temporadas), WITS Academy y Talia in the Kitchen para Nickelodeon Estados Unidos; y tres exitosas temporadas de Grachi, la novela juvenil de Nickelodeon Latinoamérica.
VIACOM ANUNCIÓ EL INICIO DE GRABACIONES DE CLUB 57
Se trata de la primera coproducción de Nickelodeon Latinoamérica y Rainbow Group. Las grabaciones comenzaron en Italia y seguirán en los próximos meses en Miami. La serie cuenta las aventuras de Eva y su hermano Rubén, quienes se transportan al año 1957.
Viacom International Studios (VIS) anunció el inicio de grabaciones de la primera coproducción de Nickelodeon Latinoamérica y Rainbow Group, la serie de ficción y música, Club 57 (60 eps. x 1 hora). El rodaje, que comenzó en la pintoresca región de Puglia, en la costa Italiana - el cual contó con diversos escenarios naturales y maravillosas locaciones exteriores - continuará a lo largo de los próximos meses en los estudios de Viacom International Studios (VIS) en Miami, Florida.
Club 57 sigue las aventuras de Eva y su hermano Rubén, quienes accidentalmente se transportan al año 1957. Hacen todo lo posible para volver a casa, hasta que Eva se enamora de JJ y decide quedarse en el pasado, desencadenando un efecto mariposa que cambia sus vidas para peor en vez de mejor. Con una mezcla de música, baile y aventuras de viajes en el tiempo, Eva debe ahora ingeniarse la manera de volver al presente sin renunciar a su primer amor.
La serie cuenta con un gran elenco pan-regional, encabezado por la actriz venezolana, Evaluna Montaner, en el rol de Eva, el actor Italiano Riccardo Frascari como JJ, el colombiano Sebastian Silva interpretando a Rubén, el mexicano Martin Barba interpretando a Aurek, la venezolana Angela Rincon como Sofia y la chilena Carolina Mestrovic en el rol de Vero, entre otros. Además, el elenco también incluye a la reconocida actriz cubanoamericana Isabella Castillo y el actor colombiano Andres Mercado, quienes regresan a la pantalla de Nickelodeon tras su participación en las series Yo Soy Franky, Vikki RPM y Grachi.
Club 57 contará con una banda sonora compuesta y producida por el cantautor argentino-venezolano Ricardo Montaner, multi-nominado a los Premios Grammy's y galardonado con el "Premio Grammy Latino a La Excelencia Musical" y un premio Billboard, los autores y productores Mau y Ricky, nominados a los Latin Grammy's 2017 en la categoría "Mejor Artista Nuevo", y el cantautor colombiano, Camilo Echeverri.
La nueva puesta del canal está creada por la guionista Catharina Ledoboer, quien ha escrito múltiples éxitos para Nickelodeon, incluyendo Every Witch Way (cuatro temporadas), WITS Academy y Talia in the Kitchen para Nickelodeon Estados Unidos; y tres exitosas temporadas de Grachi, la novela juvenil de Nickelodeon Latinoamérica.
La serie es una coproducción entre Viacom International Studios (VIS) y Rainbow Group y estará disponible para distribución globalmente.
La hija de Ricardo Montaner será la estrella de una serie de Nickelodeon
Ricardo Montaner no es el único de su familia que cosecha éxitos. Sus hijos Mau y Ricky saltaron a la fama junto a Sebastián Yatra, y ahora su hija Evaluna protagonizará la nueva serie "Club 57", de Nickelodeon Latinoamérica, que ya se filma en los bellísimos paisajes de la región de Puglia, en la costa de Italia.
Fue el propio Montaner quien compartió su alegría en Twitter por el presente laboral de su hija.
Si bien ya participó de la exitosa novela juvenil Grachi (como Melanie Esquivel, la hermana de la protagonista), según lo reflejó Teleshow, este será el debut de Evaluna como figura principal de un gran elenco internacional, en la primera coproducción de Nickelodeon Latinoamérica y Rainbow Group.
Nacida en Venezuela, pero criada en Miami, adonde se mudó con su familia cuando tenía apenas cuatro años.
En "Club 57", Eva (el personaje de Evaluna) se transportará de manera accidental al año 1957. Lo hará junto a su hermano Rubén (interpretado por el colombiano Sebastián Silva). Y los dos buscarán la manera de regresar al presente hasta que surgirá un inconveniente: Eva se enamorará de JJ (el italiano Riccardo Frasari).
Evaluna: la hija de Ricardo Montaner va por su primer protagónico en TV
A los 21 años, la menor del clan de artistas estará al frente del “Club 57”, la nueva serie juvenil de Nickelodeon, que se estrenará en mayo. Cómo es su camino repartido entre la música y la actuación.
Evaluna Montaner protagonizará "Club 57" por Nickelodeon. Tiene 21 años, pero su aspecto aniñado le permite seguir interpretando personajes adolescentes. Foto: Diego Waldmann
Hija de un cantante y una cineasta, con tres de sus cuatro hermanos dedicados a la música, Evaluna, la menor del clan Montaner, siempre supo que su vida iba a estar ligada al negocio del entretenimiento: “A los cuatro años me metieron en clases de baile y de piano, y a los doce empecé a cantar con mi papá en sus conciertos. A los quince grabé una canción con él y empezó mi carrera de cantante”.
Casi al mismo tiempo empezó a actuar: “Hace siete años empecé mi carrera como actriz en Nickelodeon, con una serie llamada Grachi. Después tomé clases de actuación en Los Angeles y en Nueva York. De alguna manera ya me estaba preparando para esto”. “Esto” es su primer protagónico, que le llega a los 21 años en otra serie juvenil de Nickelodeon, Club 57, que se estrenará en mayo. Como para ir presentándola en sociedad, estuvo en La voz argentina (Telefe) cantando Me va a extrañar a dúo con su papá, Ricardo.
-¿Cómo llevás ser “la hija de”?
-Nunca he sufrido con eso. Tomo como un halago y un lujo poder ser hija de mi papá. Es una responsabilidad muy grande poder probar que sé actuar y cantar, y que no estoy donde estoy sólo porque mi papá tiene buenos contactos. Siempre digo mi apellido con muchísimo orgullo: me encanta que la gente sepa que soy hija de mi papá, porque él es tan bueno que me siento muy orgullosa de ser su hija.
-Hablando sobre sus hijos, una vez él dijo “al final del día, cuando llegas a la cama sabes si conseguiste lo que tienes por tu propio mérito o no”. ¿Qué pensás cuando te acostás?
-Todavía me siento tan chiquita frente a tantas cosas, que cuando me acuesto no puedo creer estar cumpliendo lo que siempre he querido. Siento agradecimiento con Dios y con mi familia, porque mucho de lo que sé es por mis papás, porque me metieron en clases de chiquita y me llevaron por este camino. Porque lo quise, no porque me hayan forzado.
-Tu papá también dice que la de ustedes es una familia que se "invade" mutuamente.
-Es una muy buena palabra: nos "invadimos". Toda la vida iba a los planes que tenían mis hermanos: siempre me juntaba con los amigos de ellos, aunque no quisieran. En Miami se maneja a los 15, pero yo aprendí a manejar más grandecita, a los 18, porque siempre íbamos juntos, así que no necesitaba manejar para ningún lado. Mis amigos eran sus amigos. Soy muy buena hermana y con mis hermanos tenemos una relación impresionante. Con los más grandes también, y con mis sobrinitos. Mis papás estuvieron viviendo en Argentina un tiempo, por La Voz Argentina, y eso marcó una etapa diferente de mi vida: no sé qué es estar lejos de ellos, siempre estamos completamente invadidos. Nuestra familia es una belleza, es unidísima.
-Naciste en Venezuela, creciste en Miami, viviste en Los Ángeles. ¿Dónde están tus raíces?
-Siento que soy venezolana. Y si me escuchan el acento, pueden darse cuenta de que soy muy caraqueña. Pero he pasado 17 años de mi vida en Miami y ése es mi hogar, aunque haya estado yendo y viniendo. Acá a la Argentina he venido muchas veces, y por temporadas largas.
-¿Cuál es tu vínculo con la Argentina?
-Mi mejor amiga vive aquí, la conocí en Miami y se mudó para acá. Es una excusa más para visitar este país que tanto amo. Durante mucho tiempo tuve que venir todos los años, como tres o cuatro meses, cuando mi papá hacía giras por acá. Viviría aquí feliz de la vida: amo Argentina, me encanta la gente, la comida… Y cada vez descubro lugares nuevos.
-¿Estuviste en Valentín Alsina?
-Sí, claro, muchas veces mi papá nos llevó para allá para conocer su lugar de origen. Nos mostraba el colegio, la casa de sus papás, la casa de la familia, la panadería, el puente, todo. Siempre es una experiencia bonita y emotiva ir para allá.
-Mencionaste a Dios y hacés música cristiana. ¿Cuál es la importancia de la religión en tu carrera?
-Dios es el centro de todo. Y es mi prioridad. Todo lo que hago lo hago pensando en lo que "él" quiere para mí. Ha sido clave en mi vida, para llegar a lugares muy bonitos y seguir teniendo una gran relación con mi familia. Dios nos une porque lo tenemos en común.
-¿Rechazarías un papel si no estuviera de acuerdo con tus valores religiosos?
-Depende. Si en un papel tengo que negar mis creencias, no me gustaría. Gracias a Dios me tocó un papel muy chévere en Nickelodeon, donde puedo seguir creyendo en lo que creo. Los programas son bastante light, porque son para niños, así que no tengo que hacer nada que vaya en contra de mis creencias. Pero sí me ha tocado negarme a muchos castings, porque no iban conmigo.
"Dios es el centro de todo. Es mi prioridad", dice Evaluna Montaner. (Foto: Diego Waldmann).
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-Este año acá hubo un gran movimiento por la legalización del aborto. ¿Cuál es tu postura?
-Es un tema muy complicado. Si no lo legalizan, se sigue haciendo, pero mal. Pero soy provida, así que no me gusta el aborto. Prefiero no meterme y no tomar ninguna postura.
-¿Es cierto que te estás por casar? ¿Qué te llevó a decidirlo tan joven?
-Sí, mira (muestra el anillo de compromiso). Me voy a casar, mi novio me propuso matrimonio hace un par de meses. Ser mamá y ser esposa siempre ha sido mi sueño. A los que me dicen que soy muy chiquita, les digo que es cierto: tengo 21 años. Pero si su sueño fuera ganarse un Grammy, querrían ganarlo lo antes posible, ¿verdad? Bueno, mi sueño es casarme, así que quiero casarme muy pronto.
Protagonista de "Club 57" Club 57, que se verá al aire en mayo, cuenta una historia con perfume a Volver al futuro. Allí, Evaluna Montaner será Eva, una chica que accidentalmente viaja en el tiempo al año 1957. “Mi personaje y yo tenemos muchas cosas en común, empezando por el nombre. Ella es súper divertida, inteligente y le encanta la ciencia. Cuando llega a los años ’50 quiere volver a la actualidad, pero después de un tiempo se enamora de un chico y por eso ya no se quiere ir y busca la manera de quedarse. Pero cualquier cosa que haga en el pasado hace que cambie algo en el futuro”.
Como se trata de una tira musical, además de actuar, Evaluna también cantará y bailará. La banda sonora queda en familia: en ese rubro trabajaron su papá, sus hermanos Mau y Ricky y su futuro marido, el colombiano Camilo Echeverry.
Su opinión sobre el trabajo de Ricardo Montaner en "La voz argentina" Evaluna participó como conductora de un programa vinculado a La voz Colombia y estuvo muy compenetrada con La voz Argentina. “Lo vi desde Miami. Los realities cambian la vida de las personas: sucedió en La voz Colombia y siento que eso sucedió aquí en la Argentina. Y lo que hizo mi papá fue espectacular. Amé cómo fue como coach: igualito a cómo es con nosotros, trató a los cantantes de su equipo como hijos. Cuando se iba alguien le dolía muchísimo. Nos escribía en la noche: ‘Estoy muy triste porque se fue fulano’. Fue muy chévere verlo en su zona de confort, pudiendo ser él mismo”. Ricardo tuvo su recompensa: el ganador del programa, Braulio Assanelli, fue parte del equipo Montaner.
Esta entrevista se hizo durante la estadía de Evaluna en Buenos Aires para participar del programa como invitada especial. Allí, junto a su padre, interpretó Me va a extrañar.
El gran momento de Mau y Ricky
“Con mis hermanos tenemos una relación impresionante”, dice Evaluna sobre Mau y Ricky, sus dos hermanos de madre y padre. Ellos forman un dúo que está pasando un gran momento profesional: el 31 de diciembre recibieron el 2019 cantando con Lali Espósito en la emblemática celebración de Times Square, en Nueva York, ante medio millón de personas. .
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Todos ellos la rompen en el Internet, ¡y estarán en el set de #Club57 con muchas sorpresas para ustedes! 💙💗💛 Kevsho, Juan Pablo Jaramillo, Los Rulés, Diego Cardenas, Jorge Anzaldo, La Pereztroica, Juanma Salazar, Keff Guzman, Laura Malagón RaptorGamer ¡Estén pendientes de todas nuestras redes este 13 y 14 de enero! 😎
Youtubers enfrentan el bullying cibernético de manera divertida
Después de ser tendencia en redes sociales con miles de suscriptores, los youtubers Diego Cárdenas y Jorge Anzaldo enfrentan a sus “haters” con “Roast yourself” una canción que busca dejar un mensaje contra el acoso cibernético, así como una enseñanza para afrontar esa práctica.
“De que nos afectan los comentarios malos, pues sí, pero no para tirarte al drama, hemos sabido manejarlo. ‘Roast yourself’ trata de eso, hicimos una canción a través de los comentarios de la gente que nos odia, de todo lo que nos dicen y es tomarlo de quien viene, hay gente que te insulta sin ni siquiera conocerte”, comentó Diego en entrevista con Notimex.
Los influencers mexicanos comenzaron hace casi dos años subiendo contenido familiar a su canal de YouTube “Los Rulés” con la actriz Danna Paola, quien más tarde se retiraría por cuestiones de trabajo.
Desde entonces los videos fueron aceptados por los usuarios de las redes sociales, con lo que empezaron a tener muchos seguidores, pero con ello también varios “haters” o personas que los empezaron a difamar.
“El que diga que no le importa que hablen mal de su persona, te va a estar mintiendo, no es nada sencillo, porque se refugian detrás de una imagen, no ponen su cara, no ponen su nombre y sólo llegan a insultar por insultar y hay veces que nos ponen críticas destructivas, nosotros somos fieles lectores de todo lo que nos escriben, sean comentarios buenos o malos”, añadió Diego.
Por esa razón decidieron afrontar de una manera positiva y divertida, con una canción también conocida como “Envidia de la buena”, todos los comentarios malos que recibieron durante el año pasado.
De esa manera, al ritmo de pop urbano bailan una coreografía y retoman los comentarios de manera hilarante.
“Es un poco de las enseñanzas que damos de decir a la gente mira: “si a tí te hacen bullying en la escuela no pasa nada, de la escuela no va a pasar, tómalo de quien viene y ríete de eso porque al final tu sabes que eso no es cierto y si es cierto y te molesta entonces intenta cambiarlo”, indicaron los youtubers.
Sorpresivamente para los influencers la canción tuvo una gran aceptación, algo que no se imaginaron, y a la fecha lleva más de seis millones de visualizaciones, por lo que quieren introducirse más al ámbito musical. “Como le fue bien a la canción, este año queremos hacer más música”, informó Diego.
Están muy conscientes de que su rol en las redes sociales, aparte de entretener, es influenciar a la gente y la plataforma de YouTube los lleva a cualquier rincón del mundo, por lo que tienen una gran responsabilidad al mostrar su contenido en el canal.
“Puedes llegar a cualquier parte del mundo con tus videos, nosotros sentimos una responsabilidad muy grande que la tenemos desde el día uno, porque sabemos perfectamente que nos puede ver un niño muy pequeño, hasta la mamá de ese niño, hay adolecentes”, coincidieron.
Y a pesar de que dejaron claro que no quieren ser una figura educativa, porque su finalidad es entretener si cuidan lo que publican, “a veces pensamos: si tuviera un hijo qué me gustaría que viera, nos ponemos a pensar qué cosas me gustaría que vieran y aprendieran las personas importantes para mí y a partir de eso creamos nuestros contenidos”, explicó Jorge.
Por esa razón ellos nunca formaría parte de los famosos retos que circulan en las redes sociales y ponen en peligro la vida de las personas.
Ahora en 2019 desean llegar a más personas, que éstas compartan sus videos y seguir divirtiendo al público.
Como proyecto adelantaron que irán a los estudios de Nickelodeon a ver las grabaciones de su nueva serie “Club 57” y convivir con el elenco.
Nicktoons USA, Nickelodeon USA's top-rated animation and action channel, will premiere the brand-new animated series Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty on Monday, January 28, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT)!
Update (1/14): Nickelodeon USA will debut Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty on the main Nickelodeon channel on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 11:30am ET/PT! The first episode will be titled "Purrfect Party/Anubis Newbie"!
Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty is animated comedic adventure about a spirited and adorable kitty named Felicity who acquires magical powers. Part Rainbow, part Butterfly, part Unicorn and 100% Kitty, Felicity goes on amazing adventures with her friends, including her best friend Miguel the Chihuahua, across a magical mashup world!
Each episode explores female empowerment and non-conformity when Felicity’s magical abilities allow her to transform with the powers imbued by her mythical makeup—she can shoot glowsticks from her paws and lasers from her unicorn horn. Athena, a book-smart owl, and Betti the Yetti round out the quirky cast of characters.
Targeted towards kids aged six to 11, this fun 2D-animated show features photo-real elements, and is filled with adventure and heart, bringing viewers a celebration of individuality and self-confidence.
Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty is produced by Saban Brands with animation by Vancouver, Canada-based Bardel Entertainment. California’s Funrise Inc. has been tapped at the property's global master toy partner and co-production partner. Funrise’s toy line will cover a number of categories including figures, playsets, plush and dress-up. Former Nickelodeon executive Rich Magallanes serves as the show's show runner/creator.
“It’s different. It’s definitely out there,” Fred Soulié, Saban Brands EVP of global distribution and consumer products, told Kidscreen. “It’s also really cute and so funny. The humor comes from the relationship between Felicity and Miguel; they’re the comedic duo.”
With balance achieved between the colorful and fantastical through Felicity and the more down-to-earth and active Miguel, Soulié expects the series to perform equally well with boys and girls.
Saban is currently in talks with a global linear kids broadcaster, with plans to launch the show in Spring 2019. It's currently unknown whether the global kids broadcaster is Nickelodeon, however, its a strong possibly. An international rollout for the series will follow shortly thereafter. Soulié says Italian prodco Rainbow (Club 57, Winx Club, 44 Cats, Regal Academy, Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends), which acquired Bardel in 2015, is on-board as a co-producer and will represent the property in Italy, along with a number of additional European territories.
Meanwhile, Saban has tapped California’s Funrise Toy as a global master toy partner and co-production partner. Saban is also on the hunt for additional licensees for apparel, accessories, interactive and health and beauty categories. Like the show, the CP program will target boys and girls ages six to 11.
According to Soulié, the program will reflect the personalities of each character, as well as different versions of Felicity. She transforms with the powers of her rainbow, butterfly and unicorn features, and various consumer products will represent each of these aspects of her magical abilities.
“She transforms on the show, and that will translate to the products,” Soulié says. “You’ll see different versions of the kitty in the line [depending on which of her powers are being represented], and that provides different options for kids to identify with and interact with her and the other characters.”
Rich Magallanes;, the show runner/creator of Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty, career spans over 20 years in domestic and international studio production. Prior to joining Funrise as as Senior Vice President, Development & Production for the company's new Intellectual Properties (IP) and entertainment division in December 2018, he oversaw the entire development slate and production of several shows at Saban Brands, including: Luna Petunia, Treehouse Detectives, Glitter Force and several others. Magallanes spent his former years at Nickelodeon, as the Senior Vice President of Current Series and Production, where he supervised production on a number of their top animated series, including SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, Sanjay and Craig and Breadwinners, among many others.
During his time at Nickelodeon, he also co-developed the highly successful Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Tuff Puppy television shows, among others. Magallanes was also the Creative Executive integral in the DreamWorks partnership for Penguins of Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and Monsters vs. Aliens.
"Rich is a great addition to the Funrise executive team and a perfect fit to lead our new IP division," said King Cheng, Chief Executive, Funrise. "Developing our own IP and entertainment properties is a strategic initiative for Funrise, and we are lucky to land such a talented and experienced individual. With Rich's vast experience in developing kids content, we are confident he will not only deliver an amazing new show in Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty, but will also develop strong new IPs for Funrise."
"Funrise is an exciting and innovative company, and I'm excited to be an integral part of their future growth," said Magallanes. "I look forward to working with this passionate team and Funrise's best-in-class partners to continue to create fantastic programming for kids and brand experiences that fans are going to love."
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Haru dá dicas de 5 jogos incríveis para se jogar em 2019! Não perca a super estreia de NOOBEES dia 4 de fevereiro às 19h, na Nickelodeon Brasil!
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