The children's entertainment and media news website Kidscreen is reporting the Nickelodeon News in the following article that a number of Nickelodeon live-action programs targeting tween and teen demos have been picked up by broadcasters across Latin America.
"Supah Ninjas" has been bought by major broadcasters including Televisa in Mexico, Venezuela's Venevision and Costa Rica's Teletica. TV Hondurena has also acquired the first season of the comedy series for the first time.
Mexico's Televisa has also added the first season of sitcom "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures" to its lineup, as well as the misadventures of Fred Figglehorn in "Fred: The Show", episodes 101 to 112, and live-action series "iCarly" season five, musical comedy "Victorious" seasons one and three, and high-school sitcom "Zoey 101" season four.
In Brazil, Band TV has bought stepbrother comedy "Drake & Josh" seasons one through four as well as the first four seasons of teen sitcom "Kenan & Kel", the first two seasons of "Big Time Rush" and the first five seasons of "iCarly".
Venezuela's Venevision has licensed Nickelodeon's latest series "Marvin Marvin" alongside season two of boy band series "Big Time Rush", plus "iCarly" seasons four and five, and "Victorious" season two.
On the live-action movie front, Televisa in Mexico has picked up Nick's modern Cinderella story "Rags", while Venezuela's Venevision has signed "Big Time Movie", "Best Player", "A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up Timmy Turner!" and "Rags":
"Supah Ninjas" has been bought by major broadcasters including Televisa in Mexico, Venezuela's Venevision and Costa Rica's Teletica. TV Hondurena has also acquired the first season of the comedy series for the first time.
Mexico's Televisa has also added the first season of sitcom "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures" to its lineup, as well as the misadventures of Fred Figglehorn in "Fred: The Show", episodes 101 to 112, and live-action series "iCarly" season five, musical comedy "Victorious" seasons one and three, and high-school sitcom "Zoey 101" season four.
In Brazil, Band TV has bought stepbrother comedy "Drake & Josh" seasons one through four as well as the first four seasons of teen sitcom "Kenan & Kel", the first two seasons of "Big Time Rush" and the first five seasons of "iCarly".
Venezuela's Venevision has licensed Nickelodeon's latest series "Marvin Marvin" alongside season two of boy band series "Big Time Rush", plus "iCarly" seasons four and five, and "Victorious" season two.
On the live-action movie front, Televisa in Mexico has picked up Nick's modern Cinderella story "Rags", while Venezuela's Venevision has signed "Big Time Movie", "Best Player", "A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up Timmy Turner!" and "Rags":
Nick sells tween and teen programs to Lat Am broadcastersAlso, from C21Media:
A number of Nickelodeon live-action programs targeting tween and teen demos have been picked up by broadcasters across Latin America.
Supah Ninjas has been bought by major broadcasters including Televisa in Mexico, Venezuela’s Venevision and Costa Rica’s Teletica. TV Hondurena has also acquired the first season of the comedy series for the first time.
Mexico’s Televisa has also added the first season of sitcom Bucket & Skinner to its lineup, as well as the misadventures of Fred The Show, episodes 101 to 112, and live-action series iCarly season five, musical comedy Victorious seasons one and three, and high-school sitcom Zoey 101 season four.
In Brazil, Band TV has bought stepbrother comedy Drake & Josh seasons one through four as well as the first four seasons of teen sitcom Kenan and Kel, the first two seasons of Big Time Rush and the first five seasons of iCarly.
Venezuela’s Venevision has licensed Nickelodeon’s latest series Marvin Marvin alongside season two of boy band series Big Time Rush, plus iCarly seasons four and five, and Victorious season two.
On the live-action movie front, Televisa in Mexico has picked up Cinderella spoof Rags, while Venezuela’s Venevision has signed Big Time Movie, Best Player, A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up Timmy Turner! and Rags.
In related news, last week Nickelodeon launched two new localized channels in Serbia and Slovenia. In underscoring the network’s growth strategy in the Central Eastern European region, the channels fall in the footsteps of Nickelodeon Croatia, which launched in December 2011.
Tags: Latin America, live action, Nickelodeon, teens, tweens
Viacom Spain names new boss
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has appointed a new general manager for Spain, following the promotion of Raffaele Annecchino earlier this year.
Manuel Gil has taken the role of general manager of VIMN in Spain, where he will oversee the strategic direction of the company’s portfolio of brands and businesses across Spain, including MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Comedy and Paramount Channel.
Gil, who previously oversaw VIMN’s brands in Iberia as VP of affiliate and digital media, succeeds Annecchino, who was promoted to MD of Southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
In related news, broadcasters across Latin America have picked up live-action programming for teens and tweens from VIMN’s Nickelodeon, which has also expanded in Eastern Europe.
Televisa in Mexico, Venezuela’s Venevision, Costa Rica’s Teletica and TV Hondurena in Honduras have picked up episodes of Supah Ninjas, in which three high school students are drafted into the secret world of crime fighting.
Mexico’s Televisa has also picked up season one of Bucket & Skinner, which follows a surfer dude, alongside episodes of Fred: The Show, season five of iCarly, seasons one and three of Victorious and season four of high school sitcom Zoey.
Band TV in Brazil has acquired seasons one to four of the sitcoms Drake & Josh and Kenan & Kel, as well as seasons one and two of Big Time Rush and five seasons of iCarly. Venezuela’s Venevision has licensed Marvin Marvin, alongside season two of boy band series Big Time Rush, plus episodes of iCarly and Victorious.
Meanwhile, two new localised Nickelodeon channels have launched in Central and Eastern Europe, with local-language version of Nickelodeon arriving in Serbia and Slovenia this month.
Nico Franks
08-05-2013
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GENRES: Children's, Entertainment
SHOWS: Big Time Rush, Bucket & Skinner, Fred, iCarly, Kenan and Kel, Marvin Marvin, Supah Ninjas
PEOPLE: Manuel Gil, Raffaele Annecchino
COMPANIES: Band TV, Teletica, Televisa, Viacom International Media Networks
SECTIONS: C21Kids
COUNTRIES: Brazil, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Spain