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  • Keshet & Ananey bring teen & kids series to India

    NEW DELHI: Global production and distribution powerhouse Keshet International (KI) and Ananey Communications Group have partnered to bring teens’, tweens’ and kids’ series to the global market in KI’s first foray into the genre.

    Alongside its subsidiary Nutz Productions, Ananey Cmmunications Group – which represents the Viacom brands Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., MTV and Comedy Central in Israel – has created some of Israel’s biggest kids TV hits airing on Nickelodeon. These include the award-winning daily live-action teen drama The Greenhouse, an English language version of which entitled Greenhouse Academy, has become the first Israeli original commissioned by NETFLIX.

    Greenhouse Academy is produced by Nutz productions for the global streaming platform and is due to launch later this year, KI will hold worldwide second-window distribution rights.

    Among other series launching in Cannes internationally as part of the new wide-ranging, long-term relationship between KI and Israel’s largest multichannel group are two daily live-action teen dramas, The Hood and the fantastical suspense series Spell Keepers as well as the kids’ comedy Bed & Biscuit.

    Keshet International CEO Alon Shtruzman said, “We are incredibly fortunate and honored to be partnering with one of the most reputable and outstanding providers of kids’ content in the business. We look forward to doing great things together in the future, as KI expands and diversifies into the business of kid’s distribution and production.”

    Ananey Communications Group Co-CEO, Orly Atlas-Katz, said, “We are thrilled to be partnering with KI and together raising further global exposure and awareness in the international market to our award winning kids and teens content”.

    THE GREENHOUSE: After losing their mother in a spaceship crash, a brother and sister arrive at an elite boarding school for gifted future leaders: The Greenhouse (22 x 175). They join two competing houses within the school. Soon, mysterious developments draw the rival houses into a secret investigation that exposes a destructive plot. Only by joining forces can they save the world from a disaster. As they fight against evil, the heroes of The Greenhouse also cope with typical teen struggles such as love, friendship, competition and betrayal.

    SPELL KEEPERS Spell Keepers (22 x 50) is an exciting, mysterious and fantastical suspense series focusing on two strong and determined girl heroines – Kirki and Layla, each of whom have set out to perform their crucial roles in the world. As they strive to save humanity, they must choose between their own personal happiness and fulfilling their destinies, while facing an inevitable collision between good and evil.

    THE HOOD In the middle of a rich town lies The Hood (22 x 100), a dingy cluster of low-income housing where modest, blue-collar families live. One such family is the David’s. Dad Ben is a widower who struggles to support his five kids but after a string of failed businesses Ben is on the verge bankruptcy, and possibly prison. Making things even worse is the mayor, who is constantly trying to get rid of The Hood altogether. The Hood is a daily drama that skillfully combines edgy class struggles with suspenseful action and big doses of fun.

    BED & BISCUIT Bed & Biscuit is a sitcom for kids, which takes place in a family-run boarding kennel for dogs in a small village in Israel. Moti is a mediocre lawyer who has had enough of the big city and wants to live a simpler life and spend more time with his only daughter Sarah. The energetic father and smart and funny daughter make the move into the country and run their family business – a dog kennel. In their new place they meet some wonderful friends such as Claudia, the voluptuous dog groomer, her son Royo, a young, charismatic, high tempered boy and a goofy girl named TomTom, and experience an insane rivalry with Jacky, the annoying neighbour.

  • Nickelodeon seeks to inspire kids ‘Together For Good’

    NEW DELHI: In a day for the young with both Doordarshan and Colors announcing new programmes, kid’s entertainment channel Nickelodeon is starting the second edition of the India leg of the global Nickelodeon pro socio campaign “Together for Good”.

    Nickelodeon, which claims to have conceptualized this behaviourial change by empowering kids to be future change agents of society will in this season change habits and behaviour of individuals by imparting the importance of cleanliness and hygiene in all spheres of life – be it in private or public spaces and do good together.

    Through its innovative campaign “Don’t’ Be a Champu, Be The Change” this season of Together For Good is all set to drive home this message in a fun and quirky manner that will appeal to kids.

    Through the character Champu, who has a distinct disregard for cleanliness in public spaces and does not care about personal hygiene, the campaign calls out to the kids ‘Don’t be like Champu, Be the Change’. The endeavour is to send across the message on the importance of cleanliness in a unique tongue in cheek manner with the objective of awakening the conscience of the wrong-doers.

    Viacom 18 Business Head of Kids Cluster Nina Jaipuria said, “We at Nickelodeon believe that children are the change agents of society. Through the Together For Good campaign we want to inculcate good habits of cleanliness and hygiene in a fun manner that kids can relate to.” She further added, “With the influence that children have on their parents and families, we hope to extend this positive change towards the society not only amongst the kids but also amongst adults.”

    Together For Good will see a series of creatives featuring Champu across the Nickelodeon franchise. The campaign will be extended on the digital and social media platforms through a series of fun toon tips, posts asking kids to not be a Champu and take the cleanliness pledge, fun interactive Facebook post “Champu Ko Karo Change”, a #DontBeChampu contest where children are urged to clean their surroundings, take a before and after picture and share on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

    Upping the engagement in the initiative will be an exclusive on-ground association with BMC towards a Chakachak Mumbai. This will involve the Nicktoons visiting high traffic railway stations to directly interact with the public and dissuade them from littering. They will also be seen in a conscience awakening act giving flowers to the delinquents instead of punishing them. “Together For Good” with all its fun and entertainment and lots of life lessons is all set to inspire kids towards positive action.

  • Motu Patlu slips; Nick maintains lead: BARC week 48

    Motu Patlu slips; Nick maintains lead: BARC week 48

    MUMBAI: Going by Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India’s all India (U+R) data for week 48  in NCCS All 4-14 Individuals category, Cartoon Network’s Bhoot and Friends displaced Motu Patlu at the number one position.

    When it comes to the channel rankings however, ‘Bhoot and Friends’ good performance didn’t win Cartoon Network the top spot. Viacom 18’s Nick stayed strong as the leader of the genre with  69602 (000s sums) ratings. Turner International’s Pogo TV was seen at the second spot with  followed by Cartoon Network with 55007 (000s sums) and Disney Channel followed  closely behind with 54226 (000s sums) ratings. Cartoon Network took the fourth spot with a viewership rating of 50955 (000s sums), while Hungama came last amongst the five most watched channels in the genre with a rating of 50341 (000s sums).

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    Cartoon Network’s Bhoot and Friends led the top five kids programmes chart with a rating of 587 (000s sums) closely followed by the all time favourite Motu Patlu 36 Ghantey Race Against  It  with 551 (000s sums) ratings.

    Nick’s Motu Patlu repeated on the third spot as Motu Patlu in Carnival Island  with a viewership  rating of 534 (000s sums), while  Disney Channel’s Doraemon The Movie was fourth most watched programme with 466 (000s sums) ratings.

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    Last but not the least is on the top five program’s list was Pogo TV’s Ek Se Badhkar Ek  with a ratings of 454 (000 sums) . It is to be noted that the top program ranking is based on average rating across all airings in the week, including original telecasts and repeats.

     

  • Motu Patlu slips; Nick maintains lead: BARC week 48

    Motu Patlu slips; Nick maintains lead: BARC week 48

    MUMBAI: Going by Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India’s all India (U+R) data for week 48  in NCCS All 4-14 Individuals category, Cartoon Network’s Bhoot and Friends displaced Motu Patlu at the number one position.

    When it comes to the channel rankings however, ‘Bhoot and Friends’ good performance didn’t win Cartoon Network the top spot. Viacom 18’s Nick stayed strong as the leader of the genre with  69602 (000s sums) ratings. Turner International’s Pogo TV was seen at the second spot with  followed by Cartoon Network with 55007 (000s sums) and Disney Channel followed  closely behind with 54226 (000s sums) ratings. Cartoon Network took the fourth spot with a viewership rating of 50955 (000s sums), while Hungama came last amongst the five most watched channels in the genre with a rating of 50341 (000s sums).

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    Cartoon Network’s Bhoot and Friends led the top five kids programmes chart with a rating of 587 (000s sums) closely followed by the all time favourite Motu Patlu 36 Ghantey Race Against  It  with 551 (000s sums) ratings.

    Nick’s Motu Patlu repeated on the third spot as Motu Patlu in Carnival Island  with a viewership  rating of 534 (000s sums), while  Disney Channel’s Doraemon The Movie was fourth most watched programme with 466 (000s sums) ratings.

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    Last but not the least is on the top five program’s list was Pogo TV’s Ek Se Badhkar Ek  with a ratings of 454 (000 sums) . It is to be noted that the top program ranking is based on average rating across all airings in the week, including original telecasts and repeats.

     

  • Hooq expands its kids offering; to add 500 hours of content

    Hooq expands its kids offering; to add 500 hours of content

    MUMBAI: Video on demand streaming service Hooq has announced that it is tripling its content for kids and will add more child-friendly content soon.

    With the demand for kids’ content growing in India, Hooq plans to be a video service that caters to everyone in a family whether they want Hollywood, local or kids content. This also ensures that a family can enjoy their own favourites across multiple devices anytime.

    The VOD service is expanding its library that will constitute over 500 hours of kids’ content in the next few weeks.

    Hooq marketing head Sheila Paul stated that the streaming service has already inked few deals with big names in family entertainment like Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Kids Like Us, Hasbro, Mattel Turner and MoMedia.

    Kids can soon watch animated series such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go!, PAW Patrol, Littlest Pet Shop, My Little Pony, Mr. Bean, etc on their parents’ mobile devices or tablets. Fans of Hi-5 and iCarly will also be able to revisit their favorite episodes of the series.

    Last Halloween, the streaming service held the third Hooq hangouts dubbed SP-Hooq-tacular event gathering young movie buffs in their spookiest costumes as they watched horror comedy Monster House produced by Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis.

    Hooq’s competitors in this space like YouTube Kids, Voot, and Sony Liv too have quality content for kids and, hence, it remains to be seen how gripping would this streaming service’s kids content be.

  • Hooq expands its kids offering; to add 500 hours of content

    Hooq expands its kids offering; to add 500 hours of content

    MUMBAI: Video on demand streaming service Hooq has announced that it is tripling its content for kids and will add more child-friendly content soon.

    With the demand for kids’ content growing in India, Hooq plans to be a video service that caters to everyone in a family whether they want Hollywood, local or kids content. This also ensures that a family can enjoy their own favourites across multiple devices anytime.

    The VOD service is expanding its library that will constitute over 500 hours of kids’ content in the next few weeks.

    Hooq marketing head Sheila Paul stated that the streaming service has already inked few deals with big names in family entertainment like Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Kids Like Us, Hasbro, Mattel Turner and MoMedia.

    Kids can soon watch animated series such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go!, PAW Patrol, Littlest Pet Shop, My Little Pony, Mr. Bean, etc on their parents’ mobile devices or tablets. Fans of Hi-5 and iCarly will also be able to revisit their favorite episodes of the series.

    Last Halloween, the streaming service held the third Hooq hangouts dubbed SP-Hooq-tacular event gathering young movie buffs in their spookiest costumes as they watched horror comedy Monster House produced by Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis.

    Hooq’s competitors in this space like YouTube Kids, Voot, and Sony Liv too have quality content for kids and, hence, it remains to be seen how gripping would this streaming service’s kids content be.

  • What do TV channels have in store this Children’s Day?

    What do TV channels have in store this Children’s Day?

    MUMBAI: Television channels and kids brands have a treat for the little one this Children’s Day. It’s that time of the year when the channels will thrive on their kids viewers. Marking the occasion of Children’s Day on 14 November, Toonz Retail has launched its campaign Spread Smiles through which Toonz is requesting all its loyal customers across 100+ stores to come and donate their old clothes, toys and books which are in good condition and get discounts on their new purchase.

    It is no exception that channels heavily invest to promote their existing shows and also grab eye balls with new exciting content. Nickelodeon will air its routine shows starting with Power Rangers Dino Supercharge at 9:30 am followed by Ninja Hattori at 10 am. Apart from this, its other famous shows like Oggy and the cockroaches, SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, etc will broadcast the entire day. Turner’s two kids channels, Cartoon Network and Pogo, will also air their routine shows throughout the day. While CN has popular shows like My Favourite Teacher, Roll No 21 and the quest for Swarnamani, Kris in Scooba Dooba Ajooba, Bemn 10, Dragon Ball Z, etc, Pogo has a rich library of shows like Tom and Jerry kids show, Chotta Bheem, Wabbit, MAD, etc.

    Disney channel will start its treat with Chimpui from 8:30 am followed by Disney Mickey Mouse at 12:30 pm. Other shows like Ultra B, Hum Chik Bum, Chorr Police, Ultimate Spiderman, Avengers Assemble, etc continue to have similar slots on the channel.

    In the English entertainment genre, Comedy Central is all set to celebrate the day by bringing out your inner child with Betty White’s Off Their Rockers. In the show, the winter of their lives is the least of their worries, when the cast of the show only wants to play pranks on people, possibly younger to them by two generations. Betty White and the gang know how to trick minds with their childish pranks. The channel is going to show back-to-back episodes of the show 14 November 3 pm.

    Tata Sky, one of India’s leading DTH service provider will air a fun and exciting line-up of programmes for kids. Subscribers of the interactive services, Actve Fitness, Actve Cooking and Actve Fun Learn can watch the programmes on 13 and 14 November at no additional cost.

    The programmes have been designed specially to ensure complete enjoyment for kids, this Children’s Day weekend. There are specially designed activity classes by Mickey Mehta, focused on getting taller and healthier in their fitness property. In their Actve Cooking feature, the kids can learn fun, easy and delicious recipes which they can cook themselves. Recipes for fun food dishes such as donuts and pizza will be on display.

    To carry on the merriment, Actve Fun Learn will have a Children’s Day special programme with videos on animated rhymes, stories, how to draw videos, classroom jokes, nail art videos learning videos, cartoons and craft videos.

  • What do TV channels have in store this Children’s Day?

    What do TV channels have in store this Children’s Day?

    MUMBAI: Television channels and kids brands have a treat for the little one this Children’s Day. It’s that time of the year when the channels will thrive on their kids viewers. Marking the occasion of Children’s Day on 14 November, Toonz Retail has launched its campaign Spread Smiles through which Toonz is requesting all its loyal customers across 100+ stores to come and donate their old clothes, toys and books which are in good condition and get discounts on their new purchase.

    It is no exception that channels heavily invest to promote their existing shows and also grab eye balls with new exciting content. Nickelodeon will air its routine shows starting with Power Rangers Dino Supercharge at 9:30 am followed by Ninja Hattori at 10 am. Apart from this, its other famous shows like Oggy and the cockroaches, SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, etc will broadcast the entire day. Turner’s two kids channels, Cartoon Network and Pogo, will also air their routine shows throughout the day. While CN has popular shows like My Favourite Teacher, Roll No 21 and the quest for Swarnamani, Kris in Scooba Dooba Ajooba, Bemn 10, Dragon Ball Z, etc, Pogo has a rich library of shows like Tom and Jerry kids show, Chotta Bheem, Wabbit, MAD, etc.

    Disney channel will start its treat with Chimpui from 8:30 am followed by Disney Mickey Mouse at 12:30 pm. Other shows like Ultra B, Hum Chik Bum, Chorr Police, Ultimate Spiderman, Avengers Assemble, etc continue to have similar slots on the channel.

    In the English entertainment genre, Comedy Central is all set to celebrate the day by bringing out your inner child with Betty White’s Off Their Rockers. In the show, the winter of their lives is the least of their worries, when the cast of the show only wants to play pranks on people, possibly younger to them by two generations. Betty White and the gang know how to trick minds with their childish pranks. The channel is going to show back-to-back episodes of the show 14 November 3 pm.

    Tata Sky, one of India’s leading DTH service provider will air a fun and exciting line-up of programmes for kids. Subscribers of the interactive services, Actve Fitness, Actve Cooking and Actve Fun Learn can watch the programmes on 13 and 14 November at no additional cost.

    The programmes have been designed specially to ensure complete enjoyment for kids, this Children’s Day weekend. There are specially designed activity classes by Mickey Mehta, focused on getting taller and healthier in their fitness property. In their Actve Cooking feature, the kids can learn fun, easy and delicious recipes which they can cook themselves. Recipes for fun food dishes such as donuts and pizza will be on display.

    To carry on the merriment, Actve Fun Learn will have a Children’s Day special programme with videos on animated rhymes, stories, how to draw videos, classroom jokes, nail art videos learning videos, cartoons and craft videos.