Nickelodeon, The N and ParentsConnect Mobile Websites to Offer Audiences
Fast and Easy Access to Interactive Content
Nick Mobile Site to Feature More than 25 Casual Games for Kids
NEW YORK, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family
Group today announced the launch of three new mobile websites that provide
easily accessible information and resources to audiences on wireless
devices through branded content from Nickelodeon, The N and ParentsConnect.
The new mobile websites focus on Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group's
target demos: kids and tweens, teens and parents, and include a selection
of kids' games, pictures, and flipbooks; teen-oriented quizzes and blogs;
and daily parenting tips as well as access to information on local city
family activities.
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"Our goal at Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group is to create
content on all media platforms for our audiences in order to deepen
engagement with them," said Steve Youngwood, Executive Vice President,
Digital Media, MTVN/Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group. "Wireless is a
growing interactive platform and screen for both kids and families. Tweens
today are spending close to four hours each week using mobile web services,
and that penetration increases to over 20% for mobile teens at age 13*.
Penetration is even stronger with parents. With these new WAP sites, we can
provide relevant content to all of our audiences whenever they want and
wherever they are."
The Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group's mobile websites allow
audiences quick and easy access to content that suits their interests in a
format that fits their mobile lifestyle.
* The Nick mobile website is available at wap.nick.com and features easy
to access, kid-oriented content including pictures, flipbooks, polls,
show and schedule information, as well as a diverse selection of games
including: a TEENick "Who is It" picture game; an Avatar: The Last
Airbender game; a SpongeBob SquarePants personality quiz; and classic
puzzle games such as: Tic-Tac-Toe; Hangman; and many others. Over the
coming months, Nickelodeon, in a partnership with MangoMOBILE, will be
developing additional games which will be added to the Nick mobile
website, making it one of the most robust mobile games offering
available in the wireless market.
The Nick mobile website features voting capabilities for Nickelodeon's
2008 Kids' Choice Awards, taking place on March 29, 2008. In second
quarter 2008, Nick will launch additional mini-sites on wap.nick.com
centered on big network TV events, such as SpongeBob SquarePants Pest
of the West in April.
* The N mobile website, which launches early in second quarter 2008 on
wap.the-n.com, builds on the content and community of the teen-oriented
website The-N.com. Among it's many features are: a mobile version of
Rank and other popular games on The-N.com (http://www.the-n.com); the
daily N'Sider blog with movie and music news, reviews, and more;
personality quizzes (building off of The N's Quizilla.com); flipbooks
and other content related to fan-favorite shows on The N (Degrassi,
About A Girl, Saved By the Bell and more); and The N's on-air schedule.
It will allow teens quick and easy access on their wireless devices to
the interactive entertainment and editorial content they seek.
* Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group will also launch a Parent-themed
mobile website in the third quarter 2008, building off of the content
from its ParentsConnect website (http://www.parentsconnect.com). The
ParentsConnect mobile website will offer parents and caregivers access
via their cell phones to all things parenting related, including daily
tips, activities, product recommendations and expert parenting
information. It will also include ParentsConnect's Webby-Award winning
local service, GoCityKids.com, which now covers all of the United
States, giving parents access to comprehensive information on local
activities, restaurants, playgrounds, and more.
In 2007, MTV Networks (MTVN) had over 16.3 million page views on all
MTVN mobile websites. On average, the WAP sites combined have seen over
+75% growth in traffic each month.
Nickelodeon, in its 28th year, is the number-one entertainment brand
for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in
everything it does. The company includes television programming and
production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer
products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films.
Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 96 million
households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for more
than 13 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters
and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B).
* Nielsen's 2007 Kids on the Go Study, tweens 8-12 spend 3.4 hours a
week on mobile web sites
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