Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Nickelodeon USA Unveils Brand-New NickJr.com Website

Nickelodeon USA today, Wednesday 10th June 2015, relaunched the networks official preschool website, nickjr.com, with a brand-new design inspired the networks hit Nick Jr. App!


The brand-new NickJr.com boasts a all-new layout designed just for preschoolers, which will allow them to enjoy their favorite Nick Jr. shows and play games everywhere they go! Here's what's new:

* A rich, colorful design that's fun and safe for kids

* Games & videos, now playable full screen on desktop, mobile, and tablet (web-enabled)

* More free episodes from even more shows

* Hilarious & educational surprises, including alphabet buttons that trigger pop-up surprises!


Kids Can Play on NickJr.com Everywhere They Go!

The new NickJr.com is designed with preschoolers in mind. The new website is responsive on multiple devices (desktop, mobile web, and tablet web) so children can watch and play all by themselves, no matter how and where they access the website, home or on the go! The design is rich and colorful and "app-like," so it's simple for kids to use and find all their favorite shows, videos, episodes, and games - all within a safe environment.


Play Games on Mobile & Tablet

Kids can still find the games they love to play on NickJr.com, featuring their favorite shows like "Paw Patrol", "Blaze and the Monster Machines", and "Dora and Friends". PLUS - for the first time ever - they can play Nick Jr.'s most popular games on mobile and tablet (web-enabled)!


Discover Interactive & Educational Surprises

Kids will now find lots of the same hilarious and delightful animated surprises that they have come to love in the Nick Jr. app. Just press a button to see what happens!


Watch More Episodes Than Ever Before

More full episodes are available for children to watch at home and on the go! A limited number of episodes are available FREE for everyone - PLUS, Nick Jr. channel subscribers can unlock even more of Nick Jr.'s recent episodes when they log in using their TV provider's subscription info! For launch, NickJr.com has unveiled the first episode of "Fresh Beat Band of Spies" titled "The Wow Factor", which fans can watch online five days before the brand-new animated series based on the hit live-action show "The Fresh Beat Band" debuts on Nick Jr. USA on Monday 15th June 2015!


Watch Lots of Original Short Videos

Preschoolers can continue to enjoy a variety of short videos that star all their favorite Nick Jr. friends: silly segments, music mash-ups, new episode "first looks,", bloopers and curriculum moments, including the Nick Jr. Summer Anthem! New videos will be released every week!


Show Pages

The brand-new NickJr.com also features refreshed show pages for all of Nickelodeon's hit preschool shows, including the upcoming brand-new preschool series "Mutt & Stuff"!


Follow Nick Jr. USA on Pinterest & Facebook for More

Parents...still hoping to find the do-together activities and updates you currently find on NickJr.com? Follow Nick Jr. USA on Pinterest for birthday party ideas, recipes, crafts, and more that feature your kid's beloved Nick Jr. characters. You can also like Nick Jr. on Facebook and follow @NickJr on Twitter to keep up-to-date on new episodes, shows, & products.

Original Nickelodeon USA Press Release via TV by the Numbers:

NICKELODEON LAUNCHES NEW NICKJR.COM SITE WITH RESPONSIVE DESIGN FOR MULTIPLE DEVICE SUPPORT AND BRAND-NEW ANIMATED PRESCHOOL SERIES, FRESH BEAT BAND OF SPIES


NEW YORK--June 10, 2015-- Nickelodeon launched today its newly redesigned NickJr.com website that lets preschoolers play and learn from their favorite characters from the network's hit shows, like Blaze, the pups from PAW Patrol and Dora. Taking its cues from Nick's innovative design for its Nick.com and Nick App, the preschool site features user-friendly navigation, a fully responsive design for mobile, tablet and desktop, and access to full episodes for Nick Jr. channel subscribers. It also contains more content for kids than ever before, including the exclusive digital-first debut of the brand-new animated preschool series, Fresh Beat Band of Spies. Based on Nick's live-action preschool hit show, The Fresh Beat Band, and featuring a problem-solving curriculum, Fresh Beat Band of Spies will also be available on the Nick Jr. App and will premiere Monday, June 15, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on the Nick Jr. channel.

"The new Nickjr.com is modeled after our successful stable of digital properties--Nick.com, the Nick App and the Nick Jr. App--encouraging kids to explore, learn and have fun," said Matthew Evans, SVP, Digital, Viacom Kids and Family Group. "We know kids and parents want to engage with Nick Jr. in a variety of ways, so we wanted to offer a content-rich experience that includes hundreds of episodes, educational games and exclusive short-form videos that also performs beautifully across multiple devices."

The new NickJr.com website allows preschoolers to interact with and learn from popular characters from the net's top-rated preschool series--including PAW Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Dora and Friends: Into the City! and Wallykazam!--anytime, anywhere and on any web-enabled device with mobile data or Wi-Fi connection.

At launch on Nickjr.com, preschoolers and their parents can access a variety of educational activities, alphabet buttons that trigger pop-up surprises, over 100 games, over 100 on-demand episodes as part of consumers' pay-TV subscriptions, plus over 1,000 short-form videos including curriculum moments, music videos, funny mashups, and exclusive first looks. The NickJr.com show page for Fresh Beat Band of Spies will also feature music videos and a brand-new online game, "Mummy Museum Mayhem."

Fresh Beat Band of Spies is a fast-paced animated musical series filled with high-tech transforming gadgets, new friends and sly villains. The show features the beloved original live-action show cast as the voices of the animated characters along with hit songs from the Fresh Beats' live tour and brand new music. In the series, the four best friends in a pop band--Kiki, Marina, Twist and Shout--are recruited to be super spies. The group, along with their friend Bo Monkey (voiced by Tom Kenny, SpongeBob SquarePants), uses their unique individual talents and the coolest spy gadgets to outwit a goofy cast of bad guys and solve an endless series of wild mysteries.

In the Fresh Beat Band of Spies series premiere, "The Wow Factor," the Spies take on Sindy Sauernotes, (voiced by Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Instant Mom), a singer who cheats in the Wow Factor singing competition. Jerry O'Connell (Sliders) also guest stars on Fresh Beat Band of Spies as infamous treasure hunter Arizona Jones in "Mummy Mayhem," airing Friday, June 19, on the Nick Jr. channel. Fresh Beat Band of Spies is created by Nadine van der Velde and Scott Kraft, the same duo behind The Fresh Beat Band, and airs regularly weekdays at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT) and Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on the Nick Jr. channel.

NickJr.com will offer access to more new episodes and series than ever before. A limited number of episodes are available free for everyone and users can watch an expanded selection of full-length episodes of Nick's hit preschool shows on the new website, including favorites like PAW Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Wallykazam!, and Dora and Friends : Into the City!, by signing in through participating TV Everywhere providers which collectively reach approximately 75 million homes.

Nickelodeon, now in its 36th 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 and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in almost 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 20 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).

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