NICKELODEON AND STUDIO 100 MEDIA JOIN FORCES
FOR ‘HOTEL 13’
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New Daily Soap For The Northern European Market
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Broadcasting In Autumn 2012 On Nickelodeon
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Shooting Commenced In April 2012 in Belgium
Munich, May 23, 2012 – Shooting of Hotel 13 (120 x 12’; 8 to 11 years) began recently
in the Belgian city of Antwerp. The new daily soap series for kids and pre-teens is
scheduled to air this autumn on Nickelodeon.
Directed by the Dutch director Dennis Bots, Hotel 13 features actors such as Peter
Nottmeier (Switch Reloaded) Jörg Moukkadam (Vicky the Viking) as well as the
young actors Patrick Baehr (Schloss Einstein), Ilka Teichmüller, Carola Schnell, Julia
Schäfle, Gerrit Klein, Marcel Glauche and Hanna Scholz.
The German-speaking
version of the series is a co-production between Nickelodeon Northern Europe,
Studio 100 NV and Studio 100 Media. Following their highly successful cooperation
with the mystery soap series the House of Anubis, they are now embarking on
another joint project.
Hotel 13 is currently the greatest and most extensive
indigenous production of the children’s broadcaster in Northern Europe.
“For several years now Studio 100 Media and Nickelodeon have enjoyed a great
and successful relationship. We are excited to continue this co-operation with Hotel
13. Our young audience is very adventurous and with Nickelodeon they are well
advised. After the mysteries in the House of Anubis we are now sending our young
protagonists for a thrilling adventure into Hotel 13!” said Patrick Alders, Managing
Director Nickelodeon Northern Europe.
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Patrick Elmendorff, Managing Director Studio 100 Media added, “Hotel 13 matches
perfectly into the Studio 100 program library. With strong home grown productions
such as the House of Anubis and Hotel 13 we would like to strengthen our position in
the European and international market. We are looking forward with anticipation to
the great adventure and friendship stories that have been created in Hotel 13”.
Shooting of the series will continue until December 2012 in Belgium. Studio 100 NV is
in charge of the local production, with German agents ‘Le und La’ responsible for
the casting.
The first season of Hotel 13 comprises of 120, 12-minute episodes.
The German-
speaking version of the series will be produced for the territories in the Nickelodeon
Northern Europe cluster, an alliance of the countries Germany, Denmark, Sweden,
Switzerland and Austria followed by the synchronization into their respective
language. Merchandising products such as a board game, puzzle, DVD box and
audio drama with be released in Autumn 2012.
Synopsis:
Six teenagers, who couldn’t be more different, meet at the Hotel 13, a lovely art nouveau
building near to the sea. Tom and Anna have applied for a holiday job at the hotel, Flo is an
apprenticeship in the hotel kitchen, Victoria is a spoilt hotel guest and Jack is the son of the
hotel owner. The group is finally complete when Anna’s friend Liv arrives. Tom has its own
reasons for having a holiday job – he’s received a mysterious message and has to find room
13 but that’s easier said than done, since it appears that room 13 does not exist! The search
begins and includes a huge holiday adventure filled with friendship, fun and first love.
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About Studio 100 Media
Studio 100 Media GmbH is an international production and distribution company within the
children’s and family entertainment sector. Based in Munich, Germany, the company is a 100
percent subsidiary of Belgian firm Studio 100. The company develops and acquires new
formats, is active as a co-producer and is also responsible for the global marketing of its own
rights portfolio, as well as of third party programming.
In marketing its license rights the company pursues a global strategy within sectors ranging
from licensing & merchandising, home entertainment through to stage shows and theme
parks.
It is the objective of Studio 100 Media to produce and market top-class, non-violent and,
above all, entertaining children’s programs and formats. In so doing, the company works on
the basis of long-term partnerships, as well as project-based co-operations.
About Nickelodeon
Since September 12th 2005, Nickelodeon has been providing Germany’s kids and family TV
audience with more variety, thanks to its broad range of top-quality preschool, cartoon,
young teen and animal shows. Nickelodeon is home to the most popular kids’ shows in
Germany, and also the world over, and broadcasts classics such as 'SpongeBob
SquarePants', 'Jimmy Neutron’ and 'Dora the Explorer'. Many new formats, such as the
educational preschool show 'Bubble Guppies' and 'The Backyardigans’, the superhero
cartoon 'Danny Phantom', and successful live action shows such as 'iCarly', 'Big Time Rush’,
'Victorious', 'Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide’ and 'Das Haus Anubis' are also shown in
Germany exclusively on Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon reaches almost 99% of the TV households
in Germany. The channel is available via satellite (Astra 19,2°) and digital cable TV that can
be received without restriction almost everywhere in Germany. And for the genuine fans,
there’s also Nicktoons, available since December 2007. There, you can watch series
premieres and new episodes, broadcast for the first time in Germany and completely adfree. The pay TV channel for preschoolers, NICK Jr, started in April 2009. There, three- to fiveyear-olds and their parents can enjoy non-stop ad-free TV programming of the highest
quality, specially made for our youngest target audience. Our online presence, www.nick.de,
has had to this date more than 58 million page views and is one of the most visited kids’
websites in Germany.
Nickelodeon is owned by VIMN Germany GmbH, a branch of the international media
company Viacom. Nickelodeon is the only multimedia entertainment brand in the world that
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is exclusively for kids. Now in its 33 year of serving the world’s children, Nickelodeon today
reaches 320 million households in 169 countries worldwide, with 28 TV channels, 21 program
windows and 2 broadband services in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United
States. Nickelodeon shows are also broadcast by third parties in important international
markets with Nickelodeon’s distribution therefore encompassing a total of 669 million
households. Nickelodeon’s international services include digital channels in the UK, Australia
and Mexico. The USA also receives further digital channels, such as Noggin, Nicktoons, GAS
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and Nick Too. Furthermore, the corporate portfolio of international business divisions
comprises 21 country-specific websites, Nickelodeon films and the global licensing and
merchandising of Nickelodeon products, such as ‘Rugrats’, ‘Blue's Clues’, ‘Dora The Explorer’
and ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’.
Contact:
Nicole Braun
Studio 100 Media GmbH
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 960 855 112
E-Mail: [email protected]
Devika Patel
PR Consultant
Mobile: +44 (0) 7773 324 159
E-Mail: [email protected]
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