Re: CW Saturday morning block leased to Saban

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On Jul 2, 5:15 pm, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118056206?refCatId=14
>
> Saban Brands to rebuild CW toon block
> Time lease for five-hour span acquired in bankruptcy sale from 4Kids
> By ANDREW WALLENSTEIN
>
> The CW is turning over its Saturday-morning animation block for kids
> to Saban Brands, the network announced Thursday.
>
> Pact comes days after the previous owner of the time lease to the
> five-hour block, 4Kids Entertainment, sold off assets in bankruptcy
> court to both Kidsco Media Ventures (a division of Saban) and Konami's
> 4K Acquisition Corp. for $15 million. Kidsco won the rights to the CW
> block as part of the selloff.
>
> The daypart will be rebranded and resupplied with new programming in
> the fall, though tentpole attractions "Power Rangers" and "Yu-Gi-Oh!"
> will stick around. A companion website will also be launched.
>
> Saban will assume responsibility for selling ads in the block, a
> portion of which will go to CW in exchange for the airtime.
>
> Financial terms nor the length of the deal were disclosed. The end of
> 4Kids's current five-year pact with CW was scheduled to expire in
> October.
>
> "The association with Saban and the programming and marketing they
> will bring to us will be a great asset for The CW and its affiliates
> on Saturday mornings," said CW chief operating officer John Maatta.
>
> In addition to oversight of the global phenomenon that is the
> "Rangers" franchise, which was bought from Disney in 2010, Saban has
> been in the Saturday-morning business before. In 1996, Haim Saban's
> company merged with Fox Kids to program toons for kids on Fox for a
> few years.
>
> "Saban Brands is back in the kids' television business in a big way,"
> said Elie Dekel, president of Saban Brands. "The broadcasting block
> represents a unique opportunity for us to be the premier destination
> for action/adventure and comedy on Saturday mornings, while delivering
> what kids want online and on mobile 24/7/365."
>
> 4Kids launched a The CW4Kids brand on CW in 2008 before rebranding as
> Toonzai two years later.

http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread.php?296192-It-s-Official-Guys!!-Saban-Got-The-CW-Block-And-There-BACK-In-Saturday-Mornings

http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread.php?286705-4Kids-Talkback-Endgame-The-4Kids-Discussion-V11

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=39436786

http://www.rangerboard.com/showthread.php?s=36cbca099a929f9c9038fb10046a32dd&t=155387&page=17

http://forums.henshinjustice.com/showthread.php?p=1570041

http://www.google.com/#q=CW+Saban&hl=en&prmd=imvnsofd&psj=1&ei=IPjzT6vrM6qg2gWzz6XYBg&start=40&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=c4dd5e22da49d3bb&biw=1024&bih=630

[ra...@tigerpaw.com]

Only one problem. CW Toonzai does not have Power Rangers on it. I
can't see Nick giving it up anytime soon.