Antonious Porch Named Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group for Digital Media

Antonious Porch Named Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group for Digital Media

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NEW YORK, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group has upped Antonious Porch to Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, within the Digital Media Group for Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family. In this role, Mr. Porch oversees all business and legal affairs in connection with the creation and distribution of content across digital media platforms for Nickelodeon, Nicktoons Network, NOGGIN, The N, Neopets, ParentsConnect, GoCityKids, Quizilla, Shockwave and AddictingGames. Mr. Porch will continue to report to Andra Shapiro, Executive Vice President, Business Affairs, Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group and MTVN Co-General Counsel.

"Antonious has been a key player in navigating the digital wave and ensuring Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group brands are accessible on all relevant platforms for our audience," said Shapiro. "His insights into emerging media platforms and his skills in developing creative deal structures around them are vital to identifying and building opportunities for our brands to maintain a leadership position."

As Senior Vice President, Mr. Porch is responsible for negotiating and structuring key deals for the acquisition, production and distribution of Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group brands' digital content including online, wireless, video, and games. He also facilitates publishing and distribution deals and talent agreements surrounding digital media. He will continue to provide counsel as it pertains to strategic rights and clearances for broadband programming including TurboNick and wireless programming including Nick Mobile. In addition, Mr. Porch designs compliance strategies on behalf of Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group for both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) regulatory requirements such as privacy.

Since joining Nickelodeon in 2004 as a Senior Counsel, Mr. Porch has also held the title of Vice President. He managed Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group's acquisition of GoCityKids, an online city directory and resource for both visiting and local families. Mr. Porch has represented Nickelodeon in meetings with the FCC and FTC on various matters relating to children's digital media issues.

His career began at the law firms of Latham & Watkins and Morrison & Foerster. Mr. Porch is a graduate of Yale College and Columbia Law School where he was managing editor of the Columbia-VLA Journal of Law & The Arts.

About Nickelodeon

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 94 million households and has been the number- one-rated basic cable network for 13 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B) .

Source: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group

CONTACT: Joanna Roses, +1-212-846-7326, joanna.roses@nick.com; or Thamar
Romero, +1-212-846-7491, thamar.romero@nick.com, both for Nickelodeon-MTVN
Kids and Family Group

Web site: http://www.nick.com/

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