Dowloadable TV gets animated.(MTV Networks Inc. Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network signed a licensing agreement and offering free based program downloads)

Multichannel News, November, 2005 by Umstead, R. Thomas

Kids who can't get enough of SpongeBob SquarePants can now download episodes from the Internet to watch on a portable media player. Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network are the latest cable content providers to offer fee-based program downloads via the Internet. Both reached deals last week to license such shows as Jimmy Neutron and Codename: Kids Next Door to toymaker Hasbro's new Vugo multi-media system.

From the Vugo Web site (www.vugo.com), Nickelodeon will make available for $2.99 full-length episodes from such series as, Danny Phantom, Unfabulous, Romeo!, Rugrats, Rocket Power and Teenage Robot. For the same price, Cartoon will provide installments from such skeins as Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed,...

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