Save W.I.T.C.H. Day! - Monday, 11th of August!

Our last Save W.I.T.C.H. day was a bit of a disappointment. But it was at least partially my fault for failing to remind everyone ahead of time. Therefore, it’s doubly important that we make an impact on our next day, or we risk losing our message. So please mark this date on your calenders, prepare some postal mail NOW, and be ready to send emails and make calls on August 11th!

[Hopefully this correctly posts at 12:01AM Eastern Time]

I would like to take a moment to publicly wish Zei a happy birthday on behalf of myself and everyone involved with Save Disney Shows.

Zei has been a part of our organization for over four years - much longer than most. She was one of the original owners of Mission_Kim_Possible, even before I was! When KP was renewed, she was among the first dozen fans who found out (I think, again, before me!). She has been a global moderator and co-Admin for the SDS forum. And for the week it existed, she was on the SDS board of directors.

She also got Zeipriest to level 70 on World of Warcraft a couple weeks back. I have a feeling she’s probably more proud of that. LOL

Check out the new High School Musical 3 Promotional Photos available over at DC Fans.

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Source: http://www.pr-inside.com/disney-interactive-studios-announces-upcoming-r635747.htm

Disney Interactive Studios announced today the release of new video games this holiday season for the globally successful “High School Musical” franchise. High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE! for the Wii(TM) home video game console, Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and Windows-based PC allows players to “dance” along with favorite characters to familiar “High School Musical” songs from all three movies, as well as experience another memorable year as Wildcats at East High. High School Musical 3: Senior Year for Nintendo DS(TM) features all new songs from the upcoming theatrical release of “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” and lets fans play through the game as the Wildcat whose personality is most like theirs.

“We’re building on the success of last year’s line up of ‘High School Musical’ video games with new immersive extensions to the hit property,” said Craig Relyea, senior vice president of global marketing, Disney Interactive Studios. “We’ll continue to bring exciting and fresh interactive experiences to ‘High School Musical’ fans everywhere, delivering new storylines, characters and songs.”

High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE! for Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 system and Windows-based PC lets players experience the music, familiar locations and popular characters from all three movies, including the upcoming “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.” Players move to the rhythm of the hit songs using the controllers unique to each video game console, such as Wii Remote(TM) and Nunchuk(TM), to classic “High School Musical” anthems, including “We’re All In This Together” and “What Time Is It.”

Players take the role of Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad or Taylor, or can customize their own Wildcat, using a variety of outfits, shoes and hairstyles. In addition, the game features various multiplayer modes, including competitive and cooperative play. In competitive mode, users can earn power-ups to affect other players’ performances, while in cooperative mode players need to dance simultaneously and in sync to earn high scores. Fans can also follow along to choreography from the stars, and complete songs to earn points and unlock new songs, clothing and characters.

A unique rhythm-based dance game, High School Musical 3: Senior Year for Nintendo DS also allows players to experience the music, scenes and characters from the “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” film. Players take on the role of the main characters to play along to the rhythm of songs from the upcoming theatrical release. The game features trivia-based personality quizzes that allow players to determine the Wildcat whose personality is most like theirs. This feature lets fans dance through the game as that specific character, performing songs and experiencing the fun themed to Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad or Taylor’s personalities. In addition, High School Musical 3: Senior Year utilizes the DS stylus and D-pad to capture special photos to create a custom East High senior yearbook layout, to keep for years to come.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year for Nintendo DS also features DGamer integration, a new online community designed exclusively for Disney gamers, which allows players to interact with other Nintendo DS gamers via a Wi-Fi connection and online at www.DGamer.com. DGamer allows players to log into either their DS or online accounts to create and customize a unique 3-D avatar and persistent profile. Players will be able to use the service to chat with friends in “High School Musical” chat rooms, as well as accessorize their avatars with unlockables earned while playing the games.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE! for Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 system and Windows-based PC and High School Musical 3: Senior Year for Nintendo DS are scheduled for release this holiday season. All titles have an anticipated Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) rating of E for Everyone.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jun 26, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Disney.com reached
record traffic levels as guests logged on to watch the full-length Disney
Channel Original Movie “Camp Rock.” The online event, which began at 5 p.m. PT
Monday, June 23 and ended at 11:59 p.m. PT Tuesday, June 24, attracted 863,000
video plays and increased traffic to Disney.com by 37 percent (6/23/08 vs.
6/22/08).

Camp Rock’s online success follows the movie’s unprecedented multi-platform
premiere weekend which delivered an impressive 24.5 million total televisions
viewers across the U.S. and Canada and reached 6.0 million Kids 6-11 and more
than 6.1 million Tweens 9-14, ranking as the week’s #1 TV program in those youth
demographics. Disney Channel’s debut of “Camp Rock” ranks as cable TV’s #1
entertainment telecast of the 2007-08 season (8.9 million Total Viewers). On
ABC-TV, the movie was the #1 summer Saturday entertainment telecast on any
broadcast network in almost six years, and is ABC Family’s #1 movie broadcast
ever among Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14.

Key performance highlights for the Disney.com Camp Rock online streaming event
include:

– Camp Rock video plays totaled more than 863,000

– Traffic to Disney.com increased by 37 percent on Monday, June 23 (vs.
6/22/08)

– Camp Rock Web sites (video player and supersite) scored 1.9 million visitors
and 10 million page views during the entire event (6/23-24)

– Unique visitor traffic overall to Disney.com XD (DXD) on Monday, June 23 was
more than twice the previous one-day record (953,592 vs. 465,421)

– The Camp Rock Channel in DXD, which hosted the video player, had more page
views in one day (6/23) than any other DXD Channel has ever recorded in a full
week.

“This is one of those inflection points for online entertainment at Disney.com
and really shows the power of marrying great content with a great online
experience,” stated Paul Yanover, executive vice president and managing
director, Disney Online. “Disney Channel has created another sensation with
‘Camp Rock’ and we were thrilled to have the opportunity to feature it again on
Disney.com.”

Video streaming services for the Camp Rock online event were primarily provided
by Limelight Networks. Limelight Networks provides a variety of content delivery
services, including live event services, on-demand delivery, website
acceleration, and professional services across select Disney properties. The
companies have had an ongoing relationship since 2006.

All data sources are internal tracking.

SDS has long owned the domain missionkimpossible.com but we are proud to announce that we have now set it up as an alternate address for the Mission Kim Possible yahoo group. Check it out, it’s much easier to use and to link.

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June 24th, 2008 is Save W.I.T.C.H. Day!

Make sure to post a link to http://savewitch.org/day.php on any W.I.T.C.H. related websites & forums you belong to and/or forward this email to any friends that like the show. Together we can make a difference!

Then tell us what you did on our forum at disneyswitch.org.

Thank you for your support!

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In a word, “Meh.”

In several words, “Demi did okay, but the movie had no soul. It was just a bunch of random songs”

In detail: http://dcfans.tv/2008/06/22/my-thoughts-on-camp-rock/

While doing some SEO work on our Save WITCH website, I found that the domain savewitch.com was available, so I registered it and pointed it to our existing site savewitch.org.

Back when I was looking for and settled on savewitch.org for our website, savewitch.com was unavailable. I am glad that we have been able to acquire it so that anyone who tried the .com ending instead of the correct .org will still find the site.

It was not nearly as difficult to move the forum as I thought it would be - which is good.

The forum has moved over to the new host and can now be accessed at http://sdsforum.com/. The old url forum.savedisneyshows.org has been set up to forward to the new URL.

There are only a few minor things left to move over before we finally transfer the savedisneyshows.org domain over to the new host.

During the domain transition, the SDS forwards won’t work, so be sure to bookmark either all the new URLs or this blog which contains the URLs.

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