2012 is off to a great start for Jingle Punks and our Artist Community! We’re happy to announce that JP artist Kyven‘s “Give It All” was picked up by Abercrombie & Fitch for use in stores during 2012. This success comes on the heels of their single “Higher Love” remaining on the charts since late summer, and right before the release of their next project “I Got This” (cover art above) which will debute soon. Check out “Give It All” and “Higher Love” below and keep an eye out for “I Got This”. Cheers!

Give It All

Higher Love

Thursday, December 29, NY Ink premiered a brand new season featuring music from the Jingle Punks library. The new episodes will begin at 9/8c on TLC. The successful series is a spin off of Miami Ink which also spawned LA Ink. Below you’ll find info on the show as well as a preview of this season. Check it out and we hope you hear some of your tunes this season!

NY Ink follows Ami James as he puts it all on the line to become the Tattoo King of New York. Always looking for his next big challenge, Ami’s new shop will be opening up right in the heart of SoHo. A new shop means hiring a whole new crew, and with that, a whole new set of problems.

The Food Network kicked off 2012 with the premiere of their latest series “Rachel vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off“. The first episode aired on Sunday night at it’s regular time of 9p EST/8p CST and featured music from Jingle Punks. The show is hosted by celebrity chefs, and team captains, Rachel Ray and Guy Fieri who compete via their teams to see who is the best cooking mentor. The winning celebrity team member will also receive $50,000 toward the charity of their choice. Below you can catch the preview and be sure to tune in to Food Network Sundays at 9p/8c to see if your cue was used! Cheers

Happy New Year!! We just wanted to take some time to spotlight Jingle Punks‘ artist Skidmore Fountain who’s song “Asylum” was used in this Banana Republic Holiday web ad. Check it out below and be sure to send them some congrats on their official website skidmorefountain.com. Cheers and Have a safe and happy 2012!

Jingle Punks is excited about the premiere of the Oprah Winfrey Network‘s latest reality series “Party at Tiffany’s”. The series, which is set to premiere on OWN Saturday December 3 at 10p EST/PST, is Jingle Punks’ first with the network however we have placed music with them before. Here’s some more info on “Party at Tiffany’s” courtesy of RealScreens.com.

U.S. cable net OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will launch the six-episode series Party at Tiffany’s (pictured), set around girls’ party planner Tiffany Young, on December 3.

The half-hour series premieres with two episodes back-to-back before it settles into its regular time period on December 10 at 9 p.m. EST. It is produced by Entertainment One, with executive producers John Morayniss, Michael Kot and Tara Long.

Party planner Young is the owner of the Pink Pastry Parlor in Atlanta, Georgia, which caters to specialty parties for all ages. Over the course of the series, viewers will see a “Poodles in Paris” birthday party, a slumber party, and a party for a 12-year-old recording artist. The premiere episode features the party planners putting together a Latin dance party for a girl’s seventh birthday.

“Her goal is to celebrate pink power and female empowerment through dessert, entertainment and socialite-ing,” says the network of Young.

Below you will find a few pictures of the Pink Pastry Parlor and it’s owner and star of “Party at Tiffany’s,” Tiffany Young. Make sure you tune into OWN tonight for this interesting new show and keep an ear out for more Jingle Punks music on the Oprah Winfrey Network!

Photos credit: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com

For those that don’t follow the successful ‘Real Housewives‘ franchise, the enormously popular Atlanta edition premiered this past Sunday. Jingle Punks has been involved with Real Housewives of Atlanta since the companies early days in 2009 and continue to have a hand in the shows music. We were excited about the premier and equally as excited to get the news that this season had the best debut in the franchise’s history! Here are the details from Deadline.com

Bravo’s The Real Housewives Of Atlantadrew 2.9 million viewers for its season premiere on Sunday to mark the most-watched season debut in the history of the Real Housewives franchise. In adults 18-49, the reality series averaged 1.9 million. It was up 20% from last season’s premiere in total viewers and 10% in 18-49. On Showtime, new dramaHomeland posted another series high in total viewers: 1.33 million  at 10 PM and 1.61 million for the night for a fourth consecutive week of audience growth. Its lead-in, veteran Dexter, posted its largest viewership since the season premiere with 1.98 million viewers, up 10% vs. last week, and 2.45 million for the night.

You can catch the very first episode below.

Just in time for the premier of the latest season of Real Housewives of Atlanta comes this great RealScreen.com article on Jingle Punks! The article touches on the companies amazing growth and attributes our early success to working on shows such as Real Housewives and Pawn Stars early on. Jingle Jared had this to say about the impact the Housewives franchise has had on JP, “This show is near and dear to Jingle Punks because this was the domino that tipped all the ones to come.” Be sure to tune into the show’s premier Sunday at 9/8c, it features an original score composed by Jingle Jared as well as library music. Check this article out HERE and don’t hesitate to share it.

Jingle Punks CEO, Jingle Jared, was recently tapped to create ALL the music for an upcoming mobile app series about young aspiring musicians called Totally Amp’d.  Here’s a little more info on the show courtesy of Worldscreen.com

Shaftesbury and its digital media division, Smokebomb Entertainment, are launching their first original mobile app series, Totally Amp’d. The series, aimed at kids 8 to 14, combines a live-action broadcast-quality comedy series with interactive activities designed to bring viewers into the show’s action. The 7-9 minute episodes are built for smartphone and tablet devices. The series, which stars Life with Derek’s Ashley Leggat, will be available for consumer purchase in November via iTunes. The app will be published by XMG Studio. The series is being offered to buyers as a stand-alone property for other platforms at MIPCOM.