Grammy Award-winning powerhouse hip hop group The Roots and pop sensation Fifth Harmony will join a stellar music lineup that includes Jessie J, Nick Jonas, Meghan Trainor, Echosmith and The Vamps for the Nickelodeon HALO Awards, premiering Sunday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. (ET/PT) … more

The pre-school character initially made her cinematic debut at the beginning of September in up-and-coming territory, South Korea. The company has been encouraged by the number of people who have watched the film in a country where Maya doesn’t have the heritage of the home markets … more

Sindy is a British fashion icon first launched in 1963, which has since enchanted generations of young girls – becoming the biggest selling toy in Britain by the late 60s. Sindy later took on American rival Barbie toe-to-toe and won going on to enjoy massive sales throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s with over … more

Mask-arade, the original celebrity and personalised mask company, has announced the Q3 winners of its top-selling face mask license awards. And they are… a chemistry teacher turned drug dealer and his junior partner! Millions of fans of the multi-award-winning television series Breaking Bad … more

Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) today named Ross Martin to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Marketing Strategy and Engagement for Viacom Media Networks. In his role, Martin will oversee Viacom Media Networks' corporate research, data, and creative strategy teams … more

MEGA® Brands Inc., a member of the Mattel family of companies, has announced today a multi-year global licensing partnership with Universal Partnerships & Licensing (UP&L) to develop a new kids construction line based on the phenomenally successful Despicable Me franchise from Universal … more

The National Gallery Company Ltd has announced that craft, fabric and thread specialist DMC has been licensed to develop a range of National Gallery needlecraft kits. The first six kits, which will be available in both cross-stitch and tapestry kit form, will be available in early 2015 … more

Those Licensing People is pleased to announce its appointment as exclusive UK distributor for premium olive oil brand, 5 Oil. The agreement enables Those Licensing People to introduce 5 Oil to independent and luxury retailers throughout the UK and has plans to further develop the brand into other … more

EXTREME, the infamous unapologetic, irreverent and anti – establishment brand with serious attitude, today announces that they are to partner with ‘Keep a Breast Europe Foundation’ and run a month-long campaign with ‘Movember’ to raise vital awareness for both cancer charities … more

„Mia and me®“, the internationally successul and popular TV show, is now available as elaborately animated game adventure in a magical 3D world, for the moment exclusively in the iTunes App Store. After 4-6 weeks the game will also be available at the Google Play Store … more

SAMBRO are celebrating after signing an exclusive licensing deal with Sony Pictures Television. The new partnership will see the North West based firm create a brand new range of bags and stationery based on the brilliant ITV2 horror gameshow Release the Hounds … more

m4e will seek to develop the book series “Me, Mum & Mystery” into a live-action series for kids, which features a special relationship between a mother, Linda, and her 11-year old daughter Emily, who together run an inherited detective agency in a small unknown village. The usual sensitive relationship between … more

The brand management and media company m4e AG and BASTEI Media GmbH, a subsidiary of Bastei Lübbe AG, will be cooperating extensively in the production of the new CGI series “Wissper”. Thus two leading family-entertainment companies within the German market will be combining and … more

Batman is celebrating his 75th anniversary in style as Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) proudly reveals new product lines and partnerships that have been initiated across the EMEA region, marking another record year for the Caped Crusader. In Russia, collaboration between Russia’s biggest apparel … more

Multinational entertainment company, Outfit7 Limited, has announced at Brand Licensing Europe a swathe of licensing deals for ist flagship family brand, Talking Tom and Friends. The deals – which span multiple categories including apparel, accessories, back to school, games and puzzles, paper goods and … more

Universal Partnerships & Licensing (UP&L) today announced that The LEGO Group will create original LEGO® products in conjunction with the release of Jurassic World, the long-awaited next installment in Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking film series that will be released on June 12, 2015 … more

The 39 x 30’ CGI animated series is aimed at children aged 6-11 years old. eOne holds global distribution rights to Zak Storm which will be available for pre-sales at MIPCOM. Delivery of the series will commence from fall 2015. Zak is a regular kid in the middle of a surfing competition when he gets sucked into … more

Russian animation Masha and the Bear, which is represented in the broadcasting and licensing sectors by Ink Global, has racked up an impressive roster of broadcasters as it heads to next week’s MIPJUNIOR conference. The series is the work of leading Russian animation studio Animaccord … more

The creation of Adam Bestwick at Fourth Wall Brands, RaNT! is a fun and irreverent character that has something loud to say about the bits of modern life that really get on our nerves, like flat pack furniture, social media and veggie burgers … more

Nickelodeon has ordered a 20-episode second season of the new preschool hit Dora and Friends: Into the City!, featuring global phenomenon Dora in all-new adventures, with new friends and a new curriculum. The newly imagined Latina heroine launched on TV Aug. 18 and is now set to make her debut in the … more