Saban Brands and MarVista Entertainment, announced today that the all-new series and sixth installment of the hugely successful Digimon franchise, consisting of 30 half-hour episodes, has been licensed to ITV for broadcast in 2014. Additionally, ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) will be ... more

A LIMA UK email survey of British licensing professionals(1) conducted at the beginning of the fourth quarter, finds that respondents are reporting a good trading year to date, with more than two thirds experiencing growth over the previous twelve months. Nearly half (43.4%) of those responding expect ... more

An enchanting new girls’ property is making its first appearance at BLE. But this is a girls’ property with a difference. iDoo-B-Doo is both a fully realised, beautifully illustrated series of stories and a character-driven, friendship-based ‘make and create’ brand for younger girls. At stand D065 independent ... more

The company will show its novelties regarding the TV Series Filly Funtasia, Invizimals™ or Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures BRB Internacional will attend the upcoming Brand Licensing Europe, next week in London, with lots of novelties regarding the property catalogue it ... more

East London-based fashion and lifestyle brand Lazy Oaf is teaming up with Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) to launch a fun new fashion collection featuring the iconic Looney Tunes characters. Lazy Oaf x Looney Tunes showcases the humour and graphic brilliance of Bugs Bunny, Daffy ... more

Leading global brand licensing agency and consultancy, Beanstalk, today unveiled the selection of new brands that have recently joined its prestigious client roster at Brand Licensing Europe. The announcement comes amidst news of major new license agreements secured by Beanstalk, as well as the ... more

Independent crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is bringing its high brand awareness and strong reputation for helping the police to solve crimes into a new arena: licensing. On stand D065 at Brand Licensing Europe, Crimestoppers, along with independent licensing agency JELC, will introduce ... more

The irreverent youth lifestyle brand ‘EXTREME’ – has inked a long term licensing deal with Elite Beverages, the distributors of leading beer brand Corona in the Middle East. Under the agreement, Elite Beverages will produce, distribute and market the Extreme branded sports and energy soft drinks range in six ... more

Warner Bros. Consumer Products EMEA (WBCP EMEA) proudly announces the launch of WB True Classics, an umbrella brand designed to boost the presence of Warner Bros.’ iconic entertainment portfolio of classic animation, television and movie brands at retail throughout the EMEA region. WB True Classics ... more

Gaumont Animation, one of Europe’s leading producers and distributors of children’s entertainment, together with Calidra, Italy’s Studio Campedelli and Japanese partners TV Tokyo and Kodansha, announced today that its new animated CGI series Calimero (104 x 11’), was acquired by German ... more

BLE, the Advanstar organised exhibition, has confirmed a host of new exhibitors just two weeks before the show is due to take place for the 15th year. Arsenal Football Club and PUMA SE have joined the Brands Zone together with Extreme Sports Company and Kitbag, which represents ... more

Studio 100 Media GmbH the media sales division of the global family entertainment company Studio 100 has inked a deal with Chello Central Europe, the international content division of Liberty Global Plc for several of its key children’s animation properties. Chello Central Europe has picked up ... more

Studio 100 Media GmbH the media sales division of the global family entertainment company Studio 100 has licensed its new and highly popular classic series Maya The Bee to public kids’ broadcaster NRK Super, where it will debut in Norway in 2014. NRK Super part of the Norwegian Broadcasting ... more

Advanstar Licensing, organisers of Licensing Expo, and the Toy Industry Association Inc. (TIA), organisers of the American International Toy Fair, are pleased to announce a new collaboration to cross-promote attendance at their two complementary trade events in 2014. The American International Toy ... more

Warner Bros. Consumer Products EMEA Announces The Inougural Golden Bunny AwardsWarner Bros. Consumer Products EMEA (WBCP EMEA) is proud to announce the inaugural Warner Bros. Consumer Products Golden Bunny Awards. The awards will recognise the heroes of the WBCP licensing ... more

Euro Lizenzen manages an extensive international licensing programme across a broad spectrum of properties, which includes several iconic French properties like Antoine de Saint Exupéry's masterpiece "Le Petit Prince“; a timeless classic "The Little Nick"; Derib & Job's little Indian boy "Yakari" which is the #1 ... more

Discovery Enterprises International (DEI) is proud to announce it has finalised European representation deals with licensing agents, Licensed Brands International and The Partnershop, to drive growth for its TV channel brands that reach 436 million subscribers across 22 countries and territories in ... more

Shifting over the past decade from smaller niche partners to international leaders, the business strategy has clearly moved with ambition to further establish the original happiness brand’s offering as a leading lifestyle brand. Most recently, significant new deals and renewals in Germany demonstrate ... more

CreaCon Group, the Norwegian children’s entertainment production company, continues to expand the international licensing programme for its popular pre-school series City of Friends with the appointment of seasoned licensing specialist Christian Zeidler whose company 20TOO will represent City of ... more

LIMA UK, the licensing trade association, has opened its advanced booking service, for members to reserve meeting space at the LIMA stand (R20) during BLE 2013. LIMA will have a new home at Brand Licensing Europe this year as it moves to a larger stand in the newly created “Brands” area upstairs at ... more