After the successful launch of the ‘Mini Universe’ toy range in Europe last year by BOTI (Big On Toy Innovation), we are happy to present our newest addition to the Soft Spots family. TM Essentials BV, based in Andelst in the Netherlands, is developing an exciting range of Soft Spots products including a creative ... more

Brand Licensing Europe, the Advanstar organised licensing exhibition, has announced the judging panel for this year’s License This! challenge. David Riley, Managing Director of Egmont Publishing Group, will chair the judging panel, and he will be joined by Darran Garnham, Chief Business ... more

CreaCon Group, the Norwegian children’s entertainment production company, continues to build the licensing programme for its popular pre-school series City of Friends after signing up toy partner, leading Northern European toy company Top Toy Hong Kong Ltd, as well as a raft of new licensees and ... more

A best-selling author. A world leader in her field. A name synonymous with design, creativity and colour. And a leading lifestyle brand. Lindy Smith, the genius whose cake designing skills have established her as an internationally successful author, teacher and businesswoman with 13 books and a busy ... more

Rainbow, Europe’s largest animation and licensing studio, in co-production with Lucky Punch and March Entertainment have announced that further to strong international TV sales and extremely positive ratings for series one, a second series of 26 x 23 episodes of live action and CGI animation of Mia and me ... more

The broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland GmbH has secured the exclusive free-TV rights for the children’s and youth programme of the media company Yep! TV Betriebs GmbH & Co. KG. The contracting partners have agreed upon a long term, strategic cooperation for the Yep! programme ... more

Chupa Chups, the most famous lollipop brand in the world, has teamed up with the Japanese toy manufacturer Takara Tomy to release the coolest ice candy maker in the market. This new invention allows to make out of a classic lollipop combined with any beverage of your choice, a 6cm diameter Chupa Chups ... more

LazyTown’s Sportacus and his loyal sidekick Stephanie made a star-studded appearance at Moscow’s Open Air Event hosted by Russia’s leading children’s TV Channel, Karusel. The event, which took place on 1st June 2013 at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre, attracted over 700,000 visitors and reached a ... more

The Big Entertainment Show is the region’s largest comprehensive entertainment content festival. It is the best networking platform for the global and regional industry players to explore business opportunities in the fields of TV, Film, Video Games, Interactive Entertainment, Animation, Mobile ... more

Warner Bros. Consumer Products, in partnership with DC Entertainment, and Sanrio, creator of the global icon Hello Kitty, announced today they will be partnering to license a new brand collaboration that will feature Hello Kitty dressed up as her favorite DC Comics Super Heroes, including Wonder ... more

The LIMA UK Global Networking Party will be held on the second day of Brand Licensing Europe on Wednesday 16th October 2013 at a venue in London to be announced. Last year’s event was a sell-out, so those interested in attending are encouraged to save the date in their diaries and book their tickets ... more

Brand Licensing Europe, the Advanstar organised exhibition, has confirmed GfK, NPD Group and Planet Retail as the show’s knowledge partners for 2013. Each of these world-leading research groups will participate in BLE in a number of ways, including as exhibitors, contributing to the event’s content ... more

Masterful stand-up, actor and presenter Ed Byrne is to host The Licensing Awards 2013, which will take place on September 10th in The Great Room of London’s prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel. Ed is considered unrivalled on the comedy circuit, performing internationally in Canada, Australia and New ... more

TVMania UK – the British arm of leading pan-European apparel company TVMania – has announced that it has signed an agreement with the LEGO Group to produce apparel based on eagerly anticipated new film The LEGO® Movie. The UK release date for the movie is February 2014 and ... more

ITV Studios Global Entertainment has announced that Enjoy, the Spanish agent for the massively successful game Cut The Rope, has added a wealth of new licensees for the important Spanish and Portuguese markets. A significant number of regional partners have been added to the worldwide partners ... more

Studio 100 Film a newly launched and one hundred percent subsidiary of international children’s production and distribution company Studio 100 Media GmbH, has licensed its first film project Maya The Bee – Movie to Russian entertainment company Premium Film. The announcement was made today ... more

BLE 2013, Europe’s largest and most prestigious licensing event, will welcome the world’s leading consumer brands from fashion, sport, food, drink, publishing, lifestyle and celebrity. Some of these brands are amongst the most famous in the world. Some are making their debut in the world of ... more

From fire salamander to brightly coloured gummy bears through to a cowboy that shoots faster than his shadow … the world of licensing provides the perfect property for every age group. Here BRANDORA once more tells about new products that could hardly be more different. Welcome to the world of ... more

He's the one and only, truly original, panther - pink panther - from head to toes! For half a century a pink cat has been making the entertainment community purr: Pink Panther – the only animated character that has ever received the Academy Award – celebrates his 50th anniversary. The big ... more

National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA), entertainment conglomerate and global leader in licensed consumer goods, in association with Twentieth Century FOX Consumer Products (FCP), has announced an exclusive global merchandise program around the groundbreaking animated series ... more