Amusement parks may be all fun and games – as Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari Group (IMG Group) is set to prove by partnering with Turner CN Enterprises to bring a dedicated Cartoon Network Zone to the IMG Theme Park – the global industry's growth is serious business. This exciting collaboration is vying for ... more

Ink and Biplano are excited to announce that E-max has signed a new deal on Smurfs for stickers, sticker albums, trading card games and trading card game albums for all of Eastern Europe, Nordic, Spain and Portugal. E-max has also signed Clay Buddies for these territories and for GAS, Benelux and ... more

Shout! Factory, in collaboration with FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment, will release The Aquabats! Super Show! Season One! on DVD on May 21 for a suggested retail price of $19.93. All 13 Season One episodes of wacky crime-fighting, music videos and outlandish villains are included in ... more

With legal assistance from Goodsill Anderson Quinn and Stifel, Honolulu-based Tetris Online, Inc. secured its first patent for infrastructure of an interactive, computer game that provides online gamers an improved “realtime” game experience. The new innovation allows for both online and mobile device ... more

The Licensing Awards 2013 are now officially open for entries. Entry and nomination forms for all the awards categories are now available from the website www.thelicensingawards.co.uk. “The Licensing Awards are now in their eighth year and quite simply go from strength to strength,” commented Ian ... more

KENSIN CO., LTD. under its Japanese brand, Art of War®, is further expanding its Samurai Animals™ licensing business this year, and is seeking new agents and licensees worldwide. Samurai Animals™ is a combination of two important Japanese and Asian elements – “Samurai” and ... more

Today, LIMA UK is appealing to the licensing industry to leap into action in February and submit an entry for the 2013 Annual LIMA International Licensing Excellence Awards. Kelvyn Gardner, Managing Director of LIMA UK, expressed his encouragement to UK firms by stating that, ““Last year we saw a record ... more

Nickelodeon fans have spoken! Voting for their favorites in television, sports, music and film, kids everywhere have made their voices heard as the network announces the nominees for Nickelodeon’s 26th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards, airing Saturday, March 23. Vying for the sought-after blimp award are ... more

Brand Licensing Europe, the Advanstar organised exhibition, has announced the launch of its Retail Mentoring Programme for 2013. It will offer yet more places and introduce new features this year. The Retail Mentoring Programme offers retail buyers a wider understanding of the licensing business and is ... more

In 2012 Altenburger Senf & Feinkost GmbH & Co. KG and Feinkost Käfer entered into a licensing agreement. Under the agreement Altenburger Senf & Feinkost produce and distribute a total of 24 exclusive Käfer Feinkost delicacies including mustard products, mustard sauces, fruit-cream-horseradish ... more

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced tonight the winners of the 1st International Emmy® Kids Awards. Winning programs from Argentina, Japan, Norway and the United Kingdom are: Junior High School Diaries: Harmony of Two, (Kids: Series); Energy Surviva ... more

In tonight’s high-profile presentation event, hosted by The Daily Show’s Samantha Bee, the year’s best work in children’s television was singled out and celebrated by the global kids entertainment industry at Kidscreen Summit in New York. Determined by two panels of highly respected broadcast ... more

Nickelodeon and Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) today announced a worldwide, multi-year deal to develop and publish video games inspired by the new CG-animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Under the new agreement, Activision ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world’s leading children’s entertainment producers and rights owners, has today announced the appointment of Michael Carrington to the newly created position of Head of Content and Production, HIT Global Brands. This appointment further reinforces HIT’s commitment ... more

At a high-profile awards ceremony held at the end of its annual iKids conference, Kidscreen announced the winners of the 2013 iKids Awards this evening. This brand-new set of awards recognizes and celebrates the market’s best digital media products and platforms for children, and its inaugural ... more

To celebrate Mike the Knight’s hugely successful European TV launch and the upcoming roll-out of toys from Fisher-Price, this hot new pre-school property became the coolest in the Nuremberg toy kingdom as Mike and his friends embraced the plummeting temperatures and were transformed into giant ... more

At the close of the Nuremberg Toy Fair and with the launch date set for March 20, 2013 on the German broadcaster KI.KA, Alphanim, one of Europe’s leading producers and distributors of children’s entertainment, announced today the company has entrusted Lizenzwerft GmbH as licensing agent for its eco- ... more

Warner Bros. Consumer Products UK (WBCP UK) today unveils details of an exciting new partnership with Park Leisure Ltd. that will see its DC Super Heroes and classic Looney Tunes characters used on an innovative range of imaginatively themed outdoor play equipment and branded sports and play ... more

The 24IP Law Group is pleased to announce the firm of Ferdinand IP LLC as a new member to its ranks, operating offices in New York City and Westport, CT. Due this expansion, the 24IP Law Group enhances its capabilities in the US market, in particular in the fields of fashion, consumer products ... more

41 Entertainment (“41e”) announced today that it has granted a license to K’NEX® Brands to create a new line of building toys for the PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures property (the “Property”) worldwide (ex-Japan). The TV series (26 x 22’) is slated to begin broadcast in fall 2013. The 2013 K’NEX ... more