This summer, the Giochi Preziosi Group will launch in Europe an exciting new toy range following the phenomenal hit series Doc McStuffins on Disney Junior. The toy range includes; dolls, plush, role-play and play sets developed by Just Play. The range, which will see products come to market as early as Easter ... more

41 Entertainment announced today that it has entered into a global kids promotion with Burger King Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: BKW) for the PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures property worldwide. The television series is slated to begin broadcast in fall 2013. The Promotion is scheduled to begin in January ... more

Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) zooms into this year’s exciting Toy Fair season with a roster of global licensees ready to support the Studio’s portfolio, led by this summer’s tentpole film release Man of Steel, which will be supported by DC Comics master toy licensee Mattel, as well as many other ... more

Marathon Media, a Zodiak Media company, is delighted to announce the hire of its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Ambroise Delorme has been appointed from TF1 Group where he held the position of Acquisitions Manager. Ambroise Delorme will be working closely with CEO Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and ... more

Turner CN Enterprises and Life Like Touring have partnered to present the internationally acclaimed action-packed stage show, BEN 10 LIVE: Time Machine at MUST Opera House from February 21, 2013. Fans of the kids’ action phenomenon will witness their favourite characters from all Ben 10 series ... more

BBC Children’s and FremantleMedia Enterprises’ (FME) Kids & Family Entertainment division have signed an innovative long-term deal that will see them develop and produce a continuous sequence of new ground-breaking programmes designed to entertain and appeal to children of all ages. The ... more

Grani&Partners has chosen Nuremberg’s International Toy Fair as the opportunity to give the international market a preview of its new range of articles for 2013. Some time ago, in fact, Italy’s leading firm in the licensed promotional articles sector decided to expand its business to the ... more

Turner Broadcasting announced today that a fourth series of award-winning children’s TV show LazyTown has been greenlit. Acquired by Turner in September 2011, LazyTown is the only global entertainment brand dedicated to promoting health in a fun and entertaining way to young children and ... more

LIMA (www.licensing.org), the international licensing association, will be playing a key role at Spring Fair International in Birmingham (3-7 February), providing a meeting point, licensing information and advice at its dedicated booth within the show’s popular Licensing Lounge. Located in Hall 3 of the NEC, the ... more

On the eve of NATPE, Alphanim, one of Europe’s leading producers and distributors of children’s entertainment, announced today that the company has recently finalized deals with Disney XD Latin America and Disney Southeast Asia for its highly successful animated series Dude That’s My Ghost! ... more

The new CGI preschool series “Leo Lausemaus” (original title: Tip the mouse) will be broadcast in 2014 by SUPER RTL. The brand management and media company m4e AG and the market-leading German kids and family broadcaster have concluded an according license agreement. Besides the TV-rights ... more

In 2012, we met many of the objectives we set for Hasbro, said Brian Goldner, Hasbro's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Based on preliminary results, we returned the U.S. and Canada segment to historical operating profit levels; we grew revenues in the Games category against our 2012 objective … more

ITV Studios Global Entertainment Consumer Products (ITVS GE CP) has announced the appointment of Melanie Humberstone-Garley as its new Head of Sales, Merchandising and Licensing (M&L). She will report to Trudi Hayward, SVP, Global Merchandising, Consumer Products. Melanie has been appointed ... more

41 Entertainment (“41e”) and its UK agent, Lisle International (“Lisle”) announced today that they have secured three new UK deals for apparel and publishing for the PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures property (the “Property”). The TV series (26 x 22’) is slated to begin broadcast in ... more

New agents fly into maya’s world: Maya will now gather pollen and nectar in every continent. The Studio 100 International new rep agents are Joon International (South Korea), Sinerji (Turkey), EWL (Middle East) and Kopa (Latin America). They all share Carlos A. Carvajal’s (Kopa’s licensing Director) ... more

“Mia and me” is unstoppable. Not only on TV, but also within the licensing market, its elves and unicorns continue to be very well received. For its own production (in a joint venture with Gerhard Hahn), the Munich brand management and media company m4e AG has already managed to acquire ... more

Prior to the start of Nuremberg and New York Toy Fair, Alphanim, one of Europe’s leading producers and distributors of children’s entertainment, announced today that the company has recently secured key licensees for its all-new animated CGI series Calimero (© Pagot.) Celebrating its 50th ... more

Since 6 months BallCube 2.0, the successor of BallCube, is available on the german market. Since then Herz-Spiele and the exclusive sales partner "Bild der Wissenschaft-Shop" in Germany are very enthusiastic about the strong sales of the game within Germany. Finally a few thousands of that game were sold within these 6 months within Germany … more

Vic the Viking in CGI (78x13’) production has started cruising. Two episodes are already finished and the whole series will be delivered by 2014. 30 years after the 2D version, the rejuvenated version of the fun adventures of this surprising boy more brainy than brawny will enchant kids and their parents ... more

The popular lollipop brand has made a sweet debut of the year by signing an array of new licenses to be launched in 2013. After the success of the licensing fair in London, where the brand took us back to our childhood with a sweetshop taken out of the fifties as a tribute to its 55th anniversary, four ... more