Winners to be revealed at a gala event on February 6 during Kidscreen Summit in New York Toronto, November 20, 2012: Kidscreen, host of the global kids television industry’s leading awards for excellence, is delighted to announce the shortlisted entries in the Programming Categories that will be continuing ... more

FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) today announced a major new distribution agreement with WWE (NYSE:WWE) for the exclusive home entertainment rights to WWE’s catalogue of programming across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The deal goes into effect in January of 2013 and will see FME ... more

Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) and its Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) division, today unveiled in-depth findings from its groundbreaking new study, “The Next Normal: An Unprecedented Look at Millennials Worldwide,” which provides the first truly global portrait of this highly influential ... more

Studio 100 Media has signed a license agreement with Austrian public broadcaster ORF for the new classic animation series Heidi (39 x 22’). The license agreement finalized during MIPCOM 2012 gives ORF exclusive FreeTV rights for the newly re-mastered 3-D/ CGI animation series in Austria and ... more

On 12 November 2012 LIMA Germany organized their sixth Licensing Market at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Germany. Well over 1000 visitors flocked to the established licensing market to see about 400 licensed properties, brands and products. Again the event brought the entire value creation ... more

The presentation of the LIMA Germany Awards was held as part of the annual LIMA Gala on November 12th at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Germany. Again, the association’s members had cast their votes and decided on outstanding achievements in the licensing and merchandising industry in … more

CPLG, licensing agent for Universal Pictures’ popular Fast & Furious film franchise, has announced a new agreement with Hornby Hobbies that will see a range of Scalextric slot cars based on vehicles from the films. The slot cars will be available internationally … more

HarperCollins have released a range of cutting edge interactive ebooks in advance of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, using Apple’s unique iBooks Author app. Find out all you need to know about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey before you see it with the official film tie-ins: The Visual Companion ... more

With immediate effect Studio 100 Media will be responsible as License Agency for the commercialization of the merchandising rights of the German Soccer League Logo, the champions trophy of the German Soccer League and the 2nd German Soccer League as well as the “50 Years of Bundesliga” Event Logo ... more

Viacom International Media Networks Viacom (VIMN), a division of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), has appointed Elena Balmont to the position of General Manager, Viacom International Media Networks Russia & CIS. Effective immediately, the news was announced today by David Lynn, Executive Vice ... more

ZeptoLab®, in conjunction with ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment (ITVS GE), licensing agent across all countries in the European Union for the massively successful ZeptoLab game Cut The Rope®, has announced arrival of a stylish range of children’s t-shirts in George at Asda. The range ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world’s leading children’s entertainment producers and rights-owners, has announced that it has signed a raft of new international home entertainment and publishing licensees for its hugely-successful pre-school property Mike the Knight. The new deals cover a ... more

Pink Chillies, a new character based brand born out of a love for elephants, has won the final of the License This! challenge, at this year’s Brand Licensing Europe. Now in its third year, the challenge offers those with brand new creative concepts the opportunity to break into the global licensing industry ... more

The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) is exerting efforts to promote Korean excellent content in new markets. May 2012, KOCCA received outstanding attention from local buyers through the successful event with 9 major Korean broadcasting companies in Latin America (Colombia). Following ... more

The Christmas card season is rapidly approaching, and leading animal welfare charity the RSPCA is able to celebrate a strong presence in the market yet again thanks to Special Editions, WHSmith and John Lewis. All of these major names are producing a wide range of charity cards for the 2012 Christmas ... more

Zoobabu adds prize and continues its successful international career. The original BRB Internacional cartoon series, with riddles in 3D stereoscopic and aimed at a children’s audience, was awarded the Special Mention prize in the Television Series category at the prestigious Expotoons festival which ... more

Kid Glove Creative, the development division of production, distribution and rights management company, Kid Glove, has partnered with Australia’s Sticky Pictures for the development and production of Perry Parka Polar Possum, a delightful new animated comedy series for 6-9 year olds. Perry Parka Polar ... more

Continuing its strategy of delivering exceptional creative content to audiences around the world, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction. Lucasfilm is 100% owned by Lucasfilm Chairman and Founder, George Lucas. Under the terms of the ... more

In this report you will find an analysis of the promotional activities in the field of licensing, particularly as regards CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) and fast food. First of all we’ll deliver the results of the promotion watch conducted since 2009 (see boxed text) that highlights a number of underlying trends ... more

Last week’s Brand Licensing Europe, which took place from 16th – 18th October at London’s Olympia, was officially the best attended and biggest in the show’s 14 year history. 6,875 retailers, licensees and sales promotion professionals attended over three days, 1,265 more than last year. Combined visitor and ... more