In the last years, many products and licenses coming from exotic places like Asia or Latin America arrived in North America and Europe, either on TV or books. Here are three examples of licenses from other places. Telenovelas, a TV phenomenon: A telenovela is a TV-show, close to the American concept ... more

Welcome to the Licensing Market in Munich, Germany’s largest Marketplace for Licenses takes place on 12 November in the glamorous hotel “Bayerischer Hof”. The show is firmly established as a perfect combination of information, networking and presentation and spans the whole spectrum of licensing ... more

Warner Bros. Consumer Products EMEA (WBCP EMEA) is proud to announce that EMTEC, one of Europe’s leading mobile storage solutions and computer peripherals manufacturers, will be launching a second collection of Looney Tunes USB keys. This news follows the hugely successful launch of EMTEC’s ... more

Benjamin Blümchen, Germany’s most popular elephant, celebrates his 35th birthday with a great fanfare of trumpets and all the bells and whistles. Even though the famous pachyderm does certainly not raise a glass of champagne to his anniversary, the funny date of his birth fits nicely with his life so far ... more

Warner Bros. Consumer Products EMEA has appointed Giochi Preziosi Spa to be the official master toy licensee for Tom and Jerry in Western Europe and Turkey. The world-renowned international toy manufacturer and distributor has signed a 3-year deal with the licensor that will see them produce a ... more

BRB Internacional is set to present this week at NATPE in Budapest -from the 26th to the 28th of June- its main new offerings from its audiovisual catalogue. For the first time, it will put on display its latest properties totally finished -Canimals (52x7'), Kambu (52x7') and Zoobabu (104x2')- as well as the first ... more

Leading Italian producer, distributor and licensor Rainbow has secured a licensing partnership with Mattel for toy rights to its new girls’ property and animated television series Mia and me®. The television series was developed and co-produced by Lucky Punch, Rainbow, March Entertainment ... more

Character Options has teamed up with Turner CN Enterprises in the UK to launch a brand new Character Building construction range based on the smash-hit Ben 10 franchise. The deal will be across all Ben 10 series, including new series Ben 10: Omniverse, set to debut later this year with a host of new ... more

THE BELLA SARA COMPANY, along with several production and distribution partners, is pleased to announce the first animated movie based on BELLA SARA, the popular brand and virtual fantasy world of horses. “The extraordinary fantasy world of Bella Sara is a natural fit for a movie,” said ... more

FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has signed a new deal with REVIEW Fourteen for the super cute French bulldog, Rebecca Bonbon. The deal will see REVIEW Fourteen launch a range of Rebecca Bonbon branded apparel for girls in the European stores of Peek & Cloppenburg. T-Shirts and long sleeve ... more

The international licensing project for the brand new Gormiti 3D CGI series, created by Mondo TV in collaboration with Giochi Preziosi, continues to grow with many new deals for Italy being newly announced ahead of the launch of the 52 x 26’ episodes in Fall! The list of signed clients across many market ... more

FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) announced today a raft of licensees in significant categories for UK & Eire for the heroic pre-school property Tree Fu Tom™. Random House Children’s Publishers (RHCP) has signed for publishing; Aykroyd and TDP for children’s nightwear and underwear; Trade ... more

Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products will arrive at Licensing Show 2012 with an expanded portfolio that goes beyond the world-renowned film and television brands that have paved the way for its success. This year the line-up will include the addition of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and two ... more

Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP), part of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB) has announced an international, multi-category and multi-property wholesale agreement around NVCP’s adult and kids’ portfolio with Orlando based ... more

Egmont Kids Media, the UK’s leading specialist children’s publisher for babies to teens, has announced a worldwide partnership (excluding USA) with MovieStarPlanet for both book and magazine publishing. MovieStarPlanet is a fun and secure place where tweens can participate in a virtual world with ... more

Following a hugely-successful launch on CBeebies in the UK, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has today announced a deal with leading European Toy Company Giochi Preziosi for the Master Toy rights of Tree Fu Tom. Under the deal, Giochi Preziosi will manufacture and distribute a range of Tree Fu Tom ... more

Turner CN Enterprises (TCNE) proudly announces that it has appointed Planeta Junior Hellas and Partner Plus as its licensing agents in Greece and Cyprus. Planeta Junior Hellas will be responsible for licensing TCNE’s world-renowned portfolio of boys, comedy and teen & adult brands throughout the region ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world’s leading providers of high quality children’s entertainment, is finalizing plans with Fisher-Price, Inc. to market and manufacture a global master toy range for Mike the Knight™ (excluding the UK & Japan). The toy line will be based on the CG animated series, Mike ... more

Five British companies have secured success at the LIMA International Licensing Excellence Awards in Las Vegas, with the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A Enterprises being crowned Best Art or Design Programme of the Year; Entertainment One (Peppa Pig) won Best Film, Television, Celebrity or ... more

Condé Nast and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) today announced a licensing agreement to create SELF-branded fitness products with leading provider and distributor of fitness equipment and accessories, Cap Barbell Inc. The deal was brokered by FME, licensing agent for Condé Nast brands ... more