Smiley continues to turn heads as it becomes one of the most favoured new fashion brands for young and upcoming UK stars. Cher Lloyd wears Smiley-Happy Time watches during her recent cover shoot with Flavour Magazine. New urban girl band sensation Stooshie wearing a selection of Smiley Society during their recent press tour. Eliza Doolittle rocks the "Smiley Society" ... more

The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA), the trade association for the worldwide licensing industry, has announced details of its 2012 Spring webinar programme. The first session, on 8 February, will look at how companies can use special entertainment platforms (such as shows ... more

Fifty animated feature projects in different development stages from 17 countries will be pitched at Cartoon Movie 2012 to find financing, co-producers and distributors. European animation has not only taken a definitive leap to 3D, which accounts for half of the projects, but also moved decisively towards ... more

A new 60-edition partwork, Dora the Explorer Little Cooks Collection, launches in the UK today, 1 February, as part of the international partnership between Nickelodeon Consumer Products and Eaglemoss Publishing Group. The partwork comprises Dora the Explorer themed stories, activities and challenges, as ... more

LIMA UK will be holding its 2012 UK Licensing Essentials Course and Spring Fling Networking event on Thursday 17th May this year. The popular event, which last year drew a record attendance of over 170 participants from the UK and international licensing industry, will take place at a London venue to be ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights-owners, today announced that the company’s President & CEO, Jeffrey Dunn, and Chief Operating Officer, Sangeeta Desai, will be leaving the company after the closing of HIT’s ... more

Off the back of a successful showcase at this year’s Toy Fair in London, hit pre-school series Everything’s Rosie is gearing up for an exhibition of global proportions at the Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair in Nuremberg. V&S Entertainment Ltd, the producer of Everything’s Rosie has seen the series’ ... more

Exhibitors and visitors clearly appreciated the 2011 Kazachok Licensing Forum, and the forthcoming 9th Edition - held on April 11th & 12th, 2012 at Halle Freyssinet in downtown Paris - is on its way to live up to that high standard. Around the 5,000 sq. m. of the Kazachok Forum visited by 18 nationalities, ... more

Play by Play, a Famosa Group company launches a Chupa Chups plush toy range in the most popular flavours of the brand. It’s a fun collection of plushes in different sizes inspired by the iconic lollipop. This collection will be presented in February at the international toy fair in Nürnberg and the Intergift fair in ... more

Netherlands based company; Glow Europe is now gearing up for the Nuremberg Toy Fair, which takes place between 1-6 February 2012. Operating from Stand D-20 located in Hall 5, Glow Europe will use the show as a platform to sign new partners, in addition to searching for international distributors ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world’s leading children’s entertainment producers and rights owners, has today announced the appointment of CPLG as the exclusive licensing agent in Germany for top pre-school brand, Fireman Sam™. CPLG will work closely with HIT Entertainment to promote licensing opportunities across all categories in Germany with the aim of replicating the ... more

Rainbow is pleased to announce an important new addition to the management team : Ms Bettina Koeckler joined the Italian animation leading company as Senior Vice President and General Manager Global Consumer Products. After concluding the partnership with Nickelodeon to broadcast Winx Club ... more

Discovery Enterprises International (DEI) is proud to unveil details of its brand line up at Nuremberg 2012 – Europe’s largest toy fair, taking place 1-6 February 2012. The licensor will be making its debut on the show floor operating from a dedicated Animal Planet-branded stand – a space they will ... more

Interview of Nathalie Chouraqui, Kazachok’s joint director: Kazachok: The latest buzz is that the Kazachok Guide, sometimes called the Licensing Bible, is about to disappear. Is that so? Nathalie Chouraqui: Yes and no! Yes, since we won’t publish the print version of the Kazachok Guide in 2012! The 1st Guide ... more

Trans-media entertainment company, Atlantyca Entertainment, has secured a licensing agreement with Italy’s leading confectioner, Sorini S.p.A., for the manufacture and distribution of a new line of Geronimo Stilton Kingdom of Fantasy chocolate Easter eggs; it was announced by Atlantyca ... more

In tight time slots leading agencies and well-known rights’ owners will present more than 150 different top licenses and hit brands at the 2012 Day of Licenses. Be part of it and learn about new licensed properties and upcoming trends, improve your expert knowledge, exchange ideas and opinions with ... more

FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) today announced the launch of Take Me Out Flirting, a brand new app based on the hit ITV comedy dating show Take Me Out. The free to use app has now launched across iOS, Android, mobile web and web platforms, and is set to launch on Blackberry and Ovi soon. Take ... more

Already a favourite on the CBeebies channel and a popular character in CBeebies Weekly magazine, pre-school favourite Everything’s Rosie is now set to appear in two further magazine titles, it was announced today by the series’ producer V&S Entertainment Ltd. In addition to regular appearances in ... more

The German brand management and media company m4e AG, it’s subsidiary Telescreen B.V. and it’s co-production and distribution partner Rainbow S.r.l. from Italy have secured new broadcast agreements for it’s hybrid production “Mia and me” (26 x 23’). m4e and Telescreen have inked agreements with ... more

Meet Globe Edutainment and VIPO Land at the Toy Fair in Nürnberg from February 1st to 6th 2012, Hall 1, Booth A21. Globe Edutainment is a multi-faceted Media and Edutainment company. Their goal is to stimulate curiosity and learning with our fun and creative methodology. Allow Globe ... more