The Licensing Market is able to raise their profile as a major business event that brings together business experts and interested parties. LIMA Germany has been able to win new exhibiting companies for their LICENSING MARKET 2011 that takes place on 9 November, starting at 9 am. This year, Turner ... more

The Licensing Awards 2011 took place in the glittering surroundings of The Great Room at London’s prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel on September 13. Over 1,300 retailers, licensees, licensors and suppliers attended the event to honour the industry’s highest achievers. Award-winning funnyman and star... more

Zodiak Rights, the international division of Zodiak Media Group, has acquired the international rights to Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive: a two-part documentary on the Olympic and World 100 metre record holder Usain Bolt. The films are being produced by acclaimed French production company ... more

The Giochi Preziosi Group is delighted to announce that BICO joins its list of renowned licensees for Latin America, in an agreement to produce Gormiti inspired notebooks and folders for fans across Columbia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Dominican Republic. The prestigious boys TV series, Gormiti ... more

Leading rights management company Target Entertainment has secured a key new broadcast deal for its drama series East West 101 with Franco-German culture channel Arte. Series one of the hard-hitting drama series has sold to Arte for broadcast across France and Germany with launch planned for ... more

Vibrant TV, a U.S. broadcast destination dedicated exclusively to quality programming from international producers and broadcasters, has appointed Victoria Quoss as Senior Vice President Network Development. Based in New York, Quoss will report to Vibrant TV President and CEO Dan Zifkin. In her ... more

Paladone Products, one of the leading gift suppliers in the UK, and The Tetris Company, LLC, are delighted to announce a new licensing partnership which will see the first launch of Tetris® brand giftware in 2011. The range will be launched in two phases, the first in October 2011 and the second in Summer ... more

les Editions Albert René manage the Asterix universe worlwide rights. Today, Asterix is 34 albums translated in 111 languages, 350 million albums sold throughout the world, 8 animated movies, 3 live action movies with more than 65 million spectators, 1 theme park with more than 1.8 million visitors per ... more

The Copenhagen-based brand licensing specialist Ink (formerly known as Kidz Entertainment) has been appointed by the German m4e Group as a licensing & merchandising agent for the Lucky Punch production “Mia and me®”. Ink will be responsible for the development of the merchandising program for ... more

Leading entertainment producer and rights management company Coolabi has appointed Natasha Dyson as Head of Licensing. Natasha joins Coolabi with a wealth of experience in licensing across pre-school, tween, teen and adult brands. In her new role she will oversee the licensing activity for Coolabi’s ... more

Kidscreen Summit, the year’s biggest gathering of kids entertainment professionals from around the world, is set to take place at the Hilton NY again from February 7 to 10, 2012. This pivotal conference and networking event will run over four days again, in response to overwhelmingly positive feedback ... more

Oxford Limited, licensor for the University of Oxford brand, is delighted to announce the launch of The Oxford Collection; high quality, hand crafted furniture and decorative furnishings from its global furniture licensee, Halo. Inspired by the University’s 800 years of tradition and excellence, and ... more

Creata Ltd, organisers of the Licensing New Europe Show & Conference, has announced that representatives of Disney Consumer Products (DCP) will be attending this year’s event. The show, which once again will be held in Zagreb, Croatia, helps to promote the role of licensing in the New Europe region, an ... more

4sight licensing solutions, part of 4Kids Entertainment International, has announced that a fantastic range of products based on aspirational fashion brand Chicaloca is set to hit the shelves in all 178 BHS stores nationwide later this month. 4sight has been working hard with representatives of BHS and ... more

The first series of Mrs Brown’s Boys returns to BBC One on Friday 2nd of September. But things have changed a lot since the first screening of the hit comedy. In the months since Mrs Brown’s Boys first aired, series one has been nominated for a comedy BAFTA, the Golden Rose of Montreux and Monte ... more

Rubicon Group Holding (RGH), a diversified entertainment company and a global producer of cutting-edge digital content, is expanding its global operation and alliances into the Asian and South Pacific markets. As a gold sponsor of the China Theme Park Expansion Summit, RGH is set to build ... more

Digital specialist AT New Media, licensing agent for the smash-hit internet phenomenon Gummy Bear, has revealed that Turkish telecoms provider BN Telecom is enjoying huge success with a new promotional campaign featuring the character. Gummy Bear (aka Gummibär) is the all-singing, all-dancing ... more

Nickelodeon Consumer Products International has signed two groundbreaking deals for SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer in the Gulf States, the Levant and across North Africa. The first deal with Fibertex Industries for a wide range of bedlinen, bedding and bathroom textiles, includes the first ... more

Vincennes, Boulogne-Billancourt, September 7th, 2011 – TFOU and Alphanim (Gaumont Group) are partnering on the development of the new 104x11’ CGI CALIMERO series, based on the character created in 1963 by Pagot. Kids 4 to 7 will discover the adventures of lil’ black chick Calimero and his friends ... more

Interactive games publisher, P2 Games, is delighted to announce their Postman Pat Special Delivery Service App for iPad, iPhone or iPod touch is now available on the App Store. Postman Pat has delivered enchanting entertainment to young children around the world for three incredible decades. In this new ... more