Thinking the Unthinkable? – The Future of Funding for Kids’ Media in the UK Friday 08 July 2011 - 2:00 - 3:30pm: Rory Sutherland focuses a lifetime’s experience in the creative industries on the funding of kids’ media, sharing a view of the sector as seen by the ad men. Rory will challenge advertisers, ... more

Zodiak Kids, Zodiak Media Group’s children’s production and distribution arm, has extended distribution for their live-action kids’ show Summer In Transylvania to Nickelodeon in Germany, Italy, Benelux, Nordic, Spain and Portugal. Summer In Transylvania originally premiered on Nickelodeon in the ... more

Leading video game publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced NARUTO SHIPPUDEN™: Ultimate Ninja STORM Generations™ for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Based on the popular ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world’s leading independent children’s entertainment producers and rights owners, has joined forces with designer jewellery label Molly Brown to create the first ever Angelina Ballerina collection. Available exclusively at Selfridges from Saturday 2 July, the range will then ... more

European animation producers are getting ready to conquer screens across the continent with a new generation of series to be presented at the 22nd Cartoon Forum, the European co-production forum for TV and new platforms. The event, which will take place from 13-16 September in the seaside city of ... more

SpongeBob SquarePants has squelched his way to another award – this time for the SpongeBob SquarePants English Book series of educational English language books in Korea. Nickelodeon Consumer Products International, part of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), with partner BIR through its ... more

The Smiley Company and Wal-Mart stores Inc. have today announced that they have resolved their trademark dispute currently pending in the United States. The terms of the settlement agreement are confidential. Nicolas Loufrani (CEO of The Smiley Company) says: “I am very happy to have ... more

With the build-up to September’s prestigious Licensing Awards gathering pace, a highly qualified panel has judged the numerous entries to the Best Licensed Marketing Communication 2011 Award to arrive at an impressive finalists line-up for this award category, each of which demonstrate strong partnerships ... more

With the official sticker collection of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011, Panini surpasses all expectations. The album and all associated 336 collector cards appeal so much to collectors and football fans that the present print run exceeds the original plans by 300 per cent. Detailled numbers will be ... more

Bulldog Licensing has announced details of a new apparel agreement for Monkey, the star of the classic advertisements for ITV Digital and PG Tips. Monkey’s double act with comedian Johnny Vegas has gone down in history as one of the most popular ad campaigns ever to appear on the small screen ... more

The Giochi Preziosi Group is delighted to announce that outdoor specialists Androni Giocattoli has joined its list of prestigious licensees, in an agreement to produce fun beach toys and accessories for girl’s property, Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville. Following an agreement of the two year ... more

Bluebirds Brands, one of the UK’s leading producers of licensed goods, has announced that Vicky Lee has joined the company as Business Development Manager. Vicky has considerable experience within the gifting and collectables sector having spent 3 years at Xystos as Business Development Manager ... more

For Hello Kitty you can never have too many friends. During the last Men Fashion Week in Milan the icon of made in Japan, loved by small and big ones, presents her new friend , the charming skull, also an icon, from Hydrogen. The sporty glam label rigorously Made in Italy, which is linked to the creative ... more

Caroline Mickler Limited, Licensing Agent for Moomin, has announced the expansion of a highly successful line of soft toys based on the much-loved friendly trolls. Aurora, one of the leading companies for high-end, soft toy designs in the global gift industry, is expanding its successful Moomin plush ... more

Dinosaur King is the animated series that chronicles the adventures of Max, Rex and Zoe, known as the ‘D Team’, who search the world for Dinosaur cards that have the power to bring dinosaurs back to life. The biggest challenge for the three young heroes is to find all the dinosaur cards before the villainous ... more

FAMILY GUY - one of the most influential and wildly-popular programs to ever hit the airwaves - and the #1 show for teens and men 18-34 - is celebrating its "Something, Something, Something Anniversary" and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products is going all out to make this a year to remember for fans ... more

The Children’s Media Conference has today announced its full programme for the 2011 conference, which takes place from the 6 - 8 July in Sheffield. The leading gathering for everyone involved in developing, producing and distributing kids’ content across all platforms, has again tempted the ... more

Top licensing agency CPLG scooped a host of honours at the Homey Awards, an annual event held by Fox Consumer Products at the Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas. The Homey Awards are presented in recognition of outstanding achievement by FCP’s international agents and this year saw ... more

Turkish Gormiti fans should prepare for an invasion of the Lords of Nature as Istanbul’s Beylikduzu Migros Shopping Centre teams up with The Giochi Preziosi Group to host a month long incredible ultimate Gormiti event, exposing the property to tens thousands of children during the school holidays. Kids ... more

About J!NX: Founded in 1999 and based out of Poway, CA, with satellite offices in Asia and EU, J!NX is clothing company exclusively for gamers and geeks (www.JINX.com). J!NX also holds licenses for popular properties such as, World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Diablo, Portal 2, Call of Duty, Minecraft, ... more