The Smiley Company has signed with German based skateboarding company ‘Fun 4 U’ to create an extensive range of sporting goods to help celebrate the company’s 40th anniversary in 2012. The range will include skateboards, longboards, rollerblades, bikes, scooters, helmets and yo-yos all donning ... more

With the judging panel reading like a ‘who’s who’ of retailing and a record number of over 5,000 licensed products entered, The Licensing Awards’ Product Judging Day, which took place on June 20 at London’s Business Design Centre, was certainly impressive. “It made you feel really proud to see the ... more

Gio Forbice created FORFEX, a mood more than just a brand, 3 years ago. FORFEX = sneakers, spaceboots, Sasha Grey wearing spaceboots, leather, studs, Skin from Skunk Anansie wearing leather sneakers with studs, lifestyle, daring collabos and an irreverent blog (www.forfex.it/born-slippy.html) ... more

The USA is the latest territory to go crazy for Gogo’s Crazy Bones, with sales figures showing that it is now the No.1 toy-collectable in a range of outlets across the States, including major chains such as Walgreens and Walmart. The innovative collectable figures, which are produced by Magic Box ... more

CPLG - licensing agent for the Sesame Street brand – has announced details of a unique agreement that will see Art You Grew Up With appointed as fine art partner for the property. As one of the world’s leading educational brands Sesame Street needs little introduction – loved by kids and trusted by adults ... more

Leading animal welfare charity and popular consumer brand RSPCA will be branding three new ranges of products as part of its long-standing endorsement of Mason Cash pet bowls. The diverse ranges come in a variety of colours and styles for pets including cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, ... more

CPLG has announced the appointment of Maria Giovanna Gurrieri as Managing Director of CPLG Italy. Maria joins the company from Atlantyca Entertainment, where she headed the consumer products division. She started internationally, the licensing program and agents network for Geronimo Stilton, the world ... more

Brand Licensing Europe, the Advanstar organised licensing exhibition, today announces that the hugely successful retail mentoring programme will feature again at this year’s show. Retail giants Sainsbury’s and Mothercare have confirmed for the second year running. The programme is designed to help ... more

The Smiley Company has signed a direct to retail deal with Bershka. Bershka belongs to the Spanish Inditex group (owner of Zara), and was created in April 1998 as a new store and fashion concept, aimed at a young fashion trend led market and now has 734 stores in 49 countries. This exclusive range for the ... more

BRB Internacional has signed on to the conquest of eastern Europe. Currently, several of the most recent cartoon series produced by the Spanish company are being broadcast in that part of the world, and others have just been acquired by channels there. In fact, as the new edition of DISCOP – the ... more

Zodiak Kids, Zodiak Media Group’s children’s production and distribution arm, has teamed up with the National Trust this summer for a Waybuloo ‘Pipling’ Summer Tour. The hugely successful CBeebies series will take to the road from July 21 – September 20, 2011 with a life-size Pipling’s home on a tour of ... more

Discovery Enterprises International (DEI), the international licensing and merchandise division of Discovery Communications has executed a first-ever global deal with Nukotoys for a series of Animal Planet games that are interactive and connective, and that will appeal to today’s digital generation ... more

After a successful launch the second edition of the cuddly-sweet magazine is about to start in July. The Blue Ocean publishing house again has presented the world of the different NICI characters in a lovely and exciting way for the target group. This time it´s all about summer, sun and vacations. Whether a … more

Brand licensing specialist Ink - formerly Kidz Entertainment/EEMC - is celebrating a triumph at the prestigious Homey Awards. The Homeys are special awards given annually by Fox Consumer Products to its partners for outstanding achievement. Ink - the leading brand licensing agency for the … more

Discovery Communications has announced that Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) will launch a new plush line in Latin America for iconic Discovery Kids channel personalities Doki, Mundi and friends in November. Under the Discovery Kids banner, Hasbro plans to develop a range of plush products that will target … more

Principal photography has begun for the teen movie the HOUSE OF ANUBIS. Studio100 Media GmbH is theatrically releasing the film the HOUSE OF ANUBIS in co-operation with Nickelodeon Germany. Shooting of the film is taking place in Belgium with the movie premiere set for the Spring of 2012 in Germany … more

Kindle Entertainment, the BAFTA award-winning independent production company, announces that it has begun production of a third series of CBeebies favourite, Big and Small. The filming is currently taking place in Belfast until early July and will produce 26 more episodes of the RTS award-winning … more

The Smiley Company has teamed up with Comic Relief to create a special ‘Happy Now’; Take That tour t-shirt to raise money for Comic Relief. Comic Relief spends all the money raised by the public to give extremely poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the UK and across the world’s poorest … more

Pacific Entertainment Corporation (OTCQB: PENT), creators of the Baby Genius® brand of musical edu-tainment for infants and toddlers, announced that Mr. Alfred Kahn will join the company as an exclusive consultant in the children’s preschool and education markets. The … more

Blue Planet Software, Inc., the company that manages the exclusive licensing rights to the Tetris® brand, announced today that, due to strong consumer demand for Tetris-branded products, Blue Planet Software and its merchandising partner, Licensing Works!®, will be expanding the Tetris … more