Carole Francesca, president of Broad Street Licensing Group, announced that Bill Cross, Broad Street’s Vice President for Restaurant & Food Brand Licensing, will be moderating an executive panel at the upcoming Dine America executive conference September 12-14, 2010 at the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta. … more

The Gelini Gummy Bears have a new home. Since midsummer 2010 the cheeky fellows live in the beautiful village Weiler-Simmerberg in the Algaeu region. The new premises not only house the GeliniStudio (www.gelini.de) but also the new storerooms and the logistics centre GeliniOnlineShop. (www.shop.gelini.de) … more

2010 is a year when the world has never been more excited about licensing as we wonder how a pig called Peppa could earn £100 million in the UK alone, how the cute Love Hearts sweets found themselves launching their own perfume range and we all marveled at Thomas the Tank Engine turning 65 but being … more

On the eve of major gaming event Gamescom in Cologne this month, Nickelodeon Consumer Products has signed off a raft of games deals for its properties with licensees 2K Play, THQ and Activision Publishing. 2K Play is following up Dora the Explorer’s Big Birthday Adventure, for Wii and … more

The Licensing Company ( Gmbh/ ltd/ SARL) ( TLC) announces the signing of the SKECHERS brand throughout Europe. SKECHERS USA, Inc. (NYSE:SKX), a global leader in the lifestyle footwear industry, has appointed TLC throughout Europe to establish a leading brand extension program working closely with … more

FremantleMedia Enterprises and the Leomil Group today announced a new deal to launch Rebecca Bonbon footwear and apparel throughout major European territories. The hugely popular Japanese character and super cute fashionista, Rebecca Bonbon, was created by the original Hello KittyTM designer Yuko … more

Building on a first-year effort that culminated in a high-profile celebration of 21 top kids shows at KidScreen Summit this past February, the industry’s only truly global awards for excellence in children’s television has just announced the first phase of its 2011 Call for Entries. The KidScreen Awards is now … more

Leading family entertainment producer and distributor Chorion has signed a deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Junk Food Clothing Company to launch co-branded NBA Mr. Men and Little Miss apparel starring Little Miss Sunshine in retail outlets across the U.S. for the start of the … more

Hot on the heels of the successful 2010 event, the 2011 Kazachok Licensing Forum is already taking shape with plans to increase exhibitors, double visitor numbers and grow the international profile of participants. An earlier show date, well before Easter and timed to fit more snugly with Bologna Book Fair … more

The agency “El Ocho Licencias y Promociones” has reached an agreement in July with the International Toy Comapny “Simba Smoby Dickie Group” to license as Master Toy the brand LazyTown. Simba has a very ambitious plan in which over the next two years will develop around a hundred references of … more

The Linguaphone Group, an internationally acclaimed global language training provider, has today selected Evrokniga and Knizhny Dom to act as official partners for the Group’s character-based children’s English language program, Pingu’s English, across Russia. Evrokniga have been appointed to distribute … more

Toei Animation, Inc. has licensed the animated TV series, Ghost Sweeper Mikami to Sentai Holdings, LLC. Sentai has acquired Pay Television, Pay-Per-View, and DVD rights to the series’ complete forty-five episodes in North America, it was announced today by Kanji Kazahaya, President and COO … more

The iconic characters of the Beano such as Dennis the Menace, Roger the Dodger, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids, Ivy the Terrible and Billy Whizz that have become known to generations of British children are to be re-invigorated with complimentary Smartphone content and games via a … more

Independent Dubai-based publishing company Pageflip has recently announced its participation at the 3rd Dubai International Character and Licensing Fair. Happening on the 29th to 1st December, Dubai International Character and Licensing Fair is touted as the biggest and most successful licensing event in … more

Here you can find the latest news on Angel Cat Surar, set to be the next ultra kawaii (that´s cute in Japanese) pop icon from the Land of the Rising Sun, as well as news on Wooly, Calimero and Soft Spots. Are you interested to learn more about these or other licenses that BrunoProductions represent? … more

Brand management company Target Entertainment Group’s main focus at Brand Licensing Europe (BLE) will be the prestigious PlayStation® brand, plus a range of exciting PlayStation software IPs (Intellectual Properties). The PlayStation® brand includes the PlayStation logo … more

The finalists for The Licensing Awards 2010 have been revealed. The winners will be announced at a lavish Licensing Awards Ball on Thursday 9 September 2010 at the Lancaster London Hotel, London. “Participation in the awards at every level was at an all time high - over 5,000 products … more

Brand Licensing Europe 2010, the Advanstar organised licensing exhibition, has today announced the introduction of License This! The Next Big Thing - a unique challenge and opportunity for bright new entrepreneurs looking to break into the global licensing industry and launch their business idea. The “Dragons’ Den” style challenge will give entrepreneurs … more

The iconic Famous Five books have been refreshed in response to research carried out with children and mums, that showed the books were strongly endorsed by parents, but needed to be adapted in order to make … more

Target Entertainment Group has appointed BRB Internacional as the licensing sub-agent for the PlayStation® brand and selected PlayStation® software IPs (intellectual properties) across Spain and Portugal.The appointment will see BRB manage a merchandise programme spanning… more