Vertigo Films and Novel Entertainment are proud to announce the production of a 3D live-action movie based on Novel’s hugely successful children’s property Horrid Henry. Vertigo, producers of Europe’s first 3D feature film and box office smash Street Dance 3D, will produce the live action feature with … more

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort celebrates its grand opening today with help from Harry Potter film actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, James and Oliver Phelps, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright, Michael Gambon, Warwick Davis and thousands of excited fans … more

Nickelodeon Consumer Products have signed a raft of deals for the Iberian Peninsula and Spanish speaking LatAm for classic children’s animation brands, taking in SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer plus iCarly, among others. In the clothing categories in Spain, Boibe has signed for SpongeBob … more

The Russian media companies Noviy Disk and Marmelad Media have acquired from Telescreen B.V. all media and merchandising rights to the TV series and licencing brand DIBO – THE GIFT DRAGON for the Russian market. Telescreen, one of Benelux’ leading production-, distribution- and brand management … more

Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) arrives at this year’s Licensing International Expo with a rich portfolio of entertainment properties to drive its licensing, merchandising and retail businesses. Leading the lineup is the highly anticipated feature film Green Lantern, along with the full breadth and … more

Since its programme-start in October 2009, KiKANiNCHEN, the new pre-school brand by KI.KA, has very successfully established itself in the 3 to 6-year-old target group, and with outstanding viewing rates, has meanwhile become market leader in this area. Since mid May, the multimedia pre-school portal … more

Target Entertainment Group has appointed award-winning agency The Revolution as the licensing sub-agent for the PlayStation® brand and selected PlayStation® software IPs (intellectual properties) for the following territories: Republic of South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, more

Twentieth Century Fox is proud to have released some of the most successful family films of the past decade with ICE AGE, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS and DIARY OF A WIMPY KID earning more than $2.5 billion at the box office. In the coming years, Fox will build upon these popular franchises with new … more

BabyTV has signed up agents worldwide to expand its licensing and merchandising programme including: Paris Arabesques for France, Max Licensing for Turkey, Popcorn for Portugal, Pro Entertainment for Argentina, Brasil and Uruguay and P&L Global Network for the rest of Central and Latin … more

Leading family entertainment producer and distributor Chorion is expanding its growing global franchise for hit properties Mr. Men and Little Miss and Noddy by appointing Dream Theatre as its agent for the Indian subcontinent. Dream Theatre Private Limited, an entertainment company based in … more

On the heels of serving as supervising producer on the Rubicon/MGM co-produced Pink Panther & Pals now airing on Cartoon Network, Kerry Valentine has joined the Rubicon Studios production team as head of production at the Woodland Hills, Calif. facility; it was announced by Executive Producer David … more

FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) today announced their line-up for DISCOP 2010 which features successful returning series and franchises as well as new programmes across a wide range of genres – all from a variety of worldwide brands in drama, factual, comedy and entertainment genres. FME will also … more

With $2.7 billion in worldwide box office receipts and the best selling DVD and Blu-ray release, with nearly 20 million copies sold worldwide in the first three weeks alone, James Cameron’s AVATAR is more than the most successful film of all-time -- it is a bona fide cultural phenomenon. The movie revolutionized … more

Numerous events commemorating the 60th anniversary of PEANUTS continue to be held across the globe as the popular brand celebrates this momentous year. In the U.S., all nine Cedar Point locations will celebrate with themed parties at each park. Major League Baseball teams including the San … more

The BRB Internacional series are set to attend next week the coming edition of DISCOP. In Budapest, the company’s latest creations -- Suckers, Canimals, Kambu and Zookaboo – will share the billing with great BRB classics, such as David, The Gnome, which is celebrating its 25th birthday this year … more

Giochi Preziosi and Marathon Media are pleased to announce that a third season of the immensely popular Gormiti TV series is to be produced. Co-produced by Giochi Preziosi and Marathon Media, the innovative third series will have fresh new episodes of challenges and adventures and will introduce … more

FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), one of the leading licensors of entertainment brands in the world, announced today a host of new licensing deals for The X Factor in the UK, making it the most extensive licensing programme for the hit show to date. The 2010 licensing programme will … more

To celebrate the Peanuts’ 60th anniversary in 2010, Condor, one of Germany’s leading airlines, has launched a large-scale fundraising campaign to support the international charity organization “Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen e.V. - Wings of Help”. With their contribution, the official initiative of Peanuts licensing … more

FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), the brand extension division of FremantleMedia, with the German casting portal Your Chance and Fressnapf, Europe’s largest specialty chain for pet food and accessories, today announced details of a branded entertainment deal for Germany’s top … more

From a sold-out nationwide tour, to the covers of major magazines, GLEE, the #1 new TV series of the season, will soon be dancing into store aisles worldwide – satisfying ‘Gleeks’ everywhere. Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products today unveiled plans for its merchandising launch for the wildly- … more