Over 1,000 visitors from the European licensing industry, 30% up on 2009, attended the 7th Kazachok Licensing Forum, which was held at La Halle Freyssinet in central Paris, 8th-9th April 2010. Nathalie Chouraqui, Director of Kazachok commented: "The Forum was a real success across the board in … more

Pascal Bonnet, EMEA Director of Licensing and Brand Management at Viz Media Europe, said “Italy was chosen as the first country for the European relaunch of Inuyasha’s licensing program” and that Viz Media is “very pleased to be working with Starbright. Inuyasha is a truly unique and exciting property, … more

Mattel and the Simba Dickie Group resurrected the highly successful series „Batman: The Brave and the Bold“: Cool and hip characters, fascinating technical gadgets, a new batmobile, a quadbike and a lot of other thrilling vehicles will bring the manhunt adventure into the homes of every Batman … more

4Kids Entertainment (NYSE: KDE) has reached agreement with FUNimation Entertainment and Toei Animation Co., Ltd., to license the U.S. broadcast television rights to the new animated television series “Dragon Ball Z Kai”. Sneak peeks of “Dragon Ball Z Kai” will be seen this summer before the series … more

For the second season of his highly acclaimed JC/DC line, France’s renowned fashion designer, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, has chosen the characters from Comedy Central's irreverent hit animation, South Park, to be the music icons of his new high end collection, 'Holly Boys and Naughty Girls'. "I … more

MTVN UK & Ireland and BSkyB announce the appointment of Tina McCann as the new Senior Vice President Managing Director for top performing children’s TV network, Nickelodeon UK. McCann joins Nickelodeon from Turner Broadcasting where she is Acting Chief Content Officer for the children’s … more

Giochi Preziosi and Marathon Media unveiled details of the FRITO-LAY promotion for Spain & Portugal. The partnership brings up the spirit of “Gormiti – The Lords of Nature Returns” to more than 35 million packages of Frito-Lay products. Cheetos® Lay’s®, Doritos® Ruffles® and … more

Last year’s Licensing International Expo hosted 400 exhibiting companies, representing more than 7,000 brands and licenses, making it the largest, most diverse collection of properties available for licensing worldwide. The lineup for the 2010 show is just as impressive. Exhibitors this year will include key … more

Giochi Preziosi and Marathon Media are pleased to announce that Gormiti figurines are being showcased in Milan’s Triennale Design Musuem, one of the most renewed international design institution. As part of the new Milan’s Triennale Design Museum iteration titled “Quali cose siamo” (Which thing we … more

Leading greetings and gifts company Carte Blanche has appointed the AT Brands division of specialist licensing agency AT New Media as its global interactive consultant for the much-loved Me To You brand, famous for the blue-nosed ‘Tatty Teddy’. AT New Media will introduce Me To You to the … more

LIMA has announced 75 nominees for the Annual LIMA International Licensing Excellence Awards, recognizing the industry’s best and most successful licensed properties and products from the past year. Awards in seven categories plus the License of the Year Award will be announced at LIMA’s … more

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Top Licensee today announced the signing of a multi-year licensing agreement covering over 40 countries across Europe. As part of the new agreement, Top Licensee S.r.l, part of Nuzzolo Group, will launch a range of NBA-branded fan items to include key- … more

Atlantyca Entertainment, a cross-media entertainment company based in Italy, today announced a landmark agreement with China’s CCTV Animation which grants Atlantyca exclusive broadcast and home video distribution rights throughout Europe to the English-language version of Monkey King … more

EMEA: Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products EMEA (NVCP) is making great strides across the continents with SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer at the vanguard of new deals. Prague-based Cartoon Mania, the leading licensed textile supplier in the region, has signed one of the first … more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights owners, has successfully reached agreement with its lenders to amend and extend its credit facilities. "We are delighted to conclude these negotiations with our lending group and are … more

Following up with the licensing agreement announcement done last January 14th between Toei Animation Co. Ltd and Uniqlo, a range of T-Shirts with the following popular TOEI ANIMATION’S animated series: DRAGON BALL, ONE PIECE, GALAXY EXPRESS 999, DR SLUMP ARALE is now available at the … more

Leading U.S. educational publishing company, Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC, has released Summer Bridge Activities™ 2010, the newly revised and redesigned edition of the best-selling summer workbook series. An award-winning resource for children and parents for over a decade, Summer Bridge … more

Hasbro Inc.'s first-quarter earnings tripled, boosted by strong sales of the "Monopoly" maker's games and puzzles and by a rebound in its girls' toys, which include "My Little Pony" and "Littlest Pet Shop." Hasbro Chairman and Chief Executive Brian Goldner said in the recovering U.S. and international … more

The BEYBLADE boys action phenomenon is back with a new TV series and toy line entitled BEYBLADE: Metal Fusion, and the Grünwald-based brand management and media company m4e AG intends to play an important part in its comeback in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as it has been appointed … more

Nickelodeon and Belgium based Studio 100 today announced plans to produce a new version of their hit European live-action series, House of Anubis, for a Fall 2010 premiere on Nickelodeon in the US, UK and Australia with additional territories launching at the beginning of 2011. Originally made for … more