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Revamped Disney Store Coming to Times Square
Disney is bringing a small piece of its theme park magic to New York’s famous Times Square. The company is currently transforming retail space in Times Square into what will be an interactive store set to open in the autumn with theme park-style attractions and exhibits for children. According to [...]
Cartoon Network Boutiques Open in Toys R Us Stores
Animated series Ben 10: Alien Force, Bakugan and The Secret Saturdays will be featured prominently in a dedicated Cartoon Network boutique this month in every Toys R Us store. Open now, the boutiques will offer merchandise ‘ including exclusive items ‘ from multiple product categories during a key time in [...]
Orange Peels Toei Titles for VOD
Popular anime series Captain Harlock and Ken the Great Bear Fist (also known as Fist of the North Star) are coming to video on demand and mobile video on demand in French territories. The deal was struck by rights holder Toei Animation Europe and Orange. The VOD will be available [...]
Cookie Jar Joins Harlem Globetrotters for Licensing, New TV
The Harlem Globetrotters got one giant step closer to returning to TV animation by signing on with Cookie Jar Group for a global licensing and entertainment deal. Under the deal, Cookie Jar Entertainment will develop animated entertainment based on the Globetrotters brand, while the company’s licensing arm, Copyright Promotions Licensing [...]
Chorion Hooks Simon & Schuster U.K. on Octonauts
Simon & Schuster U.K. has struck a licensing deal with Chorion to publish a full line of tie-in books based on the preschool animated series The Octonauts. The publisher’s rights cover the United Kingdom and Commonwealth territories for the series, which has been pre-sold to CBeebies in the U.K., TF1 [...]
Chaotic Products Set for France, Israel
A pair of deals forged by 4Kids Entertainment and Chaotic USA will bring the Chaotic trading-card game and TV series to broad lines of licensed products in France and Israel. The deal in France is with Tennessee S.A., which will produce a back-to-school line of Chaotic-branded products including backpacks, school [...]
Giftventure Signs Ben 10 and Bakugan for Puzzles
Giftventure, a company that makes personalized treasure hunt puzzles, has licensed the Bakugan and Ben 10 Alien Force properties from Cartoon Network Enterprises. The company will use the popular cartoon series in their puzzles, which begin with a poster-size letter arriving via mail that contains a personalized game or puzzle [...]
Cookie Jar Takes on Varsity Merchandise, Entertainment
Look for cheerleading to get a lot more animated under a new deal between Varsity and Cookie Jar Entertainment. Under a just-announced strategic licensing partnership, Cookie Jar will develop both live-action and animated entertainment based on the leading brand of cheerleading and dance team apparel to start in 2010. The [...]
HIT Honors Licensees With Pingu Awards
HIT Entertainment honored its licensees with the third annual U.K. Pingu Awards at the Brand Licensing Europe show in London. The awards, given by HIT to recognize its licensing and retail partners, were given out at a special event attended by more than 100 partners from the licensing industry. The [...]
Chorion to Represent Little Prince Licensing
Producer-distributor Chorion has been appointing licensing representative for The Little Prince property in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The deal was made with the estate of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, who wrote the popular children’s book. First published in New York in 1943, The Little Prince has been in print ever [...]
BBC Says Good-Bye to...
The BBC Trust has confirmed that children’s programs will no longer be shown...
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