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4Kids, DreamWorks Cut Yu-Gi-Oh! Album
Fans of the hit animated series Yu-Gi-Oh! can soon have their own soundtrack as they play the Konami trading card and video games and battle with their Mattel Toys. 4Kids Ent., the licenser of the property, is teaming with DreamWorks Records to release Yu-Gi-Oh!: Music To Duel By in record [...]
Live Your Speed Racer Fantasy
Before we learned to covet grown-up automobiles like Mercedes and BMWs, there were The General Lee, The Batmobile and Speed Racer’s Mach 5. Now Speed Racer Autoworks LLC. is giving you the ultimate opportunity to indulge your inner child with your very own 385-horsepower, Corvette platform Mach 5 Signature Series [...]
Microsoft Makes Rare $375 Million Acquisition
The Dow Jones Business News reports that Microsoft Corp. has bought British video-game developer Rare Ltd. for $375 million. Rare, which brought gamers Donkey Kong Country and GoldenEye 007, was nearly half owned by Nintendo until last Friday. Nintendo sold its 49% stake back to Rare citing limited value to [...]
Michael Crichton Dreams Up Concept For SEGA
SEGA of America Inc. and best-selling author Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Congo) have entered into a video game development partnership. The deal will see Crichton create an original concept to be produced by SEGA for a 2004 release. In a statement issued by Crichton, the author cites SEGA’s "extraordinary track [...]
JAKKS Pacific Jacks Into Disney Gaming
JAKKS Pacific Inc. has entered into a licensing agreement with Disney Interactive to develop and market “TV Games” products featuring the Disney brand and classic characters. “TV Games” plugs into any standard television set and allow the user to play multiple video games, all contained on one system controller, without [...]
Animation Hits The Radio Waves
Animation will soon have a regular spot on the radio dial. Fans and industry professionals will be able to discuss the medium on B.R.A.T.S. (Blackwell’s Radio Animation Talk Show), a new weekly radio program exec. produced and hosted by animator Joe Blackwell. Set to premiere on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2002, [...]
American Ent. & Animation Rescinds Acquisition of Cyper Ent.
American Ent. & Animation Corp., a public shell company seeking acquisitions in the animation industry, has rescinded its offer from last October to acquire Korean animation house Cyper Ent. Inc. Cyper, a private company, was in negotiations to go public through American, in order to penetrate the North American market [...]
Connecticut Scratching For Betty Boop
Connecticut follows on the heels of Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin with a Betty Boop lottery game. Today sees the launch of The Connecticut Lottery’s Betty Boop Bingo, a licensed scratch and win game featuring logos and other imagery associated with the classic cartoon femme. MDI Ent. [...]
Target On Board With Thomas & Friends
Target Stores announced a partnership with Gullane Entertainment to carry a line of exclusive Thomas & Friends merchandise. With a catalog that includes apparel, toys and home entertainment, the retailer wants to be the one-stop shopping destination for all things related to the popular kids series about the adventures of [...]
Disney Profits Dip
Variety reports that Disney suffered a 31% 3rd quarter drop in profit, citing poor TV revenue and a slump in movie and theme park attendance since Sept. 11. Yesterday’s posting of $364 million in net income was down from last year’s $523 million. Total revenue took a 3% dive to [...]
BBC Says Good-Bye to...
The BBC Trust has confirmed that children’s programs will no longer be shown...
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