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Atlantyca signs Dive Olly Dive! licensee
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILItaly’s Atlantyca Entertainment has inked a licensing deal with Biembi S.p.A. to manufacture and distribute a line of back-to-school products based on Moonscoop’s 52 x 11-minute preschool series Dive Olly Dive!
The Hive buzzes into wooden toys
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILUK-based licensing agent Space Enterprises has signed Jupiter Toys to produce a range of wooden toys and furniture based on preschool series The Hive from UK-based prodco The Hive Enterprises.
Talking Friends gets Aussie licensing rep
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVE / RETAILNew York-based brand licensing agency Beanstalk has inked a deal with brand agency Merchantwise to manage the licensing program for Outfit7′s popular app-based Talking Friends brand in Australia and New Zealand.
Cookie Jar and DISH to expand kids programming
TVToronto, Canada-based Cookie Jar Entertainment and DISH Network, the third largest pay-TV provider in the US, have forged a new streaming deal with DISH’s Blockbuster home subscription package to grow its slate of family and kids programming with titles from Cookie Jar’s library of animated and live-action programming.
Kirsten Fallon joins Big Tent Entertainment
PEOPLE MOVESNew York’s Big Tent Entertainment is welcoming Kirsten Fallon as its VP of global business development.
Stephen Colbert lands publishing deal for kids book
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILWhat started as a book pitch from Stephen Colbert to popular children’s author Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are) during an interview aired on his eponymous satirical series The Colbert Report, has ended with a publishing deal for the US TV personality.
Nick Australia/New Zealand hires marketing director
PEOPLE MOVESMarking a move within Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand has appointed Tina McIntosh as the kidnet’s new director of marketing and commercial partnerships.
Penguin and Activision land Skylanders deal
INTERACTIVEPenguin Children’s Books has inked a global licensing partnership with Activision for a series of books and apps based on the gameco’s popular Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure kid’s video game.
ABC Children’s restructures, de Jong to depart
PEOPLE MOVESHead of commissioning and development for ABC TV’s children’s division Carla de Jong will be leaving the broadcaster at the end of March as the team undergoes a restructure in 2012.
Toys ‘R’ Us president Neil Friedman resigns
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / PEOPLE MOVES / RETAILAfter 10 months with the company, Neil Friedman has stepped down as president of US operations for Toys ‘R’ Us.
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