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Assorted Nuts inks deal with Reel Muzik
COMPANIES / TVIn a new deal secured with Swedish animation company Assorted Nuts Entertainment, global music publishing company Reel Muzik Werks will administer all music rights on Assorted Nuts’ current and future animated brands.
Scooby-Doo gets his own monster truck
COMPANIES / NEWSWarner Bros. Consumer Products has joined forces with Feld Motor Sports to introduce a new Scooby-Doo truck that will tour and compete at the Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam in 2013.
WIT launches new product pitch initiative with Walmart
COMPANIES / CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILThe global not-for-profit Women in Toys (WIT) organization has unveiled a new product pitch initiative in partnership with Walmart’s Women’s Global Economic Empowerment Initiative.
Netflix acquires exclusive US rights to Disney movies
COMPANIES / INTERACTIVEOnline video hub Netflix has inked a new multi-year licensing deal securing exclusive US rights to first-run live-action and animated movies from Disney.
SD inks multi-year deal with Curtis Licensing
COMPANIES / INTERACTIVE / TVL.A.-based animation prodco SD Entertainment has secured a seven-year deal with Curtis Licensing, the licensing division of The Saturday Evening Post Society, to license its portfolio of magazine brands.
Maya the Bee buzzes to the big screen
COMPANIES / TVAustralian CGI animation company Flying Bark Productions has been appointed to produce the first 3D stereoscopic animated feature film based on hit kids property Maya the Bee.
Komixx opens first L.A. office
COMPANIES / INTERACTIVE / TVUK-based Komixx Entertainment (Toby’s Travelling Circus) has expanded into the US kids market by opening its first international office in L.A.
TIA names TOTY nominees
COMPANIES / CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVE / RETAILThe US Toy Industry Association (TIA) has revealed the 84 finalists for the 2013 Toy of the Year Awards (TOTY), which honor creativity in the children’s play industry.
Eckert out, Stockton in as Mattel Chairman
COMPANIES / CONSUMER PRODUCTS / PEOPLE MOVESOne year after retiring as CEO of Mattel, Robert Eckert is stepping away from the Chairman role he continued to hold, handing it to current CEO Bryan Stockton (pictured).
Millichip to exit amid Zodiak Rights restructure
COMPANIES / PEOPLE MOVES / TVJane Millichip is leaving her post as the MD of Zodiak Rights London after the UK distributor’s decision to revamp its London and Paris based businesses into a genre-based structure.
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Sesame Street leads Children’s Emmy Awards
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