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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.
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.
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.
Tough holiday season contributes to Jakks’ losses
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILIn its fourth quarter and full-year 2011 sales results, Malibu, California-based toymaker Jakks Pacific’s net sales for the fourth quarter of 2011 dropped from US$198 million (2010) to US$141.1 million, and its net sales for 2011 totalled US$677.8 million, compared to US$747.3 million in 2010.
HarperCollins Children’s Books signs Octonauts deal
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVE / RETAILHarperCollins Children’s Books UK has inked a two-book deal to publish two new titles in the Octonauts original picture book range from creative duo Meomi (Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy).
Jakks lands Warner Bros. CP deal
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILLeading up to what should be a superhero-inspired summer, US toyco Jakks Pacific has been tapped by Warner Bros. Consumer Products to manufacture, distribute and market a line of novelty, large-scale figures and plush products under its Creative Designs International (CDI) division based on the DC Comics Super Heroes and Super Villains brand.
V&S inks Rosie deals in Spain
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILIndie children’s media company V&S Entertainment has a signed a new licensee for its UK-based preschool brand Everything’s Rosie in UK publisher Panini for puzzle and color activity books, a diary and a musical activity book to launch at retail in Spain this spring.
Little Airplane’s Selig debuts new children’s book
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAIL / TVA new bedtime story book by New York-based Little Airplane Productions founder Josh Selig based on Little Airplane’s non-profit preschool animated TV series The Olive Branch (26 x one-minute) will be published in April this year.
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