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New licensee for Kindle’s Big and Small
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILUK-based indie production house Kindle Entertainment has secured a deal with Sweden’s Alicom Licensing that will see the licensing company rep the CBeebies preschool puppetry series Big and Small in Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden.
Rastamouse gets a magazine deal
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILInternational family entertainment producer and distributor DHX Media and its subsidiary Wildbrain Entertainment have inked a deal with UK-based publisher Immediate Media to create magazines for preschoolers based on its hit stop-motion series Rastamouse.
Temple Run sprints into traditional games
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVE / RETAILSpin Master Games has partnered with Washington, D.C.-based indie mobile games studio Imangi Studios to produce traditional games based on the hit adventure app Temple Run.
Hasbro sees Q1 sales drop
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILWhile experiencing a first quarter loss of US$2.6 million in 2012, the world’s number-two toyco reported 4% and 2% revenue increases in the boys and preschool product categories respectively, and international revenues grew 14% to US$289.7 million.
And the French Licensing Awards winners are…
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILTurner’s hit property Ben 10 and Warner’s DC Comics brand were among the winners at The French Licensing Federation’s (F2D2) inaugural Licensing Awards ceremony which honored the best licensing properties on the French market between January 1 and December 31, 2011.
New licensees for Masters of the Universe
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILMattel and Classic Media have inked a raft of new consumer products deals for its iconic Masters of the Universe brand.
Abbey secures Cloudbabies UK DVD rights
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILIn a joint venture deal, UK-based children’s home entertainment distributor Abbey Home Media has snagged exclusive UK DVD rights to Hoho Entertainment’s latest preschool CG-animated series Cloudbabies with the first title set for release this fall.
Scholastic’s Goblins to get film treatment
COMPANIES / CONSUMER PRODUCTSPortland, Oregon-based animation company Laika (Coraline, the upcoming ParaNorman) has optioned the Philip Reeve-penned novel Goblins for the big screen as a 3D, stop-motion animated film for all ages.
Lawless to rep The Little Prince in North America
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILL.A.-based Lawless Entertainment has been awarded licensing and merchandising representation in the US and Canada by Propertiz Licensing and Sogex for The Little Prince brand and animated series based on the world-famous novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Geronimo Stilton book series heads to Romania
COMPANIES / CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILRomania’s RAO Publishing House has snapped up translation rights for the Geronimo Stilton Funny Tales book series in a five-year deal with Milan, Italy-based Atlantyca Entertainment.
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