Deals in Brief – May 21, 2024

Brands & Rights 360 to sell PBS KIDS shows globally, Miraculous Corp fuels up on food & beverage deals, and Banijay signs new agents for its four-season Mr. Bean toon.
May 21, 2024
  • PBS International has contracted Brands & Rights 360 to help distribute the US pubcaster’s kids content as a sales agent. Brands & Rights will now sell series including Arthur, Lyla in the Loop and Elinor Wonders Why globally. 
  • New ZAG/Mediwan joint-venture Miraculous Corp is meeting an appetite for licensed food & beverage products with several new partners. Covering the US and Europe, Surprise Drinks (beverages with collectibles), The Ricky Joy Company (drinks and snacks), Dolfin (confectionery) and San Carlo (potato chips) have just joined the consumer products program for Miraculous, as have regional F&B partners such as Saudi Arabian fast-food chain Herfy and Turkey’s İÇİM. 
  • Banijay Kids & Family has appointed new licensing agents to represent Mr Bean: The Animated Series (pictured) in the UK (Bulldog Licensing), Australia/New Zealand (WP Brands) and India (Black White Orange), as well as inking a deal with Danbury Mint to manufacture and distribute a plush toy based on Bean’s teddy bear in the US, Germany and the UK. Warner Bros. Discovery (for Cartoonito and HBO Max in EMEA, Southeast Asia and South Asia) and ITVX (UK and Ireland) ordered a fourth season of the toon in January to air in 2025.
  • Libertas Brands has signed international licensing agents Retail Monster (North America), Haven Global (Australia and New Zealand), Creative Minds (Japan), FIR Ventures (Greater China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and WildBrain CPLG (rest of world) to expand the global reach of Fuggler. Libertas will continue to manage the ugly toy brand in the UK and Ireland. 
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