Grammy Award-winning powerhouse hip hop group The Roots and pop sensation Fifth Harmony will join a stellar music lineup that includes Jessie J, Nick Jonas, Meghan Trainor, Echosmith and The Vamps for the Nickelodeon HALO Awards, premiering Sunday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. (ET/PT) … more

Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) today named Ross Martin to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Marketing Strategy and Engagement for Viacom Media Networks. In his role, Martin will oversee Viacom Media Networks' corporate research, data, and creative strategy teams … more

The partnership will feature initiatives delivered across Google platforms, including Google for Education, Google+, Google Play and YouTube. Together, the companies are helping moviegoers connect to the film through immersive experiences, exclusive content and detailed information on how to see the … more

Nickelodeon has ordered a 20-episode second season of the new preschool hit Dora and Friends: Into the City!, featuring global phenomenon Dora in all-new adventures, with new friends and a new curriculum. The newly imagined Latina heroine launched on TV Aug. 18 and is now set to make her debut in the … more

Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids, and Breakthrough Entertainment debut the live-action, buddy-comedy series Max & Shred on Monday, Oct 6, at 7:30p.m. (ET/PT). The series chronicles the hilarious and unlikely friendship between Max Asher (Jonny Gray), a celebrity … more

Nickelodeon will empower kids to get up and get active when its TV channels, websites and app go off air and offline for its 11th Annual Worldwide Day of Play (WWDoP) on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. (all times ET/PT). Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nick.com, NickJr.com … more

BET Networks today announced that it has appointed Pete Danielsen as Executive Vice President of Program Planning, Scheduling & Acquisitions. Danielsen, a former Nickelodeon executive, will lead the team responsible for all aspects of program planning, scheduling and acquisitions at BET Networks … more

From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg and in association with Hasbro, Inc., Paramount Pictures' $1 billion worldwide blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction makes its highly-anticipated debut September 30, 2014 on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD and VOD … more

Taking more than 100 pitches over three days during its first-ever open call for animated projects at this year's Comic-Con International, Nickelodeon has announced it will greenlight Cupcakery of Doom, created by Trevor Reece of Eureka, Calif., a writer for The Press Democrat newspaper's comics blog … more

The Fresh Beat Band, Nickelodeon's preschool music group and stars of the Emmy Award-winning TV series of the same name, head back on the road for a brand-new nationwide concert tour Nov. 5-Feb. 15. The Fresh Beat Band Greatest Hits Live presented by Nickelodeon will travel to nearly 40 cities … more

Viacom Inc.'s (NASDAQ:VIAB and VIA) Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids, and Paramount Television divisions are teaming up for the first time to produce the new live-action, musical-comedy series School of Rock, based on the 2003 hit film from Paramount Picture … more

New senior appointments have been made by leading licensing business Character World to further strengthen its growing EMEA team. This follows the recent announcement that the business hit its ambitious sales targets in EMEA for 2013*. Andreas Niedergesäss has joined the business as EMEA Director, while Kerry Fox-Long has been appointed Head of Creative EMEA and Martin Oesten as Territory Manager for the Nordic and Baltic regions. more

LIMA is pleased to name Christine Thomas, Senior Licensing Executive at Entertainment One UK as the winner of ist inaugural UK Rising Stars Award. The award ceremony took place on the evening of 24th July at LIMA UK’s annual Young Professionals Network party, hosted at the offices of … more

Hoho Rights, the commercial arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of kids’ production and rights company Hoho Entertainment, has appointed Active Merchandising to represent its high-flying pre-school property Cloudbabies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The key appointment follows the … more

Moschino creative head Jeremy Scott used SpongeBob as the inspiration for a range of ready-to-wear apparel, shoes and accessories for fall/winter. 

 The range includes women’s apparel and accessories, women’s and men’s shoes and a number of unisex pieces. SpongeBob also made another Italian ... more

Since the start of merchandising sales last fall, the Turtles consumer products have brought in more than $475 million in global retail sales, according to the company. That includes about $250 million from the U.S., with the rest coming from international markets. Kim Kaufman, Chief Marketing Officer and ... more

Since 2011, the animated series of My Little Pony is aired on Nickelodeon and watched by an enthusiastic audience, generating high TV ratings and a huge fan community. From September onwards, when NICI’s licensed collection is going to be on sale in Germany and Austria … more

Nickelodeon fans have spoken! Voting for their favorites in television, sports, music and film, kids everywhere have made their voices heard as the network announces the nominees for Nickelodeon’s 26th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards, airing Saturday, March 23. Vying for the sought-after blimp award are ... more

2013, the eleventh Day of Licensing raises its curtain to present successful topics, innovative creations and merchandising rights and attractive promotional and marketing campaigns. 27 high-profile licensors and agencies will share basic knowledge regarding the most important and brand new ... more

Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) and its Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) division, today unveiled in-depth findings from its groundbreaking new study, “The Next Normal: An Unprecedented Look at Millennials Worldwide,” which provides the first truly global portrait of this highly influential ... more