Mattel, Inc. and EPIC Resort Destinations, LLC. announced today that Mattel Adventure Park in Glendale, Arizona will feature additional brand activations from Barbie, Masters of the Universe, and Mattel Games when it opens in 1Q 2023. These Mattel brands join the previously announced Hot Wheels roller … more

Bulldog Licensing has announced that Helena Mansell-Stopher will be joining the company as Retail Licensing Director. Helena’s reputation very much precedes her, having held senior positions at Hit, 4Kids, Marvel and most recently as UK Consumer Products Territory Lead at Mattel. During her career, she has … more

As children head back to school, a new study by the Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association (LIMA) – the global trade association for licensing - has revealed the nation's favourite licensed toy brands amongst British children and what we can expect to see adorning backpacks, pencil cases and lunch … more

Leading international broadcaster, Chello Zone, today announced the acquisition of brand new series, Heroes Of The City, for children’s channel JimJam, from Your Family Entertainment AG, Munich. Set to premiere on the international pre-school channel this May, the 26-part 3D-animated series ... more

ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has appointed Anya Hollis as VP, Agents, reporting to Trudi Hayward, SVP, Head of Global Merchandising. Anya’s remit is to manage international licensing agents for ITVS GE’s wholly owned properties such as Thunderbirds and third party representations ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world’s leading pre-school entertainment companies, has launched the Thomas & Friends Tracks4Thomas campaign, in partnership with Hamleys. “The Railway Series” began as a collection of stories featuring Thomas the Tank Engine™, created by the Reverend W. Awdry to ... more

The premier junior entertainment channel in the region, MBC3 delivers a programming mix of children’s education and entertainment that connects with and stimulates the imaginations of young Arabs aged between three and fourteen. The channel engages with its audience in a dynamic way, while ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading children's entertainment producers and rights owners, today announced that Shari Donnenfeld has been appointed to the newly created position of Head of HIT Global Brands. This appointment further supports HIT’s commitment to creating and ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world’s leading children’s entertainment producers and rights-owners, today announced a major deal that will see the new CGI series of ‘Thomas & Friends’ air on Japanese public broadcaster NHK for the very first time. Broadcast distribution on NHK will significantly ... more

The premier junior entertainment channel in the region, MBC3 delivers a programming mix of children’s education and entertainment that connects with and stimulates the imaginations of young Arabs aged between three and fourteen. The channel engages with its audience in a dynamic way, while ... more

Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire HIT Entertainment for $680 million in cash from a consortium led by Apax Partners funds. HIT Entertainment owns a global portfolio of popular preschool brands, including Thomas & Friends®, Barney®, Bob the ... more

Zodiak Kids, Zodiak Media Group’s children’s production and distribution arm, is delighted to announce the launch of a Little Princess live theatre tour from February 2012. Award-winning family entertainment and West End producers M4 Entertainment Ltd, BOS Ltd and PW Productions Ltd will present the UK ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights-owners, is set to ramp up its digital portfolio with a host of brand-new apps which will launch Autumn/Winter 2011 across some of its most popular pre-school brands. Both ‘Bob the ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights-owners, has today announced an extensive deal with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that gives the broadcaster additional TV rights to over 60 hours of programming from ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world’s leading independent children’s entertainment producers and rights-owners, today announced two significant broadcast deals serving to further the presence of popular preschool brands ‘Thomas & Friends’, ‘Bob the Builder’ and ‘Barney’ in two key Asian markets ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world’s leading independent children’s entertainment producers and rights owners, and Haynes announce the launch of the Bob the Builder Owners’ Workshop Manual which is available to buy in stores from today, 1 September. Bob the Builder fans can now find out just ... more

Mattel, Inc. today reported 2011 second quarter financial results. For the quarter, the company reported net income of $80.5 million compared to last year’s second quarter net income of $51.6 million. "For the second quarter, I am very pleased with the continued global momentum across our portfolio… more

Today Egmont publishes the first new Thomas the Tank Engine Railway Series title in four years to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the creator Rev. W. Awdry’s birth. The historic Railway Series originally began as short stories told by the Rev. W. Awdry to his young son, Christopher. Carrying ... more

The world’s number one engine is going first class! To celebrate the centenary of the birth of the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, the Royal Mail has issued a set of ten ‘Thomas & Friends’ stamps featuring Thomas and other favourite engines. From Tuesday, 14 June, the little blue engine and his friends will send … more

According to media reports private equity owner Apax Partners are selling the entertainment rights company HIT Entertainment for app. 1.1 billion Euros or best offer. HIT Entertainment owns the rights to numerous hit properties including Thomas the Tank Engine, Bob the Builder, Angelina Ballerina, and … more