Features

According to NPD research, between June 2005 and June 2006 Woolworths was the top destination for licensed product. This is a position it is confident it can hang on to, especially as direct to retail deals grow in importance for the sector. Samantha Loveday speaks to licensing manager Sonya Little...

In the first of a regular series of special interviews, Licensing.biz invites the members of the licensing community itself to ask the questions. First up in the hotseat: David Binnie, General Manager, Warner Bros. Consumer Products UK…

Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben got it right when he told the young Spider-Man that with great power comes great responsibility. In the licensing industry we have an enormous amount of power when it comes to influencing choices and behaviour, but more than ever we have to consider our responsibilities...

The news that Lego is to be the sponsor for the CITV block on ITV1 is great news for ITV and good for Lego. But the irony was not lost on people in the kids' media industry and representing children's interests who have been campaigning to save kids' TV...

Next May, a team of licensing execs will take on the challenge of swimming around the Maltese Islands to raise money for The Light Fund. In his second column, Stephen Gould, co-managing director of 4Kids, updates on the team's progress...

On Sunday November 25th, the cream of the children's film and TV world will gather at the London Hilton on Park Lane for the British Academy Children's Awards...

Advanstar said that this year's Brand Licensing Europe was the best yet and the buzz certainly seemed to be back in Olympia's Grand Hall last month. But what did the exhibitors think? Did they achieve all they wanted to from attending? Samantha Loveday asks a selection...

I was never very good at conkers when I was younger, and I'm sorry to say that I haven't improved with age.