Paramount and SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog movie has set a new record for a video game-big screen adaptation, ringing in a three-day domestic opening of $58 million in the US. The film’s projected four-day gross of $70 million is among the best showings for a Presidents Day long weekend opening. …
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Bulldog Licensing has labelled the growth of the Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir as nothing short of ‘phenomenal’, while the UK audience for the series has just been named the second largest in the world. The European licensing agency – who currently handles the licensing programme for the …
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Kids Insights, the kids’ market intelligence specialists, and part of The Insights People, is continuing its plans for global expansion with the launch into its eighth market with the establishment of Kids Insights Brazil. The move marks the fourth continent to now house a Kids Insights unit, and will mean …
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BuzzFeed has partnered with the games publisher Buffalo Games to release a new line of party games under its new BuzzFeed Games imprint, kicking off with three titles available from Autumn this year. The initial launch will include BuzzFeed 2000’s Trivia, BuzzFeed Listicles, and BuzzFeed’s Tasty- Cooking Chaos. Each game …
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In its first full calendar year of sales back in 2018, BuzzFeed’s licensing division totalled $135 million in licensed products. By the end of 2019, it had almost doubled that with $260 million. It’s according the media platform’s SVP of global brand licensing, Eric Karp that the company is now …
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More news from Moonbug’s ongoing plans for global expansions has arrived as the firm behind the success of Little Baby Bum has scooped up the popular Korean animated series Arpo. Throughout 2020, Moonbug will produce 26 premium three to five minute episodes of the slapstick animated comedy on global OTT …
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Monopoly is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year with a robust consumer products programme that will include a Swarovski crystal adorned game board, apparel and shoes, limited edition art, winter sports gear, and collectable toys. The programme will see Hasbro build on the family game brand’s global popularity that has …
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Anderson Entertainment has turned to Tiny Giants to redevelop the British ’80s children’s sci-fi series, …
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The NBA has partnered with the team behind CryptoKitties, the hit blockchain-based collectors game, to …
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Bandai Namco is opening a new division that will focus on making mobile games for …
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USAopoly has struck a new partnership with HBO Licensing and Retail for the launch of …
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Amscan International has confirmed the launch of a line of Peppa Pig party goods, expanding …
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The Emoji brand is entering the dairy aisle this season thanks to an exclusive new …
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