By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter Paramount Consumer Products has announced Dan Cook is joining the company as Senior Vice President of Global E-Commerce. Paramount Consumer Products oversees all licensing and merchandising for Paramount. Paramount is a global entertainment company that creates media content and experiences for a global audience. In addition, Paramount … [Read more...] about Who’s News: Paramount Consumer Products Taps Dan Cook As New Executive Hire
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Celebrity Licensing: Fisher-Price Gets Fierce and Fabulous With RuPaul Collection
By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter Drag queen icon RuPaul has sashayed into a tiny but fierce licensing deal for miniature figurines with Fisher Price. First introduced in 2019, the Little People Collector brand is part of Fisher-Price’s expansion into the adult collector demographic. The Little People Collector brand capitalizes on the nostalgic value of the Little People … [Read more...] about Celebrity Licensing: Fisher-Price Gets Fierce and Fabulous With RuPaul Collection
Netflix Woes Just Beginning As It Loses Key Show Licenses
By Gary Symons TLL Editor in Chief Netflix faces an existential threat as it will soon lose the licenses for many of its most-viewed shows to rival streaming services. The streaming pioneer is rightly lauded for leading the way for the entire industry, with a business model that dismantled Blockbuster and posed the upstart streamer as a bona fide threat to traditional … [Read more...] about Netflix Woes Just Beginning As It Loses Key Show Licenses
TV Licensing: Find Out if You’re Smarter Than a 5th Grader With New App
The popular show Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? is being turned into an app, thanks to a licensing deal between THQ Nordic and MGM. The two companies have announced plans to bring the classic Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? franchise to Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, as well as PC later this year. The game is in development with THQ Nordic-owned … [Read more...] about TV Licensing: Find Out if You’re Smarter Than a 5th Grader With New App
Project Makeover and Queer Eye Team Up on Mobile App
The hit show Queer Eye is developing its first mobile app in an exclusive partnership with Project Makeover, Magic Tavern’s top-downloaded mobile game. The collaboration will see the creative Queer Eye cast joining Project Makeover’s characters to help them glamorize, accessorize and revamp their clients’ looks by completing puzzles to win coins, mystery boxes, and gems to … [Read more...] about Project Makeover and Queer Eye Team Up on Mobile App
TV Licensing: BBC Lands Global Deal With Hasbro For Bluey Products
BBC Studios has sealed the deal for a global partnership with Hasbro for products inspired by the hit kids' show Bluey. The Emmy-award winning Bluey, produced by Australia's Ludo Studio, airs on Disney Junior, Disney Channel and Disney+. BBC says the new range will feature Bluey editions of the board games Monopoly Junior and Trouble, as well as Play-Doh, and will start … [Read more...] about TV Licensing: BBC Lands Global Deal With Hasbro For Bluey Products
Sesame Workshop Develops 360° Capture of Sesame Street Set with Epic Games
Sesame Workshop has received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games, which will be used to support the production of a 360° capture of the set. The $150,000 Epic MegaGrant helps with the creation of a high-definition digital version of the Sesame Street set that captures iconic locations including the 123 Sesame Street brownstone and its front stoop, Oscar’s trash can, Hooper’s … [Read more...] about Sesame Workshop Develops 360° Capture of Sesame Street Set with Epic Games
Metaverse Licensing: Narcos Enters the Metaverse Through Innovative Licensed Storytelling Project
By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter The metaverse world builder Everyrealm and entertainment producer Gaumont, have announced a licensed collaboration called Narcos in the Metaverse. The story-telling innovation Narcos in the Metaverse, is a social, web3, role-playing experience based on Gaumont's popular crime drama, Narcos. Gaumont specializes in producing local stories with … [Read more...] about Metaverse Licensing: Narcos Enters the Metaverse Through Innovative Licensed Storytelling Project
Who’s News: Cyber Group Promotes Raphaelle Mathieu to EVP
Cyber Group Studios has promoted Raphaelle Mathieu from SVP sales to a newly created role as Executive Vice President. Mathieu will now be in charge of all commercial activities worldwide for the French studio. She will work directly with CEO Pierre Sissmann and COO Dominique Bourse to plan strategies for overall growth. “As the company is now developing into an international … [Read more...] about Who’s News: Cyber Group Promotes Raphaelle Mathieu to EVP
The Point.1888 Signs Four Dozen New Licensees for Moonbug
By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter The Point.1888 and its EMEA sub agents have signed 48 new licensee deals for Moonbug Entertainment's popular brands Blippi, CoComelon, and Morphle. Founded in 2018, Moonbug Entertainment's programming is now distributed on more than 100 platforms in 26 languages around the world. The company is known for creating, producing and publishing … [Read more...] about The Point.1888 Signs Four Dozen New Licensees for Moonbug