Pittsburgh’s own Fred Rogers Productions (FRP) recently relocated to the SouthSide Works neighborhood to a workspace that is both practical and cost-effective while fostering creative inspiration important to the company’s mission of providing quality entertainment for children and their families.
Licensing International, in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and Netflix, hosted a live event to announce the results of the 2022 Global Study of Diversity in Licensing. The study, which was first established in 2020, is in its second-year measuring benchmarks across the licensing industry in an effort to hold the industry accountable for its diversity & inclusion commitments placed in 2020.
Social media influencer JoJo Siwa, her mother, entrepreneur, and business partner Jessalynn Siwa, are pleased to announce a series of new licensing deals and Consumer Product partnerships for their all-girl group XOMG POP!, brokered in conjunction with Thomas Global Media.
Licensing Works! the exclusive merchandise licensing agent, on behalf of Licensor, Kewpie Corporation, is pleased to expand the Kewpie Brand with officially licensed merchandise for today’s generation. Dropping this week is a Kewpie x ONCH collaboration featuring the iconic Kewpie characters on jewelry and skateboards designed by ONCH.
Independent content creation, distribution and licensing company Epic Story Media Inc (ESM) has started production on animated series Mia & Codie and a second season of Luna, Chip and Inkie: Adventure Rangers Go, with sales for both having launched at the upcoming MIPJr market.
Award-winning global independent animation studio ZAG and multinational food-products corporation Danone have partnered to bring a range of healthy foods and beverages to children and families across Spain and Portugal. Three of the Danone’s product lines—Actimel, Font Vella, and Danone Natural Yogurt—will feature the superheroes from ZAG’s flagship property, Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. The announcement was made by Jeremy Zag, Founder and CEO, ZAG.
MGA Entertainment (MGA), one of the world’s largest and fastest growing privately held toy companies, announced the premiere of the all-new L.O.L. Surprise! Winter Fashion Show movie, available for streaming on Netflix globally – excluding China – beginning Saturday, October 22, 2022. The sixty-minute movie will bring to life the L.O.L. Surprise! fashion show characters and toy segment which is rolling out across retailers just in time for the holidays.
Prime Video has announced the premiere date for its upcoming unscripted competition series Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge, along with the competing bakers. Hosted by actress, author, producer, and Emmy award-winning host Tamera Mowry-Housley with baking icons Clarice Lam and Joshua John Russell as judges, all eight episodes of the series will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on December 13. In the U.S. and UK, Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge will also premiere simultaneously on the free ad-supported service, Amazon Freevee.
Hess Corporation announced its Holiday ‘22 season with the release of the Hess Flatbed Truck with Hot Rods on sale exclusively at HessToyTruck.com with 9 Energizer batteries included. Anticipate those sights and sounds on Christmas morning with the 42 lights and 4 realistic sounds from this revved up 3-in-1 toy truck set. “Gift givers will cherish joyous moments of the kids immersing themselves in valuable imaginative play with this action-packed truck and hot rods trio” said Justin Mayer, Hess Toy Truck General Manager. “Millions of families over nearly 60 years have included the gifting of a Hess Toy Truck as part of their yearly holiday tradition.”