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Falcon’s Beyond Announces BeyondME Platform to Bring Digital and Real-world Experiences into Metaverse

Falcon’s Beyond, a leading fully integrated global entertainment development company specializing in intellectual property (IP) creation and expansion, has announced BeyondME, a new fan loyalty and online game platform that will enable players of all ages to connect, personalize, and be rewarded for their engagement across both digital and real-world experiences. BeyondME will be powered by Falcon’s own proprietary and patent-pending ÄEONXP technology, designed to transform individual experiences into a connected and persistent gaming ecosystem that extends engagement, creates player agency, and encourages repeat visitation.

Fred Rogers Productions and Warner Music Group Celebrate ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’ 10th Anniversary with Album

Fred Rogers Productions, the award-winning children’s educational media organization, and Warner Music Group’s Arts Music division are marking the 10th anniversary of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, the beloved Emmy Award-winning PBS KIDS series, with a new digital music album. “10 Years of Tiger Tunes!,” the latest Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood music release, is available on all digital platforms now.

Trilogy Animation Group (TAG) to Introduce Robust Slate of 5 Animated Kids’ Service at MIPJunior

Trilogy Animation Group (TAG), the animation studio dedicated to producing and developing quality family entertainment for audiences worldwide, is showcasing five exciting animated kids’ series at MIPJunior for the first time. TAG, which acquired the complete portfolio of PorchLight Entertainment IP, including its well-loved Emmy-nominated preschool series, Jay Jay The Jet Plane, and Emmy-winning Tutenstein for the school-age set, is updating the two celebrated shows for a new generation as well as presenting original series that will further grow TAG’s viewing audience. The new TAG shows will be introduced at MIPJunior and MIPCOM 2022, October 15-20, in Cannes, France.

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Sesame Street’s 53rd Season Launches Thursday, November 3 on Cartoonito on HBO MAX

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind decades of award-winning educational content, announced Sesame Street’s 53rd season will debut on Thursday, November 3 on Cartoonito on HBO Max. Episodes of the iconic children’s series, 35 in all, will drop every Thursday. The season will stream on PBS KIDS in Fall 2023.

Los Angeles Toy Company Adventuretown Toy Emporium Launches World’s First Customized Subscription Box

Adventuretown Toy Emporium was busy during the pandemic creating a new product that will help parents keep their child developmentally on track. “In August of 2020 when the 2nd Covid wave hit, I realized that this pandemic wasn’t going to go away any time soon and that pandemic-related isolation was going to have a profound effect on the development of the youngest children. You can’t lock a child in a house for 2 years and not expect that their development would be delayed,” states Annamarie von Firley, President of Adventuretown Toy Emporium. The most recent research bears this out. In January, studies were released that show that children who were as young as 6 months old when the U.S. pandemic lockdown began show “significant developmental delays”. That is why Ms. von Firley and her team of experts created Fledglings’ Flight.

All in the Family: The Zawitz Family

Our feature story highlighting the Zawitz family came to fruition in an unusual way. I had met Nick and knew a bit about the Tangle story of course, but it was Isabelle Hodges, their new team member who also consults on our POP website, who suggested we feature the Zawitz family. Richard shared his thoughts on Tangle’s life-affirming three generation story, and I know you will enjoy reading them as much as I did.

Build-A-Bear to Unveil NFT Collection and Unique Collectible Bear Encrusted with Swarovski Crystals and Red Crystal Heart

Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW), announced it is entering the new Web3 realm with the release of its first non-fungible tokens (NFTs) which are unique, ownable and transferrable digital items. Build-A-Bear’s offering will feature both digital and real-life collectible components. In partnership with NFT platform Sweet, the company will launch the first of three phases of this unique NFT collection as part of its ongoing 25th anniversary celebration on Tuesday, October 4.

La Borinqueña Flies Into Action for Puerto Rico

Just short of the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria’s landfall in Puerto Rico, Hurricane Fiona has brought devastating floods and power outages once again to the island. Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez and his Brooklyn based independent creative services studio, SOMOS ARTE, created La Borinqueña (pronounced “la Borinˈkenya”) superhero as a symbol of hope from the wake of destruction left by Hurricane Maria. Now, La Borinqueña is, once again, stepping into rescue-mode and is sending out a call to action for those individuals and organizations looking to get involved in the recovery and reconstruction efforts in Puerto Rico.

PlanToys and TOYCYCLE Partner to Minimize Environmental Impact of Children’s Toys

PlanToys, the global leader in sustainable toy manufacturing, announced that the celebrated second-hand children’s marketplace, TOYCYCLE, will be the preferred partner of the manufacturer to buy and sell second-hand toys effective immediately. “The problem is offloading all that stuff in a short period of time when you’re busy working and trying to raise kids,” says Rhonda Collins, Founder and CEO of TOYCYCLE. “We had no more use for the cradles after about five months, but we did need cribs at that point. The bouncers and swings were replaced by jumperoos around 7 months,” says Collins. “And of course, the clothing and the toys – it all has to be swapped out every few months in the early years.”