Tag: American Greetings
‘Care Bears’ Owner Cloudco Sells to IVEST for $100 Million
Niche consumer & licensed products investment firm IVEST Consumer Products has acquired Cloudco -- the company that owns classic brands such as Care Bears,...
Mercury Filmworks Appoints Chief Talent Officer, Recruiting at Ottawa
Mercury Filmworks, Canada's premier animation studio, has appointed its first Chief Talent Officer, David Keneford, to build a high-performance talent management infrastructure that engages...
Mercury Filmworks Greenlights ‘BloopyMerps’ from In-House Creative Trio
With plans to nurture its own in-house talent to develop career paths and create new opportunities, Mercury Filmworks, Canada’s premier animation studio, announced today...
Basic Fun! Cuddles Up with ‘Care Bears’ in Master Toy Deal
Florida-based toy and novelties company Basic Fun! has been awarded the master toy rights to Cloudco Entertainment’s reinvigorated Care Bears property in North America...
Sixteen South Announces ‘Lily’s Driftwood Bay’ Sales, New Sales Manager
Belfast-based Sixteen South Rights has announced further sales for its global hit preschool series Lily’s Driftwood Bay, as well as the appointment of Alex...
Hasbro Acquires Saban Brands ‘Power Rangers,’ ‘Popples’ & More
Hasbro has inked a definitive agreement to purchase Saban Properties entertainment brands including Power Rangers, My Pet Monster, Popples, Julius Jr., Luna Petunia, Treehouse...
DHX Media Snaps Up ‘Peanuts’ & ‘Strawberry Shortcake’
Canada-based kids content company DHX Media has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the entertainment division of Iconix Brand Group, which includes an 80%...
AGE Taps Diagonal View for ‘Buddy Thunderstruck’ YouTube Channel
American Greetings Entertainment, the IP and outbound licensing division of American Greetings, has teamed up with Sky UK-owned social content producer Diagonal View to...
Gaumont, AGE Team to Relaunch ‘Herself the Elf’
American Greetings Entertainment -- the IP and outbound licensing division of American Greetings Corp. -- and leading European kids' entertainment producer Gaumont Animation have...
‘DC Super Hero Girls’ L&M Program Takes Flight
The all-new, younger-skewing universe of DC Super Hero Girls is ready to take the world by storm as Warner Bros. Consumer Products, in partnership...
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The Women Who Are Changing Animation, One of Hollywood’s Most Sexist Industries
Inverse’s Megan Logan talks with Women In Animation about gender issues in the...
OddBot, Tails of Whimsy Partner for ‘Mackie McKeens’
Los Angeles-based animation studio OddBot, Inc. has optioned The Mighty Machines of Mackie McKeens from The Art of Daryl Slaton LLC -- best known...
Iconix Gobbles Up ‘Strawberry Shortcake’
Iconix Brand Group has amped up its kids entertainment presence by reaching an agreement with American Greetings to acquire its decades-old Strawberry Shortcake brand...
LIMA Elects New Chairman, Directors
Rick Van Brimmer of The Ohio State University has been elected chairman of the board of The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association. He succeeds...
A Squared Ent. Merges with Genius Brands
Genius Brands International and Andy Heyward's A Squared Entertainment have joined forces to create an intellectual property and multimedia content creation and distribution company....
‘Packages from Planet X’ Celebrates Early ‘Pranksgiving’
Disney XD is serving up a special Pranksgiving episode of its news series Packages from Planet X on Monday (Nov. 4). The new prank-themed...
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+ kaboom! Entertainment, Phase 4 Films' kids & family label, has inked a deal with American Greetings for French Canadian DVD and EST rights...
‘Packages from Planet X’ Arrives on Disney XD
Disney XD will premiere the new animated series Packages from Planet X this Saturday (July 13) at 8:30 a.m. as part of its Randomation...
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+ Catalan animation producer/distributor Neptuno Films has closed a raft of sales for its slate of long lived toon series. Dougie in Disguise and...
Assorted Nuts Signs New Deal with Reel Muzik
Swedish animation company Assorted Nuts Entertainment, the studio behind toons such as Monkey Business and The Goob has signed an agreement with music publishing...
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