Macy’s appoints SpongeBob Squarepants as holiday ambassador for 2014

Macy’s Parade & Entertainment Group and Nickelodeon recently announced that the beloved pop-culture phenomenon SpongeBob SquarePants…

‘Ninja Slayer’ trailer to be unveiled at Anime Expo 2014

‘Ninja Slayer’ was originally scribed by a pair of American authors and was translated into Japanese…

‘Breaking Bad’ gets animated with ‘Mr Men’

The popular TV series - ‘Breaking Bad’ - has been toonized by two indie animators, Jonny…

China’s Light Chaser Animation raises $20 million in venture capital

China’s Light Chaser Animation Studios has recently sealed a $20 million round of Series B funding,…

Kartun Studios to focus on 2D, 3D animation content for Malaysia

Based in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), it serves as the animation arm of the KRU group of…

MBC is set to bring ‘Scooby-Doo’ & ‘Tom and Jerry’ to the Middle East

Warner Bros. Consumer Products EMEA in association with Shooting Stars, its licensing agent for the Middle…

Allegre HKM scores license for Looney Tunes NBA co-branded plush

Warner Bros. Consumer Products EMEA (WBCP EMEA) has inked a multi-year Europe-wide deal with Allegre HKM,…

ITV Studios global entertainment brings ‘Thunderbirds Are Go!’ to the international stage at licensing expo 2014

ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) is unveiling exciting global licensing opportunities for its highly anticipated…

ITV Studios GE unveils UK broadcast and toy partners for ‘Super 4’

Following the signing of a unique partnership with Playmobil and co-producers Morgen Studios and Method Animation,…

‘Defining Sound’ with Pankaj Kedia

YouTube will be the dominant platform for media consumption in the next 5 years: Jeffrey Katzenberg

He recently stated that the online video streaming giant -YouTube - will become the dominant platform…

Mobile gaming to show major rise in next two years

A report from Juniper Research issued yesterday, ‘Mobile & Handheld Games: Discover, Monetise, Advertise 2014–2019’, found…

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