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Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Caring for Each Other’ Webpage
For 50 years, Sesame Workshop has provided support for children and families around some of the most challenging situations in their lives. Many of these situations create great uncertainty — and while we don’t always know what to expect, we know that our Sesame Street…
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Paddington TV Series Best Children’s Preschool Series Award
Last week The Adventures of Paddington won the British Animation Awards’ Best Children’s Pre-School Series award! The British Animation Awards (BAA) helps to support, promote and credit the very best of productions and celebrates all that is great about the industry in the UK. The…
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Bing Enjoys Success as a World Book Day Title
Acamar Films’ award-winning preschool property, Bing, and its global publishing partner, HarperCollins Children’s Books, have had a strong start to the year thanks to a successful World Book Day. Bing’s Splashy Story is #3 in the overall children’s book charts and is also the third bestselling World Book Day 2020 title.…
ViacomCBS Consumer Products Showcase Expanded Portfolio at 2020 Melbourne Toy Fair Partner Presentation
ViacomCBS Consumer Products (VCP) showcased its diverse and ever-expanding portfolio of brands and properties to key retailers and licensees at its annual partner presentation in Melbourne last week. Mark Kingston, Senior Vice President of International for ViacomCBS CP, introduced partners to a new era of…
Donatello, Bumblebee and Robocop are the Stars of the New Direct Line Campaign
UK insurance company Direct Line have launched an exciting new advertising campaign featuring three popular licensed properties; RoboCop, Donatello from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Bumblebee from the Transformers franchise. Each character is the star of their own advert, all of which premiered simultaneously at…
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Market Wrap Updates from ViacomCBS
ViacomCBS announced completion of the merger of CBS and Viacom end of last year creating a leading, global premium content powerhouse with global scale including leadership positions in markets across Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia. ViacomCBS will be home to…
We Speak to Marco Hüsges — CEO & Founder of the emoji company
Marco can you tell us a little about your ongoing brand development and protection of your character library and also your new 3D and augmented reality advancement? The emoji company is the owner of the emoji® trademark in 100+ jurisdictions all over the world and…
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Another Big Year For Smash Hit Bluey
Home-grown animated series Bluey continues to win hearts across Australia and the world. A smash hit with families, Bluey has been widely praised for its joyous yet honest portrayal of young family life. In the last 12 months it has become one of Australia’s most…
Universal Brand Development — March 2020
We speak to Jo Pascoe — Universal Brand Development VP Consumer Products Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and India. Thank you for speaking with The Bugg Report. As an introduction, can you tell us about Universal Brand Development? Universal Brand Development (UBD) was established…
