Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released in the summer of 2009, instead of this November.
Jetix Consumer Products has signed a deal with The Really Useful Group to handle merchandising for the musicals Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats, Starlight Express and Evita across all European territories, Israel and the Middle East.
Galleon Entertainment was granted the licensing rights to children’s properties, “A Kind of Magic,” “Oggy” and “Rahan.”
Exodus Film Group added ICEE and Sylvan Learning to an already extensive list of partners to the soon-to-be-released animated feature, “Igor.”
Cartoon Network and Boomerang will relaunch the ’60s television classic, “The Banana Splits” on Sept. 2.
Character World is to launch a new collection of household textiles for Twentieth Century Fox’s animated show “Family Guy.
Robert Traub was recently named licensing vice president, Americas for Chorion.
Nicklodeon & Viacom Consumer Products and Imation have set out to create a new line of youth-friendly electronics, inspired by the “iCarly” television show.
MGM Consumer Products has named Golden Globe-nominated actress Emmy Rossum as the official spokesperson for its new cause-related marketing initiative, PiNKiTUDE.
