Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Genius Brands International have expanded last year’s North American home entertainment distribution agreement to include worldwide marketing and distribution of Genius Brands’ Kid Genius and Baby Genius labels and properties. On top of the broader agreement, SPHE has taken an equity stake in Genius Brands.
“The global distribution deal between Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Genius Brands provides a myriad of growth opportunities for both companies and coordinated global marketing for each of our brands as well as for our rapidly growing Kid Genius and Baby Genius channels” said Andy Heyward, Chairman and CEO of Genius Brands. “We look forward to working with SPHE to source, develop and produce valuable commercial children’s ‘content with a purpose’ for global audiences.”
Among the Genius Brands properties encompassed by the global deal are music- and fashion-driven tween girls’ brand SpacePOP, which debuted at retail in Q4 2016 following a successful digital animated content launch; the relaunch of the Baby Genius series; Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaire’s Club and Stan Lee’s Cosmic Crusaders.
“Genius Brands offers an incredible value to the worldwide marketplace in providing content with a purpose to children and family audiences around the globe. We are pleased to bring our global capabilities to this expanded relationship with Genius,” said Bill Stellman, SPHE’s EVP and CFO.
