Tag: Angry Birds
Marie-Laure Roche Joins Jetpack as Interim Global Head of Sales
Global indie kids’ content distributor Jetpack Distribution has brought on industry expert Marie-Laure Roche as interim global head of sales. She is covering for...
Sony/Rovio’s ‘Angry Birds 2’ Flies Low with $16.2 Mil Week
Three years ago, when the original Angry Birds Movie debuted in theaters, it was able to deliver over $38 million in its first three...
Feathered Frenzy: ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’ Returns with a Cool Twist
Whether or not you were addicted to the original Angry Birds game developed by Rovio around 10 years ago, the success of the first...
CAKE Hatches New ‘Angry Birds’ Series at Annecy
Brand-new character designs have come out of the shell for the much-anticipated new Angry Birds (52 x 11’) animated series. A CAKE production developed...
Stuttgart: ITFS Ventures in VR, ‘Spies in Disguise’ at FMX
New technologies for the creative industry will be under the spotlight at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS; www.itfs.de/en), which will introduce...
TV & Streaming News Round-Up 2
Read part one here.
CAKE is teaming up with new kids’ content co. Ferly (previously Kaiken Ent., founded by former Rovia execs and Angry Birds...
TV & Streaming News Round-Up
With Kidscreen Summit kicking the spring market season into serious gear next week and first quarter check-ins from major networks, there’s an avalanche of...
John Leonhardt Joins Crunchyroll as Head of Consumer Products
Crunchyroll has brought on board licensing veteran John Leonhardt as its new Head of Consumer Products. In this roll, Leonhardt is responsible for leading...
Broadcasters Dig in to CAKE Toons Ahead of ATF
CAKE has announced a number of deals for its selection of hit animated series to key broadcasters across Asia, ahead of the Asia Television...
CAKE Hatching First Long-Form ‘Angry Birds’ Toon
CAKE has been tapped by Rovio Entertainment Corp. to produce a brand-new, long-form animated series based on the global hit franchise Angry Birds. The...
BLE Bytes: Crunchyroll’s Awesome Anime, ‘Ghostbusters’ AR, ‘Peter Rabbit 2’ & More
Brand Licensing Europe kicks off in London this week, Oct. 9-11 at the Olympia. Learn more about the event at www.brandlicensing.eu.
Leading anime and...
BLE Preview: INK Group, Maurizio Distefano, Mondo TV, VIZ/Toei Panel
Brand Licensing Europe takes place October 9-11, 2018 in London, UK. (www.brandlicensing.eu)
INK Group will showcase two major titles at stand E70: Zafari and Masha...
Ex-Rovio Head Launches New Animation Co. Haruworks
A new Finland-based animation start-up studio has officially opened today, dubbed Haruworks. The company is headed by animation and mobile entertainment expert Nick Dorra...
CAKE Inks Multiseries Deal with Virgin TV Following App Launch
Kids entertainment co. CAKE has secured a distribution deal with Virgin TV which will bring programs from the CAKE catalog -- nearly 500 episodes...
Sony Sets 2019 Date for ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’
Franchise creator Rovio and Columbia Pictures have revealed the official release date for The Angry Birds Movie 2 -- the sequel will hit theaters...
2017 Licensing Awards Nominees Selected from Record Entries
The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA) has revealed the nominees for the 2017 International Licensing Awards, selected from a record number of submissions...
Rovio’s Mikael Hed Forms Kaiken, Buys TV & Pub Depts.
Mikael Hed, founder and former CEO of Rovio Entertainment (Angry Birds), has formed a new venture focused on animation, digital apps, and publishing: Kaiken...
Up to 10% of Jobs May Be Cut at Restructuring Rovio Animation
Rovio Entertainment, creator of the hit Angry Birds mobile game, entertainment and licensing franchise, may eliminate up to 35 jobs or nearly 10% of...
Daily News Bytes
How Women Modernized the Disney Princess
BuzzFeed's Ariane Lange revisits the studio's post-Walt princess history to follow the path of evolution from Ariel to Moana,...
Daily News Bytes
VIDEO: ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Teaser Trailer (2017)
Medieval knights! Dragons! Nazis! Mark Wahlberg! And robots from space! Michael Bay’s latest kajillion dollar franchise installment...
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