The animated adventures of a six-and three-quarter-year-old pig called Olivia, who has inspired an unlikely quasi-feminist movement in the pre-school market, have helped media company Chorion report ...

The British children’s rights company, whose kids’ properties include the Nick Jr show Olivia, is set to bid for Thomas the Tank Engine. The bidding process has yet to begin though. Apax Partners, the ...

"Noddy" joins stable of properties already boasting "Postman Pat," "Lassie" and "Where's Waldo." By Stuart Kemp Noddy Car - H 2012 LONDON – U.S. group Classic Media has coralled rights to iconic ...

Chorion, the media firm behind Toytown's Noddy, said yesterday it hoped to finalise a deal before the end of the year to add the Mr Men characters to its portfolio of children's icons. Chorion, which ...

LONDON — Chorion, a U.K. rights outfit that exports children’s favorite “Noddy,” has forked out an undisclosed sum for the rights to author Raymond Chandler’s books including Los Angeles gumshoe ...

Retooled British media company Chorion may have found the ideal corporate mascot in Olivia the Pig. Made popular in a series of children’s books, Olivia is set to become Chorion’s next major TV title ...

When Jon Scieszka and his editor at Simon & Schuster, Justin Chanda, first discussed the idea for Scieszka's preschool boys' brand, Trucktown, it included not only 52 books, but online games, social ...

After a £28m deal, UK intellectual property outfit Chorion has finally acquired the Mr Men kids characters, uniting Mr Tickle and the gang with the company’s existing characters Noddy and Big Ears.

Madonna may not have heard of Enid Blyton but that hasn't stopped television network Five forming a strategic alliance with the owner of Blyton's literary works to develop programmes based on the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Make way for Noddy, indeed. One property can transform a company in the entertainment rights sector which ...

Speculation that British character licensing entertainment company Chorion is closing in on a $700 million deal to acquire global kids character "Thomas the Tank Engine" from Apax Partners is "very ...