Posts Tagged ‘HIt Entertainment’
|Barney and Other HIT Properties to Become Stage Shows
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
HIT Entertainment has signed deals with several producers of live stage musicals to develop, produce, and tour new shows for the HIT brands Barney, Angelina Ballerina, and Thomas & Friends. The shows will debut in the U.S. this fall and will tour through 2011.
Vee Corporation has signed on to be the exclusive producer of Barney Live. The preschool stage show, touring in North America and the Caribbean, will feature Barney, BJ, Baby Bop, Riff, and others.
Tags: Angelina Ballerina, Barney, HIt Entertainment, Thomas and Friends
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HIT Adds to Global Development Team, Names New Execs and Projects
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
HIT Entertainment has expanded its Global Development Team by naming four experts to the newly created Global Advisory Committee. The members of the committee include Dr. David Buckingham from The Institute of Education in London, and head of the Centre of Study of Children, Youth and Media in the UK; Dr. Sandra Calvert, professor in the department of psychology at Georgetown University, and director of the Children’s Digital Media Center; Dr. Renee Cherow-O’Leary, president of education for the 21st Century, a research and consulting firm in New York City; and Dr. Wendy Sims, associate chair of the department of learning, teaching, & curriculum at University of Missouri-Columbia and director of music education at the university’s School of Music.
Tags: HIt Entertainment
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HIT Partners with New Licensees for Thomas & Friends
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
HIT Entertainment has signed new licensees to develop, manufacture, and market new Thomas & Friends products. The agreement marks the first time HIT has worked with Tara Toys, Think Wow Toys, The Toy Workshop, and Upper Deck.
Tara Toys will develop a new arts and crafts line for the property including magnetic sets, rolling art desks, activity cases with pads, markers, crayons and stampers, giant activity floorpads, Sit n’ Play activity trays, and 5-in-1 activity easels. All of Tara Toys’ Thomas items will be available at both mass and specialty stores starting this fall.
Tags: HIt Entertainment, Tara Toys, The Toy Factory, Think Wow, Thomas & Friends, Upper Deck
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The Toy Book’s Toy Report 12/01/09
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Catch up on last week’s news! Read The Toy Book Toy Report for 12/01/09.
To view click here.
Tags: Barbie, Black Friday, Borders, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Buy.com, Caillou, ESPN, Famoso, Free Shipping Day, Hallmark, HIt Entertainment, Lego, Mattel, National Retail Federation, PayPal, Playmates Toys, Rainbow Brite, Reeves International, TOLO, Toy Industry Foundation, ToyQuest, Wal-Mart
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