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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chorion deal to snag ‘Thomas’ is ‘premature’ Speculation that British character licensing entertainment company Chorion is closing in on a $700 million deal to acquire global kids character "Thomas ...

Media content group Chorion has sold its stake in Agatha Christie Limited to Acorn Productions Limited for an undisclosed cash sum. The deal involved 64% of the Agatha Christie estate, with the Agatha ...

LONDON — Chorion, the U.K. rights agency behind preschool series “Make Way for Noddy,” is looking for international production partners for animation skeins based on other children’s characters ...

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.

Chorion, the leisure and entertainment group, is searching for a head of children’s brands to develop its portfolio of kids’ characters, which includes Noddy and The Famous Five. The post has been ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Deal covers literary-based brands. By Billboard Staff EMI Music Publishing U.K. has entered into a long-term agreement with Chorion, one of Britain’s leading owner of classic literary-based brands.