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 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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Hit Entertainment, the U.K. firm behind preschooler skeins “Barney” and “Bob the Builder,” is joining the bidding battle for rights house Chorion, whose properties include “Noddy,” Agatha Christie’s ...

LONDON, UK – Classic Media announced that it has acquired the rights to Olivia from media content group Chorion. Olivia originated as an award-winning book series by Ian Falconer that has inspired a ...

Chorion, the company that owns the licence for children’s characters Noddy and Mr Men, has strengthened its management team with the appointment of three new senior marketers. Former Fox and Disney ...

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 ...

Chorion, a family entertainment provider and owner of such brands as Noddy, Mr Men and Paddington Bear has been forced into administration after failing to renegotiate a £70m debt mountain. Lord Alli ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chorion has sold the rights to the 40-year-old children's’ character range Mr Men and Little Miss to Sanrio, ...