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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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, 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, 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, ...

Chorion, the character and brand licensing specialist, has reported a decline in turnover of 5.7% to £9.2m in the year to end-December 2002. Operating profit fell from £4.9m to £682,000 year on year, ...

Transatlantic rights outfit Chorion has struck a co-development agreement with China’s Shanghai Media Group (SMG). The companies have agreed to jointly work on animation properties for children aged ...

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 ...