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 ...

Not long ago, mention of Agatha Christie would have conjured up images of musty crime mysteries read by little old ladies. But the grande dame of detective novels has been revitalised by 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mr Deficit looks set to join the cast of Mr Men characters managed by Chorion, the entertainment group owned by 3i and run by Lord Waheed Alli. Losses before tax have more than doubled at Chorion, ...

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, ...