LICENSING NEWS
BBC leads in
for Strictly
The World’s most watched
entertainment show, Strictly Come
Dancing, is to become a key licensing
brand for BBC Worldwide, with the
first phase of merchandised product to
launch in Autumn 2009.
The deals see BBC Worldwide
extend the success and popularity of
ClassicStock
BBC One’s top entertainment show in
to licensed ranges of glamorous Strictly
Mary Evans has recently added over 6000
Come Dancing themed clothing and stationery. Blueprint is also on board and set to
new images from American photo archive,
bring out a range of Strictly Come Dancing-themed stationery products. Danilo will
ClassicStock.
provide calendars and diaries.
The collection is a speciality collection
Meanwhile, new deals for the Top Gear brand have been signed with Half Moon
of vintage, retro, nostalgia, and historical
Bay to develop a design-led gift range featuring the new Top Gear art direction, and
images photographed and amassed by the
with Star Cut-Outs who were appointed to develop life-size Top Gear cardboard
H. Armstrong Roberts Company during its
cut-outs and wall stick-ups. Both licensees will launch their product in Autumn 09.
ninety year history. At the collection’s core is
The deal comes as BBC Worldwide revs up its commitment and focus across its
a wide range of professional model-released
adult brands portfolio under the guidance of new Commercial Director, Gavin Miller.
photographs, both humorous and serious,
proven over the years as superb illustrative
or attention-grabbing tools. The ClassicStock
collection includes some fantastic aviation
Captured before extinction?
photography and a significant number of older
historical photographs and prints.
A cult new British film
See: www.maryevans.com
celebrating the culture of Morris
Dancing is currently doing
the rounds and could be the
next Full Monty if the reviews
are anything to go by. John
McCombs’ sees his artwork
as a visual record, and focuses
on capturing the traditions
of this ancient activity in and
around the village of Delph, nr
Saddleworth in Lancashire.
John McCombs’ Morris
Dancers, Delph (oil, 64 x 60 cm)
Coolabi set for
will be on display at the Royal
Society of British Artists’ annual US launch
exhibition at the Mall Galleries,
Lisa Marks & Associates Inc (LMA) has
central London, from 18 to 29
been appointed leading full-service
March 2009.
licensing and marketing agency to
represent the Scarlett & Crimson brand in
New artists for Portfolio
North America.
Coolabi, co-owns this exciting and
Portfolio Select Ltd. has announced the arrival of new talented artists, including
original new property for tween and
a venture with the acclaimed artist Marilyn Robertson. The licensing collaboration
young teen girls. Scarlett & Crimson are
works for both artist and agent with Robertson continuing to seek opportunities for
two sassy, smart girls who share the
her exclusive ranges while Portfolio Select
closest friendship and all their secrets.
will have available for licensing a large
and the two cartoon rock goth chicks,
catalogue of some new and existing designs
drawn by Ged Backland, Scarlett & Crimson will launch with a series of books,
which are newly-formatted and ready for
music releases, make-up ranges and cutting edge fashion collections.
reproduction.
“We envisage Scarlett & Crimson with a huge following on a global scale”
The other greetings news is the arrival
comments Michael Dee, responsible for branding at Coolabi, the company behind
of Karen Tye Bentley. Karen is an extremely
Scarlett & Crimson.
versatile and established artist and works
Dee continues; “The other great thing about this brand is that like the girls
in a range of media. Karen is available for
themselves, it’s likeable without trying hard to fit in. It has personality and it’s
commissions and is already well known and
different, which is a rarity that can be appreciated by all.”
established in the greeting card industry.
Web: www.scarlettandcrimson.com.
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