Sunday, June 16, 2013

Mexico's Televisa Acquires "Peppa Pig" Broadcast And Consumer Products Licensing Rights From eOne

The children's entertainment and media news website Kidscreen is reporting the "Peppa Pig" news that the international entertainment business Entertainment One Family has sold the television broadcast and consumer products licensing rights to Nick Jr. UK and Ireland's popular Astley Baker Davies-produced animated preschool series "Peppa Pig" to the Mexican Free-to-Air (FTA) broadcaster Televisa.

Televisa will begin airing episodes throughout Mexico by the end of 2013. And in conjunction with the broadcast launch, the multimedia mass media company company will be developing a full L&M (Licensing and Merchandising) campaign for the preschool property. Consumer products and promotions for "Peppa Pig" are likely to debut in Mexico in 2014, with a soft launch starting in Q3 [third quarter] and a full product launch hitting Mexican retail in Q4 [fourth quarter] 2014.

eOne has also partnered with Exim Licensing Group to develop a major consumer products program for the Intellectual Property (IP) in South America, where "Peppa Pig" will air on Discovery Kids Latin America. The firm will look to develop toys, publishing and home entertainment categories throughout the region. The first line of products is slated to launch at retail in 2014 in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Ecuador:
Televisa gets into the Peppa Pig business

Free-to-Air broadcaster Televisa has acquired broadcast and consumer products licensing rights to eOne Family’s hit preschool property Peppa Pig for Mexico.

Televisa will begin airing episodes throughout Mexico by the end of 2013. And in conjunction with the broadcast launch, the company will be developing a full L&M campaign for the property. Consumer products and promotions for Peppa Pig are likely to debut in Mexico in 2014, with a soft launch starting in Q3 and a full product launch hitting Mexican retail in Q4 2014.

eOne has also partnered with Exim Licensing Group to develop a major consumer products program for the IP in South America, where Peppa Pig will air on Discovery Kids Latin America. The firm will look to develop toys, publishing and home entertainment categories throughout the region. The first line of products is slated to launch at retail in 2014 in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Ecuador.

Tags: eOne, Exim Licensing, Mexico, Peppa Pig, Televisa