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Global Showbiz Briefs: Hasbro Studios & UK’s Clear Vision; Rhys Ifans In ‘Gifted’; Marathon Media Names New CCO, Kids

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday April 18, 2013 @ 7:03pm PDTTags: Hasbro Studios, Marathon Media, Rhys Ifans

Hasbro Studios & Clear Vision Ink Distribution Deal
UK-based Clear Vision has acquired HV distribution rights for the first and second seasons of Hasbro Studios’ My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic. Under the multi-territory deal, Clear Vision will distribute the hit kids’ show in the UK, France, Italy, the Nordic countries and the Middle East. Produced and distributed globally by Hasbro Studios, the series follows young unicorn Twilight Sparkle and five other pony friends through funny, offbeat experiences, lessons in friendship and exciting, enchanted adventures. READ MORE »

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Hasbro Grants Netflix Streaming Rights To The Hub’s ‘Littlest Pet Shop’ And ‘Kaijudo’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday April 11, 2013 @ 7:07am PDTTags: Hasbro Studios, Netflix, The Hub

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. and PAWTUCKET, R.I., April 11, 2013 — Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) today announced an expanded agreement making two of the hottest new Hasbro Studios shows, Littlest Pet Shop and Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters, available to Netflix members in the U.S. Kaijudo is available now and Littlest Pet Shop will be available summer 2013.

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Layoffs In Hasbro Studios’ Game Show & Reality Department

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 28, 2013 @ 10:15pm PSTTags: Hasbro Studios
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Hasbro Studios today laid off the three staffers in its Game & Reality Show Production & Development department under VP Kevin Belinkoff. Belinkoff will continue to oversee the studio’s game show efforts, including current series Family Game … Read More »

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Stephen Davis Tapped To Oversee All Content At Hasbro Studios

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday December 11, 2012 @ 12:55pm PSTTags: Hasbro Studios

LOS ANGELES, CA, December 11, 2012– Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) announced the integration of all of its content initiatives, including television, film, commercial productions and short-form content, under Stephen Davis, president of Los Angeles-based Hasbro Studios.

Davis, who has overseen global TV development, production and distribution for Hasbro since launching the studio in 2009, will report to Hasbro Chief Marketing Officer John Frascotti to ensure the seamless integration between the entertainment and global marketing teams. Hasbro Studios produces a number of top-rated, award-winning multi-platform shows that are seen in more than 170 countries globally and here in the U.S. on The Hub, a television network for kids and their families that is a joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK).

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Hasbro Studios To Partner With TV Acad On New International Emmy Kids Awards

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday March 5, 2012 @ 6:45am PSTTags: Emmy, Hasbro Studios, The International Emmy Kids Awards

New York, March 5, 2012 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced that Hasbro Studios, the Los Angeles-based production and distribution division of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), will serve as a presenting partner of its new International Emmy Kids Awards. The previously announced awards ceremony, which breaks new ground for the Academy, will be solely dedicated to recognizing excellence in children’s television programming produced and initially aired outside of the United States.

“We are delighted that Hasbro Studios and its president, Stephen Davis, saw the importance of these new International Emmys and stepped forward as a presenting partner,” said Academy President & CEO Bruce L. Paisner. “We thank Stephen, a respected industry veteran, for his support.”

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Hasbro Says Toy Sales Tied To The Hub Will Keep Business Plan On Track

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Wednesday November 9, 2011 @ 9:25am PSTTags: Clue, Discovery Communications, Hasbro, Hasbro Studios, The Hub, Transformers Prime

Looks like a lot of kids — OK, their parents — are snapping up the toys and games represented on shows such as Transformers Prime, Clue, and My Little Pony that they see on The Hub. Hasbro COO David D. R. … Read More »

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Hasbro Kids Series Channeled Worldwide

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday September 29, 2011 @ 10:04am PDTTags: Hasbro Studios, Transformers Prime

Hasbro Studios, whose kids programming appears mostly on the Hasbro-Discovery channel The Hub in the U.S., is expanding its portfolio overseas, announcing several deals for its brands today in key territories. The pacts include My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic … Read More »

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Hasbro Studios Forms Development & Current Teams

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 2, 2011 @ 9:30am PSTTags: Hasbro Studios, Mike Vogel, TV
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With its input growing, Hasbro Studios, the production and distribution division of Hasbro, Inc., has reconfigured its boys/action and girls/preschool creative teams into series development and current programming groups under Hasbro Studios president Stephen Davis. Mike Vogel has been promoted from executive director, boys and action programming, to … Read More »

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Ex-Agent Mike Eisner Joins Hasbro Studios

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday August 30, 2010 @ 10:30am PDTTags: Agents, Hasbro Studios
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Former WME agent Mike Eisner has joined Hasbro Studios as SVP legal and business affairs. Eisner left WME in December after a nine-year stint as VP and literary agent at the agency and WMA before that. He oversaw a number of film and TV deals and helped negotiate client Hasbro … Read More »

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