Lord Waheed Alli is happier than Mr Happy. The multimillionaire media mogul presides over a family of characters spanning Mr Men, Noddy and Miss Marple. As chairman of rights holder Chorion, his ...

Chorion, the owner of Noddy, Mr Men and the Agatha Christie franchise, is to be broken up and sold after failing to renegotiate banking deals to alleviate its debt. The company, which earlier this ...

Chorion’s goal is to become a significant global provider of children’s entertainment through the acquisition, origination and development of a diversified portfolio of children’s brands and ...

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 ...

LONDON — Chorion, a U.K. rights outfit that exports children’s favorite “Noddy,” has forked out an undisclosed sum for the rights to author Raymond Chandler’s books including Los Angeles gumshoe ...

"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 — U.K.-based rights owner Chorion has appointed John Simenon, son of international best-selling author Georges Simenon, as a consultant for its filmed production marketing and promotion.

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 ...

Chorion deal to snag ‘Thomas’ is ‘premature’ Speculation that British character licensing entertainment company Chorion is closing in on a $700 million deal to acquire global kids character "Thomas ...

Madonna may not have heard of Enid Blyton but that hasn't stopped television network Five forming a strategic alliance with the owner of Blyton's literary works to develop programmes based on the ...

After a £28m deal, UK intellectual property outfit Chorion has finally acquired the Mr Men kids characters, uniting Mr Tickle and the gang with the company’s existing characters Noddy and Big Ears.

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, ...