About HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment, owned by private equity investment group Apax Partners, is one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights-owners. HIT's portfolio includes properties, such as Barney™, Bob the Builder™, Thomas & Friends™, Pingu™, Fireman Sam™, Angelina Ballerina™ and Rainbow Magic™. HIT represents Chapman Entertainment's Fifi and the Flowertots™ and Roary the Racing Car™ in North America and Japan, as well as Wallace & Gromit™, Shaun the Sheep™, Timmy Time™ and Aardman Classics from Aardman Animations. HIT also acts as a worldwide representative for The Jim Henson Company's library of classic family brands and as representative for The Wiggles® in the UK.
Launched in 1989, HIT's lines of business span television and video production, content distribution, publishing, consumer products licensing, live events and attractions and has operations in the UK, US, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan. HIT is a part-owner of US preschool channel, PBS KIDS Sprout℠, and international preschool channel JimJam, (outside of the US, UK and China).
For more information, visit http://www.hitentertainment.com.
Corporate Bios
Karen Barnes
Executive Producer, Barney & Friends™, Vice President, Development, HIT Entertainment
Peter Byrne
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Consumer Products, HIT Entertainment
Jamie Cygielman
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Consumer Products,
HIT Entertainment North America
Jeffrey D. Dunn
Chief Executive Officer, HIT Entertainment
Greg Dyke
Chairman, HIT Entertainment
Natasha Fishman
Vice President, Retail Development, HIT Entertainment
Rick Glankler
Vice President, Licensing, HIT Entertainment
Alison Homewood
Executive Vice President, Worldwide TV Distribution, HIT Entertainment
Lenora Hume
Executive Vice President, Production & Programming, HIT Entertainment
Gary Krakower
Senior Vice President, Business Development HIT Entertainment
