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 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.
Andrea Carpenter
Vice President, HIT Entertainment Canada
Andrea Carpenter, Vice President, HIT Entertainment Canada, oversees the management of consumer products, broadcast relations, home entertainment, publishing, retail development and marketing activities in Canada for HIT's portfolio of classic preschool brands, including Angelina Ballerina™, Barney™, Bob the Builder™ and Thomas & Friends™, among others.
Ms. Carpenter has been with HIT Entertainment since the inception of its Canadian office in 2002, and was instrumental in the creation and start up of the regional office and recruitment of its team. Immediately prior to her current position, she served as Senior Director of Consumer Products and Retail Development, HIT Entertainment Canada, and prior to that, she was Director of Sales and Marketing for HIT's Home Entertainment Division.
Before her tenure at HIT Entertainment, Ms. Carpenter was Director of Sales and Marketing at Kids Motion, a leading Canadian children's video company. Before that, she served as National Sales Manager at Somerville House Publishing in Toronto.
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