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.
Natasha Fishman
Vice President, Retail Development, HIT Entertainment
Natasha Fishman, Vice President, Retail Development, HIT Entertainment, has 15 years of experience in sales and marketing, merchandising and strategic planning. In her current role, Natasha will implement and expand the retail development programs and promotions for the company's portfolio of classic preschool brands, including Bob the Builder™, Barney™, Thomas & Friends™ and Angelina Ballerina™, among others, across all categories. In addition, Natasha will oversee all relationships with key buyers and marketers at retail.
Most recently, she served as Director, Retail Strategy at Sesame Workshop, where she led the development and execution of retail strategy for Sesame Street, as well as the introduction of Sesame Beginnings.
Prior to that, she was the Director, Merchandising - Online Stores at Scholastic, where she was part of the team that piloted the company's e-commerce efforts.
Natasha began her career at Federated Department Stores and held positions in management and buying with the Home Depot and 1-800 Flowers.com.
Natasha received her BA in Marketing from Fashion Institute of Technology.
