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.
Latest Releases
06/20/2006
TVHead And HIT Entertainment Develop First iTV Games For PreschoolersFurthering its quest to deliver high-quality casual games to broad television audiences, TVHead has inked a deal with HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality preschool entertainment. The multifaceted deal calls for the premier games-on-demand television network to develop the first-ever, specially designed iTV games based on the popular characters Barney, Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder and Angelina Ballerina.
06/20/2006
HIT Entertainment Launches All-New Episodes Of Classic Preschool Favorites Barney & Friends™, Bob The Builder™ And Thomas & FriendsHIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality preschool entertainment, announces the return of three popular and award-winning series on PBS KIDS this fall. Barney & Friends, Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends will premiere new episodes, featuring new characters, new music and new adventures; these continue to promote the cognitive and social/emotional skills, creative problem-solving and timeless life lessons that make them Mom-favorites.
06/20/2006
HIT Entertainment Unveils New Corporate Logo At Licensing International 2006
HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality preschool entertainment, debuts a fresh new look at this year's Licensing International 2006 as the company unveils a new corporate logo. Reflecting HIT's commitment to the preschool marketplace, the new logo features primary colors and opens as a toy box to reveal HIT's portfolio of leading preschool brands -- Bob the Builder™, Barney™, Thomas & Friends™, Angelina Ballerina™, and more. The logo was designed by Venture3, a UK based branding agency, and was officially unveiled today by HIT's Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Steinberg, at Licensing International 2006 in New York City.
05/31/2006
Natasha Fishman Joins HIT Entertainment As Vice President, Retail Development
HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality preschool entertainment, today announced the appointment of Natasha Fishman as Vice President, Retail Development. In this role, Natasha will develop and implement the retail development programs and promotions for HIT's portfolio of premier brands, including Barney™, Bob the Builder™, Thomas & Friends™, and Angelina Ballerina™, among others, across all categories. In addition, Natasha will oversee all relationships with key buyers and marketers at retail. She is based in the company's New York office and reports to Jamie Cygielman, Senior Vice President, Consumer Products.
04/12/2006
Jorge Ferreiro Joins HIT Entertainment As Senior Vice President, Creative ResourcesHIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality preschool entertainment, today announced the appointment of Jorge Ferreiro as Senior Vice President, Creative Resources. In this newly created role, Ferreiro will be responsible for creative services to support licensing, home entertainment and overall brand activities for HIT Entertainment's stable of premiere properties, including Barney™, Bob the Builder™, Thomas & Friends™, Angelina Ballerina™ and The Wiggles®, among others. Ferreiro is based in the Company's New York office and reports to Pat Wyatt, President, HIT Entertainment, North America.
03/29/2006
HIT Entertainment Names Claudia Scott-Hansen Vice President, US TV DistributionHIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading pre-school children's entertainment producers and rights owners, has further strengthened its management team with the appointment of Claudia Scott-Hansen to the position of Vice President, US TV Distribution. She will be based in the New York office, and will report to London-based EVP for Worldwide TV Distribution, Alison Homewood.
03/16/2006
HIT Entertainment Announces New Directors For U.S. Consumer Products DivisionHIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality preschool entertainment, today announced the appointment of two directors for its US Consumer Products division. Jennifer Zivic joins the Company as Director, Soft Lines and Veronica Hart as Director, Hard Lines. Both will be based in the company's New York Office and will report to Rick Glankler, Vice President, Licensing.
03/16/2006
HIT Entertainment Names Denielle Bertarelli-Webb Director, Public RelationsHIT Entertainment, a leading provider of preschool entertainment, has named Denielle Webb, Director, Public Relations. Webb will be responsible for developing and overseeing the execution of communication plans and public affairs efforts to increase positive exposure for HIT and its core properties, including Bob the Builder, Thomas & Friends, Barney™ and Angelina Ballerina. She will be based in the Company's New York office and will report to Nicole Blake, Vice President, Marketing Communications.
01/30/2006
Fox Home Entertainment And HIT Entertainment Reach Distribution Accord For Top-Selling Children's PropertiesTwentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (TCFHE) and HIT Entertainment have entered into a multimillion dollar, multi-year agreement for the exclusive marketing, sales and distribution rights to HIT's extensive portfolio of award-winning children's programming in the US and Canada. Fox will begin distributing HIT's full slate of home entertainment releases for fall 2006.
09/15/2005
Peter Byrne Joins HIT Entertainment as Executive Vice President, International Licensing, Merchandising & Home EntertainmentThe Board of HIT Entertainment today announced the appointment of Peter Byrne as Executive Vice President, International Licensing, Merchandising and Home Entertainment. Byrne's responsibilities include expanding the existing Consumer Products and Home Entertainment businesses for HIT's classic preschool brands, including Bob the Builder™, Thomas & Friends™, Barney™, Pingu™ and Angelina Ballerina™ as well as launching new content across all major international territories. Byrne is based in the company's London office and reports to Bruce Steinberg, Chief Executive Officer.
