When Intel's move into the TV service arena was first announced last year, there was a lot of speculation that it would be the first TV service to offer a la carte pricing, finally "unbundling" TV programming by letting viewers subscribe ...
Tags: pay TV, TV, TV service
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: LF), the leader in educational entertainment, today announced six of its learning games won Parents' Choice Spring Video Game Awards. Disney Phineas and Ferb won a "Silver Award;" Letter Factory, Brave and ...
To celebrate the launch of the new Silver Series range of Disney-Pixar Cars, life-size models of some of the most popular characters are set to tour Toys R Us and Smyths stores across the country. The tour kicks off on Friday March 29th ...
Tags: Toys, Disney-Pixar Cars
Merger and acquisition activity has been pretty sparse in toy circles in recent times. Back in the 1980s Hasbro snaffled the Playskool and MB companies followed by Kenner Parker Tonka in the 1990s, the same decade in which Mattel flexed ...
Tags: Toys, Toy Industry
Disney has just announced its Infinity video game that works with physical figures, and other games publishers have hinted at introducing something like Skylanders. Do you welcome the competition? Oh definitely. We think we've invented a ...
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Children have played with toys from their favourite stories for decades, whether it's pretending to be super heroes or collecting Moshlings in real life – or while playing Moshi Monsters online. The difference now is that children ...
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Making its first entry into the bath products market, top 10 bedding producer Therapedic International has signed a licensing deal with Ginsey Home Solutions to create a bath pillow. Launching exclusively in some Bed Bath & Beyond ...
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Tineka Smith sits down with Zendesk's CEO to talk about social media, cloud technology and customer service. Zendesk is a provider of cloud-based helpdesk software for growing organizations to help them provide better customer service. ...
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National retailers’ separate toy and video game buying departments should be more closely aligned, says Namco Bandai. The company, which is launching its Tekken Card Tournament online game and physical cards, believes better ...
Tags: Toy, video game, toy supplier
Retailer Argos is giving away cinema tickets for Disney's Wreck-It Ralph movie. Those who spend £20 or more in an Argos store will receive a free kids' cinema ticket. The voucher is valid for one free child ticket to a single ...
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Upcoming Skylanders rival Disney Infinity has been delayed by one month. The game and figures had been due for release on Friday, June 28th in the UK, but it will now arrive on Friday, August 23rd. Furthermore, the move comes not due to ...
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The Web Marketing Association invites entries for its 17th annual international WebAward competition. The WebAwards are the standards-defining competition that sets industry benchmarks based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. ...
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The 'toys to life' video game category is about to get a lot more interesting, with the announcement that Pokémon figures will enter the fray. First there was Skylanders, then Disney Infinity was announced, and Hasbro has dabbled ...
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On March 1, "Fortune" magazine publishes "2013 Global Most Admired Companies" list and Baosteel is again on the list.. According to this year's "Fortune" list, Apple, Google, Amazon rank the top three of the Most Admired Companies and ...
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The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) bestowed its Product of the Year Award on Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, for a microwaveable bacon package for Embotits Espina, a ...
Tags: AIMCAL, Bacon package, Graphic Packaging International