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02/11/2009, 06h38
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Date d'inscription: avril 2009
Localisation: Sin City
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LES TORTUES NINJA RACHETÉES PAR NICKELODEON !
Nickelodeon, première chaîne au monde spécialisée pour les enfants, a racheté les droits d’exploitation de la franchise Tortues Ninja, qui appartenaient jusqu’alors à The Mirage Group et 4Kids Entertainment. L’éditeur Mirage Studios a annoncé qu’il publierait Tales of the TMNT jusqu’en mai 2010 :
Citation:
The Mirage Group Sells Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(TM) to Nickelodeon
Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:05am EDT
4Kids Entertainment to End Long-Standing Relationship as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(TM) Licensing Agent and Production Partner
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- As previously announced, The Mirage Group, owners of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(TM) property, have sold the iconic brand to Nickelodeon - part of MTV Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B). 4Kids Entertainment (NYSE: KDE) has received a payment of approximately $9.75 million at the Closing in consideration of its agreement to terminate its right to serve as the merchandise licensing agent prior to the scheduled expiration of the representation agreement in 2012. 4Kids may also receive an additional $1 million upon expiration of the escrow relating to the transaction.
The sale of the Turtles property, which has achieved popularity across the world, comes in its 25th anniversary year, with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles having made their debut in an eponymous comic by TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in May 1984. In the quarter century that
followed, the Turtles brand embraced nearly every medium and product form: four of the most successful independent theatrical motion pictures of all time, over 350 half-hours of TV programming, top 10 all-time sales status for worldwide sales of toy action figures, and over 600 worldwide merchandise licensees.
"This is a great deal for all parties," said Alfred R. Kahn, Chairman and CEO of 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. "We congratulate our partners at Mirage on the sale of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Nickelodeon and on their gracious recognition of the contribution made by 4Kids to re-launch the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise in 2002 for a new generation of kids around the world. We also congratulate Nickelodeon on acquiring the rights to an outstanding boys' property."
"From 4Kids' perspective, we received a $9.75 million capital injection at the Closing and a share of Turtles royalties through June 30, 2010," added Kahn. "4Kids will also continue to air the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television episodes that it co-produced with Mirage in 'TheCW4Kids' block on the CW Network through the end of the 2009-2010 broadcast season."
4Kids, Mirage and Viacom will work together so that Turtles broadcast and merchandise licensees can be assured of a seamless transition which is expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2010.
About The Mirage Group
The Mirage Group is a group of companies, including Mirage Studios, Inc., located in Northampton, Massachusetts, that owned and managed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles property from its creation in 1984 through 2009.
About 4Kids Entertainment
Master licensing agent for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE), is a global organization devoted to the creation, development, production, broadcasting, distribution, licensing and manufacturing of children's entertainment products, with U.S. headquarters in New York City, regional offices for its trading card business in San Diego, California and international offices in London and Hong Kong. Additional information is available on the www.4kidsentertainment.com corporate Web site and at the www.4kids.tv game station site.
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On apprend aussi que l’éditeur Mirage Studios ne peut plus publier le recueil suivant puisque leur contrat ne leur permet de publier jusqu’en mai 2010 des numéros de 32 à 48 pages.
Citation:
Mirage Universe TPB
By: Jake Black, Murphy, Lawson, Dooney, Talbot, Berger, Peter Laird, Eric Talbot
Publisher: Mirage Studios
Pub. Date: January 06, 2010
(W/A) Various At long last, an official sourcebook to the major characters that have appeared in the pages of Mirage Studios' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books since the birth of the TMNT in 1984!
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