New Partnership gives Spin Master the rights
to the iconic DC brand in the Boy's Action category and feature
film releases beginning Spring 2020
TORONTO, Dec. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Spin Master
Corp. (TSX:TOY; www.spinmaster.com), a leading global children's
entertainment company, announced today that it has entered into a
three-year global licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer
Products (WBCP). Beginning Spring 2020, Spin Master will be a new
toy licensee for DC in the boy's action category, remote control
and robotic vehicles, water toys and games and
puzzles.
"Partnering with an iconic brand like DC is a major milestone
for Spin Master and is part of our strategy to invest in successful
licenses to further grow and diversify our business," said
Ben Gadbois, Spin Master's Global
President and COO. "Children everywhere have been entertained and
inspired by DC Super Heroes™ and Super-Villains™ for more than 80
years and we're honoured to be a part of that storytelling and
imagined play. We are looking forward to bringing Spin Master's
renowned innovation to the toy line and to sharing more details
about this exciting partnership in the new year."
Spin Master continues to build a strong portfolio of licensed
products, including its 10-year licensing partnership with FELD
Entertainment as the worldwide master toy partner and the soon to
be launched line of Monster Jam® trucks. Spin
Master was recently recognized for its leadership in licensing by
Kidscreen, who named Spin Master #1 in Licensing on the 2018
Hot 50 Companies ranking.
ABOUT SPIN MASTER
Spin Master (TSX:TOY; www.spinmaster.com) is a leading global
children's entertainment company that creates, designs,
manufactures, licenses and markets a diversified portfolio of
innovative toys, games, products and entertainment properties. Spin
Master is best known for award-winning brands including Zoomer®,
Bakugan®, Erector® by Meccano®, Hatchimals®, Air Hogs® and PAW
Patrol®. Since 2000, Spin Master has received 103 TIA Toy of The
Year (TOTY) nominations with 28 wins across a variety of product
categories, including 13 TOTY nominations for Innovative Toy of the
Year. To date, Spin Master has produced nine television series,
including 2007 success Bakugan Battle Brawlers and current hit PAW
Patrol, which is broadcast in over 160 countries and territories
globally. Spin Master has 28 offices and employs over 1,700 people
globally in Canada, United States, Mexico, France, Italy, United
Kingdom, Russia,
Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Sweden, the
Netherlands, China,
Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam and Australia.
ABOUT DC
Home to iconic brands DC (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern,
Wonder Woman, The Flash), DC Vertigo (Sandman, Fables) and MAD, DC
is the creative division charged with strategically integrating its
content across Warner Bros. Entertainment and WarnerMedia. DC works
in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its
stories and characters across all media, including but not limited
to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and
interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic
novels and magazines each year, DC is the largest English-language
publisher of comics in the world.
*DC and all related characters and elements © & ™ DC
Comics.
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