{"id":12936,"date":"2017-09-13T09:28:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T13:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-brands-pacts-millennium-live-events\/"},"modified":"2017-09-13T09:28:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T13:28:27","slug":"dhx-brands-pacts-with-millennium-for-live-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-brands-pacts-with-millennium-for-live-events\/","title":{"rendered":"DHX Brands Pacts with Millennium for Live Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DHX Brands has licensed non-ticketed events rights to Millennium Entertainment International (MEI) for its flagship preschool brands <em>Teletubbies<\/em>, <em>In the Night Garden<\/em> and <em>Twirlywoos<\/em> in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new deal, MEI will plan and manage all costume character appearances, 20-minute shows and immersive mall activations for the three brands in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Turkey, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The agreement is part of DHX Brands\u2019 commitment to growing the live events and attractions component of its global consumer products business.<\/p>\n<p>Previously appointed licensees include Paragon Creative for the design and manufacturing of indoor attractions across all three brands in the U.K., continental Europe and the Middle East, as well as FieryLight for the international <em>Teletubbies<\/em> stage show.<\/p>\n<p>Danielle Tanton, the live events and attractions manager at DHX Brands, said, \u201cStrong live events are essential to building and growing a relevant consumer-facing presence with the preschool demographic. DHX Brands\u2019 colorful, iconic characters always draw a buzzing crowd when they appear, and we are very pleased to be adding to the offering with MEI for these territories. With their decades-long track record of expertise in live events, MEI are a superb addition to the roster of leading licensees we\u2019ve teamed with around the world to continue growing our brands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick Larkin, the creative producer at MEI, added, \u201cFor almost 30 years, MEI has been creating experiences for young audiences to interact with brands, starting with non-ticketed mall shows and immersive and interactive experiences, and later building up to theatrical shows. Working with DHX Brands on these three preschool brands means that we can further interact with many young people across Asia and the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHX Brands has licensed non-ticketed events rights to Millennium Entertainment International (MEI) for its flagship preschool brands Teletubbies, In the Night Garden and Twirlywoos in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":12937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[149,151,3013,200,817],"class_list":["post-12936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-dhx-brands","tag-in-the-night-garden","tag-millennium-entertainment-international","tag-teletubbies","tag-twirlywoos","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DHX Brands Pacts with Millennium for Live Events - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-brands-pacts-with-millennium-for-live-events\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DHX Brands Pacts with Millennium for Live Events - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DHX Brands has licensed non-ticketed events rights to Millennium Entertainment International (MEI) for its flagship preschool brands Teletubbies, In the Night Garden and Twirlywoos in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-brands-pacts-with-millennium-for-live-events\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-13T13:28:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/DHX-MEDIA-TELETUBBIES-916.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"558\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"403\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-brands-pacts-with-millennium-for-live-events\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-brands-pacts-with-millennium-for-live-events\/\",\"name\":\"DHX Brands Pacts with Millennium for Live Events - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-13T13:28:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-13T13:28:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-brands-pacts-with-millennium-for-live-events\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-brands-pacts-with-millennium-for-live-events\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-brands-pacts-with-millennium-for-live-events\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DHX Brands Pacts with Millennium for Live Events\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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