Entertainment Licensing News

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced a partnership with video game studio Bad Robot Games, a division of Bad Robot, the film, television and theater production company founded by JJ Abrams, for SIE to produce and publish the studio’s upcoming project, an unannounced four-player, cooperative shooter directed by Mike Booth (Left 4 Dead). The game is currently in development for PlayStation 5 and PC. More details on the game will be shared at a l...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wattpad, a leading global webnovel platform and storytelling community, today revealed the 2025 winners of its annual international writing competition, the Watty Awards. Now in its 16th year, the Wattys celebrate new voices in fiction, recognizing some of the most creative, imaginative, and dedicated storytellers on Wattpad. For the first time, a new Community Voting feature gave readers a chance to cast their vote for stand-out stories alongside Wattpad’s judging tea...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beatdapp, the leader in integrity technology for digital platforms, today announced the launch of the Beatdapp Trust & Safety Operating System (“OS”). The platform is the first to integrate full scale identity verification, AI music detection, anomaly detection, account takeover detection, and a recommendation engine to solve the universal challenge of online trust. With this launch, Beatdapp is expanding its battle-tested technology from its or...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Most Valuable Promotions (“MVP”), the trailblazing boxing promotion founded by Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul, and EverPass Media (“EverPass”), the premier media platform delivering premium live sports content to commercial businesses, today announced a commercial distribution partnership providing EverPass the exclusive right to sell and distribute MVP’s upcoming boxing mega-event between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua and also featuring a matchup between two MMA legend...

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Asia IP Exchange (AsiaIPEX) is a free online platform and database showcasing intellectual properties (IPs) around the globe. Developed and managed by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the portal aims to facilitate international IP trade and connection for global IP players. The platform consists of two sections: Creative Hub and Tech Hub. Sponsored by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA)*, AsiaIPEX Creative Hub showcases a diverse r...

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TelevisaUnivision, the world’s leading Spanish-language media company, today announced a new multi-year agreement for distribution on YouTube TV. The expanded partnership includes distribution of TelevisaUnivision’s U.S. networks – Univision, UNIMÁS, TUDN, and Galavisión – on YouTube TV’s Base Plan and Spanish Plan. In addition, ViX will be offered through YouTube’s Primetime Channels – and, for the first time, YouTube will extend its Primetime Channels product to Mexico...

NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (“CBF”), one of the most prestigious organizations in the world’s game, has selected Genius Sports Limited (“Genius Sports”) (NYSE:GENI) to implement its world-leading semi-automated offside technology (“SAOT”) in 2026. Genius Sports’ SAOT solution is the leader in world football – used across the Premier League, CONMEBOL’s Copa Sudamericana and Copa Libertadores, as well as the Belgian Pro League. CBF will now empower i...

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--INVIDI Technologies, the pioneer in addressable advertising technology, today announced a breakthrough solution that drastically reduces the cost of delivering targeted ads on Internet-delivered live television. The new product, INVIDI Fuse™, uses innovative client-side manifest manipulation (CSMM) to eliminate the prohibitive server costs associated with large-scale live events. While current industry standards like server-side ad insertion (SSAI) see costs sk...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- LA Kings and HexClad Announce Multi-Year Partnership Bringing the Heat to the Ice...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Iconic "Cherub" from James Cameron's "Titanic" up for auction December 9 & 10...