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TOTAL LICENSING AUSTRALIA<br />

HOME AND AWAY BUILDS UP TO ANNIVERSARY<br />

In a build-up towards its 30th anniversary, Seven Network Australia has appointed<br />

<strong>Licensing</strong> Link in the UK to represent long-running TV show Home and Away.<br />

Commenting on the appointment, Kate Green, licensing manager at Seven Network<br />

Australia, said, “Home and Away has a loyal TV audience in Great Britain<br />

and Ireland – fans have grown up escaping to the iconic beach at Summer Bay<br />

and new generations since are attracted to the Aussie beach lifestyle.<br />

We are excited to partner with <strong>Licensing</strong> Link to bring to life the Home and<br />

Away brand beyond the screen for the first time with a fantastic new style guide.<br />

It’s summer everyday in Summer Bay and that summer feeling is exactly what we<br />

will be bringing to the UK market.”<br />

For the first time, a style guide has also been developed for Home and Away to<br />

help support the licensing programme.<br />

<strong>Licensing</strong> Link will focus on developing lifestyle products including ranges of<br />

clothing, giftware, stationary and, of course, beach products.<br />

Chris Taday and Ian Wickham from <strong>Licensing</strong> Link, commented, “Home and Away<br />

is an iconic TV programme in the UK and we are delighted that Network Seven<br />

has appointed us to handle the licensing programme. We look forward to working<br />

with them over the next few years.”<br />

Home and Away ichronicles the lives, loves, happiness, and heartbreaks of the<br />

residents of Summer Bay, an idyllic small coastal town in New South Wales. It has<br />

been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and has aired on the Seven Network<br />

since January 17 1988. In 2014, Home and Away was Seven Network’s No. 1<br />

weekly Australian drama series winning its 7.00pm timeslot across total Individuals<br />

and key demographics. Home and Away has seen many former cast members<br />

move on to international careers including Heath Ledger, Chris Hemsworth,<br />

Ryan Kwanten, Isla Fisher, Julian McMahon, Simon Baker, Guy Pearce, Naomi<br />

Watts, Dannii Minogue and Isabel Lucas.<br />

STAR TREK BOOTS<br />

Burlee Australia has embarked on a worldwide<br />

brand collaboration with CBS Consumer Products<br />

to celebrate Star Trek’s 50th anniversary.<br />

K F &S Pty Ltd, owner of the UGG since 1974<br />

and Burlee Australia, is launching a limited edition<br />

range of custom made, 100 per cent Australian<br />

sheepskin boots into the international market.<br />

“We are looking forward to our collaboration with<br />

CBS Consumer Products and are thrilled with the<br />

opportunity to make Star Trek boots,” said Burlee<br />

Australia’s managing director, Richard Friedrichs.<br />

“We can’t wait to showcase our high quality product<br />

internationally”.<br />

Burlee Australia’s limited edition Star Trek sheepskin<br />

boots which will be launched late last year at<br />

the Star Trek Shop and via www.burleeaustralia.<br />

com.<br />

DANGER MOUSE TO AIR ON ABC<br />

FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment has recently announced a significant<br />

swathe of free-to-air TV sales for its top rating and critically acclaimed new series<br />

of Danger Mouse in key regions including France, Australia and the Middle East.<br />

The new free-to-air broadcast deals include ABC in Australia, Channel 4 in New<br />

Zealand, the Lagardere channels in France, RTE in Ireland and MBC in the Middle<br />

East. These markets are in addition to the multi-territory Netflix deal which<br />

launches in the Americas and other territories in Spring.<br />

These international sales follow the huge consumer impact made by the resurgence<br />

of the world’s greatest secret agent Danger Mouse when he returned to UK<br />

screens after a 23-year absence. Bursting onto CBBC with a 21st Century gadgetpacked,<br />

gag-laden makeover in September, the animated comedy action series got<br />

off to an amazing start.<br />

Joss Duffield, VP Global Distribution FMK said, “Danger Mouse’s mission was to<br />

thrill a whole new generation of viewers and we’re delighted that he’s not only<br />

doing that in the UK but is also set to make a much-anticipated comeback on<br />

the global stage too.<br />

These deals with<br />

prestigious, free-toair<br />

partners show<br />

that the high action,<br />

high comedy adventures<br />

of this quintessentially<br />

British<br />

character and his allies<br />

and adversaries<br />

are really striking a<br />

chord with audiences<br />

across the world.”<br />

NEWS<br />

TLA 5

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