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Jordin Sparks’ original single featured in Mattel’s Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase

Glittering, a new original song performed by Jordin Sparks, that will be featured in the fourth episode of Mattel’s upcoming series Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase, premiering November 1st on Netflix. The single and animated music video are available to watch now on YouTube and streaming platforms globally. Sparks commented: “I loved Barbie as […]

October 26, 2024

ITV, Mattel announce Pictionary game show

Mattel, the toy and family entertainment company, and ITV have jointly announced new game show Pictionary (25 x 30”) based on the popular drawing game. The show will be produced by Whisper North and hosted by Mel Giedroyc. The format deal was brokered by Laura Burrell, Vice President, International Formats, Paramount Global Content Distribution. Following […]

October 23, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Mattel, Aardman partner on new Pingu series

Mattel, the toy and family entertainment company, and Aardman, the celebrated animation studio behind the likes of Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep and Wallace & Gromit, are partering to co-develop a new stop-motion 3D animated TV series featuring Pingu The new series will be inspired by Mattel’s mischievous young penguin who lives at the South […]

October 22, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Ryff assembles team to lead AI Ethics in in-scene advertising

Entertainment, advertising, technology and policy leaders have joined forces to announce the creation of the In-Scene AI Ethics Council, with a mission to ensure AI is used responsibly and effectively in the field of virtual product placement to benefit consumers, creators, and businesses.  Generative AI had its breakout year in 2023 and is on track to […]

September 6, 2024

Hot Wheels Let’s Race Season 2 on Netflix in September

Mattel, the global toy and family entertainment company, has announced that Season 2 of the hit animated series Hot Wheels Let’s Race will debut globally on September 9th on Netflix. Upon premiering in March 2024, the first season of Hot Wheels Let’s Race spent four weeks in the Global Top 10 TV (English) and reached […]

August 13, 2024

Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase coming to Netflix

Mattel has announced Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase, Mattel Television Studios’ all-new animated children’s series, will debut globally on Netflix this autumn. Featuring an all-new animation style and storyline, Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase will consist of eight 25-minute episodes. The series follows Barbie ‘Brooklyn’ Roberts and Barbie ‘Malibu’ Roberts as they embark […]

May 30, 2024

Samsung TV Plus adds MLB, PGA, F1, MMA channels

At the IAB NewFronts 2024, Samsung Ads, the advanced advertising division of Samsung Electronics, highlighted why consumers and advertisers continue to turn to Samsung. The company unveiled a new lineup of premium sports, music, family and entertainment content on its FAST service Samsung TV Plus, in addition to new tools to enable advertisers to leverage […]

April 30, 2024

Mattel FAST channels on Samsung TV Plus in US

Mattel has partnered with Samsung to deliver its first three 24/7 Free Ad Supported Streaming (FAST) channels on Samsung TV Plus, the free TV streaming service. The Barbie and Friends, Hot Wheels Action, and Mattel Jr channels are set to go live in the US later this year and will be free to access from […]

April 25, 2024

New Polly Pocket coming to Netflix

A new season of Mattel Television Studios’ animated series Polly Pocket is coming soon to Netflix in the UK and US. The first batch of 13 x 11-minute episodes will premiere on March 25th, followed by an additional 13 episodes rolling out later this year. Season five follows Polly Pocket and her pals as they […]

March 21, 2024

Barbie and Stacie to the Rescue on POP

The new movie from Mattel, Barbie and Stacie to the Rescue, will make its UK linear TV premiere exclusively on free-to-air children’s channel POP on March 23rd. This new adventure sees the Roberts family head to Wisconsin for a hot air balloon festival where Stacie finds herself caught in between, too young for the adult […]

March 14, 2024