Mattel Inc. agreed to buy Hit Entertainment for $680 million, a deal that gives the toy maker ownership of well-known preschool brands Thomas & Friends and Barney. Chairman and Chief Executive ...

Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire HIT Entertainment for $680 ... Fisher-Price already produces HIT’s toys under license so the two ...

NEW YORK – Toy giant Mattel said Monday it has agreed to acquire U.K. kids entertainment producer and right owner HIT Entertainment, known for Thomas the Tank Engine, among others, for $680 ...

MALIBU, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2006--JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (Nasdaq:JAKK) announced today that it has signed a multi-year, master toy licensing agreement with HIT Entertainment, a leading ...

NEW YORK – Toy giant Mattel on Tuesday said its $680 million acquisition of HIT Entertainment, the producer of such TV shows as Thomas the Tank Engine, will close on Wednesday.. Mattel also ...

HIT, which brings in some $180 million in revenues, houses the hit Thomas & Friends, created more than 65 years ago. Mattel currently markets many Thomas & Friends toy products under a license ...

And for the toy industry itself. “There’s a big trickle down when the $1 billion Barbie brand does well,” Jay Foreman, chief executive of Basic Fun said, in an article published in the New ...

Mattel currently markets many Thomas & Friends® toy products under a license from HIT Entertainment which extends through 2014.  Mattel’s global sales of Thomas & Friends® die-cast and ...