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Bent Pixels Asia Expands Philippines Offerings Through Partnership with Tier One Entertainment

Bent Pixels Asia (BPA), the region’s leading revenue accelerator for premium YouTube esports and gaming creators, announced that it has entered a partnership with Tier One Entertainment, the Philippines’ leading gaming and esports entertainment talent and entertainment company, to help the latter’s creators accelerate their revenue from YouTube reserved media offerings, as well as grow their capabilities as creators in producing quality content to engage their audiences.

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OnChain Studios Announces Global, Multi-Year Partnership with Mattel for its Cryptoys NFT Platform

OnChain Studios has announced a global, multi-year partnership with Mattel for its Cryptoys NFT platform, a new generation of digital toys that live on the blockchain. The partnership, OnChain Studios’ first and only with a toy company, will bring Mattel’s iconic brands into a collectible, interactive world through Cryptoys’ expansive and playable universe, ushering in a new era for the toy and game industry on the Flow blockchain. Unlike static NFT projects, Cryptoys are animated, playable collectibles that come to life the moment they’re unwrapped.

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ASTRA Announces 2022 Excellence and Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

ASTRA is excited to announce the winners of the 2022 Excellence and Lifetime Achievement Award recipients for their accomplishments in 2021! The annual ASTRA Excellence and Lifetime Achievement Awards recognize the outstanding contributions made by members of the specialty toy industry. Join us in congratulating this year’s recipients! The winners will be recognized and honored at ASTRA’s award ceremony on Monday, June 13th at Marketplace and Academy.

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Batman X Spyscape Experience Opens for Public Previews

Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment on behalf of DC, and Spyscape are delighted to announce the opening of Batman x Spyscape, a brand-new interactive experience that will drop fans into the heart of a Gotham City mystery, with public previews beginning on June 8th in New York City. Fans will be able to sign-up online at spyscape.com.

Off-Broadway’s Newest Stage Show ‘Sesame Street: the Musical’ will Premiere in NYC

Rockefeller Productions, a leader in quality family entertainment, and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind the iconic Sesame Street, announce the world premiere of the new stage production: Sesame Street: The Musical, in New York. Sesame Street’s beloved furry friends will appear in their original puppet form in an Off-Broadway musical, with previews starting September 8, 2022. Opening night is set for September 22 and will run through November 27, 2022. Performances will take place at Theater Row, 410 West 42nd Street.

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Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Welcome Sesame’ Resources For Families Affected by Crises in Afghanistan and Ukraine

Sesame Workshop is launching Welcome Sesame, new educational resources for displaced and refugee children, available on SesameStreetinCommunities.org/WelcomeSesame in Dari, Pashto, Ukrainian, Spanish, and English, with additional languages to follow. The teaching and learning materials, which are part of the Welcome Sesame initiative to support families affected by conflict and crisis, are designed to help families cope with the trauma of forced displacement, communicate and process what they are experiencing, and develop a sense of belonging in new places.

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ASTRA Welcomes New 2022 -2023 Board of Directors

The ASTRA nominating committee has announced the new incoming board members that have agreed to serve for a 3 year term. These new board memebers will be recognized at ASTRA’s annual meeting at Marketplace & Academy in Long Beach on Monday morning, June 13th.

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Licensing International Announces 2022 Accelerator Program Participants

Licensing International has announced the six companies selected to participate in the 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Accelerator Program.

·Blmrbl (Baltimore, USA)
Blmrbl (“Blue Marble”) is a social shopping platform enabling global pop culture fan communities to buy and sell officially licensed merchandise online. Blmrbl provides a wide range of diverse products for minority fan communities and grading authentication services for the preservation of pop culture collectibles.

·FanBase Africa (Cape Town, South Africa)
Fanbase Africa is a print-on-demand, direct-to-consumer eCommerce company that sells licensed music and sports merchandise to fans across the world. (fanbaseafrica.co.za)

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LeVar Burton Appointed Chief Reading Officer by EdTech Leader, Osmo by BYJU’S

Opening a new world to children through the joy of reading has been a lifelong mission for LeVar Burton, so the legendary actor, presenter, director, podcaster and author is taking on a new role as the Chief Reading Officer (CRO) for Osmo from BYJU’S. Burton has been a high-profile advocate of reading for decades and was drawn to the engaging way Osmo from BYJU’S uses technology to help children learn new skills while having fun.