4Kids Entertainment (commonly known as 4Kids) is an American film and television production company currently operating under bankruptcy protection. It is known for English-dubbing Japanese anime and specializing in the acquisition, production and licensing of children's entertainment around the United States. The first anime that 4Kids dubbed was the first eight seasons of Pokémon that aired on Kids' WB! in the United States. The company is most well-known for its range of television licenses, which has included the multi-billion dollar Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! Japanese anime franchises. They also ran two program blocks: The CW4Kids on The CW and 4Kids TV stations, both aimed at children.[1] As of December 27, 2008, the 4KidsTV block ended on Fox Network, leaving 4Kids to only broadcast The CW4Kids.
4Kids Entertainment has its world headquarters on Sixth Avenue in New York City, its subsidiary, 4Kids Productions, has its headquarters in a separate building in Manhattan.[2] The New York Stock Exchange delisted 4Kids (NYSE: KDE) on June 1, 2010.[3] As of April 6, 2011, it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following a lawsuit concerning the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise.
4Kids Entertainment, Inc., together with the subsidiaries, through which its businesses are conducted is a diversified entertainment and media company specializing in the youth oriented market. The Company operates in four business segments: Licensing, Advertising Media and Broadcast, Television and Film Production/Distribution, and Trading Card and Game Distribution. The Licensing segment of the Company consists of 4Kids Entertainment Licensing, Inc. (4Kids Licensing); 4Sight Licensing Solutions, Inc. (4Sight Licensing); 4Kids Entertainment International, Ltd. (4Kids International), and 4Kids Technology, Inc. (4Kids Technology).
Licensing
4Kids Licensing is engaged in the business of licensing the merchandising rights to children’s television series, properties and product concepts. 4Kids Licensing acts as merchandising agent in connection with the grant to third parties of licenses to manufacture and sell all types of merchandise, including toys, videogames, trading cards, apparel, housewares, footwear, books and other published materials, based on such Properties. 4Sight Licensing is engaged in the business of licensing properties and product concepts to adults, teens and tweens. 4Sight Licensing focuses on brand building through licensing. 4Kids International manages properties represented by the Company in the United Kingdom and European marketplaces. 4Kids Technology develops ideas and concepts for licensing, which integrate new and existing technologies with game and toy play patterns.
Advertising Media and Broadcast
The Company, through a multi-year agreement with The CW Network, LLC (The CW), leases The CW’s Saturday morning programming block (The CW4Kids), which broadcasts in markets from 7am to 12pm for an initial term of five years beginning with The CW's 2008-2009 broadcast season. The Company provides substantially all programming content to be broadcast on The CW4Kids. 4Kids Ad Sales, Inc. (4Kids Ad Sales), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, retain a portion of the revenue from its sale of network advertising time for the five-hour time period.
The Company, through a multi-year agreement (the Fox Agreement) with Fox Broadcasting Corporation (Fox), leased Fox’s Saturday morning programming block (4Kids TV) from 8am to 12pm eastern/pacific time (7am to 11am central time), which was terminated on December 31, 2008. The Company provided all programming content to be broadcast on 4Kids TV and 4Kids Ad Sales retained all of the revenue from its sale of network advertising time for the four-hour programming block. The Advertising Media and Broadcast segment also generates revenues from the sale of advertising on the Company’s multiple Websites. These Websites also showcase and promote The CW4Kids, as well as its many Properties.
Television and Film Production/Distribution
The Television and Film Production/Distribution business segment consists of the results of operations of the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company: 4Kids Productions, Inc. (4Kids Productions); 4Kids Entertainment Music, Inc. (4Kids Music); and 4Kids Entertainment Home Video, Inc. (4Kids Home Video). 4Kids Productions produces and adapts animated and live-action television programs and theatrical motion pictures for distribution to the domestic and international television, home video and theatrical markets. 4Kids Music composes original music for incorporation into television programming produced by 4Kids Productions and markets and manages such music. 4Kids Home Video distributes home videos associated with television programming produced by 4Kids Productions.
Trading Card and Game Distribution
The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, 4Kids Digital Games, Inc. (4Kids Digital), owns 55% of the TC Digital Games, LLC (TC Digital) that produces, markets and distributes the Chaotic trading card game. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, 4Kids Websites, Inc. (4Kids Websites), the Company owns 55% of TC Websites LLC (TC Websites), a company that owns and operates www.chaoticgame.com, the companion Website for the Chaotic trading card game, which was launched as a public beta version.
The Company competes with Disney, Time Warner, CBS, NBC, Nickelodeon, Hasbro, Upper Deck, Topps, Nintendo of America and Pokemon USA, Inc.
Officers and directors
Michael Goldstein CPA Interim Chairman of the Board
Bruce R. Foster Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Daniel Barnathan President of 4Kids Ad Sales Inc.
Samuel R. Newborn Esq. Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Director
Brian Lacey Executive Vice President - International
Jay Emmett Director
OVERALL
Beta: 0.34
Market Cap (Mil.): $--
Shares Outstanding (Mil.): 13.53
Annual Dividend: --
Yield (%): --
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4Kids Entertainment Inc, founded in 1970, is a diversified entertainment and media company in the US that acquires and develops children's toys and entertainment products. Its principal activities include product licensing, content production and distribution, trading cards, game distribution and online services.
Licensing
The company develops and licenses merchandising programmes for children's television and other media properties.
Advertising Media and Broadcast
Through a multi-year lease agreement with Fox Broadcasting, the company sells national advertising time for 4Kids TV.
Television and Film Production Distribution
This division includes 4Kids Music, which composes original music for TV programmes and manages the production and distribution of 4Kids Entertainment music CDs; 4Kids Home Video, which publishes DVD products based on the 4Kids Entertainment library; and 4Kids Production, which develops marketing strategies for 4Kids Entertainment properties and manages the 4kids.tv website.
Trading Cards and Online Games
TC Digital develops and markets the Chaotic trading card games.
In the year to end-December 2009, 4Kids Entertainment achieved revenue of USD 36.8 million (annual decline of 35.7%) and a net loss of USD 52.5 million.
Contact details
Address:
1414 Avenue Of The Americas
New York
New York
United States - NY 10019
4Kids Entertainment has its world headquarters on Sixth Avenue in New York City, its subsidiary, 4Kids Productions, has its headquarters in a separate building in Manhattan.[2] The New York Stock Exchange delisted 4Kids (NYSE: KDE) on June 1, 2010.[3] As of April 6, 2011, it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following a lawsuit concerning the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise.
4Kids Entertainment, Inc., together with the subsidiaries, through which its businesses are conducted is a diversified entertainment and media company specializing in the youth oriented market. The Company operates in four business segments: Licensing, Advertising Media and Broadcast, Television and Film Production/Distribution, and Trading Card and Game Distribution. The Licensing segment of the Company consists of 4Kids Entertainment Licensing, Inc. (4Kids Licensing); 4Sight Licensing Solutions, Inc. (4Sight Licensing); 4Kids Entertainment International, Ltd. (4Kids International), and 4Kids Technology, Inc. (4Kids Technology).
Licensing
4Kids Licensing is engaged in the business of licensing the merchandising rights to children’s television series, properties and product concepts. 4Kids Licensing acts as merchandising agent in connection with the grant to third parties of licenses to manufacture and sell all types of merchandise, including toys, videogames, trading cards, apparel, housewares, footwear, books and other published materials, based on such Properties. 4Sight Licensing is engaged in the business of licensing properties and product concepts to adults, teens and tweens. 4Sight Licensing focuses on brand building through licensing. 4Kids International manages properties represented by the Company in the United Kingdom and European marketplaces. 4Kids Technology develops ideas and concepts for licensing, which integrate new and existing technologies with game and toy play patterns.
Advertising Media and Broadcast
The Company, through a multi-year agreement with The CW Network, LLC (The CW), leases The CW’s Saturday morning programming block (The CW4Kids), which broadcasts in markets from 7am to 12pm for an initial term of five years beginning with The CW's 2008-2009 broadcast season. The Company provides substantially all programming content to be broadcast on The CW4Kids. 4Kids Ad Sales, Inc. (4Kids Ad Sales), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, retain a portion of the revenue from its sale of network advertising time for the five-hour time period.
The Company, through a multi-year agreement (the Fox Agreement) with Fox Broadcasting Corporation (Fox), leased Fox’s Saturday morning programming block (4Kids TV) from 8am to 12pm eastern/pacific time (7am to 11am central time), which was terminated on December 31, 2008. The Company provided all programming content to be broadcast on 4Kids TV and 4Kids Ad Sales retained all of the revenue from its sale of network advertising time for the four-hour programming block. The Advertising Media and Broadcast segment also generates revenues from the sale of advertising on the Company’s multiple Websites. These Websites also showcase and promote The CW4Kids, as well as its many Properties.
Television and Film Production/Distribution
The Television and Film Production/Distribution business segment consists of the results of operations of the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company: 4Kids Productions, Inc. (4Kids Productions); 4Kids Entertainment Music, Inc. (4Kids Music); and 4Kids Entertainment Home Video, Inc. (4Kids Home Video). 4Kids Productions produces and adapts animated and live-action television programs and theatrical motion pictures for distribution to the domestic and international television, home video and theatrical markets. 4Kids Music composes original music for incorporation into television programming produced by 4Kids Productions and markets and manages such music. 4Kids Home Video distributes home videos associated with television programming produced by 4Kids Productions.
Trading Card and Game Distribution
The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, 4Kids Digital Games, Inc. (4Kids Digital), owns 55% of the TC Digital Games, LLC (TC Digital) that produces, markets and distributes the Chaotic trading card game. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, 4Kids Websites, Inc. (4Kids Websites), the Company owns 55% of TC Websites LLC (TC Websites), a company that owns and operates www.chaoticgame.com, the companion Website for the Chaotic trading card game, which was launched as a public beta version.
The Company competes with Disney, Time Warner, CBS, NBC, Nickelodeon, Hasbro, Upper Deck, Topps, Nintendo of America and Pokemon USA, Inc.
Officers and directors
Michael Goldstein CPA Interim Chairman of the Board
Bruce R. Foster Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Daniel Barnathan President of 4Kids Ad Sales Inc.
Samuel R. Newborn Esq. Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Director
Brian Lacey Executive Vice President - International
Jay Emmett Director
OVERALL
Beta: 0.34
Market Cap (Mil.): $--
Shares Outstanding (Mil.): 13.53
Annual Dividend: --
Yield (%): --
KIDEQ.PK on PINK OTC MARKETS INC
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27 Apr 2011
Price Change (% chg)
$-0.01 (-3.95%)
Prev Close
$0.18
Open
--
Day's High
$0.19
Day's Low
$0.18
Volume
15,500
Avg. Vol
33,607
52-wk High
$1.25
52-wk Low
$0.06
KIDEQ.PK
ABOUT
4Kids Entertainment, Inc., together with the subsidiaries, through which its businesses are conducted is a diversified entertainment and media company specializing in the youth oriented market. The Company operates in four business segments: Licensing, Advertising Media and Broadcast, Television and Film Production/Distribution,... (more)
BUY/SELL
No analyst recommendations are available for KIDEQ.PK.» Analyst Consensus
OVERALL
Beta: 0.34
Market Cap (Mil.): $--
Shares Outstanding (Mil.): 13.53
Annual Dividend: --
Yield (%): --
4Kids Entertainment Inc, founded in 1970, is a diversified entertainment and media company in the US that acquires and develops children's toys and entertainment products. Its principal activities include product licensing, content production and distribution, trading cards, game distribution and online services.
Licensing
The company develops and licenses merchandising programmes for children's television and other media properties.
Advertising Media and Broadcast
Through a multi-year lease agreement with Fox Broadcasting, the company sells national advertising time for 4Kids TV.
Television and Film Production Distribution
This division includes 4Kids Music, which composes original music for TV programmes and manages the production and distribution of 4Kids Entertainment music CDs; 4Kids Home Video, which publishes DVD products based on the 4Kids Entertainment library; and 4Kids Production, which develops marketing strategies for 4Kids Entertainment properties and manages the 4kids.tv website.
Trading Cards and Online Games
TC Digital develops and markets the Chaotic trading card games.
In the year to end-December 2009, 4Kids Entertainment achieved revenue of USD 36.8 million (annual decline of 35.7%) and a net loss of USD 52.5 million.
Contact details
Address:
1414 Avenue Of The Americas
New York
New York
United States - NY 10019