{"id":14316,"date":"2018-10-11T19:06:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T17:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.licensingitalia.it\/?p=14316"},"modified":"2018-10-11T19:06:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T17:06:21","slug":"oddcats-and-animals-win-the-2018-ble-license-this-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.licensingitalia.it\/en\/oddcats-and-animals-win-the-2018-ble-license-this-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"ODDCATS! AND ANIMALS! WIN THE 2018 BLE LICENSE THIS! COMPETITION"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The winners of this year\u2019s License This! competition were announced this afternoon at Brand Licensing Europe following 90 minutes of pitching and presentations from the six finalists. This year\u2019s competition attracted a record number of entries and, for the first time in its 10-year history, BLE presented two License This! awards.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The winner of the License This! Character &amp; Animation award is Oddcats! <\/b>Oddcats is a pre-school property from Zara Picken; a mob of mischievous creatures with a taste for adventure and socks! Cute, colourful, a little bit quirky and with a distinct stitch design, the Oddcats borrow odd socks to help them along on their globetrotting travels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The winner of the License This! Brand &amp; Design award is Animals! <\/b>Animals from Sarah Burman is a range of colourful, characterful quirky animal designs with a unique patchwork texture, strong colours and a hint of retro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">License This! chair and LIMA UK managing director Kelvyn Gardner commented: \u201cWe had six fantastically original and diverse properties in two very distinctive categories. There was licensing potential in each one, which made for a very difficult decision, but we are confident we have picked two very worthy winners from the class of License This! 2018.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The two License This! winners will receive a free exhibition stand at BLE 2019, one year\u2019s LIMA membership, PR support and advice from a panel of industry experts. For the first time, all finalists will receive legal consultation from competition sponsor Wynne-Jones. Previous entrants \u2013 both winners and finalists \u2013 have also signed lucrative agent and licensing deals off the back of the competition.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 2018 License This! judges were:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Chair: Kelvyn Gardner \u2013 LIMA UK&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cross category judge: Christina Schiavone &#8211; Wynne-Jones<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Character &amp; Animation judges <\/span><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dan Grant \u2013 Danilo Promotions<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Nikki Samuels \u2013 Sambro&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Clare Piggott \u2013 Larkshead Media&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Julia Redman \u2013 M&amp;Co<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Steve Manners &#8211; CPLG&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Brand &amp; Design judges<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stuart Cox \u2013 I Like Birds&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Will Stewart \u2013 The Point 1888<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Vicki Thomas \u2013 Vicki Thomas Associates&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sarah Lawrence \u2013 This is Iris&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jehane Boden Spiers \u2013 Jehane Ltd.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winners of this year\u2019s License This! competition were announced this afternoon at Brand Licensing Europe following 90 minutes of pitching and presentations from the six finalists. This year\u2019s competition attracted a record number of entries and, for the first time in its 10-year history, BLE presented two License This! awards. The winner of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[408],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-14316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-animation-characters"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ODDCATS! AND ANIMALS! WIN THE 2018 BLE LICENSE THIS! 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