Jack Wanstall – Senior Licensing & Partnerships Manager at Royal Armouries – discusses recent brand highlights, including partnerships with Royal Mail, Wilde & Harte and Onoto.

“I realised early on that HAL was going to be pretty fun to play”: Game designer Phil Walker-Harding takes us inside development of Maestro Media’s 2001: A Space Odyssey: The Board Game.

“We are looking forward to creating thoughtful and intentional products based on the channel’s most viewed videos,” said Katy Roshannon, Senior Director of Brand Marketing at Bonkers Toys.

“We are building a strong licensing programme to meet enormous UK demand,” said Charlie Donaldson, Joint Managing Director of Rocket Licensing.

“At NYBG, we believe in the power of beautiful products with purpose and so does the team at Alex and Ani making this collaboration a natural fit,” said Christa Boeke, VP Retail at NYBG.

The launch includes the Megadeth magnetic Jack Rack – a wall-mounted key holder designed using amp hardware and decked out with artwork from the band’s debut album.

“When we learned so many were already using their Squishmallows as pillows, we knew we had to dream up and disrupt the home goods category by developing a branded pillow unlike any other,” said Laura Zebersky, President and Chief Commercial Officer, Jazwares.

The BBC is looking for ideas ‘that will engage the CBeebies pre-school audience on the CBeebies channel and on BBC iPlayer’.

“Every detail is a love letter to the TV show: from the full black and white design to the connected cover set to the narrative style,” said series co-editor Ellen Boener.

The range spans a t-shirt and is timed with Yahoo Mail’s rollout of its new catch up feature.