A media franchise , also known as a multimedia franchise , is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a film , a work of literature , a television program , or a video game . Bob Iger , chief executive of the Walt Disney Company , defined the word franchise as "something that creates value across multiple businesses and across multiple territories over a long period of time.”
78-575: Angry Birds is a Finnish action, puzzle, and strategy based media franchise created by Rovio Entertainment , and owned by Sega . The game series focuses on the titular flock of colorful angry birds who try to save their eggs from green-colored pigs. Inspired by the game Crush the Castle , the original game has been praised for its successful combination of fun gameplay, comical style, and low price. Its popularity led to many spin-offs ; versions of Angry Birds created for PCs and video game consoles ,
156-581: A book titled Angry Birds Feathered Fun for learning all about birds. In the same year, Rovio created a contest with the prize Angry Birds: Hatching a Universe , a book about the franchise and all the characters. It was released for sale by Titan Books on 24 May 2013; And again by Insight Editions on 4 June 2013. The book was written by Danny Gordon with a foreword by Mikael Hed. As of 10 March 2014, IDW Publishing announced that they will be publishing Angry Birds Comics starting in June 2014, with Paul Tobin being
234-431: A deal with TWE -- which had by this point become a part of Epic Productions , which struck a separate distribution deal with RCA/Columbia not long before -- was officially announced. In March 1990, NBC filed a lawsuit against Columbia and its then-new parent company Sony under the perception that the latter two parties were violating their joint pact. Columbia purchased the foreign video rights to Orion Pictures titles
312-560: A feature film in the stop-motion animation style reminiscent of Aardman Animations , famous for the Wallace & Gromit franchise. To that end, Rovio has acquired a Helsinki -based animation studio to prepare Angry Birds short cartoons on for Nickelodeon Extra, the first of which was a Christmas special named "Wreck the Halls" that debuted in December 2011. He'd acknowledges that such
390-458: A film would be years away, and that Rovio must keep the characters relevant until then, by producing sequels and new adaptations of the game. Angry Birds Toons , a TV series based on the game, made its debut on March 16, 2013. Angry Birds Toons was released through third-party video distribution platforms, including Comcast's Xfinity On-Demand in the US, Samsung Smart TVs, and Roku set-top boxes. It
468-510: A former Columbia subsidiary), but continued to go through RCA/Columbia Pictures (as well as SVS-Triumph and then Columbia TriStar Home Video) for distribution until 1994, when Turner Broadcasting acquired New Line and Turner Home Entertainment assumed distribution functions. Other companies distributed by RCA/Columbia included Weintraub Entertainment and 21st Century Distribution . In 1987, once pre-existing distribution deals had expired, Tri-Star Pictures announced that it would be launching
546-485: A franchise can even be created, which ultimately leads to the creation of brand worlds. Since the creation of Disneyland in 1955, bringing fictional media franchises to life through the theme parks slowly became increasingly popular as the way to perfectly blend tourism and real-life involvement with media itself. Similar to transmedia, the concept of bringing fictional media into a non-fictional space where fans can immerse themselves in real-life versions of elements from
624-414: A game show based on Angry Birds currently called Angry Birds Challenge . On 9 June 2018, a series titled Angry Birds BirLd Cup was released on YouTube . It follows two teams (Team Red & Team Chuck) of rambunctious kids ready to put their soccer skills to the test. With Everton stars Wayne Rooney , Dominic Calvert-Lewin , Tom Davies , and Cenk Tosun on hand to lend their expertise and officiate
702-522: A home video distribution deal with SPHE through Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions . On August 31, 2010, SPHE partnered with RLJ Entertainment in a multi-year agreement, marketing and distributing DVDs and Blu-rays by RLJ. RLJ retained their own sales and marketing. In September 2011, the Australian division of SPHE announced they would merge their video operations with the local operations of Universal Pictures International Entertainment to form
780-413: A home video unit, Tri-Star Video , with Saul Melnick, a former MGM/UA Home Video employee, as its president. In 1988, after Coke sold its entertainment business, Tri-Star Video was merged into RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video. In late 1989, it was rumored that Trans World Entertainment would eventually sign a deal with RCA/Columbia to distribute its titles. This rumor bore fruit by that December when
858-402: A joint venture with RCA , RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video , to distribute tapes in overseas markets. The partnership expanded to North America as RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video the following year; this was in part to give RCA's CED videodisc format a steady stream of titles. The venture distributed NBC titles, as it was a subsidiary of RCA at the time. When Tri-Star Pictures
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#1732779482683936-1102: A joint-venture called Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. On April 23, 2012, Mill Creek announced that they had signed a home video distribution deal with SPHE, acquiring the rights to distribute 250 films from the Sony Pictures catalog on DVD and Blu-ray. On August 27, 2013, Mill Creek Entertainment signed a deal with SPHE to distribute 665 SPE films and 54 television series on DVD. Anime News Network reported in February 2013 that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Australian joint venture with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment licensed anime television series from NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan for distribution in Australia, with its initial titles, A Certain Magical Index , Shakugan no Shana and Armitage III , scheduled for release on April 24, 2013. From 2017 to 2018, Funimation began directly distributing
1014-598: A longstanding relationship in August 1983. They also distributed titles from various other film companies related to Columbia, including most of New Line Cinema 's theatrical releases (though not all, as Media Home Entertainment and Family Home Entertainment distributed several New Line films during the Columbia deal). New Line formed their own video label in 1990 (the result of acquiring Nelson Entertainment , which had previously been Embassy Home Entertainment , itself
1092-484: A market for merchandise featuring its characters, Angry Birds Toons (2013–2016), a televised animated series, and two films; The Angry Birds Movie (2016) and its sequel The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), with a third film currently in production. By January 2014, there had been over 2 billion downloads across all platforms, including both regular and special editions. By July 2015, the series' games had been downloaded more than 3 billion times collectively, making it
1170-504: A miniature Angry Birds golf course at American Dream Meadowlands in East Rutherford NJ USA on 1 October 2020. The first game received critical acclaim for gameplay and style, and is considered one of the greatest video games ever made . Media franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For the owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend
1248-424: A modeling agency, several television shows ( Playboy's Penthouse , in 1959), and even its own television channel . Twenty-five years later, Playboy released private clubs and restaurants, movie theaters, a radio show , direct to video films, music and book publishing (including original works in addition to its anthologies of cartoons, photographs, recipes, advice, articles or fiction that had originally appeared in
1326-503: A month earlier. NBC alleged that they were unaware of this transaction and had become convinced that Columbia was forming their own video unit in strict defiance of the joint venture, which was set to expire in 1992. Sony/Columbia denied NBC's claims. As the lawsuit continued into 1991, General Electric , the parent of NBC and RCA, announced that it was divesting its interest in RCA/Columbia. The deal closed in August of that year and
1404-529: A multi-year deal to allow CTHV to distribute Universal's products on DVD outside North America. For a short time, titles from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment also distributed by Universal on VHS between 2002 and 2003. It was named Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment from April 2001 until a name change to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in November 2004. SPHE had a three-year deal with Starz 's Anchor Bay Entertainment for worldwide DVD releases, with
1482-478: A new group of Hatchlings, trying to survive on an uncharted island. An animated film adaptation, The Angry Birds Movie , was released on 20 May 2016 which fully anthropomorphizes the characters for the first time in franchise history, giving them limbs and voices. Developed, produced and financed by Rovio Entertainment , it is animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks and distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Entertainment under their Columbia Pictures banner. It
1560-407: A new series titled Angry Birds Bubble Trouble was released on Amazon Freetime Unlimited and YouTube. It shows Red, Chuck, Bomb, Silver, and Stella in their Dream Blast designs having fun and dreaming. On 6 June 2023, a new long-form television series titled Angry Birds Mystery Island which is in development and is set to be released on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Kids+. The series focus on
1638-534: A select number of its anime titles in Australia and New Zealand through Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Australian joint venture with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. In September 2018, Funimation transferred distribution to Madman Entertainment , with Madman handling distribution and classification within the region. On December 18, 2013, SPHE president David Bishop, who had served since 2006, announced he would leave when his contract expired in March 2014. It
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#17327794826831716-451: A similar digital toy hybrid concept as Skylanders or Disney Infinity characters, but there is a different technology behind it. These are figures used to "teleport" a character of the corresponding figure into the game by scanning a tiny QR code via the device's camera. The Telepod platform technology was invented by ReToy, a bMuse company, in partnership with Hasbro. Telepods figures are not only for this use, but can also be used with
1794-580: A stop motion animated series. It tells the stories of the Minion Pigs' life. On 1 November 2014, Rovio released Angry Birds Stella , a 2D/3D animated series, telling the stories of Stella's life and that of her friends on their own island. On 3 July 2015, Rovio released the Rocket Science Show , an educational live-action-animated series, the NASA tell viewers facts about planets in
1872-512: Is also available in a number of countries on traditional television broadcasts. Angry Birds Toons is still accessible on mobile devices by an additional Angry Birds Toons channel on all of the Angry Birds apps homescreens. The DVD versions of the TV series were released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment . The series has a total of 3 seasons. On 11 April 2014, Rovio released Piggy Tales ,
1950-402: Is directed by animation veterans Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly in their directorial debut. Jon Vitti wrote the film's screenplay, and John Cohen and Catherine Winder served as the producers. Rovio also hired David Maisel , former executive producer of Marvel Studios films such as Iron Man , to be the executive producer of its feature-length films. A sequel , The Angry Birds Movie 2
2028-458: Is the home entertainment distribution division of Sony Pictures Entertainment , a subsidiary of Sony . Their releases are currently distributed by Studio Distribution Services , a joint venture between Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment , via a distribution deal formed by the two companies. SPHE is responsible for the distribution of the Sony Pictures library for home entertainment, mainly releases from
2106-484: Is the Japanese term for a transmedia franchise. The term media mix gained its circulation in late 1980s and is first used to describe adaptations of Sakyo Komatsu 's Japan Sinks , but the origins of the strategy can be traced back to the 1960s with the proliferation of anime , with its interconnection of media and commodity goods. Some of the earlier popular Japanese franchises such as Vampire Hunter D in
2184-727: The COVID-19 pandemic . In June 2013, Rovio and NASA opened the Angry Birds Space Encounter theme park at the Kennedy Space Center . It offers creating characters and shooting birds at pigs, as in the video game. It also opened in the Space Center Houston . Angry Birds World theme park at Doha Festival City opened in April 2019; the indoor part had opened in June 2018. Rovio opened
2262-469: The Solar System . On 12 July 2015, Real Angry Birds , inspired by the game Angry Birds , premiered on Nat Geo Wild . In 2016, Rovio released Fun Game Coding , another educational live-action-animated series, containing insightful instructions from tech-savvy Rovio employees. On 10 March 2017, Rovio released Angry Birds Blues , an animated series based on The Angry Birds Movie . It shows
2340-1055: The Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group ( Columbia Pictures , TriStar Pictures , Sony Pictures Classics , and Screen Gems ) as well as releases from Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions ( Triumph Films , Destination Films , Stage 6 Films and Affirm Films ) and Crunchyroll, LLC after the latter company's deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment as Funimation expired. SPHE also releases and distributes products from Lionsgate Home Entertainment (since 2021), The Walt Disney Company (since 2024), The Criterion Collection (since 2013) and Content Partners LLC (which includes titles from FilmDistrict (now absorbed into Focus Features ), Morgan Creek Entertainment , Franchise Pictures and Revolution Studios ). Since June 20, 2007, SPHE has handled distribution of children's content formerly handled by Sony BMG 's Sony Wonder label. In Canada, Columbia TriStar Home Video helped distribute tapes from Astral Video in
2418-491: The fantasy and science fiction genres. Similarly, fantasy, science fiction films and television shows are frequently adapted into animated television series , video games, or both. A media franchise does not have to include the same characters or theme, as the brand identity can be the franchise, like Square Enix 's Final Fantasy or the National Lampoon series , and can suffer from critical failures even if
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2496-423: The 1980s and Pokémon in the late 1990s, acted as benchmarks in the country's transmedia dominance. The latter in particular began as a video game available on Nintendo 's Game Boy , and crossed through the media of television, film, news, and other non-media related realms, such trading cards, merchandise, and more. A number of Japanese media franchises have gained considerable global popularity, and are among
2574-437: The 1990s. It also has an Australian deal with Hoyts . Sony Pictures Home Entertainment was established in June 1978 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment , and released 20 titles in November 1979. Its first 20 titles were licensed and distributed by Time-Life Video , a unit of Time-Life Films, but the relationship didn't last long, and Columbia formed its own distribution arm. In March 1981, Columbia Pictures established
2652-654: The 2023 season, being rebranded for the 2024 season. Rovio opened "Activity Parks" of the game. The first one opened in Lightwater Valley , England, with dance floors, playgrounds that include slides, and touchscreen devices for visitors to play Angry Birds. The attraction also opened in Vuokatti , Finland, with obstacle courses and races, and a separate "Angry Birds Town" with kids' cars. A park opened in Malaysia, but closed after six years on 5 April 2021 due to
2730-464: The Mighty Eagle. On 1 June 2019, a series titled Angry Birds MakerSpace was released on YouTube. It features the birds and pigs working together in a shared workspace. On 18 January 2020, a series titled Angry Birds Slingshot Stories was released on YouTube. It features structures from the original Angry Birds game and shows the birds and pigs' life outside the levels. On 31 August 2020,
2808-571: The SPHE logo as the on-screen logo, and Disney, Lionsgate and Criterion releases still use their respective logos. During this time, the company also has and had some sub-labels, including: During the time that Consolidated Press Holdings , and later Publishing and Broadcasting Limited and West Australian Newspapers owned Hoyts, they re-established the Hoyts Distribution arm of the company. SPHE Australia releases Hoyts titles, including
2886-641: The UK was created in Sundown Adventureland, in the Nottinghamshire countryside. It was announced that UK theme park Thorpe Park would open their own Angry Birds Land themed area within the park, opening in May 2014, with a 4D cinema showing a 10-minute Angry Birds film with 4D effects, and a slight re-theme of existing drop tower ride Detonator . This Angry Birds Land operated until the end of
2964-524: The birds being sent to the real world from a girl's phone, causing mayhem while the pigs are looking for them. In late 2018, Rovio announced that a new, long-form Angry Birds television series titled Angry Birds: Summer Madness is in production and was originally set for release in 2021 on Netflix. It was pushed and was released in January 2022. It focuses on Red, Stella, Bomb, and Chuck as teenagers in summer camp causing mayhem with their teacher being
3042-419: The commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create the franchise's fandom , which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its media and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchise-based fandoms have grown to be even more popular in recent years with
3120-476: The competition, the two teams will go head to head in a series of soccer-centric challenges to earn points. The team that scores the most points will claim the illustrious BirLd Cup, and BirLdwide acclaim. On 3 October 2018, a short, three-episode series titled Angry Birds Zero Gravity was released on YouTube. On 17 November 2018, a series titled Angry Birds on the Run was released on YouTube. The series focuses on
3198-402: The day-in-the-life episodes of the many different Real Housewives series. Documentaries and docuseries are other highlights of the non-fiction branch of media franchises, such as the popular Planet Earth series, which serves as both a film and television transmedia franchise. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc. (abbreviated as SPHE )
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3276-524: The exceptions of North America, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. In 2005, when Sony and four partners acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) from Kirk Kerkorian , SPHE held the domestic home entertainment rights to MGM's 4,000 film and 10,400 television episode library, though the releases used the MGM DVD label. However, thanks to a cooling DVD market, sales did not meet projections; this
3354-725: The fictional worlds they love, adds to the overall narrative the franchise creates through its other media. Marvel's Avenger's Campus park is one of the many franchise-based theme parks created in recent times, following the creation of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure and Star Wars' Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and Disney World . Media franchises tend to cross over from their original media to other forms. Literary franchises are often transported to film, such as Nancy Drew , Miss Marple , and other popular detectives , as well as popular comic book superheroes . Television and film franchises are often expanded upon in novels , particularly those in
3432-470: The film The Matrix Reloaded and the video game Enter the Matrix were produced at the same time, using the same actors on the same sets, and released on the same day. Transmedia franchises occasionally release content through certain media that is not canon to the main or greater story that the franchise is built around, meaning that the elements of said content do not truly exist in the main timeline of
3510-467: The financial logic of cost-recovery for expensive productions by identifying that a single medium launch is a lost opportunity, the timeliness of the production and release is more important than its integrity, the releases should raise brand awareness and the cross-ability of the work is critical for its success. American Idol was a transmedia franchise from its beginnings, with the first season winner Kelly Clarkson signing with RCA Records and having
3588-689: The first official Angry Birds retail store in Helsinki on 11 November 2011 at 11:11 a.m. local time. It expects to open its next retail store somewhere in China, considered the game's fastest-growing market. Merchandise has been successful, with 45% of Rovio's revenues in 2012 coming from branded merchandise. The most notable toys are the Telepods, created by Hasbro . These figures are created for Angry Birds Star Wars II , Angry Birds Go! , Angry Birds Stella , and Angry Birds Transformers . Telepods use
3666-607: The focus on the content of the commodity to "overlapping the commodity image with the character image". The book Anime's Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan, by Marc Steinberg, details the evolution of the media mix in Japan. Long-running franchises were common in the early studio era, when Hollywood studios had actors and directors under long-term contract. In such cases, even lead actors are often replaced as they age, lose interest, or their characters are killed. Spin-offs and adaptations of popular pieces of media within
3744-433: The franchise's characters and settings. As one author explains, "For the studios, a home-run is a film from which a multimedia 'franchise' can be generated; the colossally expensive creation of cross-media conglomerates predicated on synergistic rewards provides an obvious imperative to develop such products." The trend later developed wherein franchises would be launched in multiple forms of media simultaneously; for instance,
3822-415: The franchise. Canon content often times breaks continuity, leading fans to speculate or seek to confirm which media are canon and which are not, which can get confusing if the franchise does not provide an answer themselves since entire media can be non-canon to the greater story, with a popular example occurring. On the other hand, specific episodes, volumes or parts of a series can be canon while others in
3900-418: The game. After a few weeks of the release of Angry Birds Space , they also released Angry Birds Space -themed books about numbers, alphabets, and stickers. On 20 March 2012, National Geographic published a paperback book titled Angry Birds Space: A Furious Flight Into The Final Frontier shortly before the release of Angry Birds Space which became available on 22 March 2012. National Geographic also has
3978-496: The games featured exclusive levels and elements that aid in promotion. The following games feature the Angry Birds and Bad Piggies as playable characters or exclusive rewards featuring them, along with some miscellaneous references to the franchise. Rovio is investigating ways to expand the Angry Birds brand, including merchandise, television shows and movies. As of 2024, Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio Entertainment, has envisioned
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#17327794826834056-730: The globe except for Canada on physical and digital home entertainment platforms. In January 2017, SPHE expanded its distribution deal with Genius Brands to include all properties and acquired an equity stake in the company. On February 6, 2018, Man Jit Singh stepped down as president of SPHE and was replaced by Keith LeGoy. In February 2021, Sony announced it would distribute releases by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in North America beginning in July 2021, when Lionsgate's distribution deal with 20th Century Home Entertainment (owned by The Walt Disney Company ) expires. In February 2024, it
4134-485: The litigation officially ended with Sony renaming the company as Columbia TriStar Home Video . In 1998, it signed a deal with The Jim Henson Company to launch its own video label, Jim Henson Home Entertainment , with CTHV distributing; at the time, Columbia and Henson were also allied theatrically for the Jim Henson Pictures venture. On February 28, 1999, CTHV and Universal Studios Home Video signed
4212-513: The lives of the Blues having fun, while the Hatchlings were doing random stuff and ruining their plans. On 3 July 2017, Netflix and KidsClick picked up every Angry Birds Toons , Angry Birds Stella , and Piggy Tales episode in the form of 23 compilations. On 1 June 2018, U.S. television production company Big Fish Entertainment announced that they would be partnering with Rovio to create
4290-473: The magazine), footwear, clothing of every kind, jewelry, housewares (lamps, clocks, bedding, glassware), guitars and gambling, playing cards, pinball machines and pet accessories, billiard balls, bedroom appurtenances, enhancements, plus countless other items of merchandise. Non-fiction media franchises also exist in the television and film media, with reality TV being one of the most well-known examples; ranging from competition shows like The Amazing Race to
4368-400: The media fictional material is unrelated. Non-fiction literary franchises include the ...For Dummies and The Complete Idiot's Guide to... reference books . An enduring and comprehensive example of a media franchise is Playboy Enterprises , which began expanding well beyond its successful magazine, Playboy , within a few years after its first publication, into such enterprises as
4446-435: The most downloaded freemium game series of all time . The original Angry Birds has been called "One of the most mainstream games out right now," "One of the great runaway hits of 2010", and "The largest mobile app success the world has seen so far". The first main-series video game sequel, Angry Birds 2 , was released on 30 July 2015. The first game in the series was initially released on 11 December 2009 for iOS . At
4524-433: The overarching story and narrative of the franchise itself. A connection between the characters, settings, and other elements of the media franchise do still exist within the different media, regardless of the fact that they are being presented in sometimes completely different ways, such as the shared, interweaving storylines and elements of Spider-Man films, television shows, comics and video games. Espen Aarseth describes
4602-442: The physical distribution of titles from Sony Pictures as well as Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment ( Walt Disney Pictures , Marvel Studios , Lucasfilm Ltd. , 20th Century Studios , etc.), Lionsgate Home Entertainment ( Lionsgate Films , Summit Entertainment , eOne Films , Roadside Attractions , etc.) and The Criterion Collection through their existing distribution deals with SPHE. SDS-distributed releases will still use
4680-529: The pigs. Upon learning of the attraction, Rovio Entertainment was reported to be considering working with the theme park to officially license it. In March 2012, Rovio announced plans for an official Angry Birds Land, that opened on 28 April 2012, at the Särkänniemi adventure park in Finland. Angry Birds Land opened in May 2014 at Johor Bahru City Centre in Malaysia. The first Angry Birds themed park in
4758-484: The popular Twilight book series that was adapted into the five films of The Twilight Saga . Other neologisms exist to describe various franchise types including metaseries , which can be used to describe works such as Isaac Asimov 's Foundation series . Multimedia franchises usually develop through a character or fictional world becoming popular in one medium, and then expanding to others through licensing agreements , with respect to intellectual property in
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#17327794826834836-415: The release of A Moment Like This becoming a #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100. The success resulted in a nationwide concert tour, an American Idol book that made the bestseller list and the film From Justin to Kelly . A transmedia franchise however is often referred to by the simpler term "media franchise". The term media franchise is often used to describe the popular adaptation of a work into films, like
4914-409: The rise of social media platforms, as many fans seek to interact with one another for discussion, debate and even to create their own fan-made pieces of media revolving around the franchise, on websites like tumblr , Reddit and Fandom . In the case of successful transmedia franchises, each different medium should expand the target demographic and fandom, build the interest of the consumers and add to
4992-525: The same medium are not, such as the fact that only some of the Battlestar Galactica comics are canon, with a large amount of them breaking the continuity of the main story. In Japanese culture and entertainment, media mix ( wasei-eigo : メディアミックス , mediamikkusu ) is a strategy to disperse content across multiple representations: different broadcast media , gaming technologies, cell phones, toys, amusement parks , and other methods. It
5070-594: The soft drink collection: Lagoon ( pear - apple ) and Space Comet ( orange - cola ). The game's characters have been used, officially or otherwise, in amusement park attractions. In September 2011, the Window of the World theme park in Changsha , China opened an unlicensed Angry Birds attraction. Visitors to the park use a large slingshot to launch stuffed versions of the bird characters at green balloons that represent
5148-418: The time, the 2009 swine flu epidemic was in the news, so the staff decided to use pigs as the enemies of the Angry Birds. The company released ports of the game to other touchscreen smartphone operating systems, including Android . In early 2019, all remaining Angry Birds games released before October 2014 (with the exception of Friends ) were discontinued and removed from app stores, though Bad Piggies
5226-495: The toy set that comes with the toy, like other Angry Birds board games. One of the 2012 New Models for Hot Wheels cars from Mattel is based on Red, the Blues, and Chuck. The package card bears both the Hot Wheels and Angry Birds logo. In 2016, Lego released six sets based on The Angry Birds Movie . In 2011, Rovio published a cookbook titled Bad Piggies: Egg Recipes , along with doodle books based on some characters of
5304-477: The world's highest-grossing media franchises . For example, Pokémon 's penetration into the American market of the franchise along with others of Japanese origin, such as Yu-Gi-Oh! , gave rise to the recognition of what is variously called transmedia storytelling , crossmedia, transmediation , media synergy, etc. Researchers argue that the 1963 Tetsuwan Atomu marked a shift in Japanese marketing from
5382-519: The writer. In the summer of 2017, GoComics announced that it will be running a comic strip series based on the world of The Angry Birds Movie , with each issue available to view on its website. The strip ran for over a year, from 3 August 2017 to 20 September 2018. In early 2012, Olvi started to manufacture Angry Birds soft drinks , after licensing with Rovio with two different tastes: Tropic (tropical fruits) and Paradise ( pineapple - mandarin ). In September 2012 Olvi released two new tastes to
5460-547: Was added back in early 2020. Rovio has declined to explain their reasoning behind the decision apart from a brief tweet and support response, both giving different answers. However, in June 2021, by popular demand of the fans, Rovio announced that the classic games will be available on the stores again sometime in the future, starting with a recreated version of the original Angry Birds game known as Rovio Classics: Angry Birds released on mobile platforms on 31 March 2022. In August 2023, Sega acquired Rovio Entertainment. The deal
5538-538: Was announced on 6 June 2024, with DNEG Animation and Rovio's new parent company Sega Sammy Group producing without the involvement of Sony Pictures . There have been several toys made from Angry Birds characters. The game's official website offers plush versions of the birds and pigs for sale, along with T-shirts featuring the game's logo and characters. In May 2011, Mattel released an Angry Birds board game, titled "Angry Birds: Knock on Wood". Over 10 million Angry Birds toys have been sold thus far. Rovio opened
5616-532: Was announced that Man Jit Singh would replace Bishop. On July 22, 2015, SPHE and Transmission Films reached a multi-year distribution pact to release Transmission's library in Australia (through Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Limited) and in New Zealand. On November 20, 2015, SPHE announced that it would release Ultra HD Blu-ray releases. On March 15, 2016, SPHE partnered with eOne to distribute films by Momentum Pictures across
5694-459: Was closed on 17 August 2023, rendering Sega the current owner of the Angry Birds brand alongside their subsidiary Rovio. Description These games were soft-launched in select countries but were permanently discontinued after a few months, never making a full release. From 2011 to 17, Angry Birds has collaborated with many other companies and released variations of the game in the respective companies' theme. Most of them were Flash -based. All of
5772-504: Was formed in 1984, R/CPHV became one of the three primary distributors of Tri-Star product for home video (the other two being CBS/Fox Video and Thorn-EMI/HBO Video {later renamed to HBO/Cannon Video and then simply HBO Video}, as CBS and HBO originally held stakes in Tri-Star), and fully assumed distribution of TriStar titles in the early 1990s. In Australia, they signed a deal to distribute releases from Hoyts Distribution and formed
5850-544: Was in negotiations with MGM for a co-financing deal that would've included full distribution rights to the MGM Home Entertainment library; this deal, however, ultimately did not include home media rights to MGM's catalog (which instead remained with Fox), though Sony would distribute some of the films they co-financed on video as part of the deal. On February 21, 2010, The Weinstein Company (TWC) struck
5928-498: Was one of several factors that led to MGM splitting off from Sony Pictures control. On May 31, 2006, MGM ended its distribution deal with SPHE and transferred most of its output to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment . The MGM fiasco directly led to long time SPHE president Ben Feingold's departure in the fall of 2006, and was replaced by, ironically, MGM Home Entertainment executive Dave Bishop, who brought along numerous MGM employees to replace Sony staffers. In February 2011, Sony
6006-609: Was released on 13 August 2019 which was co-produced by both Rovio Animation and Sony Pictures Animation . Directed by the creator of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack , Thurop Van Orman , the sequel breaks from the series' source material by having the Birds and Pigs ending their rivalry to form an alliance to battle a larger threat, as well as becoming one of the most critically well-received video game film adaptations ever made, garnering an unprecedented score of 73% from Rotten Tomatoes . A second sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 3 ,
6084-490: Was reported that SPHE had reached an agreement to distribute physical releases by Disney in North America, succeeding Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment , who has begun to discontinue physical distribution entirely. On June 24, 2024, it was reported that SPHE had entered into a distribution deal with Studio Distribution Services , a joint venture between Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment . The deal will allow SDS to handle
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