August 25.2019

August 25.2019

Hasbro and Entertainment One Peppa Pig... I just learned of Peppa's existence on the trip, it is completely out of my scope of attention. I heard recently Hasbro that paid out $4 billion dollars and the Peppa Pig was part of the purchase deal. First, what is it with $4 billion these days? Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4 billion. Disney bought Marvel for $4 billion. I completely glossed over any other detail of the transaction until MaryNiko pointed out that it was Entertainment One that was purchased. You can read that and some of my earlier research on essentially "what became of Koch?" here in the [forums]. The Market Watch headline reads Hasbro gets Peppa Pig, and lots more, with $4 billion Entertainment One acquisition - Why does this matter? That gem is found in Canadian Media Producers Association's ongoing list of Signatory Producers link, which gets updated online from time to time and within the documentation of CMPA (formerly CFTPA) Signatory Producers 2015 to 2017 (extended to June 30, 2019) Animation up to April 9, 2019: Entertainment One Television Productions Ltd for "Galaxy Rangers" What's next? Toys? A reboot? Should Grant Gould brush off some of that concept art?

Anniversary #20 Still alive, having a great busy summer. For our 20th wedding anniversary, we took a trip to Scotland with the kids to visit friends and family across the pond. Had a wonderful time in Edinburgh, Glasgow and finished up the travels in London where we caught the West End production of Hamilton! That stitch of 15+ photos of Glen Coe Scotland prints at 12"x48"+ and I'm debating on creating a triptych of it. Such a beautiful place! Site updates came to a screeching halt as I've been taking some time to do some house projects while the weather is good, plus I'm debating on how to handle media uploads in the face of a certain site that begins with the letter "P". I should write about that someday as it really takes the air out of my tires.

Misc Found Mel C. Horse earlier this summer! (Ranger-L subscribers know of whom I type!) Changed the current banner due to a Twitter mention of the Bovo Cattle. (image link for future ref)