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Britt Allcroft has acquired Media Merchants, the producer of children's TV programmes, for £14m. 16-Mar-2000 Britt Allcroft has received a £224m takeover approach from HIT Entertainment, the media group that specialises in cartoon characters. 01-Feb-2000 Britt Allcroft is to acquire a 50% stake in Sooty International, which could lead to the worldwide development of Sooty merchandise. 21-Dec-1999 Britt Allcroft is raising £11m in a share placing in order to fund the development of new children's characters. 04-Sep-1999 Britt Allcroft has agreed a deal with Destination Films of the US to make a £9m film based on Thomas the Tank Engine. 12-Feb-1999 Britt Allcroft is considering plans to set up a theme park in the US, based on its Thomas the Tank Engine character. 03-Sep-1998 Britt Allcroft has bought the rights to the Thomas the Tank Engine children's books from Reed Elsevier for £13.5m. 28-Apr-1998 Reed Elsevier is soon expected to announce the sale of its children's books publishing business, and interested parties are said to include Random House, Britt Allcroft, and Egmont International. 08-Aug-1997 Britt Allcroft Group, the marketer of children's characters, plans to raise £5m in a flotation in order to fund long-term development including the production of TV programmes. 18-Oct-1996 VCI is setting up a joint venture with Britt Allcroft Group to produce children's television programmes under the Moonbeam name. 19-Sep-1996
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