SEGMENT AND RELATED INFORMATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

SEGMENT AND RELATED INFORMATION [Abstract]

SEGMENT AND RELATED INFORMATION

13. SEGMENT AND RELATED INFORMATION

 The Company has three reportable segments: (i) Licensing; (ii) Advertising Media and Broadcast; and (iii) Television and Film Production/Distribution. The Company's reportable segments are strategic business units, which, while managed separately, work together as a vertically integrated entertainment company.  The Company's management regularly evaluates the performance of each segment based on its net revenues, profit and loss after all expenses, including amortized film and television costs and the 4Kids TV broadcast fee and interest income. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. The Company's Television and Film Production/Distribution segment records inter-segment revenues and the Company's Advertising Media and Broadcast segment records inter-segment charges related to the estimated acquisition costs of episodic television series for broadcast.

All inter-segment transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

	Licensing			Advertising Media and Broadcast			TV and Film Production/ Distribution			Total
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012:
Net revenues from external customers	$	1,370		$	308		$	405		$	2,083
Amortization of television and film costs		-			-			354			354
Reorganization items		(548	)		-			-			(548	)
Gain on litigation		8,000			-			-			8,000
Segment income (loss)		7,147			(2,425	)		(697	)		4,025
Segment assets		13,016			2,240			5,621			20,877
2011:
Net revenues from external customers	$	3,191		$	241		$	427		$	3,859
Amortization of television and film costs		-			-			721			721
Interest income		57			-			-			57
Loss on sale of investment securities		(910	)		-			-			(910	)
Segment loss		(493	)		(1,896	)		(1,169	)		(3,558	)
Segment assets		13,523			1,970			7,523			23,016

Net revenues from external customers and segment loss from discontinued operations have been excluded and are disclosed in Note 8.  Additionally, segment assets relating to discontinued operations of $0 and $19 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, have also been excluded in segment reporting.

Additionally, through the Company's London office and network of international subagents, which allow it to license its Properties throughout the world, the Company recognized net revenues from international sources primarily in Europe, of approximately $162 and $410 for the three months ended March 31, 2012, respectively.  As of March 31, 2012 and 2011, net assets of the Company's London office were $843 and $427, respectively.