Spode Under the name 'Spode Ltd' the same factories and business was continued after 1970. In 2006, the business merged with Royal Worcester. The merged company entered administration on 6 November 2008. The brand names and intellectual property were acquired by Portmeirion Group on 23 April 2009. On 23 April 2009, Portmeirion Pottery purchased their rival Royal Worcester and Spode brands, together with some of the stock, after they had been placed into administration the previous November. The purchase did not include Royal Worcester or Spode manufacturing facilities. Many items in Spode's Blue Italian and Woodland ranges are now made at
The Wheel of Time (TV series) fantasy novel series "The Wheel of Time" but did not ultimately proceed with the production. In 2004, Jordan sold the film, television, video game, and comic rights to the series to production company Red Eagle Entertainment. In 2015, Red Eagle Entertainment paid air time to cable network FXX to air "Winter Dragon", a 22-minute pilot for a potential "The Wheel of Time" series starring Billy Zane and Max Ryan that allowed Red Eagle to hold on to the rights to the project. Subsequently, Jordan's widow Harriet McDougal filed a lawsuit against the company that was resolved in 2016. On April