Rainbow recently signed a partnership deal with Lisle Licensing in order to help grow a new music-driven animated property titled 44 Cats. The series consists of 52 x 13 episodes, and will cover the U.K. territory. 44 Cats already debuted last March 4 on Nick Jr., and its momentum will see it debut on more […]
Rainbow’s hairball comedy 44 Cats has been picked up internationally by Nickelodeon. The children’s broadcaster has agreed to air the show globally, excluding the United States and Latin America, in 2019. Inspired by the 1968 Italian song “Quarantaquattro gatti,” the series follows Lampo, Milandy, Pilou and Polpetta, four homeless kittens who transform a garage into […]
According to a recent announcement, streaming service Netflix is getting ready to produce a live action adaptation of Rainbow Group’s popular animated franchise, Winx Club. The adaptation will allow fans of the Italian animated series to finally see the six fashionista fairies rendered onscreen as flesh and blood characters. The premise largely remains the same: […]
European studio Rainbow has recently announced that the animated fairytale remix Regal Academy will be returning to Nick Jr. in the U.S. for its second season. The debut for broadcast has been pencilled in for Sunday, November 5 at 1:30pm ET/PT, with a global rollout on various Nickelodeon platforms scheduled for 2018. Regal Academy is […]
Thanks go out to Toonbarn reader Jackie, who gave us the tip-off that the spin-off Winx Club WOW: World of Winx has just been released on Netflix. The spin-off was originally given the vague “Fall 2016” release date on the streaming service, but the exact date is no longer important as the show can now […]
Rainbow’s Winx Club will be flying to India trough a new deal with the leading national broadcaster Sun TV Network Ltd. for its kids’ entertainment channels. Four regional channels Kochu TV, Chintu TV, Kushi TV and Chutti TV will broadcast seasons 4 to 7 of the series starting in June across Southern India in 4 […]
According to a recent announcement, Rainbow’s globally popular animated series Winx Club will be making its way to South Africa this month, courtesy of a landmark deal with one of the country’s leading free-to-air channels, ETV. The channel will be broadcasting the fifth and sixth seasons of Winx Club by July, with a broad multiplatform […]
Rainbow and Lucky Punch have jointly announced that a second season of Mia and Me have been commissioned for broadcast by the end of 2014/beginning of 2015, due to the strong international TV sales and impressive ratings garnered by the first season.
Rainbow has entered into a partnership with Scotland-based game developer/publisher Tsumanga Studios in order to create a new girl-targeted virtual world game based on the Winx Club property. The planned Winx Club game will be made available in English, Italian, Russian, and French and will have ports in all the current generations of mobile phones, […]
Italian animation studio Rainbow has just announced a new batch of licensing agents for their popular brand Winx Club during London’s Brand Licensing Show. The new licensees consist of CPLG for Germany and Benelux; RBW for Brunei, Malaysi, Singapore and Thailand; Tuesday (Bates Group) Indonesia; License2Brand in Greece and FWD Licensing in UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, […]
Italian distribution and licensing house Rainbow has recently entered into a licensing partnership deal with toy giant Mattel for the hit girls’ TV series Mia and Me. Mattel will be joining the list of international Mia and Me licensing partners, which includes Panini, Belltex, Ciementoni, Schmidt spiele, and Egmont. Mattel is planning to come up […]
From the previews we’ve seen, the Cloudbabies look so soft and huggable, and now Vivid Imagination will give us the chance to play with them off the TV, courtesy of new plush toys, playsets, games, puzzles, role play items, and arts and crafts! Available for distribution throughout EMEA, the new master toy partner will work […]