Saturday, August 08, 2015

Rainbow Takes Popular Properties To Southeast Asia With iflix

The European animated studio Rainbow has secured a deal with Southeast Asian internet TV service iflix to stream the popular animated series "Winx Club" and three other properties in the region!


iflix will offer its subscribers across Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand access to "Winx Club", "PopPixie" and "Huntik: Secrets & Seekers", beginning this month. The shows will also be available to subscribers in Indonesia starting Friday 1st January 2016. In addition, iflix customers in Malaysia will be able to watch "Mia and Me".

"We are delighted to have signed this deal with iflix," said Cristiana Buzzelli, the Vice President of contents, digital and publishing at Rainbow. "Video on-demand in Southeast Asia is growing very quickly, and iflix is the perfect partner to bring the magic of Rainbow to millions of children across the region and boost the licensing potential of all these fantastic properties."

Mark Britt, iflix's group CEO, commented, "We are thrilled to partner with Winx to provide their exceptionally popular children's programming as an integral part of our regional content strategy. This agreement once again reaffirms iflix's commitment to provide the best in entertainment to our subscribers across Southeast Asia."

Nickelodeon South East Asia is currently premiering brand-new episodes from "Winx Club" season seven.

Sources: TV Kids, Licensing.biz.
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