September on air debut is a success, with 212,200 viewers tuning in since launch.Nickelodeon Consumer Products' new girls property, Winx Club, has got off to a strong start on-air, in turn giving the licensing programme a boost.The show launched in September on Nickelodeon and was the number two rated show on the channel for its launch weekend, plus the number one show for girls aged eight to 15, boosting ratings by 58 per cent.Since launch 212,200 viewers have tuned in.Having bought the rights to the property last year, Nickelodeon revoiced the existing content with in-house talent - including Keke Palmer from True Jackson and Ariana Grande from Victorious - adding new themes and songs.Nickelodeon UK is currently airing a compacted version of the first two series in four 90-minute specials. It will premiere series three and four in early 2012. A new CGI animation is in development and due to air in autumn/winter 2012, when the consumer products range is due to launch.Jakks is the global master toy partner, with NCP planning to expand the programme significantly over the coming months."It's great to see Winx Club being so well received by target audiences," said Mark Kingston, VP UK & Australia and pan-European retail development, NCP. "This bodes well for the show's licensing programme and confirms its rightful place in Nickelodeon's property portfolio, sitting between Dora the Explorer for pre-schoolers and tween and teen properties such as Victorious and Big Time Rush."We're looking forward to working with licensees and retailers on this exciting project and ensuring the Winx Club magic is spread across the UK."SOURCE!It looks like the Winx are taking over the UK very well. And they said we would get season 3 & 4 early next year.So that could mean that it might come to America next month! Hopefully! :)Take care!
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ickelodeon's ongoing promotion of the Winx Club property shifts into another gear this autumn, domestically and abroad, as the girls of Alfea College take to the airwaves and to store shelves through more and more licensing agreements. The girl-skewing TV animation debuted on Nickelodeon (U.S.) this past July, but has made headlines as of late thanks to the new one-hour television specials as well as the efforts of toy licensee JAKKS Pacific, Inc. The Winx Club resurgence, which started this summer, still has a ways to go [related A.I. news: "Nick Begins Winx Club Animation Revival" (06/2011)]. Early ratings reports on Nickelodeon's decision to re-dub and re-package the cartoon's first two seasons as sixty- to ninety-minute specials indicate ample success. The first of four TV specials pulled in more than 212,000 viewers (+58%; Girls 7-15), and Nickelodeon is confident the series' re-casting will be well received overseas as well. For example, Nickelodeon began airing Winx Club in Australia last month. The series' early seasons track the adventures of a group of girls, blessed with various magical abilities, as they struggle against the forces of evil -- sometimes fairing well, other times, not so much. The series lead, Bloom Quinn, enters a whole new world when she discovers that her sixth sense for danger endows her with a magical talent beyond her wildest dreams. Nickelodeon still appears on schedule to continue airing the four TV specials monthly through the autumn season, after which a weekly strip of the third and fourth seasons will promptly follow. But speaking of Winx Club in Australia, Nickelodeon Consumer Products has married JAKKS Pacific to local toy distributor Funtastic Limited (Chadstone, VIC), to account for next year's anticipated influx of Bloom toys, dolls, and costumes. JAKKS has previously been announced as the master toy licensee for Winx Club, Australia and New Zealand territories included; but the addition of Funtastic, Ltd., a retail supplier, gives the toy company a reported edge in better targeting local consumers. "The agreement with Funtastic for the Winx Club product line strengthens our international presence in the girls toy aisle," Stephen Berman, President and CEO, JAKKS Pacific, Inc., commented. "We are looking forward to introducing to the Australian market our comprehensive line of Winx Club products that bring positive messages of girl empowerment, friendship, adventure, magic and fashion that Winx Club epitomizes." Planned product lines for Winx Club, not scheduled to arrive until autumn 2012, include dolls, playsets, Halloween costumes, and more. Many of these products are not scheduled to retail until the new Season Five and Season Six, produced in computer animation, arrive. According to sources, Nick's consumer products division is planning an aggressive expansion of the Winx Club brand in the approaching months. (Ratings source: Licensing Biz online) (Article source: Animation Insider online
Hey Winx Fans,Justin Prentice will be voicing Andy on Nick's dub of season 4!He was on iCarly iOMG episode!I think he's got a perfect voice for Andy!I can't wait for season 3 & 4!
