New York- Sesame Workshop, through its master licensee for content distribution in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, Thaole Entertainment, has closed deals to broadcast a slate of Sesame Street programming in 2016. Cookies Crumby Pictures will be dubbed into Mandarin for Taiwan’s Eastern Broadcasting’s cable channel – YOYO TV; ABS-CBN will carry Sesame Street on its Yey Digital Terrestrial channel; and MCOT in Thailand will broadcast Elmo the Musical, Elmo's World, Sesame Best Friends, Sesame … [Read more...] about Sesame ST for Taiwan, Philippines and Thailand
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HBO buys Sesame Street
HBO has announced a five-year deal to carry new seasons of the popular children’s show Sesame Street. The partnership will make the next five seasons of available exclusively on HBO as well as HBO Go and HBO Now, the network’s streaming services. The deal will allow Sesame Workshop, its prodco, to produce almost twice as much new content as previous seasons and make the show available for free to PBS, the US public broadcaster, and its member stations nine months later. Sesame … [Read more...] about HBO buys Sesame Street
China’s BesTV offers “Sesame Street” episodes
Shanghai and New York – BesTV and Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organisation behind Sesame Street, announced the debut of Sesame Street episodes across BesTV’s media platforms including IPTV, digital TV and OTT devices. The strategic cooperation not only includes content licensing but also cross-promotional opportunities, digital marketing, and co-development of early childhood educational content and mobile applications. One of the featured … [Read more...] about China’s BesTV offers “Sesame Street” episodes
Sesame Workshop introduces Sesame GO
New York, NY – Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organisation behind Sesame Street, launched Sesame GO, a new subscription video on demand service which provides the latest and greatest collection of full-length TV episodes of Sesame Street on the internet, on April 8. Sesame GO is powered by the Kaltura MediaGo OTT Solution. Sesame GO provides a safe, ad-free environment to watch Sesame Street content. Available as a web service through any internet browser, and optimised … [Read more...] about Sesame Workshop introduces Sesame GO
CCTV and Sesame Workshop ​on ​China special
Shanghai – CCTV Children’s Channel began airing a Spring Festival Special series called Happy New Year from January 31 to February 6. Airing every night 6pm-7pm and with particular themes, the program is aimed at encouraging children to learn more about Spring Festival. In addition, it is the first time that CCTV Children’s Channel hosts are meeting with the Muppets of Sesame Street. During the special, there is a segment called “Chinese New … [Read more...] about CCTV and Sesame Workshop ​on ​China special
Layoffs at Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop, the creator of Sesame Street, is laying off 10% of its staff. According to Deadline.com, Sesame Workshop's CEO also announced that the Corporate Strategy and the Business Systems Programming groups will be dissolved as of July 1st. Sesame Workshop’s Global Education department will also be melded into other units. Sesame Workshop released the following statement: "Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organisation behind Sesame Street, is constantly … [Read more...] about Layoffs at Sesame Workshop
