Kidscreen's children's digital entertainment and media news website iKids is reporting the exciting Nickelodeon International News in the following article that Amazon.com has secured an expanded multi-year, multi-national licensing deal with Viacom that will see a raft of hit kids shows including "Dora the Explorer", "Go, Diego, Go!", "Blue's Clues" and "The Backyardigans" become available to Amazon Prime Instant Video customers across mobile devices and internet-connected TVs and consoles! The deal comes a little more than a month after rival streaming service Netflix announced it was letting its existing deal with Viacom expire.
Kindle Fire customers with FreeTime Unlimited will be able to access select Nick and Nick Jr. (preschool) programming such as "Bubble Guppies", "Team Umizoomi" and "Victorious", as well as future episodes from series including "Dora The Explorer", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Fairly OddParents", and "Fresh Beat Band".
European online subscription service LOVEFiLM, a Amazon subsidiary, also expects to add Viacom children's content for its customers in Germany and the UK later this summer.
According to Bill Carr, Amazon's Vice-President (VP) of digital video and music, the new deal gives customers the largest online subscription offering of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. shows.
The technology industry news website CNET UK Crave is also reporting LOVEFiLM's UK content deal with Viacom International Media Networks also includes programming from Nickelodeon's sister networks, MTV and Comedy Central.
The news coms after the UK version of Amazon.com's LOVEFiLM acquired the streaming and VOD rights to 20 years' worth of episodes of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" and the live-action "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series, "Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation", from Saban Brands. The new deal will enable LoveFilm subscribers to view the very first episodes of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" right through to the most recent "Super Samurai" season in HD:
Kindle Fire customers with FreeTime Unlimited will be able to access select Nick and Nick Jr. (preschool) programming such as "Bubble Guppies", "Team Umizoomi" and "Victorious", as well as future episodes from series including "Dora The Explorer", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Fairly OddParents", and "Fresh Beat Band".
European online subscription service LOVEFiLM, a Amazon subsidiary, also expects to add Viacom children's content for its customers in Germany and the UK later this summer.
According to Bill Carr, Amazon's Vice-President (VP) of digital video and music, the new deal gives customers the largest online subscription offering of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. shows.
The technology industry news website CNET UK Crave is also reporting LOVEFiLM's UK content deal with Viacom International Media Networks also includes programming from Nickelodeon's sister networks, MTV and Comedy Central.
The news coms after the UK version of Amazon.com's LOVEFiLM acquired the streaming and VOD rights to 20 years' worth of episodes of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" and the live-action "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series, "Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation", from Saban Brands. The new deal will enable LoveFilm subscribers to view the very first episodes of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" right through to the most recent "Super Samurai" season in HD:
Amazon Prime picks up Viacom kids programmingAlso, from CNET UK Crave:
Amazon.com has secured an expanded multi-year, multi-national licensing deal with Viacom that will see a raft of hit kids shows including Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, Blue’s Clues and The Backyardigans become available to Amazon Prime Instant Video customers across mobile devices and internet-connected TVs and consoles. The deal comes a little more than a month after Netflix announced it was letting its existing deal with Viacom expire.
Kindle Fire customers with FreeTime Unlimited will be able to access select Nick and Nick Jr. programming such as Bubble Guppies, Team Umizoomi and Victorious, as well as future episodes from series including Dora, SpongeBob SquarePants, Fairly Odd Parents, and Fresh Beat Band.
European online subscription service LOVEFiLM also expects to add Viacom kids content for its customers in Germany and the UK later this summer.
According to Bill Carr, Amazon’s VP of digital video and music, the new deal gives customers the largest online subscription offering of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. shows.
Prime Instant Video now features more than 41,000 movies and TV episodes for its members to stream using Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Roku, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and Wii U, and additional internet-connected TVs and devices.
Tags: Amazon Prime Instant Video, Amazon.com, digital media, Dora the Explorer, Kindle FreeTime Unlimited, Viacom
Lovefilm UK nabs Nickelodeon, new shows due in summer
Lovefilm subscribers will enjoy a glut of extra shows in the next few months, as parent-company Amazon has tied up a new contract with Viacom.
The freshly-inked deal will see TV programmes from Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central hitting the streaming service.
That could see Lovefilm becoming more kid-friendly, as Nickelodeon owns the rights to cracking childrens' shows including Dora the Explorer, Fairly Odd Parents and [David] Hasselhoff favouriteSpongeBob SquarePants.
That could help Lovefilm battle its major rival Netflix, which already has rights to all those shows, and has also sealed a deal to stream Disney flicks to UK youngsters.
Lovefilm recently squeezed US drama Vikings onto its service as a UK exclusive, in a bid to compete with the likes of Netflix's House of Cards, or Sky's iron-clad grip on Game of Thrones.
Lovefilm isn't confirming exactly which shows from Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central will be landing on its streaming service, offering only that individual programmes would be confirmed soon. It's not unusual for US shows to take ages to make it to the UK, or never arrive at all.
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