PBS KIDS Sprout
Overview
PBS Kids Sprout is a U.S. digital cable
television channel
, video-on-demand (VOD)
service, and website
providing PBS Kids
shows and original programming for preschoolers
and their families. Sprout launched initially as a VOD service on April 1, 2005, and later as a cable and satellite channel on September 26, 2005.
Sprout is co-owned by Sesame Workshop
, HIT Entertainment
, PBS
and NBCUniversal, through their licensee, Children's Network, LLC.
Digital cable
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television channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
, video-on-demand (VOD)
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
service, and website
Website
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providing PBS Kids
PBS Kids
PBS Kids is the brand for children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States founded in 1993. As with all PBS programming, PBS Kids programming is non-commercial. It is aimed at children ages 2 to 10...
shows and original programming for preschoolers
Nursery school
A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of one and five years, staffed by suitably qualified and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than simply providing childcare...
and their families. Sprout launched initially as a VOD service on April 1, 2005, and later as a cable and satellite channel on September 26, 2005.
Sprout is co-owned by Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop , is a Worldwide American non-profit organization behind the production of several educational children's programs that have run on public broadcasting around the world...
, HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment
Hit Entertainment is a British-American entertainment distribution company established in 1989, and originally the international distribution arm of Jim Henson Productions called Henson International Television...
, PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
and NBCUniversal, through their licensee, Children's Network, LLC.
- The WigglesThe WigglesThe Wiggles are a children's group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. Their original members were Anthony Field, Phillip Wilcher, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt. Wilcher left the group after their first album...
host this new show from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM.
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