The Netflix and Bert and Ernie logo of Sesame Street.
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“Sesame Street” has a new home streaming.
Netflix The next three seasons of “Sesame Street” will broadcast, as well as a library of past episodes, securing the future of the longtime children's program known for characters such as Elmo and Cookie Monster.
The agreement with Netflix was announced on Monday alongside another agreement with PBS, the long -standing traditional television house of “Sesame Street”.
Netflix will have the exclusive global streaming rights on new episodes of Seasons 56 to 58, according to a spokesperson from Netflix. New episodes will also be available on free PBS television stations and funded by the public in the United States and on the digital platforms of PBS Kids, including its YouTube channel.
Under the terms of the agreement, Netflix will also obtain rights over 90 hours of previous episodes, and will be able to develop video games for “Sesame Street” and its spin-off series Sesame Street: Mecha Builders “.
The agreement comes after Discovery Warner Bros. I chose not to renew its five -year streaming agreement in December with “Sesame Street” on its Max platform – now, again, called HBO Max – prompted a search for the next distribution partner of the emblematic show. As part of the previous agreement, the episodes made their debut in PBS months after their release on WBD streaming service, which also has a large library of past seasons.
WBD has reduced the content of children while Netflix builds its programming portfolio. Earlier this year, episodes of the creator of content for children YouTube Ms. Rachel were added to Netflix.
Programming for children and family represents 15% of Netflix's total vision, the company announced in the release of Monday.
WBD would have paid $ 30 million to $ 35 million a year for new episodes of “Sesame Street”. The conditions of the agreement with Netflix have not been disclosed.
Monday’s announcement on Monday takes the future of “Sesame Street” on more stable ground after it was in the midst of a financial crisis, while facing the government's pressure. President Donald Trump has signed an executive decree earlier this month to end PBS public funding and national public radio, saying that organizations are “biased and supporters”.
“Public media is essential,” said Sara Dewitt, senior vice-president and general manager of PBS Kids. “And we know by years of research that the provision of new high quality content to children across the country for free helps prepare them for success for school and life.”
“This unique public-private partnership guarantees that children in the United States communities continue to have free access to PBS Kids on Sesame Street they love,” Sesame Workshop PDG, Sherrie Westin in a press release.
The new season will be “redesigned” to include new segments and format changes, according to the press release. The episodes will present a story of 11 minutes, to “tell stories with a humor and a heart even more focused on the characters”.
Season 56 will be published in three lots from later this year.