Programs/Content
How ‘Sesame Street’ persuaded public television to act like a network
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To guarantee the show’s success, its creators had to win over a diverse group of educational broadcasters in the late ’60s.
Programs/Content
CTW finds its cable outlet: a venture with Nickelodeon
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In a partnership that aims to position educational children’s programs at the forefront
of the digital cable movement, Viacom’s Nickelodeon cable network and Children’s
Television Workshop last week announced plans to launch a new network for kids, to be
called Noggin. The long-anticipated channel will feature programs from each partner’s library,
including old episodes of the venerable Sesame Street, to serve both preschoolers
and school-aged children. Early plans call for it to run without commercials, drawing
revenues solely from cable-operator fees. “In an era when many television networks have abandoned their responsibility to do
more than just entertain, we are extremely proud to be joining with the long-standing
leader in kids’ educational programming, CTW, to bring Noggin to life,” said Herb
Scannell, president of Nickelodeon. “We hope to make learning cool, through
Noggin.”