Leading Australian content marketing and distribution firm ABC Commercial has reached a new subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) content agreement with children’s TV and learning app Hopster.
Octonauts 18 May 2016Since launching in the UK in 2013, Hopster is said to have become one of the world’s fastest growing kid’s TV streaming and learning apps and is now available in over 100 countries worldwide.
The two-year deal will see a number of ABC KIDS programmes made available to stream through the app from 1 June 2016. It will see 50 episodes from recognisable series like the Octonauts, Thomas & Friends and Guess How Much I Love You made available to Australian and New Zealand users, in addition to episodes from The Wiggles successful first season of their Ready, Steady, Wiggle television series.
Aimed at two-to-six year olds, the Apple iOS and Android pre-school app boasts over half a million installs globally and features thousands of hours of kid’s television content, in addition to interactive learning games that are personalised to kids based on their viewing habits.
“ABC Commercial is thrilled to bring ABC KIDS content to Hopster here in Australia and New Zealand,” said Jessica Ellis, head of ABC Video Entertainment & Distribution. “This new agreement reaffirms our position as the territory’s leading distributor for high quality kid’s programming and we’re confident Hopster will enjoy the kind of local success it has already found abroad.”
“We’re excited about partnering with ABC,” added Hopster CCO Miki Chojnacka. “We are very careful in our selection of content and believe that ABC’s line-up fits in perfectly with our values, providing high quality preschool entertainment that is fun, beautiful and educational.”
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