Manufacturers of “Sesame Street” and Netflix have concluded a contract thanks to which a popular television program will appear on the streaming platform. As BBC reminds, earlier US President Donald Trump withdrew financing for the free Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) channel.
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At the beginning of this month Donald Trump issued an ordinance blocking the federal funding of PBS and the National Public Radio network (NPR), claiming that they are involved in “biased information relationships”.
Government body – Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supported both broadcasters – He announced the end of the federal initiative, which financed programs for children, including “Sesame Street”.
The program also stood in the face of an uncertain future after the Warner Bros Discovery entertainment giant, which owns the HBO platform, has not extended the contract with the program broadcast for 50 years.
Netflix saves “Sesame Street”
Netflix announced that The iconic program is “a beloved media cornerstone for children, enchanting young minds and nurturing love for science.” The streaming platform will offer 300 million subscribers a new season of the children's program and 90 hours of previous episodes, and the series will still be available on PBS. As part of the PBS agreement, it will gain access to sections of Sesame Street on the same day on which they will be published on Netflix.
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At the end of the 1960s, co -founders of Sesame Street, Lloyd Morrisett and Joan Ganz Cooney, turned to Harvard University's Graduate School of Education with an innovative idea for teaching American children.
They collaborated with the creator of Muppet Jim Henson to create characters such as a big bird, and the scenery resembled a city street. Since the first broadcast on November 10, 1969, millions of children grew up with the guiding melody of the program: “Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?”
