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New Sesame Street Titles at Moving Picture Books
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Six new Sesame Street titles are available for download to computers and mobile devices at Moving Picture Books. Each $1.99 story includes bonus educational material featuring Bob from the children’s show.
The new titles (Elmo Loves You, Rise and Shine, The ABCs of Cookies, Grover’s 10 Terrific Ways to Help Our Wonderful World, What Makes You Giggle?, and Elmo Visits The Dentist) can be viewed with or without the read-along text displayed on the screen. Each book is eight to 10 minutes long and includes interactive questions and activities for viewers.
Moving Picture Books’ Sesame Street titles will also be available for download through iTunes starting April 5.
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Dover Publications Creates Sesame Street Line
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Dover Publications has partnered with Sesame Workshop to create a line of activity books, paper dolls, stained glass coloring books, stickers, and tattoos based on Sesame Street. The sticker books feature Cookie Monster, Big Bird, and Elmo to teach kids about the colors blue, yellow, and red, while the temporary tattoos—featuring Zoe, The Count, and Grover—help kids learn numbers.
Many of Dover’s new Sesame Street products retail for $2 each. For more information, visit www.doverpublications.com/sesamestreet.
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Warner Bros. Signs Exclusive Deal for Sesame Street Video Games
Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has signed a multi-year exclusive agreement with Sesame Workshop for the rights to create and publish interactive video game titles based on Sesame Street. The worldwide agreement is in addition to Sesame Workshop’s partnership with Warner Home Video for a multi-year, exclusive home entertainment distribution deal for Sesame Street’s library, new content, EST, and transactional VOD. New DVD titles will be released this year.
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Hasbro Signs Licensing Deal for Sesame Street Toys
Monday, December 7th, 2009

Hasbro, Inc. has been granted the rights to make and market toys and games based on Sesame Street characters, such as Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster. The agreement takes the licensing rights away from Mattel’s Fisher-Price brand, who holds the rights until 2010. Hasbro will start manufacturing Sesame Street products in 2011, which is the same year that the first products will launch in stores. The Hasbro-Sesame Street agreement covers all Sesame Street toys and will last 10 years.
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Qantas Airlines to Show Sesame Street Episodes
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

In a partnership with Sesame Street Workshop, Australia’s largest airline, Qantas Airline, will broadcast six special Sesame Street videos for free to all of the airline’s transpacific passengers. The videos will begin on December 1 and conclude on November 30, 2010. Titles include Being Green, Bedtime with Elmo, Elmo & Friends: Tale of Adventure, Abby in Wonderland, Dinosaurs, and Elmo and the Bookaneers.
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Warner Home Video to Exclusively Distribute Sesame Street
Friday, October 16th, 2009

Warner Home Video (WHV) has been appointed the exclusive distributor of multiple Sesame Street titles as part of a multi-year, home entertainment distribution deal with Sesame Workshop. The agreement will begin on January 1 and includes the television show’s library, new content, EST, and Transactional VOD for distribution in the United States and Canada. Sesame Street will celebrate its 40th anniversary this November.
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This post was written by Anthony Guardiola
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