Orla Mullan, 24 May
County Derry children's author Yvonne Fleming of the children's book
series, The Weatherbies has announced a very exciting global deal that
will see the animated series air on US Kids Room TV to promote climate
knowledge for future generations.
The Weatherbies has signed a 26 episode, two year deal with leading US
media company VlogBox to add the animation to Kids Room TV channel,
offering a unique opportunity for the Maghera based company to reach a
new audience across the globe.
Kids Room TV is a new Kids’ Edutainment CTV channel, created by VlogBox
that helps children develop new skills in their leisure time while
keeping things fun and simple by bringing together dozens of content
creators. What separates Kids Room TV from other children’s TV channels
is that its shows are carefully moderated before appearing on screen.
The channel is available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Google TV and soon
Apple TV.
The series ‘Fun Topics with the Weatherbies’ and ‘Storytime with the
Weatherbies’ creates content for preschoolers, educating young children
on the importance of climate awareness and how they can have a positive
impact by changing their day-to-day behavior to help create a
sustainable environment by using educational songs, animated videos and
stories. The goal of the series is to deliver environmental educational
facts in a fun and entertaining way and offer resources to support
learning and teaching in primary schools.
A spokesperson for VlogBox said: “This partnership is great for us both
because we at VlogBox are happy to do what we’re really good at – to
deliver “The Weatherbies” on CTV and gain a new audience for the
animated series. We’re happy to support the idea of climate awareness
and make it more available to a wider audience as well – states Nick
Platonenko, CEO and co-founder of VlogBox. I believe this partnership
will bring benefits to everyone – “The Weatherbies,” VlogBox, and
indeed for the viewers.”
Yvonne said: “We are delighted and extremely excited to be partnering
with VlogBox, one of the largest kid’s content providers, and to be
airing our debut animated series ‘The Weatherbies’ on Kids Room TV.
This partnership will bring the Weatherbies to the next level of global
reach to children everywhere and the eco-friendly message of a
sustainable future. Our children are our young Eco-Ambassadors.”