Kartoon Channel by Genius Brands! It grows with over 240 hours of content

After the success of the premiere of Stan Lee's Super Hero Kindergarten, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Cartoon Channel!, Genius Brands International, Inc. continues to expand its content offering with the acquisition of successful series from award-winning third-party producers WildBrain, ABC Australia and Nelvana.

Jon Ollwerther, recently promoted to president of Kartoon Channel! & EVP of Business Development of Genius Brands, commented: “We are continuing to grow Kartoon Channel! every month, with more and more viewers enjoying what we believe is the best combination of original, exclusive and acquired content in the children's entertainment industry, including our success Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten, with Arnold Schwarzenegger. With Lou Fazio, former Executive Director of Programming and Acquisitions at Disney Channel, leading the charge, we are thrilled with our content pipeline, including 240 hours of newly acquired content from partners, including WildBrain, ABC Australia and Nelvana, which will begin to be previewed on Kartoon Channel! in June."

Since launching in June 2020, Kartoon Channel!, Which is now widely available and fully distributed in the US across all platforms, has greatly expanded its original and third-party programming catalog. On April 23, Genius Brands launched their first Kartoon channel! original, Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten, which has since garnered over 22 million views, making it one of the fastest growing children's series today.

New content acquisitions for Kartoon Channel! include timeless classics and popular new series and feature films. From WildBrain, Genius Brands has licensed the rights to Super Mario Bros. (13 x 30′), Paddington Bear Adventures (13 x 30′), Trollz (27 x 30′), Madeline (13 x 30 ') e Liberty's Kids (40 x 30′).

Starting from Nelvana, films and series acquired for Kartoon Channel! to include Donkey Kong Country (39 x 22 ′), special films from Franklin franchise, included Franklin and the Green Knight, Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure, A Franklin and Friends Adventure: Polar Explorer, A Franklin and Friends Adventure: Deep Sea Voyage, Franklin Back to School e Franklin's Magic Christmas; and finally, Santa's brothers special film.

Australian ABC licensed to Kartoon Channel! the rights of The world of Wiggles (26 x 11 ′); is Wiggle pop special (75 min.), among others.

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