PBS Kids GO!

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PBS Kids GO! is an educational television brand used by PBS for programs intended at early elementary school children, an older demographic than the separate PBS Kids banner. It is primarily broadcast on PBS stations during the afternoons. It debuted on October 11, 2004.

[edit] Digital channel

PBS announced that, in October 2006, a 24-hour (24/7) digital PBS Kids GO! Channel would be launched with additional content, including an evening "Go! Family" block targeted at both children and their families and a Spanish language-programming block.

[edit] Availability

The channel will initially be made available to PBS stations that have digital multicast capability. PBS stations are planning to make agreements with local stations (on digital terrestrial television) (such as WGBH, WNET, KCTS, etc.) and cable operators (such as Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox Cable, and Cablevision) for channel placement. Plans are also to have similar arrangements work out with satellite providers (such as DirecTV and Dish Network) and video-on-demand services. PBS and Verizon have worked out an agreement to distribute PBS Kids Go! Channel (along with other digital PBS channels) over its Verizon FiOS services.

[edit] Setbacks

However, on June 6, 2006, PBS announced that the PBS Kids Go! Channel would not launch in October 2006 due to financial issues, as reported by the Broadcasting & Cable News website. Instead, the channel was delayed for several months.

[edit] Pbs Kids Go! Video Player

PBS announced that CPB will spend $14 million over the next three years to develop a free broadband Internet video service based on its KIDS GO! program block. The broadband service will incorporate streaming clips, short and full length episodes into the existing kids go website. PBS will begin integrating the video as part of the new pbskidsgo.org, slated for the second quarter of 2008.Stations will be able to customize the kids go video player on their local sites.

[edit] Videos online

PBS and Google Video has partnered up to have PBS videos online. They also include the PBS Kids Go! shows Arthur, Cyberchase, and FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman. However, you just cannot watch the whole episode online for free. It'll just show you part of it. If you wish to view the whole video, you have to buy the full episode in a video file for $1.99.

[edit] List of programs

[edit] Shows that existed before PBS Kids GO!

• • Arthur airs now.
  • Cyberchase airs now, on some stations.
  • DragonflyTV airs now, on some stations on weekends.
  • ZOOM airs now, on some stations on weekends.

[edit] Shows that premiered alongside PBS Kids GO! (October 11, 2004)

• • Maya & Miguel airs now.
  • Postcards from Buster airs now, on some stations.

[edit] Additions to the PBS Kids GO! lineup:

• • FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman airs now. (May 29, 2006)
  • WordGirl airs after Maya and Miguel. A 30-minute program premiered on September 7, 2007, however the shorts of WordGirl premiered on November 10, 2006.
  • Design Squad airs now, on some stations on weekends. (Engineers Week in February 2007)
  • Wishbone reruns aired. (December 31, 2006)
  • Animalia airs now, on some stations on weekends. (January 5, 2008)

[edit] External links

• PBS Kids Go! Official Website