Sprout On Demand (HD)
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Sprout On Demand was Sprout's VOD (video-on-demand) service that featured past and present Sprout series, with instant access to their episodes. It launched in April 2005 on Comcast, 5 months ahead of the linear channel, with fifty hours of programming, twenty-five percent of which was refreshed biweekly.[1] It has received more than 100 million orders since.[2] To promote, a Sprout launch party was held at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco, California. At the time, each show opened with idents featuring the soon-to-be iconic green flower in the Sprout logo, designed by Primal Screen. The linear channel idents debuted on-demand in January 2006.
After the on demand service launched, it was announced at a PBS showcase in Las Vegas, Nevada, that forty-five PBS stations participated in the PBS KIDS Sprout Local Marketing Affiliation Program (LMAP), which provided stations with an integral local cross-promotional and marketing role in expanding the reach of PBS' children's programming through Sprout.[3]
The service has received more than 80 million total views in its first year of distribution[4] and more than one billion orders over the years. As of 2011, it became a top 5 performer amongst all free video on demand services with an average of 17 Million monthly VOD orders.
Former shows available
- The Adventures of Captain Pugwash
- The Adventures of Paddington Bear
- Angelina Ballerina
- Animal Mechanicals
- Archibald the Koala
- Astroblast!
- Barney & Friends
- The Berenstain Bears
- Boohbah
- Brambly Hedge
- Busytown Mysteries
- Caillou
- Dennis and Gnasher
- dirtgirlworld
- Dorothy the Dinosaur
- Dragon Tales
- Driver Dan's Story Train
- George Shrinks
- Fireman Sam
- Fly Tales
- Frances
- ¡Hola Sproutitos![5] (for Time Warner Cable customers only)
- The Hoobs
- Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
- Jay Jay the Jet Plane
- Kipper
- Kratts' Creatures
- Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!
- Little People: Big Discoveries
- Madeline
- Make Way for Noddy
- Nina Sleeps (Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon)
- Pajanimals
- Percy the Park Keeper
- Pingu
- Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
- Sesame Street
- Seven Little Monsters
- Sheeep
- Sprout Specials
- Teletubbies
- Thomas & Friends
- The Three Friends and Jerry
- The Wiggles Show!
- The Wiggles (TV Series 1)
- The Wiggles (TV Series 2)
- Zoboomafoo
Movies and Specials
- Can I Read to You
- Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing! (The Wiggles documentary)
- A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Gallery
Notes
- Sprout episodes opened with Sprout is Always Here for You and later "Sprout is Yours to Share," and often closed with a bumper featuring the Sprout logo on a purple television which morphed into a computer or mobile phone. A commercial for Sprout Please, either Live Sprout commercial, and promos for Sprout's Viewer Circle were additionally used.
- When clips from its programming blocks were on-demand, Sprout made a "Start Over" button that rewinded them back to the beginning.[6]
Sources
- ↑ Comcast’s Sprout Grows Ads (September 26, 2005), Retrieved July 1, 2025
- ↑ J. Waldman, Allison. Special Report Family-Friendly TV: Kids Sprout Takes Root as Leader in Genre (November 27, 2006), Retrieved July 1, 2025
- ↑ PBS Publicity. PBS Member Stations Across the Country Join the PBS KIDS Sprout Local Marketing Affiliation Program (April 11, 2005), Retrieved July 1, 2025
- ↑ webdesign. New Bud: Comcast's Sprout Will Only Bloom on Comcast Media Center (May 23, 2006), Retrieved July 1, 2025
- ↑ Hiltner, Matt. Hola Sproutitos! (April 22, 2010), Retrieved July 1, 2025
- ↑ Hiltner, Matt. More "Good Night Show" Flak (March 17, 2009), Retrieved July 1, 2025