Ad-free KidsCo lean, green but not so mean.

November 17, 2009  Filed Under Pay TV, 10 Comments » 

KidsCo is one of the Subscription TV’s newest channels. Owned jointly by NBC Universal, LA-based Cookie Jar and Canada’s Corus Entertainment, the channel has been in operation since 2007 when it commenced in Eastern European countries.

On Sunday, Australia became its 60th territory, where it is now running ad-free. In the Pay TV market the channel has set itself up to run at low cost in order to avoid advertising.

Managing Director Paul Robinson told TV Tonight, “When we set KidsCo up we deliberately decided not to be an advertising-reliant business. …

Gallery: The Wot Wots

April 17, 2009  Filed Under Programming, 20 Comments » 

This week a children’s series The Wot Wots started on ABC.

Filmed at the Melbourne, Auckland and Wellington zoos, it follows the adventures of two siblings from outer space, SpottyWot and DottyWot. They come to explore planet Earth in their steam-powered spaceship and arrive in the middle of a zoo.

It has been put together by the Weta Workshop, a special effects team behind Lord of the Rings, Heavenly Creatures, Xena, Hercules and even Meet the Feebles.

It airs at 8.25am weekdays on ABC1….