Sky Vision strikes US kids content deal

Sky Vision, UK pay TV operator BSkyB’s distribution arm, has sold a package of preschool series to US kids content platform Kidobi.

Kidobi has acquired Castle Farm, City of Friends, Hana’s Helpline, Happy Valley, The Music Makers and Jakers from Sky Vision.

The shows will be available on Kidobi’s online platform and on connected devices, via the Kidobi app.
Meanwhile, Sky Vision is attending its first NATPE show in Miami this week. Fact-entertainment series Make Me a Millionaire Inventor is the distributor’s lead title. The 8x60mins series is produced by Objective and delves into the patent archives in search of inventions that did not make it off the drawing board.