Genius Brands International, Inc. (“Genius Brands”
or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: GNUS), today announced a deal with
Pluto TV, a ViacomCBS Company (Nasdaq: VIAC) and
the leading free streaming television service, to stream a branded
Kartoon Channel! beginning October 5th,
significantly expanding its footprint.
Pluto TV’s millions of users will now have
access to Kartoon Channel!’s program line-up, including Genius
Brands’ slate of original series--Stan Lee’s Superhero
Kindergarten, starring Arnold
Schwarzenegger; the new fast-paced trivia original
gameshow series for kids, KC! Pop Quiz (starting
October 12), hosted by Nickelodeon star, Casey
Simpson; the upcoming Shaq’s Garage,
starring Shaquille O’Neal and Rob
Gronkowski—as well as classics such as Baby
Genius, Pac-Man and much more!
“This deal with Pluto TV provides us with an
amazing opportunity to significantly expand the brand footprint to
a broad audience across the U.S., as well as to build our
advertiser base with best in class partners,” commented
Harold Chizick President of Content Sales, Marketing and
Consumer Products, Genius Brands. “We have a longstanding
relationship with ViacomCBS, starting with the launch of Rainbow
Rangers on Nick Jr., and we are looking forward to this next
endeavor with Pluto TV.”
“We are thrilled to bring Kartoon Channel! to
the Pluto TV audience. Their mission of providing quality ‘content
with a purpose’ to kids of all ages and their families is a perfect
complement to our diverse range of programming as we look to
further broaden Pluto TV’s content offering,” states Amy
Kuessner, Senior Vice President of Content Strategy & Global
Partnerships, ViacomCBS Streaming.
About Kartoon Channel!Available
everywhere and anywhere kids are today, Genius Brands
International’s digital network, Kartoon Channel! is a family
entertainment destination that delivers enduring childhood moments
of humor, adventure, and discovery.
Delivering 1000’s of episodes of carefully
curated free family-friendly content, the channel features animated
classics for little kids, including The Wubbulous World of Dr.
Seuss, Babar, Mello Dees, Super Simple Songs, and Baby Genius, as
well as hit content for bigger kids, such as Pac-Man, Angry Birds,
and Yu-Gi-Oh!, to original programming like Stan Lee’s Superhero
Kindergarten, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, KC! Pop Quiz coming
soon, and Shaq’s Garage, starring Shaquille O’Neal for 2022.
Kartoon Channel! also offers STEM-based content through its Kartoon
Classroom!, including Baby Einstein, and more.
Kartoon Channel! delivers positive and
purposeful content across multiple platforms, including Comcast,
Cox, DISH, Sling TV, Amazon Prime, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Android
TV, Android Mobile, Google Play, Xumo, Roku, Tubi, Samsung Smart
TVs, and LGTVs.
Kartoon Channel! can also be streamed on TVs and
mobiles device by downloading the app, or on desktops by visiting
www.kartoonchannel.com
About Genius Brands
InternationalGenius Brands International, Inc. (Nasdaq:
GNUS) is a leading global kids media company developing, producing,
marketing and licensing branded children’s entertainment properties
and consumer products for media and retail distribution. The
Company’s ‘content with a purpose’ portfolio includes Stan Lee’s
Superhero Kindergarten, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, on Kartoon
Channel!; Shaq’s Garage, starring Shaquille O’Neal, coming to
Kartoon Channel! in 2022; Rainbow Rangers on Kartoon Channel! and
Netflix; Llama Llama, starring Jennifer Garner, on Netflix;
award-winning toddler brand Baby Genius; adventure comedy STEM
series Thomas Edison's Secret Lab; and entrepreneurship series
Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaires Club. Through licensing
agreements with leading partners, characters from Genius Brands’ IP
also appear on a wide range of consumer products for the worldwide
retail marketplace. The Company’s new Kartoon Channel! and Kartoon
Classroom! are available in over 100 million U.S. television
households via a broad range of distribution platforms, including
Comcast, Cox, DISH, Sling TV, Amazon Prime, Amazon Fire, Apple TV,
Apple i0s, Android TV, Android Mobil, Google Play, Xumo, Roku,
Tubi, KartoonChannel.com, Samsung Smart TVs and LG TVs. For
additional information, please visit www.gnusbrands.com.
About Pluto TVPluto TV, a ViacomCBS Company, is
the leading free streaming television service delivering hundreds
of live linear channels and thousands of titles on-demand to a
global audience of over 52 million monthly active users. The Emmy ®
award winning service curates a diverse lineup of channels, in
partnership with nearly 400 international media companies, offering
a wide array of genres, languages and categories featuring movies,
television series, sports, news, lifestyle, kids and much more.
Pluto TV can be easily accessed and streamed across mobile, web and
connected TV devices. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Pluto TV’s
growing international footprint extends across three continents and
25 countries.
Forward Looking Statements: Certain statements
in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Words such as
"may," "might," "will," "should," "believe," "expect,"
"anticipate," "estimate," "continue," "predict," "forecast,"
"project," "plan," "intend" or similar expressions, or statements
regarding intent, belief, or current expectations, are
forward-looking statements. While the Company believes these
forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should
not be placed on any such forward-looking statements, which are
based on information available to us on the date of this release.
These forward looking statements are based upon current estimates
and assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties,
including without limitation, our ability to generate revenue or
achieve profitability; our ability to obtain additional financing
on acceptable terms, if at all; the potential issuance of a
significant number of shares, which will dilute our equity holders;
fluctuations in the results of our operations from period to
period; general economic and financial conditions; our ability to
anticipate changes in popular culture, media and movies, fashion
and technology; competitive pressure from other distributors of
content and within the retail market; our reliance on and
relationships with third-party production and animation studios;
our ability to market and advertise our products; our reliance on
third-parties to promote our products; our ability to keep pace
with technological advances; our ability to protect our
intellectual property and those other risk factors set forth in the
“Risk Factors” section of the Company’s most recent Annual Report
on Form 10-K and in the Company's subsequent filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Thus, actual
results could be materially different. The Company expressly
disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
required by law.
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