Hopster Pacts with Mediacom Communications Corporation in the U.S.

Hopster has partnered with the U.S. cable operator Mediacom Communications Corporation, making the digital platform’s video content available to consumers via Mediacom OnDemand.

Mediacom subscribers can now access Hopster’s video content by using Mediacom OnDemand and subscribing to the channel’s content for $4.95 per month. Hopster features entertaining and educational shows for preschoolers from the around the world, including the vocabulary-learning Lingokids and numeracy-focused Numberblocks, as well as Bob the Builder, In the Night Garden and such original animated TV series from Hopster Studios as the Grimm’s Fairy Tales series Two Minute Tales and Saturday Club.

Mediacom is offering its customers a one-month free preview to Hopster through April 19. In the next few weeks, the cable operator will also be supporting the latest Hopster COVID-19 response content, #GoodbyeGerms, which includes two songs about washing your hands and three 30-second short stories.

Nick Walters, founder and CEO at Hopster, said: “We are thrilled to be partnering with Mediacom, and to strengthen our brand in the USA. For millions of families around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for content that is both educational and entertaining whilst more families are staying home—we are proud that our partners can rely on us to deliver safe, learning and age-appropriate content.”

Karen Nanney, Mediacom’s director of product management, added: “With the ever-changing array of shows, games, movies and books, children always learn something new by watching Hopster.”