{"id":11977,"date":"2017-03-23T10:04:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T14:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/azoomee-licenses-90-hours-of-bbc-content\/"},"modified":"2017-03-23T10:04:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T14:04:25","slug":"azoomee-licenses-90-hours-of-bbc-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/azoomee-licenses-90-hours-of-bbc-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Azoomee Licenses 90 Hours of BBC Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Azoomee has picked up 90 hours of BBC titles, including <em>Charlie and Lola <\/em>and<em> The Next Step<\/em>, as part of a 12-month agreement.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to <em>The Next Step<\/em> and <em>Charlie and Lola<\/em>, Azoomee licensed the sketch comedy <em>Horrible Histories<\/em>, the live-action family drama <em>Katie Morag<\/em>, the educational show <em>Nina and the Neurons<\/em> and the documentary series <em>Little Human Planet<\/em>. <em>Deadly 60<\/em>, which follows zoologist Steve Backshall as he looks for the 60 deadliest animals in the world, will also be part of Azoomee\u2019s offering from the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Azoomee is a digital entertainment service for kids in primary school. It offers TV shows, games, audiobooks, an art studio and messaging in one safe app. Azoomee launched in the U.K. in July 2016 and works on any mobile device.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly excited to add BBC\u2019s award-winning shows to Azoomee\u2019s rapidly growing content library,\u201d said Estelle Lloyd, co-founder of Azoomee. \u201cThese shows explore a wide range of important values, which fit perfectly with our overall mission to provide entertainment that is good for children. The BBC content has recently been made available on the app and is already proving extremely popular with our young audience; <em>Charlie and Lola<\/em> is currently the most-watched show on Azoomee. We are looking forward to a long and prosperous relationship with the BBC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Newman, head of business development at BBC Worldwide, commented, \u201cWe are delighted to be partnering with Azoomee and bringing the best of BBC Children\u2019s content to their customers. We look forward to working with them in the coming months and hopefully building on our relationship in the longer term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Howard Litton, who advises Azoomee on content acquisitions, added, \u201cAcquiring this blue-chip BBC kids\u2019 content is an exciting and crucial step in cementing Azoomee&#8217;s already growing reputation as a \u2018good for you\u2019 quality platform for children in the U.K.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Azoomee has picked up 90 hours of BBC titles, including Charlie and Lola and The Next Step, as part of a 12-month agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":11978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2437,1641,2438,709],"class_list":["post-11977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-azoomee","tag-bbc","tag-charlie-and-lola","tag-the-next-step","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Azoomee Licenses 90 Hours of BBC Content - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/azoomee-licenses-90-hours-of-bbc-content\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Azoomee Licenses 90 Hours of BBC Content - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LONDON: Azoomee has picked up 90 hours of BBC titles, including Charlie and Lola and The Next Step, as part of a 12-month agreement.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/azoomee-licenses-90-hours-of-bbc-content\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-23T14:04:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/09\/CharlieAndLola-Azoomee-BBC-417.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/azoomee-licenses-90-hours-of-bbc-content\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/azoomee-licenses-90-hours-of-bbc-content\/\",\"name\":\"Azoomee Licenses 90 Hours of BBC Content - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-23T14:04:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-03-23T14:04:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/azoomee-licenses-90-hours-of-bbc-content\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/azoomee-licenses-90-hours-of-bbc-content\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/azoomee-licenses-90-hours-of-bbc-content\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Azoomee Licenses 90 Hours of BBC Content\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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