{"id":14428,"date":"2018-05-29T10:11:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T14:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sesame-street-arrives-vewd-enabled-devices\/"},"modified":"2018-05-29T10:11:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T14:11:18","slug":"sesame-street-arrives-on-vewd-enabled-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sesame-street-arrives-on-vewd-enabled-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Sesame Street Arrives on Vewd-Enabled Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sesame Workshop has launched a new <em>Sesame Street<\/em> streaming app for Vewd-enabled connected TV devices.<\/p>\n<p>The app features content from 48 seasons of <em>Sesame Street<\/em> and includes sections dedicated to Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Bert and Ernie, among other characters. The new app, which was built in partnership with Vewd and Kaltura, is available on connected TV devices from Sony, Samsung, HiSense, TiVo, Vestel and more.<\/p>\n<p>Kaltura added compatibility with Vewd Snap, an app creation and distribution tool. Vewd Snap brings to life a full HTML5 TV app complete with a turnkey user experience and light customization options, and the app is distributed through the Vewd App Store.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to team with Kaltura and Vewd to accelerate our multiplatform distribution strategy,\u201d said Jenny Gioia, the VP of multiplatform programming at Sesame Workshop. \u201cWorking together, we can make <em>Sesame Street<\/em> content available on millions of devices helping kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger and kinder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited that Sesame Workshop chose Vewd and Kaltura to further expand its digital presence,\u201d said Gideon Gilboa, the VP of product and marketing, media and telecom at Kaltura. \u201cWe\u2019re also pleased to collaborate with Vewd\u2014together we solve the technical and commercial challenges of creating, distributing and managing an app on a massive scale, which is critical to ensuring a successful OTT deployment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSesame Workshop is a cultural icon, having created the stories and characters that generations have grown up to love,\u201d said Aneesh Rajaram, the CEO of Vewd. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to add them to the Vewd family and equally proud to have done this with Kaltura. Their fantastic team pulled everything together in record time. Together, we provide an easy, efficient path for content owners to add their app to the world\u2019s largest connected TV ecosystem, fulfilling the mission of Vewd Snap\u2014to accelerate development and distribution of OTT services everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sesame Workshop has launched a new Sesame Street streaming app for Vewd-enabled connected TV devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":14429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3718,635,518,3719],"class_list":["post-14428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-kaltura","tag-sesame-street","tag-sesame-workshop","tag-vewd","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sesame Street Arrives on Vewd-Enabled Devices - 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\/sesame-street-arrives-on-vewd-enabled-devices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sesame Street Arrives on Vewd-Enabled Devices - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sesame Workshop has launched a new Sesame Street streaming app for Vewd-enabled connected TV devices.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sesame-street-arrives-on-vewd-enabled-devices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-29T14:11:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/SesameStreetApp-SesameWorkshopVewdKaltura-518.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"248\" \/>\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\/sesame-street-arrives-on-vewd-enabled-devices\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sesame-street-arrives-on-vewd-enabled-devices\/\",\"name\":\"Sesame Street Arrives on Vewd-Enabled Devices - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-29T14:11:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-29T14:11:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sesame-street-arrives-on-vewd-enabled-devices\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sesame-street-arrives-on-vewd-enabled-devices\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/sesame-street-arrives-on-vewd-enabled-devices\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sesame Street Arrives on Vewd-Enabled Devices\"}]},{\"@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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