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Foxtel adds DreamWorks and PBS KIDS channels

Two new family channels offer fantasy, adventure and education titles.

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Foxtel has added family entertainment channels DreamWorks and PBS KIDS from today.

DreamWorks, owned by NBCUniversal International Networks, is a 24-hour channel dedicated to kids and family entertainment, introducing colourful worlds of DreamWorks characters, with epic adventures, adrenaline pumping action and a touch of comedy.

TV series include Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, Dragons: Riders of Berk, Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters, The Boss Baby: Back in Business, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny, Dawn of the Croods, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Noddy Toyland Detective.

Foxtel has also collaborated with PBS Distribution to launch PBS KIDS – the number one educational media brand for kids in the U.S., with high-quality educational content.

Titles include four-time Emmy winner Arthur and Peabody winner, Molly of Denali. Other programs include the Australian premieres of Donkey Hodie, a whimsical social-emotional puppet series that encourages pre-schoolers to aim high, and Elinor Wonders Why – a STEM-based cartoon series about a curious rabbit and her pals living in Animal Town.

Amanda Laing, Chief Commercial and Content Officer, Foxtel Group, said: “We’re delighted to be working with both NBCUniversal International Networks and PBS Distribution to bring these exciting new channels to our customers, with their compelling slate of award-winning and beloved series.

“Foxtel is committed to providing viewers the very best in family entertainment, and the addition of DreamWorks and PBS KIDS boosts our already strong suite of kids channels. It is yet another example of our continued mission to become an aggregator of the world’s best content on our platform.”

“We are thrilled to be expanding our partnership with Foxtel by bringing the beloved DreamWorks characters and franchises to Australian homes,” said Chris Taylor, Managing Director, NBCUniversal International Networks and Television Distribution ANZ.

“The positive uptake for our DreamWorks pop-up channel was so impressive and it’s exciting to now give the DreamWorks channel a home on Foxtel. We look forward to curating the very best in kids’ entertainment to this exclusive channel through our strong slate of engaging DreamWorks programming.”

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  1. Nice to see them adding channels for a change instead of the slow drain of channels being dropped.

    Pity its not under the basic package. Both of these need extra sub level to access.

    Waiting to see how long it is until my kids hear about the Dreamworks channel. Looks pretty good from the listings I saw.

  3. I’m very picky about the TV my kids see. I’m not a fan of mindless entertainment, so we mostly watch ABC Kids an cbeebies, but i am more than happy to let them watch PBS kids – great content that educates as well as entertains

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