Amazon FreeTime Unlimited Adds New Content from Disney, Nickelodeon, Toca Boca, Sesame Street and More
December 18 2014 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
FreeTime Unlimited selection is up 6x since
launch
Subscribers can enjoy thousands of new
age-appropriate books, apps and videos in time for the holidays
(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon today announced thousands of new titles in
Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, available in time for the holidays,
including popular titles such as Disney’s Princess Story Theater
and Frozen Freefall, Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Roof Top Run and Dora’s Great Big World, Toca Boca’s Toca Cars and
Toca Hair Salon Me, Sesame Street’s Monster at the End of This
Book, Dr Seuss’ Cat in the Hat, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
as well as over 100 other Oceanhouse media titles. FreeTime and
FreeTime Unlimited are available exclusively on Fire tablets,
Amazon Fire TV, and Kindle e-readers—learn more about FreeTime
Unlimited at www.amazon.com/freetimeunlimited.
“We’ve worked hard to bring the best kids content to Amazon
FreeTime Unlimited. Millions of kids and parents are using FreeTime
and we’re thrilled to add thousands of new titles in time for the
holidays,” said Nate Glissmeyer, Director, Amazon Kids and
Families. “Parents tell us they love the selection in FreeTime
Unlimited since it gives kids the freedom to discover and pick
their next adventure. And, with new additions from Nickelodeon,
Disney, Oceanhouse Media, Sesame Street and more, we can’t wait to
hear what parents and kids think.”
Amazon FreeTime Unlimited now includes:
- Over 4,000 common core aligned books
from National Geographic, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Capstone
Press, Lerner Publishing, Child’s World, Cherry Lake, Sleeping Bear
Press and Starwalk Kids Media
- Over 400 age-appropriate apps and games
without any in-app purchasing or advertisements
- Thousands of hand-curated movies and TV
shows, including iCarly, Avatar and the Legend of Korra from
Nickelodeon, Daniel Tigers Neighborhood and Dinosaur Train from
PBS, titles from Sesame Street and more
“Amazon’s FreeTime Unlimited is a great platform for our
content—kids can find their favorite Sesame Street characters
and instantly access all the educational and fun titles they love
in a kid-friendly FreeTime user interface,” said Scott Chambers,
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Media, Sesame Workshop. “We’re
excited to bring more content to this platform and looking forward
to continuing our work with Amazon.”
“Amazon has created innovative parental controls with FreeTime
Unlimited and we’re thrilled to have Fireman Sam and Thomas &
Friends titles included in the FreeTime library,” said Sid Mathur,
Vice President, Brand Activation, HIT Entertainment. “Parents have
come to trust our content as entertaining and safe for their kids,
and with the character search feature in FreeTime Unlimited, they
can quickly and easily find Fireman Sam and Thomas titles to
further engage with their favorite preschool characters when and
where they want.”
“As the nation’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to
helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology, we’re
pleased to partner with Amazon to help raise parents’ awareness of
the educational content available in its FreeTime Unlimited
library,” said Amy Guggenheim Shenkan, President and COO of Common
Sense Media. “Amazon’s ad-free environment and blocking of in-app
purchases in FreeTime is beneficial for kids and reassuring to
parents, and we commend Amazon’s commitment to providing these
family-friendly features.”
Amazon FreeTime Unlimited is an all-in-one subscription for kids
that offers unlimited access to thousands of kid-friendly books,
movies, TV shows, educational apps, and games—all while blocking
social media access and in-app purchasing so that parents don’t
have unwelcomed surprises. Amazon FreeTime also includes
best-in-class parental controls, allowing parents to set daily time
limits or restrict certain categories—like games and video—while
leaving unlimited time for reading.
In celebration of thousands of new titles coming to FreeTime
Unlimited, Amazon’s Fire HD 7” Kids Edition tablet—the first tablet
built from the ground up for kids (and their parents)—is now on
sale for $159 (normally $189) for a limited time. Learn more about
the Fire HD Kids Edition tablet at
http://www.amazon.com/kids-edition-tablet.
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