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PBS Kids Sprout nabs HD cartoon Dive Olly Dive

by Richard Lawler, posted May 17th 2008 at 5:36AM


PBS Kids Sprout has announced it's obtained the U.S. broadcast rights for Dive Olly Dive, a CGI-animated kids show produced in high definition. The network's focused on growing its preschool audience via digital cable/satellite, VOD and online offerings over the last few years, although it's not clear where or if we'll ever get to see the underwater escapades pf research subs-in-training Olly and Beth. Hopefully this turns into a situation like the recently launched Disney Channel HD, with a stockpile of ready to go HD content, already delivering a surprising number of HD 'toons each morning -- you're not still letting the kids watch SD, are you? Dive Olly Dive joins the Let's Go Show weekend morning programming block June 7.

Look out, parents: kids determining what's watched on VOD

by Darren Murph, posted Mar 5th 2008 at 12:19AM


While carriers and broadcasters seem to be on a mission to deliver video-on-demand content that hard-working adults can view on their own schedules, it could be all for naught. According to new research gathered by Verizon, it's the youngsters who are generally controlling what's watched via VOD. Granted, the release suggests that it's the busy parents turning to VOD for more family friendly programming, but we all know who's pushing the buttons at the end of the day. Last month, for instance, the top ten free VOD titles watched on FiOS TV were shows specifically aimed at kids, and considering the convenience and inexpensiveness (can't beat gratis, eh?), we suppose we aren't too surprised to hear of parents choosing VOD to satisfy demands for Dora the Explorer 24/7. Still, we'd love to see a similar report using viewer data from all carriers of VOD -- surely the rug-rats aren't dominating the tube everywhere, right?

Help the kids, buy an HDTV

by Richard Lawler, posted Dec 27th 2005 at 7:16PM


NuVision LCD'sBecause we're all such huge philanthropists, I'm sure we will be lining up to purchase the 26, 32 and 37 inch LCD HDTV's NuVision is putting up for auction in conjunction with The Light Foundation. Besides their 1366x768 resolutions and 1000:1 contrast ratios, the 2 larger TV's will also be signed by members of the Patriots football team that charity founder Matt Light plays for. To make it even better, any winning bidders with 100 miles of the Patriots home stadium will have the sets installed and set up for free by Home Smart Home.

The Light Foundation helps support youth oriented non-profit organizations in Ohio and Boston.

The TV specs:

  • 10ms response time
  • 500cd/M2 brightness
  • 16:9 widescreen
  • 1366x768 Native resolution
  • DVI w/HDCP
  • Discrete IR control with IR direct input jack

Giving back to the community, football and HDTV's. That's a win-win-win. Auctions end December 29th.

[Via Hometoys]




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