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PBS KIDS Sprout

Sprout
Sprout logo.svg
The current logo since December 13, 2013.
Launched April 4, 2005; 11 years ago (2005-04-04)
(as Comcast video on demand folder)
September 26, 2005; 11 years ago (2005-09-26)
(as PBS Kids Sprout television channel)
Owned by NBCUniversal Cable
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
(480i center cut for SDTV feeds)
Slogan Let's Grow (2005–15)
Free to Grow (2015–present)
Country United States
Language English
Broadcast area Nationwide
Headquarters Comcast Building, Rockefeller Center, New York City
Formerly called PBS Kids Sprout (2005-13)
Replaced PBS Kids channel (on most providers)
Sister channel(s) NBC
Syfy
USA Network
Universal HD
Oxygen
E!
Chiller
The Weather Channel
MSNBC
CNBC
Bravo
Esquire Network
NBCSN
Website Official website
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV Channel 295 (SD/HD)
C-Band AMC 11 - Channel 55 (4DTV Digital)
AMC 18 - Channel 55 (H2H 4DTV)
Dish Network TBA (SD/HD)
Cable
Time Warner Cable 255 (HD)
IPTV
AT&T U-verse 337 (SD)
1337 (HD)
Verizon FiOS 263 (SD)
Google Fiber Check local listings for channels
Streaming media
PlayStation Vue Internet Protocol television

Sprout (formerly PBS Kids Sprout) is an independent American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by the NBCUniversal Cable subsidiary of NBCUniversal, all owned by Comcast. Sprout replaced the PBS Kids channel on some cable and satellite providers. The network, which also maintains a complimentary video-on-demand (VOD) service and website, features a mix of preschooler-oriented children's programs acquired from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and original programming exclusive to the network. The network's live programming and wraparound segments are produced at NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. The channel's operations relocated from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to New York City in 2014.

As of January 2016, Sprout is available to approximately 56 million pay television households (48.2% of households with television) in the United States.

Sprout traces its origins to the PBS Kids network (referred to as PBS Kids Channel in press materials), which launched on September 6, 1999 coinciding with PBS Kids' rebrand that day. The PBS Kids feed was available on digital cable and satellite television, and was also offered to PBS member stations for use on a "cablecast" service (a cable-only local channel provided by the member station) or for use on the member station's over-the-air analog channel to provide a portion of the daytime PBS Kids programming on the station. Participating stations were required to pay an annual fee of $1,000 to use the feed. At launch, 32 PBS member stations had signed up to use the service. The channel was created, in part, to compete against Nick Jr. and its sister network Noggin (which now shares its name with the Nick Jr. block). Because the cable rights to the Children's Television Workshop's program library were owned by Noggin (which CTW owned a 50% interest in at the time), the channel did not broadcast any CTW programming, including Sesame Street, a long staple of PBS' children's programming lineup. The CTW-produced Dragon Tales, which premiered on the same day as the launch of the PBS Kids Channel, was the only exception to this.


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