Progressive Generation Studios Launches PG Kids with OTT from Red Bee – Creating a Unique Destination for Children’s ‘Edutainment’ in the Middle East and North Africa

PG Kids is the new subscription based streaming service for children’s content in the Middle East and North Africa, launched by Jordan based Progressive Generation Studios through Red Bee Media’s Managed OTT Services. The new venture aims to become a unique destination for educational and entertaining content for children in the region, and one of the biggest of its kind in the world. PG Kids launches on January 1st, 2022, with over 100,000 minutes of original content in Arabic and English, developed to educate and entertain children of all ages.

After having distributed original content through linear broadcasters and other third parties since 2006, Progressive Generation Studios decided to gather all its original content in one place and offer it directly to audiences across the MENA region.

PG Kids is available from January 1^st, 2022, at less than 5$ per subscription. All original content has been developed based on a scientific approach and contemporary children’s psychology. Progressive Generation Studios categorizes it as “edutainment” aimed at stimulating creative thinking and the development of young minds. All content is protected through Red Bee’s advanced geo blocking and digital rights management (DRM) functionality. As an add-on, Progressive Generation Studios also offers merchandise related to their original content through PG-merch.com.

Red Bee’s comprehensive Managed OTT Services enables brands and content owners to launch a fully-fledged streaming offering, rapidly and easily, no matter the audience or business idea. It supports all content formats, including live, linear, catch-up and on-demand, low latency streaming, as well as a full range of monetization options (such as ad-funded, subscription, pay-per-view and vouchers). Audience segmentation, personalization and security is done easily through advanced geo blocking functionality and DRM options, as well as Red Bee’s powerful recommendation engine. Many of Red Bee’s other services integrate easily with the platform, including content aggregation, metadata and automatic captioning.