Semillitas TV is an American Spanish-language children

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channel, owned by the media company

SomosTV SOMOSTV LLC, is an American Pay TV entertainment company engaged in the production, distribution, and marketing of Pay TV channels in the U.S. Hispanic market, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama, Central America, and the Caribbean. Headquartered in Miam ...

, headed by Luis Villanueva (President & CEO of SOMOS Group). The channel targets children 0–5 years of age with the objective of preserving Hispanic cultural roots and language through entertaining and violence-free programming, specifically animation and is distributed in a format without traditional

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. Semillitas, produced in High Definition, programs animation in Spanish 24-hours a day, with

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and video description, utilizing Standard Spanish dialogue.

History

In 2009, Semillitas was launched by Somos TV initially in The United States. Semillitas targets

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toddlers and preschool aged children with the objective to entertain, educate and help preserve the language and cultural heritage. Semillitas programs violence-free and stop-motion animation content from

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and international markets. On October 24, 2011, Verizon FiOS added the channel on the lineup on position 1721. Semillitas has expanded its coverage internationally, with distribution to

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Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

and The Caribbean (

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). in companies such as Claro and

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. In 2019, Semillitas was nominated to the

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in the Total Package Design category. In 2020, Semillitas celebrated its 11 years Anniversary.

Programming

The programs shown on this channel include: '' Louie'', '' Elías'', ''

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'', '' Franny's Feet'', '' Mouk'', ''ClayPlay'', ''Dive Olly Dive!'', '' Kit and Kate'' ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Strawberry Shortcake'', ''Dr. Panda'', ''Pirata & Capitano'', ''Quiz Time'', ''

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'', '' Bali'', ''

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'', '' Little People'' , '' P. King Duckling'', ''

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'', ''Book Hungry Bears'', ''Dumper & Skoop'',

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(''La Abeja Maya''), and "Ziggy and the Zoo Tram". Semillitas produces a significant amount of hours of in-house produced content to emphasize its cultural relevance. This content complements the educational and Latino family orientation of the channel. Semillitas includes multi-platform rights The channel is carried by

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and Telco companies in the U.S,

and

and also affiliates part of the NCTC's (National Cable Television Cooperative). NCTC is responsible for acquiring programming and hardware for almost 1000 affiliated companies that own and operate

systems in the U.S. Semillitas offers its subscribers a Free VOD Service available in all its carriers.

Market

Semillitas is currently available in the

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. and The Caribbean. The content of Semillitas has been selected within range of educational and entertaining programming for this age group. The programming emphasizes the relevance of culture and importance of family ties within the Hispanic community. Semillitas is currently available on

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, Liberty, RCN, Verizon FiOS, Blue Stream, Coyote Cable, Hargray,

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(Panama), Incateco,

(Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, y Guatemala) and Claro, among other

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providers.

References

External links

* *http://www.somostv.net {{U.S. family-oriented television channels Hispanic and Latino American culture in Miami Spanish-language mass media in Florida Spanish-language television networks in the United States Companies based in Miami Commercial-free television networks Children's television networks in the United States Television channels and stations established in 2006 Preschool education television networks