In financial danger, « Sesame Street », star of American educational programs, arrives on Netflix – Liberation
More than 300 million subscribers will now be able to revel in the adventures of Elmo,, Cookie Monster or Big Bird. The cult puppets of the American show Sesame Street land on the Netflix platform. THE streaming giant announced the deal this Monday, May 19.
In a post published this Monday on Instagram, the program even announces « New episodes » Who will be broadcast on Netflix, alongside the classics of the American educational show, 56 years old.
Upon leaving the streaming platform, the episodes will also be available on the PBS public network. It is the first time in almost ten years that the public broadcaster will have access to unprecedented content of Sesame Street.
This agreement comes to the aid of an educational program in danger. The non -profit association that produces Sesame Street under force a serious financial crisis. About 20 % of the association’s staff has been dismissed since the start of 2025.
In question, the suspension of several subsidies or the loss of income which followed the expiration of his contract with Hbothe current show diffuser. According to the New York Timessince 2015, HBO pays Sesame Workshop between 30 and 35 million dollars per year for the creation of new episodes.
The terms of the deal signed with Netflix should generate significantly lower income than those of the old contract, according to the management of Sesame Workshop. In a note addressed to the staff, Sherrie Westin, the director general of the association, praised the fact that the program would soon be available for new households.
However, she wanted to warn her teams: « We will also have to find new additional means to support our work, because the economic aspects of these agreements are very different from those of the past, given the drastic changes in the market and the media landscape of recent years », she specifies to the New York Times.
