Jaroo.com - a Hulu for kids - debuts
FierceWireless Nov 03 09
Jaroo.com is hoping to become the ultimate online video destination for kids. Launching with more than 50 popular TV series, and some 500 episodes available on demand, this kids-friendly service is hoping to stake a claim to the 9.5 percent of U.S. Internet users age 11 and younger in the U.S. Those Internet users are spending 63 percent more time online than they did four years ago, some 11 hours per month, according to Nielsen NetView.
Jaroo--from Canadian company Cookie Jar Entertainment--will feaure 22-minute episodes--with 90-second commercial breaks--of “Inspector Gadget,” “The Adventures of Paddington Bear,” “Johnny Test,” “Super Mario Bros. Full story...
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