Sesame Street international co-productions are educational children’s television series based on the American Sesame Street but tailored to the countries in which they are produced. The first HIV-positive Muppet, Kami, from the South African co-production Takalani Sesame, was created in 2003 to address the epidemic of AIDS in South Africa. By the show’s 50th anniversary in 2019, 190 million children viewed over 160 versions of Sesame street in 70 languages.
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Sesame Street international co-productions are educational children’s television series based on the American Sesame Street but tailored to the countries in which they are produced. The first HIV-positive Muppet, Kami, from the South African co-production Takalani Sesame, was created in 2003 to address the epidemic of AIDS in South Africa. In 2001, there were more than 120 million viewers of all international versions, and by the U.S. show’s 40th anniversary in 2009, they were seen in more than 140 countries. In 2005, Carvajal stated that Sesame Workshop can be regarded as the largest single source of income for the company. By the show’s 50th anniversary in 2019, 190 million children viewed over 160 versions of Sesame street in 70 languages, according to the company’s research and development programming division, the Children’s Television Workshop (CTW) The CTW’s international division developed four main licensing policies: like the American version, all foreign versions had to be broadcast without commercials; any changes would have to meet high production standards, which protected theCTW’s proprietary interests; and all versions had a need to reflect the country’s cultural values and traditions, and would be approved, initiated, and supervised by a local committee working with the CTW. The show’s creator, Joan Ganz Cooney, said, ‘We thought the Muppets were quintessentially American, and it turns out they’re the most international characters ever created’ The show is now seen in 140 countries, including Iceland, Greece, Ethiopia, and South Korea, as well as Mexico, Australia, Japan, the Philippines, France, Israel, and Germany.
It is also seen in 38 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television stations and the Armed Forces Radio and Television Network in 16 countries. The U. S. version of the show was broadcast on a limited basis in the UK starting in 1971, but went off the air in 2001. The American version was broadcast throughout the UK in 2001, but British broadcasters found the show too controversial and rejected the idea of broadcasting it. By 2006 there were 20 active co-products in countries all over the world, and the number has grown to more than 160. The CTw is based in New York City and has offices in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. It also has an office in Berlin, Germany, and offices in Paris, Paris, London, and Berlin. The company’s headquarters are in the former home of former CBS executive Michael Dann, a former CTW vice-president and her assistant. Dann was assigned to field offers from other countries to produce their own versions of Sesame Street. He later told author Michael Davis, ‘I knew people around the world and I was aggressive about producing Sesame Street in other countries’ He also made agreements with several Caribbean nations, Mexico, Australian, Japan and the Philippines. By summer 1970, Dann had made the first international agreements for what the CTw later called ‘co-production’
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