Wynnewood Company Expands Deal With PBS

PBS announced that it is extending and expanding its contract with Wynnewood’s SAFARI Montage.

“Beginning July 1, 2012, SAFARI Montage will become the only major commercial digital distributor of PBS’ full-length programs to schools nationwide. As confirmed by PBS, PBS will not be renewing their digital distribution agreements with other major players such as Discovery Education and Learn360,” according to SAFARI Montage’s press release.

SAFARI Montage provides digital media management and distribution for K-12 content.

“SAFARI Montage is honored to expand its relationship with PBS to provide schools with essential K-12 PBS series and programs on our state-of-the-art learning object repository and digital delivery system,” said Andrew Schlessinger, CEO and Co-Founder of SAFARI Montage.

SAFARI Montage will add 300 PBS programs to the 650 it currently has, including:

• Ken Burns’ The War and Prohibition
• Freedom Riders
• America Goes to War
• The Human Spark
• Wild Kratts
• Your Life, Your Money
• Telescope: Hunting the Edge of Space
• Super WHY!
• Martha Speaks
• Design Squad
• The Fabric of the Cosmos
• Steve Jobs: One Last Thing
• American Experience: Clinton

Current listings include:

• Ken Burns’ The Civil War
• NOVA
• Frontline
• Between the Lions
• Cyberchase
• Liberty’s Kids
• Masterpiece Theatre
• We Shall Remain
• Bill Nye: The Science Guy
• Reading Rainbow

Read more about the deal on eSchoolNews.