Bentkey

{{Short description|American children's entertainment subscription service}}

{{Not to be confused with|Bentley}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Bentkey

| logo = Bentkey logo.png

| logo_caption =

| type = OTT streaming platform

| company_type = Subsidiary

| language = English

| location_city = Nashville, Tennessee

| location_country = U.S.

| area_served = North America

| owner = DailyWire Ventures, LLC

| parent = The Daily Wire

| industry = Entertainment

| products = Streaming media
Video on demand

| services = Children's programming

| url = [http://bentkey.com bentkey.com]

| commercial = Yes

| registration = Required

| launch_date = {{nowrap|{{Start date and age|df=no|2023|10|16}}}}

| current_status = Active

}}

Bentkey is a subscription video service for children's programming by The Daily Wire, an American media company. The service was launched in October 2023, and was created for conservative parents who did not want their children to grow up with media with perceived "woke ideologies", with Disney in particular being something the service fights against.{{cite news |last1=Marx |first1=Nick |title=Conservatives' "anti-woke" alternative to Disney has arrived |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/01/conservatives-anti-woke-alternative-to-disney-has-arrived/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |agency=Niemanlab |date=3 January 2024}} The service was originally announced in March 2022 by The Daily Wire as a children's production unit called Daily Wire Kids or DW Kids for short.{{Cite news |last=Edwards |first=Jonathan |date=March 31, 2022 |title=Daily Wire to make conservative kids' shows to rival 'woke' Disney |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/31/daily-wire-kids}}{{cite web |date=November 18, 2022 |title=Daily Wire Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing Presents DailyWire+ Kids Content Launching in 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh-9NhLaWR0 |website=YouTube}} It was later spun off and rebranded into a separate subsidiary known as "Bentkey".{{Cite web |last=Valens |first=Ana |date=2023-10-18 |title=Is The Daily Wire's 'Snow White' Movie Conservative Propaganda? |url=https://www.themarysue.com/daily-wire-snow-white-movie-explained/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=The Mary Sue |language=en}}

Its original programming includes Chip Chilla (a cartoon starring comedian Rob Schneider, and later James Arnold Taylor, that was described as imitative of Bluey), Gus Plus Us, Kid Explorer, Kid Fit Go!, and A Wonderful Day with Mabel Maclay.{{Cite news |last1=Israel |first1=Janine |last2=Harmon |first2=Steph |date=2023-10-17 |title=Is new kids' show Chip Chilla a 'blatant Bluey knock-off' for conservatives? |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/oct/17/is-new-kids-show-chip-chilla-a-blatant-bluey-knock-off-for-conservatives |access-date=2023-10-17 |issn=0261-3077}} Bentkey was producing Snow White and the Evil Queen, an adaptation of "Snow White" originally set to star actress Brett Cooper for release in 2025,{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2023-10-16 |title=The Daily Wire Is Making A Live-Action Snow White Movie Starring Conservative YouTuber Brett Cooper, Watch Teaser |url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/daily-wire-snow-white-movie-youtuber-brett-cooper-watch-1235574937/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} however, the project was canceled in January 2025. A scrapped puppet series was also supposed to air, Doodles with Noodles/The Zoodles Show.[https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1593387890628853761?lang=en ".@JeremyDBoreing introduces two kids shows coming soon to @dailywireplus: "The Zoodles Show" and "A Wonderful Day With Mabel Maclay""]{{Third-party inline|date=January 2024}}{{failed verification|date=April 2025}}

The platform also has a substantial amount of acquired content. In early 2024, the most-watched series on the platform was the French series Runes, a tween fantasy series in a catalog dominated by preschool shows; other noteworthy shows include the British series Clangers, the BBC-BYUtv miniseries The Canterville Ghost,{{cite news |last1=Bharanidharan |first1=Sadhana |title=New kids streamer Bentkey is on an acquisitions spree |url=https://kidscreen.com/2024/02/23/new-kids-streamer-bentkey-is-on-an-acquisitions-spree/ |work=Kidscreen |date=February 23, 2024}} and the classic animated series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, based on the Hasbro toy line of the same name.