Yippee TV
{{short description|American subscription video television network and streaming service}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Yippee TV
| logo = Yippee TV Logo 2024.png
| type = OTT video streaming platform
| country = United States
| language = English
| headquarters = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| founder = Brandon Piety
| founded =
| owner = Trinity Broadcasting Network
| parent = Yippee Entertainment, Inc.
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2019|12|4}}
| website = {{URL|www.yippee.tv}}
}}
Yippee TV (also known as simply Yippee) is a Christian-based American children’s free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) network and subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service, founded in and launched on December 4, 2019 and is based in Los Angeles, California.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-03-10|title=Yippee Entertainment Becomes One of the Most Popular Streaming Networks of 2020|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/yippee-entertainment-becomes-one-most-145500369.html|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Yahoo! Finance|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507173043/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/yippee-entertainment-becomes-one-most-145500369.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Siegel|first=Fern|date=2020-04-20|title=Kid-Oriented Yippee Debuts, New Streamer Pushes Wholesome Fare|url=https://thestreamable.com/news/kid-oriented-yippee-debuts-new-streamer-pushes-wholesome-fare|access-date=2021-05-07|website=The Streamable|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|date=2020-04-20|title=New 'No Sass' Kids' Streamer Yippee Launches with Free Trial|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/new-no-sass-kids-streamer-yippee-launches-with-free-trial/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Animation Magazine|language=en}} Through a partnership with NBCUniversal and Big Idea Entertainment, Yippee TV became one of the few streaming services offering the Christian computer generated musical children's animation series The VeggieTales Show in 2019.{{Cite web|last=Froust|first=Michael|date=2020-09-15|title=Newest VeggieTales Is a Combination of Muppets and 'Classic VeggieTales,' Co-Creator Says|url=https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/newest-veggietales-is-a-combination-of-muppets-and-classic-veggietales-co-creator-says.html|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Christian Headlines|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184445/https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/newest-veggietales-is-a-combination-of-muppets-and-classic-veggietales-co-creator-says.html|url-status=live}}
History
Yippee TV was founded by Brandon Piety in Los Angeles and is accessible worldwide on Roku, AppleTV, Fire TV, Samsung TV, iOS, and Android apps. Regarding the vision behind the streaming service, Piety explained that Yippee "was built by parents for parents. There are no ads, algorithms, or attitudes, and the shows on our platform are safe and actually fun."{{Cite web|last=Catana|first=Kelli|date=2020-06-03|title=New Streaming Service Offers Content Just For Kids|url=https://www.moms.com/yippee-streaming-kids-details/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Moms|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190139/https://www.moms.com/yippee-streaming-kids-details/|url-status=live}} When the service launched in December 2019, Yippee TV had over 1000 hours of streaming content.
Since its inception, Yippee TV has added new content weekly, and as of August 2024 has over 250 different series on the platform totaling thousands of hours of content.{{Cite web|title=All Yippee Shows (A to Z): Starting With Top 20|url=https://watch.yippee.tv/yippee-a-to-z|access-date=2024-08-07|website=Yippee TV|language=en-US|archive-date=2024-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808021839/https://watch.yippee.tv/yippee-a-to-z|url-status=live}} In addition to several original productions, Yippee TV has partnered with numerous content creators to provide curated family-friendly content for kids and families since 2019.
Programming
{{Main article|List of programs distributed by Yippee TV}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.yippee.tv/}}
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Category:2019 establishments in California
Category:Internet television streaming services
Category:American entertainment websites
Category:Internet properties established in 2019
Category:Companies based in Los Angeles