History
The home video series was launched with four Kidsongs Music Video Stories episodes at New York's Toy Fair in January 1985. "A Day at Old Macdonald’s Farm” was one of those first four and has sold over one million copies and won the Vira Award. Each half-hour Music Video Stories episode features 10 to 15 songs,in a music video style production starring talented kids. They sing and dance their way through well known children's songs and nursery rhymes—all tied together by a simple story and theme.
The TAVP/WBR/View-Master (Viewmaster was later acquired by Tyco) partnership produced fifteen Kidsongs episodes of the Music Video Stories. In 1995, WBR and TAVP bought out Tyco's distribution rights and produced an additional four videos: "Country Sing-Along", "Boppin' With the Biggles", "Let's Put On a Show" and "Baby Animal Songs", as part of a new venture with another division of Warner Bros.--Warner Vision. In 1997, TAVP acquired all rights from WBR/Warner Vision and become the sole owner of all Kidsongs properties.
Later in 1997, TAVP entered into a distribution/production agreement with Sony Wonder which resulted in the production of four more titles: "I Can Do It", "I Can Dance", "Adventures in Biggleland: Billy's Birthday" and "Adventures in Biggleland: Meet the Biggles". That agreement ended in 1999 and in 2001 distribution rights were licensed by Image Entertainment who continues to distribute the videos.
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