Brand New Fireman Sam Series Comes to Amazon
Amazon is now the exclusive U.S. home of Fireman Sam, the popular preschool franchise. What does that mean? They’re bringing TV episodes, eBooks, as well as physical products from apparel to toys to lunch boxes to Amazon.com
To celebrate the launch, Amazon is offering a free episode of Fireman Sam. Additionally, a brand-new Fireman Sam movie will debut in October, just in time for Fire Prevention Month.
Press Release
HIT Entertainment, one of the world’s leading preschool entertainment companies and a division of Fisher-Price, today announced that Amazon will be the exclusive U.S. home to the popular preschool franchise Fireman Sam®. Fireman Sam Season 1 (13 episodes) will be available to stream or download in Amazon Instant Video, Prime Instant Video, and FreeTime Unlimited beginning today. To celebrate the launch, Amazon is offering a free episode of Fireman Sam.
In addition to TV episodes, Fireman Sam eBooks will also be available for the first time in the US starting today. Physical products from apparel to toys to lunch boxes, all of which will be available with fast, free shipping and free two-day shipping with Amazon Prime will debut later this year.
Amazon and HIT Entertainment have created a great online avenue to conveniently find and purchase popular kids products in a massively digital world. With the Fireman Sam launch, Amazon and HIT Entertainment are creating a new brand distribution model, pairing the entire offerings of a globally loved children’s property with a global retail platform. Building on its successes with Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Mom and FreeTime Unlimited, Amazon continues to provide more services and products with families in mind.
Everybody’s ultimate hero next door Fireman Sam has been racing to the rescue of his friends and colleagues in all sorts of perilous situations for over 25 years. Based in the Welsh village of Pontypandy, Fireman Sam is a pillar of the community and the hero of every rescue. The series continues to be top rated globally airing in more than 60 languages with market awareness in more than 100 countries. Fireman Sam is a top rated boys’ preschool show in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Benelux, Israel and Poland, and the #5 preschool toy license in the UK (NPD). On YouTube, Fireman Sam has secured more than 65 million global views.
