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The news is not that they will have the exclusive rights for 9 months. After all, kids can watch the same episode over and over and not get tire of it. The important thing is this:

>The “Sesame Street” episodes now available on Amazon and Netflix will no longer be on those outlets because of the HBO deal.

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Especially noteworthy, given this:

>About two-thirds of children now watch “Sesame Street” on demand and do not tune in to PBS to watch the show.

Will the episodes be available for streaming anywhere other than HBO?

We currently stream episodes via PBS, so I'd been assuming (perhaps errantly) that this arrangement would continue.

That seems plausible. I'd expect that HBO considers PBS much less threatening than Netflix.

The important thing you mentioned is the same news as the fact that they have exclusive rights. Exclusivity means other outlets can't show it.

"Exclusive for nine months" extends to the new episodes, whereas Netflix and such are showing older episodes. They're different things.

I understood that Netflix won't be able to stream any episodes at all, old or new.

Yes, you're right, I was agreeing with you.

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