GeniusBrands International has announced its first iOS app with the debut of an all-new dedicated “Kartoon Channel!” app, available for free.

The Kartoon Channel! and the new complementary iOS app offer access to a wide variety of family-friendly content. It features Genius Brands originals and acquired content, including “Babar,” “Angry Birds,” “Stan Lee’s Mighty7,” “Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab,” “Baby Einstein,” “Baby Genius,” “Llama Llama” shorts, “Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires Club “and more. 

“We are thrilled that the viewing audience has discovered ‘Kartoon Channel!’ so quickly,” says Andy Heyward, chairman and chief executive officer, Genius Brands.  “The multitude of parents downloading our app for their kids has skyrocketed in the first 24 hours with the app reaching in the Top 10 for kids, and climbing, while receiving thousands of 5-star ratings. ‘Kartoon Channel!’ is already significantly ahead of our plan.” 

Additionally, GeniusBrands is adding more family-friendly gaming content, including “Minecraft’s Journey to the End” and “Fairy Horse Quest,” “Octodad,” “PixArk,” and “Big B Roblox Challenge,” from “Tankee.” Genius Brandswill also premiered on “Kartoon Channel!” the upcoming comedy-adventure series, “Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten,” currently in pre-production and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, on “Kartoon Channel!” in Q1 2021.

The app follows the June 15 launch of its digital “Kartoon Channel!” across multiple AVOD and OTT platforms.