The Spanish-language preschool animation channel Semillitas, produced by SOMOSTV (a company within SOMOS Group, chaired by Luis Villanueva), announced the signing of an agreement with the well-known company Mattel for the broadcast license of the children’s animated series Little People. This agreement expands the channel’s premium content catalog with 52 episodes of this famous series, reinforcing its commitment to offering well-known animation with an educational focus, specifically designed for the comprehensive development of preschool-aged boys and girls. Semillitas provides safe animation in a culturally relevant, commercial-free environment. The channel’s content is available in neutral Spanish, with closed captioning and video description to support special-needs audiences. The channel is available through cable providers in the United States, Central America, and Panama.
Little People is based on the Fisher-Price toy line of the same name. The series follows five friends (Eddie, Mia, Sofie, and Koby) who embark on adventures across different worlds, learning about empathy, cooperation, and fairness through laughter, music, and imagination. The production is recognized as an effective educational tool for preschool children, combining entertainment, music, and imaginative adventures.
Through imaginative settings, Little People encourages children to complete tasks as a team, make basic decisions, and understand the consequences of their actions, strengthening both their cognitive and emotional skills. In each episode, the characters face small everyday situations that spark their curiosity and invite them to learn something new, always from a positive and collaborative perspective. The use of music and repetition supports the development of language, memory, and attention—elements that are fundamental during the preschool stage. The series has been broadcast in various territories such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, the Netherlands, Latin America, and South Africa, among others. It has also supported the development of a wide line of toys and merchandise.
The new episodes of Little People join other well-known series such as Franklin and Friends, Mini Forest Heroes, Musipaches, Maya the Bee, Angelina Ballerina, Strawberry Shortcake, Bob the Builder, Thomas & Friends, and Caillou. Semillitas complements its offering with educational interstitials that celebrate the values, traditions, and festivities of Latin culture.
About Semillitas:
“Semillitas” is a Pay TV channel that programs animation 24 hours a day for babies and preschoolers, produced and distributed by SOMOSTV LLC. SOMOSTV LLC is a company dedicated to the development and promotion of Pay TV in the Hispanic market of the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, through the launch of television channels across all platforms with technical and creative excellence. For more information, visit http://www.semillitas.tv/
