The award was granted for offering accessible content to blind and low-vision individuals. Semillitas’ programming includes Closed Captions and Audio Descriptions.
The American Council of the Blind recognized Semillitas, the children’s animation channel owned by SomosTV, with the Outstanding Achievement Award: Spanish Language Media 2023 at its Audio Description Awards Gala.
Semillitas, in its mission to provide entertainment to all preschool children, includes in its animation the audio description service, which allows this segment of the audience to enjoy the stories and educational messages of the channel’s content.
Luis Villanueva, Somos Group’s president and CEO, expressed his satisfaction with this recognition. “This award by such an important organization as the American Council of the Blind recognizes an aspect that puts Semillitas in the distinguished and unique place that we always seek and maintain: to be the best entertainment option for this important segment of the audience and to give access to our content to the greatest number of children. Our team celebrates with joy an award with great emotional and industry value”.
Semillitas offers its audience the best and most recognized children’s animation, with internationally recognized brands and carefully chosen themes to reinforce its mission of providing a television channel with healthy, educational, and violence-free entertainment.
Among the content offered by the channel are renowned animations such as Ziggy and the Zoo Tram, Angelina Ballerina, La Abeja Maya, Sid the Science Kid, Bob the Builder, Caillou, Chuggington, Chloe’s Closet and Bali, among others.
