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| Type of business | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
Type of site | OTT streaming platform |
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Area served | North America |
| Owner | DailyWire Ventures, LLC |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Products | Streaming media Video on demand |
| Services | Children's programming |
| Parent | The Daily Wire |
| URL | bentkey.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | October 16, 2023 |
| Current status | Active |
Bentkey is a subscription video service for children's programming by The Daily Wire, an American media company. The service was launched in October 2023, and was created for conservative parents who did not want their children to grow up with media that teaches "woke" ideologies, with Disney in particular being something the service fights against.[1] The service was originally announced in March 2022 by The Daily Wire as a children's production unit called Daily Wire Kids or DW Kids for short.[2][3] It was later spun off and rebranded into a separate subsidiary known as "Bentkey".[4]
Its original programming includes Chip Chilla (a cartoon starring comedian Rob Schneider, and later James Arnold Taylor, that was described as imitative of Bluey),[5] Gus Plus Us, Kid Explorer, Kid Fit Go!, and A Wonderful Day with Mabel Maclay.[5] Bentkey is producing Snow White and the Evil Queen, an adaptation of "Snow White" starring actress Brett Cooper for release in 2024.[6] A scrapped puppet series was also supposed to air, Doodles with Noodles/The Zoodles Show.[7][third-party source needed]
- ^ Marx, Nick (3 January 2024). "Conservatives' "anti-woke" alternative to Disney has arrived". Niemanlab. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Edwards, Jonathan (March 31, 2022). "Daily Wire to make conservative kids' shows to rival 'woke' Disney". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Daily Wire Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing Presents DailyWire+ Kids Content Launching in 2023". YouTube. November 18, 2022.
- ^ Valens, Ana (2023-10-18). "Is The Daily Wire's 'Snow White' Movie Conservative Propaganda?". The Mary Sue. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
- ^ a b Israel, Janine; Harmon, Steph (2023-10-17). "Is new kids' show Chip Chilla a 'blatant Bluey knock-off' for conservatives?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (2023-10-16). "The Daily Wire Is Making A Live-Action Snow White Movie Starring Conservative YouTuber Brett Cooper, Watch Teaser". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1593387890628853761?lang=en