Sunday, October 16, 2011
Word World MIA on Netflix Streaming
My son loves "Word World." Not long after being introduced to it he started sounding out words, eventually learning how to spell "BAT" at the age of three and a half. Sadly, Word World is no longer available on Netflix streaming. There was supposed to be a notice for two weeks before the show was removed. There wasn't, even through Netflix is apparently insisting there was. My son was not pleased.
The kicker is that Word World is not available as an entire season on the DVD service. Only a handful of episodes are available.
To whomever was responsible for removing Word World from instant streaming: YOU are one of the reasons people end up pirating videos. I'll bet there are a few parents who will learn how to use bittorrent and rip DVDs as a result of no longer having access to Word World when their child wants it. I'm not interested in adding ANOTHER streaming service just to get content whose copyright holder can't be bothered to do business with Netflix. I'm not interested in adding more hardware so I can stream Hulu or whatever the hell else comes down the pipe to my TV. I don't have the time or the money for such nonsense.
Right now there's only one Word World episode being seeded on PirateBay. I wonder how long it will take for more to crop up. There's only four distinct "Thomas the Tank Engine" torrents out there. It looks like more because of some duplication. There used to be more, a lot more, but they all faded away not long after Netflix started streaming Thomas. Funny that, making it easy for people to get programs when and how they want, keeps them from pirating it.
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Here I am, at my computer, with my disappointed kid next to me, discovering the same thing. Second time in the last month. Arg...
When you go to the Word World website, there is now a prominent "Buy DVDs" button that takes you to a page where you can spend $7 to $10 for a single episode that they ship to you. So last century, and so not doing that!
It seems to come and go from netflix. Episodes are on itunes, cheaper than on their website, i bought a couple.
Yeah, same here. My daughter read her first word at 17 months thanks to Word World, and at 2 and 1/2 it is still her favorite show. It's annoying that it comes and goes on Netflix with no warning or explanation. Imagine how many others are feeling the same. Now, Dora and Diego are her go-to streaming shows, but not as brilliant as Word World. She is, however, speaking lots of Spanish now lol. I just want WW back on streaming for good!
I called netflix and they told me they had lost streaming rights and there license for word world ran out so they had to discontinue streaming I told them they had thousands of upset kids she said there working to bring it back
My son is autistic and language development has been a challenge. Word World really helped and was one of those break-throughs for him at the age of 5. I figured it was a licensing issue. Hope they get it back real soon.
What's even worse is that as taxpayers we support PBS (and in particular it is funded in part by the department of education - a fed funded department!!) and should be able to get their programming free! However my digital antenna doesn't pick it up and Hulu and Netflix don't have Word World. Very disappointing. What a rip off.
Word world was really helpful for teaching children how to pronounce words. For most of children it is their favorite show. So Netflix please give information prior to the show.
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