Kartoon Studios Says SVOD Viewing More Than Doubled Through First Three Quarters of 2026
Kartoon Studios reported more than doubled year-over-year viewing across its SVOD platforms through the first three quarters of 2026, ahead of expanded Halloween and holiday programming.
Kartoon Studios (NYSE American:TOON) said total hours watched across its subscription video-on-demand platforms increased by more than double year-over-year through the first three quarters of 2026. The company attributed the update to viewing across Kartoon Channel! and Ameba, with the growth trend beginning in the fourth quarter of 2025.
The company said elevated engagement persisted across the first three quarters of 2026 rather than being limited to a single reporting period. Kartoon Studios linked the performance to its owned distribution activities and the use of audience consumption data in programming, content acquisition and platform decisions.
Kartoon Channel! and Ameba are entering the fourth quarter with a larger seasonal programming schedule. Kartoon Studios said Halloween programming in the previous year was associated with increased viewing, while Kartoon Channel! is entering the 2026 Halloween and holiday period from a higher viewing level than before.
Andy Heyward, chairman and chief executive officer of Kartoon Studios, said the viewing performance followed investments in an owned distribution platform designed to reach and retain a family audience. He described the increase as extending from the fourth quarter of 2025 through 2026.
Todd Steinman, president of Toon Media Networks at Kartoon Studios, said the rise in watch hours was accompanied by engagement across the company's subscriber base. He also said the company plans to use its expanded seasonal programming and audience data in its programming and acquisition strategy.
Kartoon Studios said its broader distribution approach covers SVOD, advertising-supported video-on-demand, free ad-supported television and other digital platforms. Through Toon Media Networks, the company is working to extend the distribution and monetisation potential of its content portfolio.
The company said Kartoon Channel! and Ameba are also entering the fourth quarter with additional family entertainment properties and strategic content partners. Kartoon Studios said these additions are expected to support its seasonal programming plans and give audiences a wider selection during the Halloween and holiday period.
Kartoon Studios describes itself as a vertically integrated children's and family entertainment company. Its activities include developing, producing, distributing, licensing and monetising content.
The company operates Mainframe Studios, Toon Media Networks and Beacon Media Group. Its portfolio includes Hundred Acre Wood and the Stan Lee Universe, as well as an established programming library. Kartoon Studios said its production and distribution assets reach linear television, AVOD, SVOD, FAST channels and streaming platforms in more than 60 territories.
Kartoon Studios said expectations around future viewing, subscriber engagement, seasonal programming, content partnerships, platform expansion and monetisation are forward-looking statements. The company cautioned that these statements depend on current estimates and assumptions and are subject to risks.
The risks identified include the ability to sustain or increase viewing hours, retain and expand the subscriber base, deliver successful Halloween and holiday programming, obtain content and maintain strategic partnerships. The company also cited monetisation, financing, competition, technology, intellectual property and general economic conditions as risk factors, and said actual results could be materially different.
Kartoon Studios said total SVOD viewing hours more than doubled year-over-year through the first three quarters of 2026.
The update covered viewing across Kartoon Channel! and Ameba.
The company said the viewing increase began in the fourth quarter of 2025 and continued through the first three quarters of 2026.
Kartoon Channel! and Ameba are entering the Halloween and holiday period with expanded seasonal programming and additional content properties.
Kartoon Studios warned that its forward-looking statements are subject to risks including subscriber retention, content partnerships, monetisation, financing and competition.
Kartoon Studios announced growth across its Kartoon Channel! and Ameba streaming platforms, with total hours watched on its subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platforms more than doubling year-over-year through the first three quarters of 2026. The company also said the platforms are entering the Halloween and holiday viewing period with expanded seasonal programming.
The update covers the first three quarters of 2026, with the company also discussing the fourth quarter and the Halloween and holiday viewing period. Kartoon Studios said the acceleration in viewing began in the fourth quarter of 2025 and continued through the first three quarters of 2026.
Total hours watched on Kartoon Studios' SVOD platforms more than doubled year-over-year through the first three quarters of 2026. The company said the increase covered both Kartoon Channel! and Ameba.
Kartoon Studios identified Kartoon Channel! and Ameba as the platforms behind the reported SVOD engagement growth. The company said both platforms had elevated viewing levels through the first three quarters of 2026.
Kartoon Studios attributed the performance to continued viewing growth that began in the fourth quarter of 2025, expanded seasonal programming and an expanded lineup of family entertainment properties and strategic content partners. The company also said it uses audience consumption data to guide programming, content acquisition and platform strategy.
Kartoon Studios said last year's Halloween programming generated an increase in viewing and that Kartoon Channel! is entering the 2026 Halloween and holiday season from a substantially higher level of viewing. The company said an expanded slate of seasonal programming is planned across the platform.
Kartoon Studios said it expects the fourth quarter to provide additional opportunities to build viewing momentum and deepen engagement with its growing number of subscribers. The company identified Halloween and holiday programming as part of the period's seasonal viewing activity.
Chairman and CEO Andy Heyward said the continued growth of Kartoon Channel! and Ameba reflects investments in an owned distribution platform intended to reach and retain a family audience. Todd Steinman, President of Toon Media Networks, said the consistency of growth throughout the year reflects sustained demand for the company's content across its subscriber base.
Kartoon Studios said it is scaling its owned distribution ecosystem across SVOD, AVOD, FAST and other digital platforms. Through Toon Media Networks, the company said it is expanding the reach and monetisation potential of its content portfolio while using audience consumption data to guide platform decisions.
Kartoon Studios describes itself as a global, vertically integrated children's and family entertainment company that creates, produces, distributes, licenses and monetises content. It said its assets provide production capabilities, direct audience access and distribution across linear television, AVOD, SVOD, FAST channels and streaming platforms in more than 60 territories.
Kartoon Studios shares trade on the NYSE American under the ticker symbol TOON, written in the source as NYSE American:TOON.
Kartoon Studios said its forward-looking statements are subject to risks including its ability to sustain or grow viewing hours and subscriber engagement, retain and grow its subscriber base, and make its Halloween and holiday programming successful. It also cited risks relating to content acquisition and strategic content partners, monetisation, financing, competition, technology and intellectual property, and said actual results could be materially different.