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Founded | October 2018 |
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Founder(s) | Erick Goss Dan Raines |
Products | Christian streaming media for children |
URL | https://www.gominno.com |
Minno (formerly known as JellyTelly) is an online subscription-based streaming media provider created by Erick Goss and Dan Raines. It specializes in Christian programming for children. Subscribers have access to over 2,300 episodes from 130 shows. Video is made available through applications for smartphones, tablets, and popular streaming devices such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV and Chromecast. [1]
Minno began when founders Erick Goss and Dan Raines wanted to offer parents a streaming platform that included an ad-free streaming experience featuring shows about the Bible and Christian discipleship. The name Minno is derived from the Greek word “meno” which means "to abide" and is a reference to John 15 in the New Testament of the Bible. Minno is the operating name of Winsome Truth, Inc., which was formed by Goss and Raines in 2018 following the acquisition of the app under its former name, JellyTelly. Goss is a tech and military veteran, and Raines is a Christian media exec. The company is the recipient of TINYPulse’s 2020 Happiest Company Award. Today, Minno is both privately-funded by investors and on subscriber revenue. It is a benefit corporation.[ citation needed ]
Minno licenses and creates original programming that is vetted through a 50+ point checklist focused on child development, theology, and entertainment quality. Shows are developed with and licensed from studios around the world including France, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. Minno also currently offers the largest selection of original VeggieTales on a single platform through an agreement with NBCUniversal. [2]
The company’s current original content includes:
The characters of Minno have recently starred in a new spinoff series by Phil Vischer titled "What's In The Bible with Buck Denver?". What's In The Bible was released over 13 DVD Volumes (each with two 25 minute episodes). The series covers the entire Bible. [4] The first two volumes were released on March 1, 2010. [5] Also, Why Do We Call It Christmas?, Clive and Ian's Wonder-Blimp of Knowledge, Sing Through the Bible! and Galaxy Buck: Mission to Sector 9.
Minno is Subscription Video on Demand platform.
Off the screen, Minno publishes free and low-cost parenting resources through MinnoLife, produces The Minno Raising Boys & Girls Podcast (2M+ downloads), and published the Minno Laugh & Grow Bible for Kids (2020 Christian Book Award from Evangelical Christian Publisher Association and is the fastest-selling children’s Bible) [6] in partnership with Hachette Book Group.
During the COVID lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, Minno offered a free weekly “Church at Home” experience on its website for families not attending in-person church.
Phillip Roger Vischer is an American filmmaker, animator, author, puppeteer, and voice actor. He is the creator of the animated video series VeggieTales alongside Mike Nawrocki. He provided the voice of Bob the Tomato and about half of the other characters in the series. Currently, he owns a small film business, Jellyfish Labs, based in Wheaton, Illinois.
Silly Songs with Larry is a regular feature segment in Big Idea's CGI cartoon series, VeggieTales. Often secular, they generally consist of Larry the Cucumber singing a humorous child's novelty song either alone or with some of the other Veggie characters. Occasionally, another character, like Mr. Lunt, Bob the Tomato, Junior Asparagus, Laura Carrot, Archibald Asparagus, Oscar the Polish Caterer, and the French Peas Jean-Claude and Philippe, or an ensemble is featured in Larry's place. The Silly Songs have proven to be a very popular part of the show and have also prompted the release of several "sing-along" and compilation videos of these segments, some wrapped with new material that threads them into a fresh context. Some of the silly songs have been nominated for a GMA Dove Award.
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie is a 2002 American animated Christian musical comedy adventure film produced by Big Idea Productions and released by Artisan Entertainment through its F·H·E Pictures label. Written and directed by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki in their feature directorial debuts, it is the first of the two theatrical feature films in the VeggieTales series, before The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008).
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VeggieTales is an American Christian CGI-animated series and franchise for children created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki under Big Idea Entertainment. The series stars Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber leading a variety of fruit and vegetable characters as they retell stories from the Bible and parody pop culture while also teaching life lessons according to a biblical world view.
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VeggieTales in the House is an American animated comedy Christian television series developed by Doug TenNapel and produced by Big Idea Entertainment, and animated by Bardel Entertainment. It picks up after the original series, VeggieTales and stars many of the same cast members as in the first series, with additional ones such as Tress MacNeille, Rob Paulsen, Kel Mitchell, China Anne McClain, Maurice LaMarche, Tony Hale, and Jon Heder.
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