Bentkey Explained

Bentkey
Type:OTT streaming platform
Company Type:Subsidiary
Language:English
Location City:Nashville, Tennessee
Location Country:U.S.
Area Served:North America
Owner:DailyWire Ventures, LLC
Parent:The Daily Wire
Industry:Entertainment
Products:Streaming media
Video on demand
Services:Children's programming
Url:bentkey.com
Commercial:Yes
Registration:Required
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 taught allegedly "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), 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]

Filmography

Film

!Year!Film!Note
2025Snow White and the Evil Queen[8]

TV series

!Year!Film!Note
2023Chip Chilla
2023A Wonderful Day with Mabel Maclay
2023Gus Plus Us
2023Kid Fit Go!
2023Kid Explorer
2024Kid Fit Chef

Notes and References

  1. News: Marx . Nick . Conservatives' "anti-woke" alternative to Disney has arrived . 10 January 2024 . Niemanlab . 3 January 2024.
  2. News: Edwards . Jonathan . March 31, 2022 . Daily Wire to make conservative kids' shows to rival 'woke' Disney . .
  3. Web site: November 18, 2022 . Daily Wire Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing Presents DailyWire+ Kids Content Launching in 2023 . YouTube.
  4. Web site: Valens . Ana . 2023-10-18 . Is The Daily Wire's 'Snow White' Movie Conservative Propaganda? . 2023-11-04 . . en.
  5. News: Israel . Janine . Harmon . Steph . 2023-10-17 . Is new kids' show Chip Chilla a 'blatant Bluey knock-off' for conservatives? . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-10-17 . 0261-3077.
  6. Web site: Wiseman . Andreas . 2023-10-16 . The Daily Wire Is Making A Live-Action Snow White Movie Starring Conservative YouTuber Brett Cooper, Watch Teaser . 2023-10-19 . Deadline . en-US.
  7. https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1593387890628853761?lang=en
  8. Web site: Boreing . Jeremy .