Amazon Kids+ Readies to Launch Boat Rocker’s Hit Series
Boat Rocker has announced that Amazon Kids+, the award-winning content service designed just for kids, will stream Dino Ranch: Island Explorers, a spin-off of the hit preschool animated series Dino Ranch. The series will release on Amazon Kids+ in the U.S., UK, Canada, Japan, and Germany in 2026.
With CBC/Radio-Canada and Warner Bros. Discovery already onboard as broadcast partners, the series will also air on CBC, CBC Gem, CBC Kids YouTube, ICI TÉLÉ, ICI TOU.TV and Radio-Canada.ca in Canada and Warner Bros Discovery’s Cartoonito across Europe, Middle East, and Africa in 2026.
“We’re excited to welcome Amazon Kids+ to the Dino Ranch: Island Explorers family to help us build on the global success of the Dino Ranch brand and give this new premium series a fantastic multimedia service in key countries,” said Jon Rutherford, President, Global Rights, Franchise, and Content Strategy, Boat Rocker Studios. “Dino Ranch is a key franchise for Boat Rocker and we’re committed to the continued worldwide expansion of the brand across content sales, consumer products and digital.”
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome the Dino Ranch crew to Amazon Kids+,” said Aaron Berman, Head of Amazon Kids+ Original Shows. “We love how Island Explorers takes everything kids already adore about Dino Ranch and brings them to a whole new world of island adventures. It’s a fantastic blend of familiar faces and new discoveries that we know will captivate our young viewers.”
Dino Ranch: Island Explorers sees the Cassidy Clan getting ready for the adventure of a lifetime, filled with humour, peril, and fun. It’s time to trade their cowboy hats for explorer hats and head to the mysterious and exotic Dino Island. Uncle Jack Cassidy lives on the island which is teeming with brand new dinosaur species, humongous insects and prehistoric amphibians. Join Jon, Min, Miguel and their trusty dinos, as they explore the Island’s dino filled jungle, active volcano, and the previously undiscovered world under the water.
Previous seasons of Dino Ranch are airing globally now. The series has seen international sales in more than 170 countries and 15 languages worldwide, including the U.S. (Disney Junior and Disney+), Latin America (Disney Junior), UK (Tiny Pop), France (Gulli), Germany (Super RTL), Spain (Clan), and Italy (Cartoonito). The series boasts global licensing deals across a range of categories and consumer products, including publishing and apparel.
Dino Ranch: Island Explorers is created by Matt Fernandes (of Industrial Brothers) and produced by Industrial Brothers and Boat Rocker.
Boat Rocker manages global franchise development, including content distribution and consumer products. Animation services for the spin-off series will be provided by Jam Filled Entertainment.
The Dino Ranch: Island Explorers project is part of Boat Rocker’s content first strategy which sees the company focused on making targeted investments in the sourcing, production, and distribution of premium scripted, unscripted, and kids & family projects. Other upcoming series include Bet for Netflix and the recently announced international scripted co-productions, Mix Tape for Foxtel’s Binge, and The Ridge for BBC Scotland and Sky New Zealand.
