Amazon to Offer Kindle Fire Subscription Service Featuring Content for Kids

By Rob Scott
December 6, 2012

Amazon has announced a new subscription service aimed at children who use the Kindle Fire. The service is scheduled to roll out as part of a software update in the coming weeks.
FreeTime is a feature that offers parental controls for how children use the tablet. Amazon is adding a subscription service to FreeTime, that offers unlimited access to kid-friendly content.
“FreeTime Unlimited, announced Wednesday by the e-commerce giant, will bring together all the child-friendly content available for the Kindle Fire tablets — encompassing books, games, educational apps, movies and TV shows — into the walled garden of the existing FreeTime feature, offering unlimited access for $4.99 per child or $9.99 per family,” reports Digital Trends. “Prime members can sign up for slightly less: $2.99 and $6.99 respectively.”
Parents can create a Kindle Fire profile for their children based on their age and gender. FreeTime also creates time limits “so their eyes don’t turn rectangular through overuse.”
FreeTime Unlimited will feature content from providers such as Chronicle Books, DC Comics, Disney, HIT Entertainment, Nickelodeon, PBS and Sesame Workshop.

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