When Liam and Lukas Sakalauskas started their YouTube show East Coast Kids News, they never thought they'd become local celebrities or that they'd land a deal to create shows for a media company. With the help of their father Herbie Sakalauskas, Liam, 11, and Lukas, 10, started a news show in their basement back in March, complete with green screen and backdrops. We catch up with the kids from East Coast Kids News and learn how their YouTube channel has evolved and is leading to new opportunities. The revamped East Coast Kids has been picked up by Bell Media. A producer friend of Herbie Sakalauskas saw the boys on CBC News Network and suggested he pitch it to the company.

Source: CBC News September 04, 2020 15:56 UTC