List of children's television channels in South Asia

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This is a list of children's channels in South Asia .

Contents

Bangladesh

NameLaunchLanguage(s)Owner
Duronto TV [1] 15 October 2017 Bengali Barind Media Limited

India

The first kids channel launched in India was Cartoon Network which was launched on May 1, 1995.

NameLaunchClosureLanguage(s)Owner
Cartoon Network 1 May 1995Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Kannada
Hindi
Warner Bros. Discovery India
Pogo TV 1 January 2004
Discovery Kids 7 August 2012
Cartoon Network HD+ 15 April 2018
Toonami26 February 201515 May 2018English

Hindi

Sony YAY! 18 April 2017Hindi
Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Marathi
Bengali
Culver Max Entertainment
Animax 4 July 200418 April 2017English
Disney Channel 17 December 2004

Tamil
Telugu
Hindi
English

Disney Star
Disney Channel HD 15 March 2023
Disney Junior 15 October 2012
Hungama TV 26 September 2004
Super Hungama 1 March 2022
Toon Disney 17 December 200414 November 2009
Disney XD 14 November 200920 January 2019
Marvel HQ [2] 20 January 20191 March 2022
Nickelodeon 16 October 1999

Tamil
Hindi
Telugu
Kannada
Malayalam
Bengali
Marathi

Viacom18
Nickelodeon Sonic 20 December 2011
Nick HD+ 5 December 2015

English
Hindi

Nick Jr. 21 November 2012
CBeebies July 2020 [3] EnglishBBC
Chithiram TV 3 June 201013 December 2022Tamil Kalaignar TV Network
Chutti TV29 April 2007Tamil Sun TV Network
Kochu TV16 October 2011Malayalam
Kushi TV2009Telugu
Chintu TV Kannada
Rongeen TV [4] 12 June 2019BengaliBiswas Media Solutions
Gubbare 14 November 2020Hindi IN10 Media Network
ETV Bal Bharat 27 April 2021Hindi
English
Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Marathi
Bengali
Kannada
Gujarathi
Odia
Assamese
Punjabi
Ramoji Group
Maha Cartoon TV 1 November 20161 March 2019Hindi
Splash Channel [5] 17 August 20012009Hindi Pentamedia Graphics
Mayajaal Entertainment [6]
Spacetoon India 14 January 2009 [7] 13 March 2013English

Hindi

Kids Media India (KMI)
ZeeQ 5 November 20121 June 2017English

Hindi Tamil Telugu

Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Da Vinci Learning [8] 18 November 201530 November 2017EnglishDa Vinci Media

Pakistan

NameLaunchLanguage(s)Owner
Cartoon Network 2 April 2004 Urdu
English
WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks Asia Pacific/M/s. Information & Systems Corp. (Pvt.) Ltd.
Nickelodeon 23 November 2006 ARY Digital Network
CBeebies 19 July 2008 BBC Asia
Pop 3 June 2018Edutainment (Pty.) Ltd
Kids Zone [9] [10] [11] [12] 18 December 2018Mediacon Network Pvt. Ltd./Kids Network Television LLC
Cinemachi Kids [13] [14] [12] 30 September 2016Ironline Production (Pvt.) Ltd./Mimyuni Media Entertainment
Baby TV [12] 4 December 2003
Champion TV [12] 19 April 2020M/s. Media Roots (Pvt.) Limited

Sri Lanka

NameLaunchLanguage(s)Owner
A+ Kids TVJuly 2017 Sinhala Kidzy

Programming blocks

India

NameChannelYear(s)
Toonami [15] Cartoon Network 2001–2010
Boomerang [16] 2007
Disney DD National 1994
Disney Jadoo [17] 2005
Cartoon Network Ki Duniya [18] 2006–2007
Discovery Kids [19] Discovery Channel 2001–2005
Playhouse Disney Disney Channel 2006–2011
Disney Junior 2011–present
Disney Sandhya [20] ETV 1999–2000
TeenNick Nick Jr. 2012–2017
Nick Hour [21] Rishtey 2016–present
Toon Time [22] SAB TV 2001–2002
Just Kids! [23] Sahara One 2002–2005
Spacetoon Hour [24] 2005–2006
Sunday Funday [25] Sony Aath 2015–present
Good Morning Disney [26] Sony Entertainment Television 2000–2003
Disney Hour 2000–2003
Animax Kool Kidz [27] 2004–2005
Jetix Action Station [17] Star One 2005–2009
Fox Kids StarPlus 2001–2004
Disney Time [17] 2005–2010
Disney [17] Star Utsav 2005–2009
Jetix Toon Disney 2004–2009
Good Morning Disney Zee TV 1994–1999
Disney Hour
Nickelodeon [28] 1999–2002
Cartoon Network [29] 2002–2003
Disney [30] Zee Bangla 2000–2001
Zee Gujarati
Zee Marathi
Zee Punjabi
CBeebies [31] ZeeQ 2013–2017

Pakistan

NameChannelYear(s)
Pogo Cartoon Network 2008–present
CNP Movies2004–present
It's All About Action2016 - 2021
Toontastic Weekends2020 - 2021
Get Set Go!CBeebies2008–present.
Discover and Do!
Big Fun Time!
Bedtime Hour

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