On 1 March 2005, Pogo relaunched Takeshi's Castle with commentary in which Bollywood personality and anchor, Jaaved Jaaferi gives commentary.[9]
In January 2005 the channel celebrated its 2nd anniversary by featuring a special programming franchise ‘Ek Se Bhale Do’ that included double episodes of the most loved shows and blockbuster movies shown on the channel at that time.[8] On 2 January 2005, the channel launched an exciting, initiative POGO Funtakshari.[8]
The channel became 2nd most viewed channel in ratings after its sister channel Cartoon Network which was on 1st.[8]
The channel launched Tiny TV block featuring preschool shows.[11]
2010–2013
In 2010, Pogo began focusing more on live action programming than animated series. [12]
In June 2010, the channel premiered Kumbh Karan.[13] And relaunched its preschool featuring block Tiny TV[14]
In 2011, Pogo began to compete with its sister channel Cartoon Network in ratings which was leading in viewership at that time.[15] The channel began airing shows such as Batman, The Powerpuff Girls, and more. Pogo acquired the rights of Chhota Bheem and subsequently began airing the show, which became hugely successful in India.
In 2012, Pogo became leading kids channel in India by surpassing its sister channel Cartoon Network in ratings and enjoyed to be the No. 1 kids channel in India. Chhota Bheem proven to be huge success for Pogo. The channel started airing more local shows including Chhota Bheem.[13][16]
In February 2013, the Government of Bangladesh banned the broadcast of Pogo in the country, as it was accused of broadcasting there without authorization.[17]
On 6 June 2013, the channel premiered "Krish Trish and Baltiboy".[18][19]
2014–2017
A variation of Pogo's current logo, used as of 7 November 2016.
In 2014, the channel celebrated its 10th anniversary.[20]
In January 2014, the channel premiered Obbochama-Kun and premiered Chhota Bheem - Neeli Pahaadi Movie on 26 January.[21]
In 2015, the channel was launched in Thailand as a block on Family Channel 13.[22]
On 19 December 2015, the channel premiered Wabbit.[23]
In January 2016, Pogo premiered Yokai Watch on 11 January and Tashi on 23 January.[24]
In 2018, Pogo started more focus on Chhota Bheem, Mighty Raju, Tik Tak Tail, etc. and hence stopped some of the international shows.[citation needed]
Pogo broadcast mostly Indian series and some international shows. From 2019 to 2020, the channel shifted its focus to Indian animation.[28]
Pogo TV became the third most watched kids channel across all genres with TRP in December 2020.[29]
In 2020, Pogo stopped all international shows and aired only Indian Animations like Chhota Bheem, Dabangg, Roll No 21, Lambuji Tinguji and Bandbudh Aur Budbak.
Pogo aired an animated movie Shaktimaan New TV Special on 14 November 2021.[30] A Telugu-language audio track was added again to Pogo on 30 November 2021.[31]
On 22 August 2022, Ekans – Snakes Awake, an original animated series of Cartoon Network (India) was shifted on Pogo TV.[35][36][37][38] On 4 September 2022 the channel premiered its special episode titled Ekans: Origin Story.[39] The channel also launched an original movie of that series titled Ekans: The Mystery Of Three Gems on 9 October 2022, at 12:30 PM IST.[40][41] The theatrical film of that series titled Ekans – Hero Ek Villain Anek was launched on the channel on 16 October 2022.[42]
On 1 March 2023, the channel launched a mini-series New Big Picture featuring Chhota Bheem.[45]
In April 2023, the channel celebrated 15th anniversary of Chhota Bheem with back-to-back episodes and movies.
On 15 August 2023, the channel celebrated 6th birthday of Little Singham and premiered Baby Little Singham on the same day.[46]
On 21 October 2023, the channel along with its sister channel Cartoon Network premiered first ever localized version of Tom and Jerry animated by two animation Studios based in India and Singapore.[47][48]
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Chhota Bheem is an Indian animated comedy adventure television series, created by Green Gold Animations based in Hyderabad. This show is available in English, Hindi, Telugu,Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Marathi. Bheem is a brave, strong and intelligent young boy. He often manages to solve everyone's problems which endears him to the townspeople of Dholakpur.
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Mighty Little Bheem is an animated children's television series, Netflix's first animated series from India and the fourth spin-off of the Chhota Bheem series, following Mighty Raju, Arjun - Prince of Bali and Super Bheem. It follows an innocent but super-strong toddler, Little Bheem, on his mischievous adventures in a small Indian town. The toddler is a baby version of the mythological-inspired 9-year-old character from the popular Indian series action comedy animated series Chhota Bheem which has aired on Turner Broadcasting's Pogo TV channel from 2008.
Ekans – Snakes Awake also known as Ekans – Ek Se Badhkar Snake or simply Ekans is an Indian science fiction superhero computer-animated series produced by Hi-Tech Animation for Cartoon Network. The series centers around 13-year-old Ekans, whose name spelled backward would be "S, N, A, K, E". He has the ability to control snakes in form of robots and can also tackle real ones as well.
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