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Country | Italy |
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Broadcast area | Italy Switzerland |
Headquarters | Milan |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Italian/original (satellite only) |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Paramount Networks EMEAA |
Sister channels | Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Comedy Central MTV MTV Music |
History | |
Launched | 1 September 2010 |
Former names | DeA Super (2010–2012) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital | Channel 47 |
Super! is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA. The channel was launched as a pay TV kids' channel on 1 September 2010 as DeA Super on Sky Italia. [1] On 18 March 2012 it became free-to-air and had a major rebranding, changing both its graphics and its name to Super!. [2] The network's official speaker is voice actor Renato Novara since 2010.
On 15 September 2017, Viacom acquired 50% of the channel. [3] On October 18, 2019, Viacom took full ownership of Super!. However, the collaboration with DeAgostini continues with a multi-year agreement for original content. [4]
Super! shows a variety of programs targeted towards children aged seven to thirteen.
Super! was the first Italian television channel airing a Korean drama, Dream High , from 1 September to 16 October 2013, the only K-drama broadcast in Italy. [5] However, the series was heavily edited, with Korean names being changed to English alternatives (for example, Hye-mi became Sam, Sam-dong became Brian, and Jin-guk became Dylan), episodes being split into two half-hour ones and some scenes cut to reduce the length of the episodes [6] or to censor the content unsuitable for young audiences, mainly blood. [7] An unedited version, featuring the same voice actors of the TV dub, was posted on the K-drama's official Italian YouTube channel from 30 October 2013 to 10 January 2014. [8]
During October 2019, a new programming block premiered, Chicchirichì Time, which is aimed at preschoolers, airing series like Shimmer and Shine and Bubble Guppies. [9] The block was later discontinued.