Timeline of children's television on other British TV channels

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This is a timeline of UK children's programming on non-BBC and ITV channels.

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2020s

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nickelodeon</span> American childrens pay television channel

Nickelodeon is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through Paramount Media Networks' subdivision, Nickelodeon Group. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children, the channel is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2 to 17, along with a broader family audience through its program blocks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ABC Kids (TV programming block)</span> U.S. childrens television programming block (1997–2011)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fox Kids</span> Childrens programming division of Fox

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Jetix was a children's entertainment brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The brand was for a slate of action/adventure-related programming blocks and television channels. Jetix programming mainly originated from the Saban Entertainment library, airing live-action and animated series with some original programming. The channel's target audience was older children and adolescents aged 8–15.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel)</span> British television channel

Nickelodeon is a British pay television network.

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ABC Family Worldwide was a subsidiary of the Disney ABC Networks division of The Walt Disney Company that operated American basic cable channel ABC Family and managed the programming libraries of Disney's former subsidiaries BVS Entertainment and Fox Kids/Jetix.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nickelodeon (German TV channel)</span> German childrens TV channel

Nickelodeon is a German free-to-air television channel for children, part of the international. based on the U.S. counterpart brand originally launched in 1995, and relaunched in 2005, Nickelodeon is based in Berlin. The channel is available on subscription services and as an unscrambled, free-to-air (FTA) satellite signal. On 31 March 2010, the channel re-adopted the name Nickelodeon on air and online, in addition to the new Nickelodeon logo and graphical package being rolled out internationally at the time. The "Nickelodeon" name was re-adopted once again when it rebranded on 1 August 2023, nearly 5 months after its rebrand in the U.S. Since then, the channel is also broadcast in English in addition to German on a secondary audio track. It is aimed at kids between the ages of 6 and 13.

Shake! was a television programming block shown by United Kingdom broadcaster Channel 5, airing animated and live-action programmes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pop Girl</span> Defunct UK childrens TV channel

Pop Girl was a free-to-air children's television channel in the United Kingdom, owned by CSC Media Group, a company associated with the makers of The Chart Show, a television programme that had previously been on Channel 4 and ITV. It broadcast cartoons, live action and pop music videos on Sky and Freesat. Its target audience was 7 to 12-year-old girls.

Jetix Play was a preschool entertainment brand, owned by Jetix Europe. The Jetix Play name was primarily used as a sister channel to Jetix in a small number of regions, such as Central and Eastern Europe, and Middle East.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nickelodeon (Middle East and North Africa)</span> Pan-Arab television channel

Nickelodeon is an pan-Arab pay television channel for kids that is exclusively available on OSN. It is the official Arabic-localised variant of Nickelodeon and until 2011, it was the last remaining channel to retain the 'splat' logo that was used from 1984 to 2009 in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">K2 (TV channel)</span> Italian childrens television channel

K2 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery for children between 4 and 14 years of age. Its registered office is in Rome. It launched on 1 October 2004 as a syndicated television strand.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nick Jr. (German TV channel)</span> Television channel

Nick Jr. is a German TV television channel broadcasting to children in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The current version of channel was launched on September 12, 2005 as a programming block on the relaunched version of Nickelodeon between 6am and 10am and 4:30am to 9:45am on Nick Premium. The channel now broadcasts 24/7 from March 31, 2009. Before the channel launched, some programs were broadcast on Super RTL and Disney Channel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nickelodeon (Philippine TV channel)</span> Television network in the Philippines

Nickelodeon is a Philippine pay television channel that was launched on April 1, 2011, as a localised variant of American channel Nickelodeon, with programming aimed at children and teenagers. It is owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA in partnership with All Youth Channels. Upon its launch, it replaced the Southeast Asian feed of Nickelodeon in the Philippines, which used to be distributed in the country since its launch in 1998.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Disney XD (British and Irish TV channel)</span> Childrens television channel, 1996–2020

Disney XD was a British and Irish pay television channel. First launching in October 1996, it originated from the United States block of the same name. and was operated under a joint-venture between Fox Television Entertainment and Saban Entertainment, before moving along to the Euronext-operating Fox Kids Europe. It rebranded itself to Jetix in January 2005 after The Walt Disney Company's prior-purchase of Fox Family Worldwide in October 2001, and then reached its final name in August 2009 after Disney acquired Jetix Europe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicktoons (Sub-Saharan Africa)</span> Television channel

Nicktoons is a South African pay television channel that was launched on 30 September 2014. It is owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA, and is targeted towards children, broadcasting reruns of original animated series from sister network Nickelodeon along with other cartoons. It replaced the African feed of KidsCo, North Africa receives the Arabic-Language feed of the channel Nicktoons MENA.

Sky Kids is a British and Irish children's pay television channel owned and operated by the Sky Group, a subsidiary of Comcast and launched on 13 February 2023 as the first in-house Sky-branded children's network.

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