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'''JimJam''' is an international children's preschool [[television]] channel which originally launched in [[Italy]] on [[Sky Italia|Sky]] in 2006.<ref name="chala">{{cite book|last=Chala|first=Jean K.|title=Transnational Television in Europe: Reconfiguring Global Communications Networks|date=28 February 2009|publisher=I.B.Tauris|pages=124|isbn=9780857717474 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SoUAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA124}}</ref><ref name="digitaltveurope2010">{{cite news|title=Hit pulls out of JimJam JV|url=http://www.digitaltveurope.net/2596/hit-pulls-out-of-jimjam-jv/|access-date=25 April 2014|newspaper=Digital TV Europe|date=22 October 2010|agency=TBIvision}}</ref>
'''JimJam''' is an international children's preschool [[television]] channel which originally launched in [[Italy]] on [[Sky Italia|Sky]] in 2006.<ref name="chala">{{cite book|last=Chala|first=Jean K.|title=Transnational Television in Europe: Reconfiguring Global Communications Networks|date=28 February 2009|publisher=I.B.Tauris|pages=124|isbn=9780857717474|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SoUAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA124|access-date=29 October 2015|archive-date=18 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518161909/https://books.google.com/books?id=SoUAAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA124|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="digitaltveurope2010">{{cite news|title=Hit pulls out of JimJam JV|url=http://www.digitaltveurope.net/2596/hit-pulls-out-of-jimjam-jv/|access-date=25 April 2014|newspaper=Digital TV Europe|date=22 October 2010|agency=TBIvision|archive-date=26 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426215640/http://www.digitaltveurope.net/2596/hit-pulls-out-of-jimjam-jv/|url-status=live}}</ref>


JimJam is available across Europe and Africa.<ref name="broadband2013">{{cite news|title=Dutch-language feed for JimJam|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/03/01/dutch-language-feed-for-jimjam/|access-date=29 October 2015|newspaper=BroadBand TV News|date=1 March 2013}}</ref>
JimJam is available across Europe and Africa.<ref name="broadband2013">{{cite news|title=Dutch-language feed for JimJam|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/03/01/dutch-language-feed-for-jimjam/|access-date=29 October 2015|newspaper=BroadBand TV News|date=1 March 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082346/http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/03/01/dutch-language-feed-for-jimjam/|url-status=live}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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The channel was expanded to Central and Eastern Europe in November 2007. By May 2008, JimJam launched in the Netherlands and Switzerland.<ref name="chala"/>
The channel was expanded to Central and Eastern Europe in November 2007. By May 2008, JimJam launched in the Netherlands and Switzerland.<ref name="chala"/>
By 2010, the channel had been broadcast in over 50 territories in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. By August 2010, HIT Entertainment withdrew from the JimJam joint venture, leaving JimJam wholly owned by Chello Zone. HIT Entertainment was supposed to keep providing content for JimJam.<ref name="digitaltveurope2010"/>
By 2010, the channel had been broadcast in over 50 territories in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. By August 2010, HIT Entertainment withdrew from the JimJam joint venture, leaving JimJam wholly owned by Chello Zone. HIT Entertainment was supposed to keep providing content for JimJam.<ref name="digitaltveurope2010"/>
By 2013, JimJam was available to an audience of 17 million subscribers in 13 languages. The channel has been broadcast in over 60 territories in Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and Africa, with seven feeds and four localized versions.<ref name="broadband2013"/><ref name="digitaltveurope2013">{{cite news|title=JimJam launches on Russia's Tricolor TV|url=http://www.digitaltveurope.net/59792/jimjam-launches-on-russias-tricolor-tv/|access-date=29 October 2015|newspaper=Digital TV Europe|date=29 May 2013|agency=TBIvision}}</ref>
By 2013, JimJam was available to an audience of 17 million subscribers in 13 languages. The channel has been broadcast in over 60 territories in Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and Africa, with seven feeds and four localized versions.<ref name="broadband2013"/><ref name="digitaltveurope2013">{{cite news|title=JimJam launches on Russia's Tricolor TV|url=http://www.digitaltveurope.net/59792/jimjam-launches-on-russias-tricolor-tv/|access-date=29 October 2015|newspaper=Digital TV Europe|date=29 May 2013|agency=TBIvision|archive-date=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118153226/http://www.digitaltveurope.net/59792/jimjam-launches-on-russias-tricolor-tv/|url-status=live}}</ref>


JimJam closed in [[Asia-Pacific]] on 9 December 2014, Italy on 30 June 2015, in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France and the Netherlands on 1 March 2018,<ref>{{cite news|title=JimJam trekt zich terug van Nederlandse TV-markt|url=https://mediamagazine.nl/jimjam-trekt-zich-terug-nederlandse-tv-markt/|access-date=13 January 2018|newspaper=MediaMagazine.nl|date=12 January 2018|language=nl}}</ref> [[Cyprus]], [[Greece]], [[Middle East and North Africa]] on 1 January 2020, in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS Nations]] on 10 March 2022, and in Portugal on 1 July 2022.
JimJam closed in [[Asia-Pacific]] on 9 December 2014, Italy on 30 June 2015, in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France and the Netherlands on 1 March 2018,<ref>{{cite news|title=JimJam trekt zich terug van Nederlandse TV-markt|url=https://mediamagazine.nl/jimjam-trekt-zich-terug-nederlandse-tv-markt/|access-date=13 January 2018|newspaper=MediaMagazine.nl|date=12 January 2018|language=nl|archive-date=14 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114073756/https://mediamagazine.nl/jimjam-trekt-zich-terug-nederlandse-tv-markt/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cyprus]], [[Greece]], [[Middle East and North Africa]] on 1 January 2020, in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS Nations]] on 10 March 2022, and in Portugal on 1 July 2022.


A dedicated Lithuanian version was launched on 29 August 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-29 |title=TV kanalas ikimokyklinukams „JimJam“ – jau lietuviškai |trans-title=JimJam launches in Lithuania |url=https://mamyciuklubas.lt/vaikas/tv-kanalas-ikimokyklinukams-jimjam-jau-lietuviskai-17324/ |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=mamyciuklubas.lt |language=lt}}</ref>
A dedicated Lithuanian version was launched on 29 August 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-29 |title=TV kanalas ikimokyklinukams "JimJam" – jau lietuviškai |trans-title=JimJam launches in Lithuania |url=https://mamyciuklubas.lt/vaikas/tv-kanalas-ikimokyklinukams-jimjam-jau-lietuviskai-17324/ |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=mamyciuklubas.lt |language=lt |archive-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929160304/https://mamyciuklubas.lt/vaikas/tv-kanalas-ikimokyklinukams-jimjam-jau-lietuviskai-17324/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


A dedicated Hungarian version was launched on 1 January 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Szalay|first=Dániel|date=2019-11-06|title=Érkezik a teljesen magyar JimJam tévécsatorna|url=https://media1.hu/2019/11/06/jim-jam-magyar-feed-reklamertekesites-amc-r-time-big-picture-konferencia/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110053131/https://media1.hu/2019/11/06/jim-jam-magyar-feed-reklamertekesites-amc-r-time-big-picture-konferencia/|archive-date=2019-11-10|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Media1|language=hu}}</ref>
A dedicated Hungarian version was launched on 1 January 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Szalay|first=Dániel|date=2019-11-06|title=Érkezik a teljesen magyar JimJam tévécsatorna|url=https://media1.hu/2019/11/06/jim-jam-magyar-feed-reklamertekesites-amc-r-time-big-picture-konferencia/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110053131/https://media1.hu/2019/11/06/jim-jam-magyar-feed-reklamertekesites-amc-r-time-big-picture-konferencia/|archive-date=2019-11-10|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Media1|language=hu}}</ref>


A dedicated Romanian version was launched on 1 March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-27|title=JIMJAM-FEED LOCAL-ROMANIA / JimJam lansează un feed special pentru România pe care va măsura audiența și va vinde publicitate locală|url=https://mediaexpres.ro/articole.aspx?id=18056|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004142036/https://mediaexpres.ro/articole.aspx?id=18056|archive-date=2020-10-04|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Media Expres|language=ro}}</ref>
A dedicated Romanian version was launched on 1 March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-27|title=JIMJAM-FEED LOCAL-ROMANIA / JimJam lansează un feed special pentru România pe care va măsura audiența și va vinde publicitate locală|url=https://mediaexpres.ro/articole.aspx?id=18056|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004142036/https://mediaexpres.ro/articole.aspx?id=18056|archive-date=2020-10-04|access-date=2020-10-04|website=Media Expres|language=ro}}</ref>

== Programming ==
As of March 2023, the following programmes air on JimJam:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-02 |title=JimJam |url=https://pe.jimjam.tv/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102234230/https://pe.jimjam.tv/ |archive-date=2022-11-02 |access-date=2022-12-17}}</ref>
* ''[[44 Cats]]''
* ''[[Angelina Ballerina (TV series)|Angelina Ballerina]]''
* ''[[Angelo Rules]]''
* ''[[Awesome Magical Tales]]''
* ''[[The Backyardigans]]''
* ''[[Becca's Bunch]]''
* ''[[Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom]]''
* ''[[Berry and Dolly]]''
* ''[[Bing (TV series)|Bing]]''
* ''[[Blaze and the Monster Machines|Blaze & the Monster Machines]]''
* ''[[Bob the Builder]]''
* ''[[Boj (TV series)|Boj]]''
* ''[[Caillou]]''
* ''[[Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?]]''
* ''[[Charlie and Lola (TV series)|Charlie and Lola]]''
* ''[[Chirp (TV series)|Chirp]]''
* ''[[Chuggington]]''
* ''Conni''
* ''[[Connie the Cow]]''
* ''[[Curious George (TV series)|Curious George]]''
* ''[[Cyberchase]]''
* ''[[Daisy & Ollie]]''
* ''Danny & Daddy''
* ''Danny & Daddy Duet''
* ''[[Dinosaur Train]]''
* ''[[Dot.]]''
* ''Dougie in Disguise''
* ''[[Fanboy & Chum Chum]]''
* ''[[Fifi and the Flowertots]]''
* ''[[Fireman Sam]]''
* ''[[George of the Jungle (2007 TV series)|George of the Jungle]]''
* ''[[Goldie & Bear]]''
* ''Gombby's Green Island''
* ''[[Guess How Much I Love You (TV series)|Guess How Much I Love You]]''
* ''[[Guess with Jess]]''
* ''[[Handy Manny]]''
* ''[[Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs]]''
* ''[[Heroes of the City]]''
* ''Hungry Henry''
* ''[[Hurray for Huckle]]''
* ''[[Imagination Movers (TV series)|Imagination Movers]]''
* ''[[Inui]]''
* ''[[Jelly Jamm]]''
* ''Jim Jam and Sunny''
* ''[[Johnny Test]]''
* ''[[Jungle Junction]]''
* ''[[Kate and Mim-Mim]]''
* ''[[Kid-E-Cats]]''
* ''[[Kipper (TV series)|Kipper]]''
* ''[[Kit and Kate|Kit^n^Kate]]''
* ''Leo the Wildlife Ranger''
* ''[[Little Charley Bear]]''
* ''[[Little Einsteins]]''
* ''[[Masha and the Bear]]''
* ''[[Messy Goes to OKIDO]]''
* ''[[Mia and Me]]''
* ''Mona & Sketch''
* ''[[Mumfie]]''
* ''[[Nerds and Monsters]]''
* ''[[Ni Hao, Kai-Lan]]''
* ''Nouky & Friends''
* ''[[Oswald (TV series)|Oswald]]''
* ''[[PAW Patrol]]''
* ''[[PJ Masks]]''
* ''[[Pecola]]''
* ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]''
* ''[[Peppa Pig]]''
* ''[[Pettson and Findus]]''
* ''[[Pinky Dinky Doo]]''
* ''[[Pocoyo]]''
* ''[[Popples]]''
* ''[[Postman Pat Special Delivery Service]]''
* ''[[Raa Raa the Noisy Lion]]''
* ''[[Rainbow Ruby]]''
* ''[[Ricky Zoom]]''
* ''[[Roary the Racing Car]]''
* ''[[Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave]]''
* ''[[Shaun the Sheep]]''
* ''[[Simon (French TV series)|Simon]]''
* ''[[Special Agent Oso]]''
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''
* ''[[Stella and Sam]]''
* ''[[Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures]]''
* ''[[Super 4 (2014 TV series)|Super 4]]''
* ''[[Super Wings]]''
* ''[[Taffy (TV series)|Taffy]]''
* ''[[Tasty Time with ZeFronk]]''
* ''[[The Adventures of Chuck and Friends]]''
* ''[[Thomas and Friends]]''
* ''[[Tickety Toc]]''
* ''[[Timmy Time]]''
* ''[[Timothy Goes to School]]''
* ''[[Tinga Tinga Tales]]''
* ''[[ToddWorld]]''
* ''[[True and the Rainbow Kingdom]]''
* ''Tucky Tales''
* ''[[Uncle Grandpa]]''
* ''[[Vampirina]]''
* ''What's the Big Idea?''
* ''Woozle and Pip''
* ''[[Yo Gabba Gabba!]]''
* ''Zoe Wants to Be''


== See also ==
== See also ==
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Latest revision as of 16:19, 18 May 2024

JimJam
CountryEurope
Africa
Southeast Asia
Programming
Language(s)English
Czech
Hungarian
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Arabic (formerly)
Italian (formerly)
Portuguese
Hebrew (formerly)
Lithuanian
Dutch (formerly)
German (formerly)
French (formerly)
Greek (formerly)
Danish (formerly)
Indonesian (formerly)
Malay (formerly)
Thai (formerly)
Mandarin (formerly)
Cantonese (formerly)
Hindi (formerly)
Bulgarian
Afrikaans
Timeshift serviceJimJam +1 (closed in Italy)
Ownership
OwnerAMC Networks International
Sister channelsAMC
CBS Europa
CBS Reality
Extreme Sports Channel
HorrorXtra
Legend
RealityXtra
RealityXtra2
History
Launched1 October 2006; 17 years ago (2006-10-01) (Italy)
3 October 2006; 17 years ago (2006-10-03) (Czech Republic & Slovakia)
1 January 2008; 16 years ago (2008-01-01) (Hungary, Moldova & Romania)
14 April 2008; 16 years ago (2008-04-14) (MENA & Israel)
1 April 2008; 16 years ago (2008-04-01) (The Netherlands)
19 May 2008; 16 years ago (2008-05-19) (Austria, Germany & Switzerland)
1 July 2008; 15 years ago (2008-07-01) (Bulgaria, Russia & CIS Nations)
15 August 2008; 15 years ago (2008-08-15) (Malta)
1 November 2008; 15 years ago (2008-11-01) (Southeast Asia)
28 November 2008; 15 years ago (2008-11-28) (Portugal)
22 June 2009; 14 years ago (2009-06-22) (France)
27 April 2012; 12 years ago (2012-04-27) (Sub-Saharan Africa)
29 August 2012; 11 years ago (2012-08-29) (Lithuania)
1 October 2012; 11 years ago (2012-10-01) (Ukraine)
1 March 2013; 11 years ago (2013-03-01) (Belgium and Luxembourg)
ReplacedCartoon Network (Israel)
Closed9 December 2014; (Asia)
30 June 2015; 8 years ago (2015-06-30) (Italy)
1 March 2018; 6 years ago (2018-03-01) (Cyprus, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Belgium, France, Greece and MENA)
10 March 2022; 2 years ago (2022-03-10) (Russia)
1 July 2022; 22 months ago (2022-07-01) (Portugal)
Replaced byDreamWorks (MENA/Asia)
Links
Websitewww.jimjam.tv

JimJam is an international children's preschool television channel which originally launched in Italy on Sky in 2006.[1][2]

JimJam is available across Europe and Africa.[3]

History[edit]

JimJam was launched on 1 October 2006. In September 2007, HIT Entertainment and Chellomedia (European content division of Liberty Global, currently AMC Networks International) formed a joint venture to run a children's channel. The channel was advertised as international, with plans to start cable and satellite broadcast in Western and Eastern Europe and then expand broadcasting worldwide (outside the UK, Ireland, US and Canada).[4]

The channel was expanded to Central and Eastern Europe in November 2007. By May 2008, JimJam launched in the Netherlands and Switzerland.[1] By 2010, the channel had been broadcast in over 50 territories in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. By August 2010, HIT Entertainment withdrew from the JimJam joint venture, leaving JimJam wholly owned by Chello Zone. HIT Entertainment was supposed to keep providing content for JimJam.[2] By 2013, JimJam was available to an audience of 17 million subscribers in 13 languages. The channel has been broadcast in over 60 territories in Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and Africa, with seven feeds and four localized versions.[3][5]

JimJam closed in Asia-Pacific on 9 December 2014, Italy on 30 June 2015, in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France and the Netherlands on 1 March 2018,[6] Cyprus, Greece, Middle East and North Africa on 1 January 2020, in the CIS Nations on 10 March 2022, and in Portugal on 1 July 2022.

A dedicated Lithuanian version was launched on 29 August 2012.[7]

A dedicated Hungarian version was launched on 1 January 2020.[8]

A dedicated Romanian version was launched on 1 March 2020.[9]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Chala, Jean K. (28 February 2009). Transnational Television in Europe: Reconfiguring Global Communications Networks. I.B.Tauris. p. 124. ISBN 9780857717474. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Hit pulls out of JimJam JV". Digital TV Europe. TBIvision. 22 October 2010. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Dutch-language feed for JimJam". BroadBand TV News. 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Chellomedia and Hit Entertainment Form Joint Venture to Launch and Distribute International Pre-School Channel" (PDF). HIT Entertainment. 26 September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  5. ^ "JimJam launches on Russia's Tricolor TV". Digital TV Europe. TBIvision. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  6. ^ "JimJam trekt zich terug van Nederlandse TV-markt". MediaMagazine.nl (in Dutch). 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  7. ^ "TV kanalas ikimokyklinukams "JimJam" – jau lietuviškai" [JimJam launches in Lithuania]. mamyciuklubas.lt (in Lithuanian). 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  8. ^ Szalay, Dániel (6 November 2019). "Érkezik a teljesen magyar JimJam tévécsatorna". Media1 (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  9. ^ "JIMJAM-FEED LOCAL-ROMANIA / JimJam lansează un feed special pentru România pe care va măsura audiența și va vinde publicitate locală". Media Expres (in Romanian). 27 February 2020. Archived from the original on 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

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