Children's television channels
Children's television channels are special interest channels for young viewers on television .
German language offer
The first German-language television station aimed entirely at children was Nickelodeon , which went on air on July 5, 1995. The first 24-hour children's channel was Junior , which was launched on July 28, 1996 in the DF1 pay-TV package .
If you include Super RTL , whose daily program now consists exclusively of children's programs, there are currently 15 different children's channels in the German-speaking broadcasting area, six of which are on free TV . Eight of these children's channels run around the clock. Nickelodeon is the only 24-hour children's and youth broadcaster on German free TV. Only KiKA is under public law - it also takes on productions that can be seen in the children's programs of ARD and ZDF .
With Toggo plus , a timeshift version of an existing channel, here Super RTL, has been available for the first time since June 4, 2016. However, the Toggo plus program is temporarily used, e.g. B. from 9:15 p.m., supplemented with your own program.
| Channel | Station logo | Start of transmission | Airtime | pay TV | Programs (selection) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super RTL |
|
April 28, 1995 | 5:30 am - 8:15 pm as Toggo or Toggolino ( 8:15 pm - 0:30 am: family or adult program) | No | Go wild! Mission Wilderness , Caillou , Peter Hase |
| Super RTL HD |
|
May 1, 2012 | |||
| Toggo plus |
|
4th June 2016 | 5:00 am to 9:45 pm | No | Go wild! Mission Wildnis , Caillou , King Julien (Toggo program from Super RTL one hour delayed) |
| Nick |
|
July 5, 1995 / September 12, 2005 | 5:00 am - 8:15 pm only in DE
5:00 am - 9:00 pm in AT and CH |
No | SpongeBob SquarePants , Cosmo and Wanda , The Penguins from Madagascar , Dora |
| Nick HD |
|
May 16, 2011 | |||
| Junior |
|
July 28, 1996 | 6:00 am - 8:00 pm | Yes | Pippi Longstocking , LazyTown , Fix and Foxi |
| KiKA |
|
January 1, 1997 | 6:00 am - 9:00 pm (in the "free time" you can see a night loop with Bernd das Brot ) | No | Bernd das Brot , Sesamstraße , Einstein Castle , KiKA LIVE |
| KiKA HD |
|
April 30, 2012 | |||
| Disney Junior | November 10, 2004 as Playhouse Disney , as Disney Junior on July 14, 2011 | 6:00 am - 8:00 pm | Yes | My friends Tigger and Pooh , Little Einsteins , Master Manny's toolbox | |
| Disney Junior HD | 5th September 2013 | ||||
| boomerang |
|
July 1, 2006 | Around the clock | Yes | Bugs Bunny , Tom and Jerry , Scooby Doo , Pat the Dog , Mr. Bean , The Garfield Show , Inspector Gadget , Grizzy and the Lemmings , Ritter Hoch 3 |
| Boomerang HD |
|
3rd December 2013 | |||
| Cartoon Network |
|
December 5, 2006 | Around the clock | Yes | Uncle Grandpa , Teen Titans Go! , Ben 10 , Regular Show , Adventure Time |
| Cartoon Network HD |
|
October 15, 2012 | |||
| Nicktoons |
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December 1, 2007 as Nick Premium , as Nicktoons on March 31, 2010 | Around the clock | Yes | Aaahh !!! Monster , CatDog , Supah Ninjas |
| Nick Jr. |
|
April 1, 2009 | Around the clock | Yes | Dora , Go, Diego, Go! , Wonder Pets! |
| Nick Jr. HD | December 10, 2014 | ||||
| RiC |
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September 10, 2012 | 6:00 am to 8:00 am and 1:30 pm to 7:30 pm (between 8:00 am and 1:30 pm and 7:30 pm to 6:00 pm teleshopping is shown) | No | Series from Your Family Entertainment |
| Disney Channel |
|
17th January 2014 | 5: 45–1: 00 am (between 1: 00–5: 45 am teleshopping is shown) | No | Disney series and films of all kinds from 5:45 am to 8:15 pm. Adult program (especially for women) or family program (Friday and Saturday) from 8:15 pm to 1:00 am. |
| Disney Channel HD |
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| Fix and Foxi | 1st December 2014 | Around the clock | Yes | Urmel from the ice , Fix and Foxi , Cosmo and Wanda , Miss Spider and many more. |
Market shares of free-to-air children's channels in Germany
3–13 years
| year | Super RTL | KiKA | Nickelodeon | Disney Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 30.2% | 15.6% | 5.0% | k. A. |
| 2006 | 27.5% | 15.5% | 6.5% | k. A. |
| 2007 | 26.3% | 17.4% | 9.3% | k. A. |
| 2008 | 23.2% | 19.5% | 10.7% | k. A. |
| 2009 | 24.2% | 19.7% | 12.7% | k. A. |
| 2010 | 22.8% | 20.0% | 12.6% | k. A. |
| 2011 | 24.1% | 19.9% | 13.3% | k. A. |
| 2012 | 23.2% | 21.8% | 11.5% | k. A. |
| 2013 | 23.2% | 20.1% | 11.6% | k. A. |
| 2014 | 19.7% | 19.7% | 9.8% | 8.7% |
| 2015 | 19.3% | 20.1% | 9.2% | 9.5% |
| 2016 | 20.6% | 19.7% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| 2017 | 21.5% | 19.2% | 7.8% | 9.1% |
| 2018 | 22.0% | 17.7% | 7.4% | 11.2% |
| 2019 | 21.6% | 17.7% | 6.4% | 13.1% |
| average | ≈23.3% | ≈18.9% | ≈9.4% | ≈10.2% |
- ↑ With the switch to free TV on January 17, 2014, the Disney Channel has GfK determine audience ratings.
- ↑ Average from 2014.
The market shares of children's television channels in the target group of 3 to 13 year olds have been known since 2005.
KiKA achieved the highest market share in 2012 (21.8%), the lowest market share in 2006 (15.5%). In 2015, the station was the market leader with a single share of 20.1%. Since then, Super RTL has consistently held first place again with 21.6%. Super RTL achieved the highest market share in 2005 (30.2%) and the lowest market share in 2015 (19.3%).
Disney Channel currently ranks third with 13.1%.
Nickelodeon brings up the rear among the free-to-air children's channels and achieved 6.4% in the target group in 2019. Nickelodeon achieved the highest market share in 2011 (13.3%) and the lowest market share in 2005 (5.0%).
From three years
| year | Super RTL (full program) |
KiKA | Nickelodeon | Disney Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 2.1% | k. A. | k. A. | k. A. |
| 1997 | 2.3% | 0.6% | k. A. | k. A. |
| 1998 | 2.9% | 0.9% | k. A. | k. A. |
| 1999 | 2.8% | 1.3% | k. A. | k. A. |
| 2000 | 2.8% | 1.2% | k. A. | k. A. |
| 2001 | 2.8% | 1.2% | k. A. | k. A. |
| 2002 | 2.4% | 1.1% | k. A. | k. A. |
| 2003 | 2.7% | 1.2% | k. A. | k. A. |
| 2004 | 2.7% | 1.2% | k. A. | k. A. |
| 2005 | 2.8% | 1.2% | k. A. | k. A. |
| 2006 | 2.6% | 1.1% | 0.5% | k. A. |
| 2007 | 2.6% | 1.2% | 0.7% | k. A. |
| 2008 | 2.4% | 1.3% | 0.8% | k. A. |
| 2009 | 2.5% | 1.4% | 0.9% | k. A. |
| 2010 | 2.2% | 1.4% | 0.8% | k. A. |
| 2011 | 2.2% | 1.3% | 0.8% | k. A. |
| 2012 | 2.1% | 1.3% | 0.7% | k. A. |
| 2013 | 1.9% | 1.2% | 0.7% | k. A. |
| 2014 | 1.7% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| 2015 | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | 0.9% | k. A. | 0.9% |
- ↑ With the switch to free TV on January 17, 2014, the Disney Channel has GfK determine audience ratings.
Super RTL started in the second year of broadcasting with the announcement of the market share. The station has been the market leader among children's television stations since February 1998, currently with a market share of 1.9%. Super RTL achieved the highest market share in 1998 (2.9%) and the lowest in 2013 (1.9%).
KiKA started with the announcement of the market share in the first year of broadcast. The station is currently in second place with 1.2%. KiKA achieved the highest market share in 2009 and 2010 (1.4%), and the lowest market share in the year it started broadcasting (0.6%).
The first version of Nickelodeon did not publish an annual market share, but started in October 1997 with the monthly market share and ended this again when the station was discontinued in May 1998. It was not until the second version that they started, like Super RTL in the second year, with the announcement of the market share . Nickelodeon brings up the rear among free-to-air children's channels, reaching 0.7% of the total audience in 2013. Nickelodeon achieved the highest market share in 2009 (0.9%), the lowest market share it achieved in the year when the market share was published for the first time (2006; 0.5%).
2014
Since the free-to-air Disney Channel started on January 17, 2014, there have been Sometimes large shifts in market shares.
3–13 years
These shifts were felt most clearly in the three to thirteen year olds. The year began with slight losses for Super RTL, KiKA and Nickelodeon. In January 2014, KiKA pushed Super RTL out of number 1 among the children's television channels and became the market leader. This position was retained until March; Super RTL then became the market leader again. From September 2014, the market leadership was lost again to KiKA and again took second place.
In the course of the year, Nickelodeon lost a few percentage points ahead of the Disney Channel, which was rated for the first time with 7.2% in February and, with 9.4%, achieved more percentage points than Nickelodeon for the first time and thus reached third place. In December, however, they lost again in percentage points and shared third place with Nickelodeon with 8.7%.
Nickelodeon lost traction despite all this and lost 1.8% compared to the previous year.
Super RTL lost the most with 3.5%, KiKA the least with 0.4%.
| month | Super RTL | KiKA | Nickelodeon | Disney Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.1% | 21.2% | 11.2% | k. A. |
| February | 19.3% | 20.4% | 9.6% | 7.2% |
| March | 20.5% | 20.6% | 11.2% | 8.5% |
| April | 20.3% | 17.3% | 11.1% | 9.0% |
| May | 21.3% | 18.9% | 9.8% | 9.2% |
| June | 18.9% | 16.1% | 9.6% | 8.8% |
| July | 20.8% | 18.2% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| August | 20.1% | 19.6% | 9.6% | 9.2% |
| September | 19.3% | 21.3% | 9.0% | 8.9% |
| October | 19.1% | 21.0% | 9.7% | 9.0% |
| November | 18.2% | 21.2% | 8.2% | 9.4% |
| December | 17.9% | 19.7% | 8.7% | 8.7% |
| average | ≈19.7% | ≈19.7% | ≈9.8% | ≈8.7% |
| Super RTL | KiKA | Nickelodeon | Disney Channel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ≈23.2% | ≈20.1% | ≈11.6% | k. A. |
| 2014 | ≈19.7% | ≈19.7% | ≈9.8% | ≈8.7% |
| loss | −3.5% | −0.4% | −1.8% | kVm |
From three years
In the target group from three years of age, there was hardly any change except for seasonal fluctuations ( soccer World Cup 2014 ).
Super RTL lost a slight percentage and closed 2014 with a loss of 0.2%, but remained the market leader in this segment.
The runner-up KiKA remained solid and closed the year with the previous year's figure.
The Disney Channel started showing market shares in February and gained a remarkable 0.7%, which also ended the year on average.
Nickelodeon came last and only closed up to the Disney Channel with 0.8% in December and shared third place with the same.
| month | Super RTL | KiKA | Nickelodeon | Disney Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.8% | 1.2% | 0.6% | k. A. |
| February | 1.7% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| March | 1.8% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| April | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| May | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| June | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| July | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| August | 1.9% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| September | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| October | 1.7% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| November | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| December | 1.8% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| average | ≈1.7% | ≈1.2% | ≈0.6% | ≈0.8% |
| Super RTL | KiKA | Nickelodeon | Disney Channel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ≈1.9% | ≈1.2% | ≈0.7% | k. A. |
| 2014 | ≈1.7% | ≈1.2% | ≈0.6% | ≈0.8% |
| loss | −0.2% | 0.0% | −0.1% | kVm |
Another offer
current offer
In addition to the television channels, there are program sections on other channels that are designed for children. Examples are Check Eins (since 2001) from Das Erste or ZDFtivi (since 1997) from ZDF .
On September 3, 2013, the new ProSieben Maxx channel started a daily program that shows eight to nine hours of children's programs during the day and, among other things, new episodes of Pokémon and One Piece . In-house productions such as Galileo Genial can also be seen. For the rail, a cooperation with the then planned children's channel Yep! and is aimed primarily at boys and young adults. Meanwhile the name is Yep! completely disappeared from the program.
In Austria, ORF eins shows children's programs in the okidoki program block .
In Switzerland, SRF 1 and SRF Zwei both take on this task with the shared children's block Zambo .
Former offer
With Bim Bam Bino Tele 5 showed a children's program from January 16, 1988 to December 31, 1992. After the station was discontinued, the program from Kabelkanal and later Kabel 1 continued from January 16, 1993 to March 29, 1998. In terms of content and the staff of the Bim Bam Bino program, this path has moved to the station RTL2 , which started in 1993 and offered the weekday children's program Pokito from 1993 to 2011. From 2011 the children's program only ran on Sundays until it disappeared completely from the RTL2 program in 2013.
From the early 1990s, trick series were shown in the ProSieben block Trick 7 (later TrickSieben ) on the evening before. In 1997 this was reduced to Sunday morning and one rail in the early morning. The Saturday morning was filled with action series. These were shown in the ActionTrix track . In 2000, the offer was reduced to this line, which shortly thereafter was named the first line ( TrickSieben ). Gradually, however, the programs shown here were also moved to the Sat.1 and kabel eins programs .
From November 28, 1995 to 2007, RTL operated a program block called KRTL , which stood for K inder- RTL . From 1997 to 1999 Sat.1 showed in the block Sat. 1 Clubhouse program as an advertisement for the same pay-TV - stations . After that, from 2000 to 2005 children's programs were broadcast in the Sat.1 Junior block every Saturday morning.
In addition to animes, MTV2 Pop also featured two animated series by Nickelodeon , which were shown daily from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. from September 2003 to January 2004. Were shown Aaahh !!! Monster and The Ren & Stimpy Show .
kabel eins showed programs from Disney and Cartoon Network in two separate blocks over the weekend. The Disney Time launched on 26 December 2004, the Cartoon Network block followed in September 2005. From October 2004 to October 2009 also was shown shipments of Jetix in a block that was seen Sunday in front of the Disney Time. With the rebranding of the station to Disney XD , the Jetix block disappeared from kabel eins. The other offer has also been completely discontinued. The block with the Disney series z. B. was discontinued on December 30, 2012.
Das Vierte showed children's programs from February 2007 under the label Das Vierte Mini in cooperation with Your Family Entertainment . The programs for ages 3 to 13 were shown Monday to Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
From April 5, 2009, VIVA showed well-known Nickelodeon programs such as Zoey 101 , Drake & Josh or True Jackson in the morning Sunday program from 9:00 am. From March 16 to September 14, 2009, the station showed the cartoon, The Ren & Stimpy Show, which was also produced for Nickelodeon, every Monday to Friday at 0:15 am. In addition, Das Haus Anubis was broadcast from October 6, 2009 to December 25, 2009 every working day at 9:30 p.m.
Also Anixe showed in most of the program by autumn 2013. Zeichentrick-, animation, and live action series for children and adolescents. The formats shown included a. Doug , She-Ra - Princess of Power and The Knickerbocker Gang . When the station was restructured in autumn 2013 to become a best-ager channel, all programs disappeared from the program.
In Austria there was the program block Confetti TiVi from April 11, 1994 , which could be seen on ORF 1 and was discontinued on September 12, 2008 and replaced by okidoki .
In Switzerland, a Nickelodeon program block started on September 28, 1998 , which took over some elements of the German Nickelodeon offshoot , which had been discontinued shortly before , and which could always be seen Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on SF2 . The successor Junior started in September 2003 and could be seen daily until December 31, 2006. SF Tubii was the successor to the block, which was replaced on August 30, 2010 by the current Zambo offer .
Former German children's channels
| Channel | Broadcast logo | Airtime | To broadcast | pay TV | Programs (selection) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clubhouse | 7:00 am - 7:00 pm | July 28, 1996 - September 30, 1999 | Yes | Muppet Show , What's wrong with Alex Mack? , Baywatch - The Malibu Lifeguards | |
| Disney Channel |  |
Around the clock | October 16, 1999 - November 29, 2013 (after a break in broadcasting, switch to free TV) | Yes | Disney series of all kinds |
| Disney Cinemagic |  |
Around the clock | July 4, 2009 - October 1, 2019 | Yes | Disney films (live action and cartoons) |
| Disney XD |  |
Around the clock | October 9, 2009 - April 1, 2020 | Yes | Pokémon , Phineas and Ferb , Zeke and Luther , S3 - Strong, fast, smart |
| K-toon | 8:00 pm - 6:00 am | July 28, 1996 - April 1, 2003 (merger with Junior ) | Yes | He-Man , Animaniacs , Count Duckula | |
| Fox Kids |  |
6:00 am - 8:00 pm | October 1, 2000 - June 10, 2005 (converted to Jetix ) | Yes | Card Captor Sakura , Crayon Shin-Chan , WITCH |
| Toon disney |  |
Around the clock | November 10, 2004 - April 15, 2010 | Yes | Disney cartoons |
| Jetix |  |
6:00 am - 8:00 pm | June 10, 2005 - October 9, 2009 (converted to Disney XD ) | Yes | Card Captor Sakura , Crayon Shin-Chan , WITCH |
| KidsCo |  |
Around the clock | October 29, 2008 - December 31, 2013 | Yes | Babar the Elephant King , Dennis , Inspector Gadget |
| yfe |  |
Around the clock | November 5, 2007 - November 30, 2014 (converted to Fix & Foxi ) | Yes | Cosmo and Wanda , Fix and Foxi |
International
Internationally, the range of children's channels is large. Some individual channels exist alongside those that belong to a group with several different children's channels.
- ABC3 (Australia)
- Pakapaka (Argentina)
- Al Jazeera Children's Channel (Qatar)
- Baraem (Qatar)
- Chutti TV (India)
- Family (Canada)
- Hungama TV (India)
- Ketnet (Belgium)
- Kids Station (Japan)
- NHK Education TV (Japan)
- PBS Kids (USA, Canada)
- TRT Çocuk (Turkey)
- VRAK.TV (Canada)
BBC :
- BBC Kids (Canada)
- CBBC Channel (GB)
- CBeebies (UK, Latin America, Asia)
beViacom :
- Kindernet (Flanders / Netherlands, now discontinued)
- Nickelodeon (USA with branches in other countries)
- Nick Hits (Flanders / Netherlands)
- Nick Jr. (USA with offshoots in other countries)
- Nicktoons (USA with offshoots in other countries)
- TeenNick (USA and program blocks in Flanders / Netherlands and India)
- Canal + Family (France)
- Piwi + (France)
- Télétoon + (France)
- MiniMini + (Poland)
- teleTOON + (Poland)
- Teletoon & Télétoon (Canada)
- Teletoon Retro & Télétoon Rétro (Canada)
- Treehouse TV (Canada)
- YTV (Canada)
CSC (GB):
- Discovery Kids (Asia, Latin America)
- The Hub (USA)
Rai :
TBS :
- Boing (France, Italy, Spain)
- Boomerang (USA with branches in other countries)
- Cartoon Network (USA with branches in other countries)
- Cartoon Network Too (UK, Ireland, Malta)
- Cartoonito (Italy and UK)
- Disney Channel (USA with branches in other countries)
- Disney Cinemagic (USA with branches in other countries)
- Disney Junior (USA with offshoots in other countries)
- Disney XD (USA with branches in other countries)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Krei: The annual market shares of the small transmitters 2019. In: DWDL.de. January 2, 2020, accessed June 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Employee data from 2005 to 2015 (PDF; 54 kB)
- ↑ a b c d e f AGF Videoforschung GmbH: Market share. 2019, accessed June 15, 2020 .
- ↑ MA graphic from 2013 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 64 kB)
- ↑ Employee data from 1996 to 2012 ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 54 kB)
- ↑ a b c Annual market shares at a glance From Arte to ZDFneo: This is how it went in 2014 for the little ones
- ↑ The annual market shares of the Little Sixx, Nitro and Neo are getting stronger, DMAX in front
- ↑ PDF document MA 2013 kek-online.de ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Disney Time on cable one is discontinued
- ↑ The fourth mini starts
