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KidsCO
Launched TBA (UK)
September 7, 2007 (Central and eastern Europe)
Owned by NBC Universal
Corus Entertainment
DiC Entertainment
Website www.kidscotv.tv
Availability
Satellite
Sky Digital Channel TBA
Dolce Channel 255
D-Smart Channel 53
N Channel 95
Cable
Virgin Media Channel TBA
SkyCable Philippines Channel 38
IPTV over ADSL
mio TV Channel 29
now TV Hong Kong Channel 449

KidsCo is an international children's entertainment brand founded by Canadian broadcaster Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises, American-based producer DiC Entertainment, and European broadcaster Sparrowhawk Media Group in April 2007.[1] By the end of 2007, Sparrowhawk was purchased by media conglomerate NBC Universal, thus giving the company its share in the brand.

KidsCo was founded to be a "fourth voice" in the realm of children's entertainment, currently dominated by Viacom (owner of Nickelodeon), Disney (owner of Disney Channel and Jetix), and Time Warner (owner of Cartoon Network, Looney Tunes, and DC Comics). The owners plan to place stand-alone cable networks and multimedia websites on all points of the globe (with the exception of North America) over the course of the next two years [1].

The network is currently based in London.

The first KidsCo networks were launched in Poland, Romania and Turkey on September 7, 2007 [2]. The channel also launched in Hungary, Ukraine and Russia by the end of 2007.

On January 1, 2008, KidsCo launched in the Philippines on SkyCable and in the Middle East on Showtime Arabia Network[3] and announced plans to expand to Indonesia, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore on March 20, 2008 and in South Africa in August 2008. [2] The company also announced plans to launch the network in Spain on May 1, 2008 and United States on July or August 2008. There are also hints of the channel launching in Australia and New Zealand from their website which when you point your cursor above either country will come up with a "Watch this space" speech bubble. There is also a speculation of it launching in the United Kingdom later this year or early 2009.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ SPARROWHAWK MEDIA, DIC ENTERTAINMENT AND CORUS ENTERTAINMENT PARTNER TO LAUNCH KIDSCO, A BRANDED GLOBAL CHANNEL FOR CHILDREN
  2. ^ Kidsco to launch in autumn from digitalspy.co.uk
  3. ^ "New channel on SHOWTIME", Showtimearabia.com, 2007-12-31. 

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