JimJam
Country | Central Europe Eastern Europe Africa Hungary Romania Portugal Bulgaria |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English Czech Portuguese Hungarian Romanian Lithuanian (voiceover) Bulgarian Arabic (formerly) Dutch (formerly) German (formerly) Hebrew (formerly) Italian (formerly) Russian (formerly) Turkish (formerly) |
Timeshift service | JimJam +1 (closed in Italy) |
Ownership | |
Owner | AMC Networks International |
Sister channels | AMC SundanceTV CBS Action CBS Europa CBS Reality Extreme Sports Channel Outdoor Channel |
History | |
Launched | 1 October 2006 3 October 2006 (Czech Republic & Slovakia) 1 January 2008 (Hungary, Moldova & Romania) 14 April 2008 (MENA) 19 May 2008 (Austria, Benelux, Germany & Switzerland) 1 July 2008 (Russia & CIS Nations) 1 November 2008 (Asia) 10 July 2009 (Australia & New Zealand) 2010 (ex-Yugoslav) 1 October 2012 (Ukraine) | (Italy)
Closed | 9 December 2014 30 June 2015 (Italy) 1 March 2018 (Austria, Benelux, Germany & Switzerland) 1 January 2020 (MENA) 10 March 2022 (Russia, Ukraine & CIS Nations) | (Asia, Australia & New Zealand)
Links | |
Website | www.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 Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Africa,[3] including Romania, Poland (in Poland channel is provided in partnership with Polsat Group as Polsat JimJam), Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia, Hungary, Portugal, South Africa, and the Arab World.
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, 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, Australia and New Zealand on 9 December 2014, Italy on 30 June 2015, in Austria, Benelux, Germany and Switzerland on 1 March 2018, Middle East and North Africa on 1 January 2020, and Russia, Ukraine and the CIS Nations on 10 March 2022.[6]
On 1 August 2018, the channel was rebranded.
A dedicated Hungarian version was launched on 1 January 2020.[7]
A dedicated Romanian version was launched on 1 March 2020.[8]
International channels[edit]
Current channels[edit]
Release date | Country |
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3 October 2006 | Czech Republic |
Slovakia | |
3 December 2007 as ("JimJam") 19 November 2009 (as "Polsat JimJam") |
Poland |
1 January 2008 | Hungary |
Moldova | |
Romania | |
1 July 2008 | Bulgaria |
28 November 2008 | Portugal |
2010 | ex-Yugoslav |
29 April 2012 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
28 August 2012 | Latvia |
Lithuania |
Defunct channels[edit]
Active date | Country | Replacement |
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1 November 2008 - 9 December 2014 | Asia | DreamWorks |
10 July 2009 - 9 December 2014 | Australia | |
New Zealand | ||
1 October 2006 – 30 June 2015 | Italy | |
19 May 2008 - 1 March 2018 | Austria | |
Belgium | ||
Germany | ||
Luxembourg | ||
Netherlands | ||
Switzerland | ||
14 April 2008 - 1 January 2020 | Middle East and North Africa | |
1 July 2008 - 10 March 2022 | CIS Nations | |
Russia | ||
1 October 2012 - 10 March 2022 | Ukraine |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Chala, Jean K. (28 February 2009). Transnational Television in Europe: Reconfiguring Global Communications Networks. I.B.Tauris. p. 124.
- ^ a b "Hit pulls out of JimJam JV". Digital TV Europe. TBIvision. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Dutch-language feed for JimJam". BroadBand TV News. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Chellomedia and Hit Entertainment Form Joint Venture to Launch and Distribute International Pre-School Channel" (PDF). HIT Entertainment. 26 September 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "JimJam launches on Russia's Tricolor TV". Digital TV Europe. TBIvision. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "JimJam trekt zich terug van Nederlandse TV-markt". MediaMagazine.nl (in Dutch). 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
External links[edit]
- Television channels and stations established in 2006
- Children's television networks
- Defunct television channels in Austria
- Defunct television channels in Belgium
- Defunct television channels in Israel
- Defunct television channels in Italy
- Defunct television channels in the Netherlands
- Defunct television channels in Russia
- Defunct television channels in Switzerland
- Defunct television channels in Turkey
- Defunct television stations in Ukraine
- 2015 disestablishments in Italy
- 2006 establishments in Italy
- AMC Networks International
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