JimJam
| JimJam | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 1 October 2006 |
| Owned by | AMC Networks International |
| Country |
Central Europe Eastern Europe Africa Middle East Asia |
| Broadcast area |
Central Europe Eastern Europe Africa Middle East Asia |
| Sister channel(s) |
AMC SundanceTV CBS Action CBS Drama CBS Europa Horror Channel Extreme Sports Channel CBS Reality Outdoor Channel |
| Website | www.jimjam.tv |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| beIN | Channel 142 |
| Aora | Channel 113 |
| Sky Link | Channel TBA |
| TopTV | Channel 256 |
| CTH | Channel 143 |
| DStv | Channel 310 |
| KCTV | Channel 405 |
| Yes (Israel) | Channel 80 |
| Cable | |
| UPC Romania |
Channel 507 (digital with DVR) Channel 126 (digital) |
| UPC Hungary | Channel 82 |
| OSN | Channel 357 |
| TelkomVision | Channel ??? |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 129 |
| UPC Poland | Channel 668 |
| HOT (Israel) | Channel 74, Channel 118 (Russian) |
| IPTV | |
| PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) | Channel 48 |
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 & Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa,[3] including Romania, Poland (in Poland channel is provided in partnership with Polsat Group - Polsat JimJam), Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia, Hungary, Portugal, Israel (since December 2009), South Africa, Thailand and the Arab World, as well as in Russia & Ukraine.
History
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 (excluding the US and the UK).[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, Asia and Africa, with seven feeds and four localized versions.[3][5]
JimJam closed in Italy on 30 June 2015, and in the Netherlands on 1 March 2018.[6]
References
- 1 2 Chala, Jean K. (28 February 2009). Transnational Television in Europe: Reconfiguring Global Communications Networks. I.B.Tauris. p. 124.
- 1 2 "Hit pulls out of JimJam JV". Digital TV Europe. TBIvision. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- 1 2 "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. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
