Carousel (TV channel)

Carousel; Carousel International; Карусель
Launched	December 27, 2010
Owned by	Channel One (50%); VGTRK (50%);
Picture format	576i (SDTV) ; 16:9 (HDTV)
Slogan	"Turn on the summer!" (summer 2011) "A channel for the new generation" (December 27, 2010 — summer 2013) "Channel One for kids!", "VGTRK for kids!" (summer 2013) "A channel for the whole family!" (from 2017)
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Broadcast area	Russia; Commonwealth of Independent States; Europe; U.S.; Canada; Israel; United Arab Emirates; India; United Kingdom
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Replaced	Bibigon and TeleNyanya
Sister channel(s)	Channel One Russia, Russia-1, Russia-2, Russia-24, Russia-K, RTR-Planeta, My Planet, Sport, Sport-1, Moscow 24, Russia HD, Strana, Sarafan, Nauka 2.0, History, Fight Club, Russian Roman, Russian Bestseller, Telecafe, Dom Kino, Muzika, Vremya
Website	www.karusel-tv.ru
Availability
Satellite
NTV Plus (Russia)	Channel 215
DirecTV (USA)	Channel 2145
Spectrum (United States)	Channel 1612
O2TV (Russia)	Channel 765
Cable
AT&T U-verse	Channel 3600
Comcast	Channel 3136
Optimum (USA)	Channel 1181
IPTV
Sling	SD
Streaming media
VEMOX	HD

Carousel or Carousel International is a Russian television channel dedicated to children and youth. It was founded by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. It is currently available in Russia, in France via Free and in the United States via DirecTV.[1]

Shows

Masha and the Bear
Kikoriki
Prostokvashino
The Fixies
Tina & Tony
Winx Club
Oggy and the Cockroaches (Огги и тараканы)

History

Carousel was created in 2010 after Bibigon (Бибигон) and TeleNanny (ТелеНяня) merged together to form the new channel. The first program shown was "Team Jump-Jump" (Прыг-Скок Команда)

References

Carousel — The main russian TV channel for children and youth! Archived December 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine "«Creating a children’s television channel is difficult but very exciting! Our audience is very demanding, the most sincere, and undoubtedly the most important. Our channel is not only for entertainment, but for education, development and teaching. .. Nikolay Dubovoy — CEO, Carousel channel"

External links

Official site

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[1] Carousel — The main russian TV channel for children and youth! Archived December 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine "«Creating a children’s television channel is difficult but very exciting! Our audience is very demanding, the most sincere, and undoubtedly the most important. Our channel is not only for entertainment, but for education, development and teaching. .. Nikolay Dubovoy — CEO, Carousel channel"