JimJam

JimJam is an international children's preschool television channel which originally launched in Italy on Sky in 2006.[1][2]

For the 2000 jazz-funk album, see Jimjam.
JimJam
Launched1 October 2006 (2006-10-01)
Closed30 June 2015 (2015-06-30)} (Italy)
1 March 2018 (2018-03-01)} (Netherlands)
Owned byAMC Networks International
CountryCentral Europe
Eastern Europe
Africa
Middle East
Asia
Broadcast areaCentral Europe
Eastern Europe
Africa
Middle East
Asia
Sister channel(s)AMC
SundanceTV
CBS Action
CBS Europa
CBS Reality
Extreme Sports Channel
Outdoor Channel
Websitewww.jimjam.tv
Availability
Satellite
beINChannel 142
AoraChannel 113
Sky LinkChannel 28
StarSatChannel 303
CTHChannel 143
DStvChannel 310
StarTimesChannel 303
Yes (Israel)Channel 80
MeoChannel 47
Cable
UPC RomaniaChannel 507 (digital with DVR)
Channel 126 (digital)
OSNChannel 357
UPC PolandChannel 668
HOT (Israel)Channel 74, Channel 118 (Russian)
IPTV
PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan)Channel 48
Meo (Portugal)Channel 47

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 as Polsat JimJam), Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia, Hungary, Portugal, Israel (since December 2009), South Africa, Thailand and the Arab World, as well as in Russia and 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 (outside 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 Asia on December 2014, in Italy on 30 June 2015, and in the Netherlands on 1 March 2018.[6]

On 1 August 2018, the channel was rebranded.

A dedicated Hungarian version was launched on 1 January 2020.

A dedicated Romanian version was launched on 1 March 2020.

Launch

Current
Launch rollout
Release date Country Release partner Broadcast area
December 3, 2007  Czech Republic Sky Link
 Slovakia Sky Link
April 14, 2008  Middle East and North Africa beIN
OSN		 Algeria
Bahrain
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
May 2008   Switzerland
July 2, 2008  Bulgaria Showtime
 Russia Showtime
Tricolor TV
November 28, 2008  Portugal Meo
ZAP		 Portugal
Angola
Mozambique
November 9, 2009  Poland Polsat
December 2009  Israel Cellcom TV
Hot
Yes
April 26, 2012 Sub-Saharan Africa DStv
MY TV
TopTV		 Botswana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Kenya
Lesotho
Mauritius
Namibia
Nigeria
Republic of the Congo
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
January 1, 2020  Hungary
March 1, 2020  Romania

Former
Active date Country Release partner Broadcast area
October 1, 2006 - June 30, 2015  Italy Sky
July 2, 2008 - March 1, 2018  Netherlands CAIW
Canal Digitaal
Delta Kabelcomfort
Glashart Media
Telenet
UPC Nederland
Ziggo		 Netherlands
Belgium
Benelux
November 1, 2008 - December 2014 Southeast Asia Aora
CTH
MNC Vision
StarHub TV
Skynindo
Transvision		 Indonesia
Singapore
Thailand

References
  1. Chala, Jean K. (28 February 2009). Transnational Television in Europe: Reconfiguring Global Communications Networks. I.B.Tauris. p. 124.
  2. "Hit pulls out of JimJam JV". Digital TV Europe. TBIvision. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. "Dutch-language feed for JimJam". BroadBand TV News. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  4. "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.
  5. "JimJam launches on Russia's Tricolor TV". Digital TV Europe. TBIvision. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  6. "JimJam trekt zich terug van Nederlandse TV-markt". MediaMagazine.nl (in Dutch). 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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