List of children's television channels in South Asia

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This is a list of children's channels in South Asia.

Bangladesh[edit]

Name Launch Language(s) Owner
Duronto TV[1] 15 October 2017 Bengali Barind Media Limited

India[edit]

The first kids channel which came first in India is Cartoon Network which is launched on May 1, 1995.

Name Launch Closure Language(s) Owner
Cartoon Network 1 May 1995 Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Kannada
Hindi 		Warner Bros. Discovery India
Pogo TV 1 January 2004
Discovery Kids 7 August 2012
Cartoon Network HD+ 15 April 2018 Hindi

English

Toonami 26 February 2015 15 May 2018 English

Hindi

Sony YAY! 18 April 2017 Hindi
Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam

Kannada Gujrati
Marathi
Bengali

Sony Pictures Networks
Animax 4 July 2004 18 April 2017 English
Disney Channel HD 15 March 2023 Tamil
Telugu
Hindi
English 		Disney Star
Disney Channel 17 December 2004
Disney Junior 15 October 2012
Hungama TV 26 September 2004
Super Hungama 1 March 2022
Toon Disney 17 December 2004 14 November 2009
Disney XD 14 November 2009 20 January 2019
Marvel HQ[2] 20 January 2019 1 March 2022
Nickelodeon 16 October 1999

Tamil
Hindi
Telugu
Kannada
Malayalam
Bengali
Marathi

Viacom18
Nickelodeon Sonic 20 December 2011
Nick HD+ 5 December 2015

English
Hindi

Nick Jr. 21 November 2012
CBeebies July 2020[3] English BBC
Animax 20 January 2023 English (Subtitled) KC Global Media
Chithiram TV 3 June 2010 Tamil Kalaignar TV Network
Chutti TV 29 April 2007 Tamil Sun TV Network
Kochu TV 16 October 2011 Malayalam
Kushi TV 2009 Telugu
Chintu TV Kannada
Rongeen TV[4] 12 June 2019 Bengali Biswas Media Solutions
ETV Bal Bharat 27 April 2021 Hindi
English
Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Marathi
Bengali
Kannada
Gujarathi
Odia
Assamese
Punjabi 		Ramoji Group
Maha Cartoon TV 1 November 2016 1 March 2019 Hindi
Splash Channel[5] 17 August 2001 2009 Hindi Pentamedia Graphics
Mayajaal Entertainment[6]
Spacetoon India 14 January 2009[7] 13 March 2013 English

Hindi

Kids Media India (KMI)
ZeeQ 5 November 2012 1 June 2017 English

Hindi Tamil Telugu

Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Da Vinci Learning[8] 18 November 2015 30 November 2017 English Da Vinci Media

Pakistan[edit]

Name Launch Language(s) Owner
Cartoon Network 2 April 2004 Urdu
English 		WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks Asia Pacific/M/s. Information & Systems Corp. (Pvt.) Ltd.
Nickelodeon 23 November 2006 ARY Digital Network
CBeebies 19 July 2008 BBC Asia
Pop 3 June 2018 Edutainment (Pty.) Ltd
Kids Zone[9][10][11][12] 18 December 2018 Mediacon Network Pvt. Ltd./Kids Network Television LLC
Cinemachi Kids[13][14][12] 30 September 2016 Ironline Production (Pvt.) Ltd./Mimyuni Media Entertainment
Baby TV[12] 4 December 2003
Champion TV[12] 19 April 2020 M/s. Media Roots (Pvt.) Limited

Sri Lanka[edit]

Name Launch Language(s) Owner
A+ Kids TV July 2017 Sinhala Kidzy

Programming blocks[edit]

India[edit]

Name Channel Year(s)
Toonami[15] Cartoon Network 2001–2010
Boomerang[16] 2007
Disney DD National 1994
Disney Jadoo[17] 2005
Cartoon Network Ki Duniya[18] 2006–2007
Discovery Kids[19] Discovery Channel 2001–2005
Playhouse Disney Disney Channel 2006–2011
Disney Junior 2011–present
Disney Sandhya[20] ETV 1999–2000
TeenNick Nick Jr. 2012–2017
Nick Hour[21] Rishtey 2016–present
Toon Time[22] SAB TV 2001–2002
Just Kids![23] Sahara One 2002–2005
Spacetoon Hour[24] 2005–2006
Sunday Funday[25] Sony Aath 2015–present
Good Morning Disney[26] Sony Entertainment Television 2000–2003
Disney Hour 2000–2003
Animax Kool Kidz[27] 2004–2005
Jetix Action Station[17] Star One 2005–2009
Fox Kids StarPlus 2001–2004
Disney Time[17] 2005–2010
Disney[17] Star Utsav 2005–2009
Jetix Toon Disney 2004–2009
Good Morning Disney Zee TV 1994–1999
Disney Hour
Nickelodeon[28] 1999–2002
Cartoon Network[29] 2002–2003
Disney[30] Zee Bangla 2000–2001
Zee Gujarati
Zee Marathi
Zee Punjabi
CBeebies[31] ZeeQ 2013–2017

Pakistan[edit]

Name Channel Year(s)
Pogo Cartoon Network 2008–present
CNP Movies 2004–present
It's All About Action 2016 - 2021
Toontastic Weekends 2020 - 2021
Get Set Go! CBeebies 2008–present.
Discover and Do!
Big Fun Time!
Bedtime Hour

References[edit]

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  2. ^ https://plus.google.com/107324234873078450867 (2022-02-24). "Disney Kids to launch new channel 'Super Hungama' on 1 March". Indian Television Dot Com. Retrieved 2023-01-06. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help); External link in |last= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "CBeebies returns to India after eight years". www.bestmediaifo.com. July 8, 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  4. ^ "Bengali kids' channel, Rongeen TV to launch in India on 12 June". June 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "Pentamedia's kid's channel Splash formally launched". October 19, 2001. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  6. ^ "Splash to spruce up content". April 23, 2004. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  7. ^ "Spacetoon Kids TV launched in India". January 15, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  8. ^ "Da Vinci Media launches HD edutainment channel in India". November 18, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  9. ^ [Kidszonehd.com "Kids Zone Pakistan"]. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  10. ^ "Pemra approves two non-commercial licences". The News International. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
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  15. ^ "Turner to launch Toonami in India". www.afaqs.com. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
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  25. ^ "Sony Aath launches kids' slot 'Sunday Funday'". March 4, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  26. ^ "Sony :The Big Picture". December 30, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  27. ^ "Animax now on Sony Entertainment Television". 4 December 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  28. ^ "Zee TV To Launch Nickelodeon". October 11, 1999. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  29. ^ "Cartoon Network block replaces Nick on Zee TV". August 14, 2002. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  30. ^ "Walt Disney signs one-year pact with Zee Telefilms for animation content". September 25, 2000. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  31. ^ "ZeeQ ties up with BBC Worldwide to offer CBeebies programmes to preschoolers in India". June 5, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
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