List of children's television channels in South Asia
This is a list of kids channels in South Asia.
Bangladesh
Name | Launch | Language(s) | Owner |
---|---|---|---|
Duronto TV[1] | 15 October 2017 | Bengali | Barind Media Limited |
Pakistan
Name | Launch | Language(s) | Owner |
---|---|---|---|
Cartoon Network Pakistan | 2 April 2004 | English Urdu |
Turner International Pakistan |
Nickelodeon Pakistan | 23 November 2006 | ARY Group |
Sri Lanka
Name | Launch | Language(s) | Owner |
---|---|---|---|
A+ Kids TV | July 2017 | Sinhala | Kidzy |
India
Name | Launch | Language(s) | Owner |
---|---|---|---|
Disney Channel India | 17 December 2004 | English Hindi Tamil Telugu |
Disney India Media Networks |
Disney Junior India | 15 October 2012 | ||
Marvel HQ | 20 January 2019 | ||
Hungama TV | 26 September 2004 | Hindi Tamil Telugu | |
Cartoon Network India | 1 May 1995 | English Hindi Tamil Telugu |
Turner International India |
Cartoon Network HD+ | 15 April 2018 | ||
Pogo TV | 1 January 2004 | ||
Nickelodeon India | 16 October 1999 | English Hindi Tamil Telugu Kannada Gujarati Bengali Malayalam[2] |
Viacom 18 |
Nickelodeon Sonic | 20 December 2011 | ||
Nick HD+ | 5 December 2015 | English Hindi | |
Nick Jr. India | 21 November 2012 | ||
BabyTV | 14 September 2006 1 November 2012 (HD) |
English | Star India |
Discovery Kids India | 7 August 2012 | English Hindi Tamil Telugu |
Discovery Communications India |
Maha Cartoon TV | 1 November 2016 | Hindi | Teleone Consumers Product Private Ltd |
Sony Yay | 18 April 2017 | Hindi Tamil Telugu Bengali Malayalam Marathi |
Sony Pictures Networks India |
Mubu TV[3] | 25 February 2017 | Hindi | Mubu Network |
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 |
Defunct
Name | Launch | Closure | Owner | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Splash Channel[5] | 17 August 2001 | N/A | Pentamedia Graphics Mayajaal Entertainment[6] |
India |
Toon Disney India | 17 December 2004 | 14 November 2009 | Disney India Media Networks | |
CBeebies | 29 September 2007[7] | 25 November 2012[8] | BBC Worldwide | |
Spacetoon India | 14 January 2009[9] | N/A | Kids Media India (KMI) | |
ZeeQ | 5 November 2012 | 1 June 2017 | Zee Entertainment Enterprises | |
Animax | 4 July 2004 | 18 April 2017 | Sony Pictures Networks India | |
Da Vinci Learning[10] | 18 November 2015 | 30 November 2017 | Da Vinci Media | |
Toonami India | 26 February 2015 | 15 May 2018 | Turner International India | |
Disney XD India | 14 November 2009 | 20 January 2019 | Disney India Media Networks |
Programming Blocks
India
Name | Channel | Year(s) |
---|---|---|
Toonami[11] | Cartoon Network | 2001-2010 |
Boomerang[12] | 2007 | |
Disney | DD National | 1994 |
Disney Jadoo[13] | 2005 | |
Cartoon Network Ki Duniya[14] | 2006-2007 | |
Discovery Kids[15] | Discovery Channel | 2001-2005 |
Playhouse Disney | Disney Channel | 2006-2011 |
Disney Junior | 2011-present | |
Disney Sandhya[16] | ETV | 1999-2000 |
TeenNick India | Nick Jr. | 2012-2017 |
Nick Hour[17] | Rishtey | 2016-present |
Toon Time[18] | SAB TV | 2001-2002 |
Just Kids![19] | Sahara One | 2002-2005 |
Spacetoon Hour[20] | 2005-2006 | |
Sunday Funday[21] | Sony Aath | 2015-present |
Good Morning Disney[22] | Sony Entertainment Television | 2000-2003 |
Disney Hour | 2000-2003 | |
Animax Kool Kidz[23] | 2004-2005 | |
Jetix Action Station[13] | STAR One | 2005-2009 |
Fox Kids | Star Plus | 2001-2004 |
Disney Time[13] | 2005-2010 | |
Disney[13] | Star Utsav | 2005-2009 |
Jetix | Toon Disney | 2004-2009 |
Good Morning Disney | Zee TV | 1994-1999 |
Disney Hour | ||
Nickelodeon[24] | 1999-2002 | |
Cartoon Network[25] | 2002-2003 | |
Disney[26] | Zee Bangla | 2000-2001 |
Zee Gujarati | ||
Zee Marathi | ||
Zee Punjabi | ||
CBeebies[27] | ZeeQ | 2013-2017 |
Pakistan
Name | Channel | Year(s) |
---|---|---|
Toonami | Cartoon Network | 2004-2013 |
Boomerang | 2007-2008 | |
Pogo | 2008-present |
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