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
Toonami 26 February 2015 15 May 2018 English

Hindi

Sony YAY! 18 April 2017 Hindi
Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Marathi
Bengali 		Culver Max Entertainment
Animax 4 July 2004 18 April 2017 English
Disney Channel 17 December 2004

Tamil
Telugu
Hindi
English

Disney Star
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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  18. ^ "CN gets on to DD with new branded block". July 4, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
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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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