DreamWorks Channel, commonly known as DreamWorks, is a

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owned and operated by the international networks division of

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, a subsidiary of

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. First launched in

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on 1 August 2015, it expanded to the rest of Asia as well as Europe, Africa and Oceania. Its programming is mainly sourced from

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. In the United States, DreamWorks Animation’s shows were instead aired on

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, which launched on 9 September 2017 as a rebranding of Sprout before shutting down on 6 March 2025, with the streaming rights to DreamWorks Animation's programming in the country handled by

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in the United States and internationally alongside NBCUniversal's streaming service

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, also in the US.

History

As a standalone TV Channel

announced plans to launch its own TV channel on 9 December 2014 starting in Asia, rolling out over 19 countries in the second half of 2015.

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-based broadcaster

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was contracted to handle marketing, sales and technical services for the channel in Southeast Asia. The studio's first foray into television channel operations in any part of the world was represented with the launch of its first dedicated channel on 1 August 2015 in

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through a joint venture through with CTH. A Middle East and North Africa feed of the channel launched on 1 August 2016 in partnership with the beIN Channels Network. The channel was placed under now-former NBCU International executive vice president of Lifestyle and Kids, Duccio Donati, in August 2017, following the NBCU's owner Comcast's takeover of DreamWorks Animation. This paired the channel with E! international channels and NBCU Lifestyle Channel content. On 1 January 2018, NBCUniversal International Networks took over HBO Asia's role with DreamWorks Channel in Southeast Asia. The channel launched on

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in the Netherlands on 23 July 2019. The channel launched as a one-month pop-up channel in Australia via

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on channel 700 throughout June 2020 and returned as a regular 24/7 network the following year. The

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n feed of the channel originally launched on

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on 3 August 2020, but closed/shut down on 17 February 2022 and was supplemented by

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on StarTimes ON in July 2022.

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and NBCUIN jointly announced on 8 March 2022 that the channel would launch on DStv a week later on 18 March. On its launch, the channel took over the service channel number slot previously held by

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which was shut down on 1 October 2020 and supplement

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alongside

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. The Sub-Saharan African channel was available on the ''DStv Compact'', ''DStv Compact Plus'' and ''DStv Premium'' subscription packages in South Africa and on the ''DStv Premium'' and ''DStv Compact Plus'' subscription packages in the rest of Africa, although the channel was made available on the lower-tiered ''DStv Family'' and ''DStv Access'' subscription packages until 18 April to promote Team Zenko Go, The Bad Guys and The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib. From 27 June to 15 July 2022, the channel was made available on ''DStv Family'' alongside

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to promote Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight and Illumination's Minions: The Rise of Gru. It is currently available on the ''DStv Compact Plus'' and ''DStv Premium'' packages, with the channel only available on DStv's other packages; ''DStv Compact'', ''DStv Family'' and ''DStv Access'', during Christmas and summer time. The Philippines feed of the channel launched via

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on 11 September 2021, with aired productions dubbed in the

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. It was also launched on

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in mid-November that same year, though SkyCable uses its original English feed instead. Like the Sub-Saharan African DStv channel feed, it replaced on launch the country channel feed of Disney Channel, which shut down on the same date as the Southeast Asian Disney Channel feeds, i.e. on 1 October. A Latin American feed launched on 1 April 2022. The Malaysia feed of the channel launched via

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on 15 January 2023 initially on Channel 622 (HD) until 31 January 2023 and will stop broadcasting for free and become part of the Kids Pack, starting 1 February 2023. On the same day, after a month later on 1 February 2023, the channel moved to Channel 612 (HD) as a replacement for TA-DAA! which closed on 1 February 2023.

Universal+ launch with DreamWorks

The channel and Universal+ launched in Spain with two television providers

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and

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on 21 February 2021. The Indian feed of the channel was launched in English via

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on 25 November 2021. DreamWorks Channel's programming are currently available to stream on Universal+ which launched as an on-demand service in South Africa on DStv Catch Up and DStv Stream on 14 October 2022. The channel was launched along with Universal+ in France on SFR on 17 November 2022 on Prime Video Channels in 6 December 2022 and on Bouygues Telecom in 8 December 2022.

Programming

The content on the channel mainly consists of productions from the libraries of DreamWorks Animation Television and

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including some of the former's content originally produced for

; films and specials from DreamWorks Animation, Illumination and sometimes from third parties only broadcasts in the international versions.

Programming blocks

*''DreamWorks Junior'' - This block is composed of shows targeting preschool-age children every morning and is a direct competitor to

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's Nick Jr. and

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(UK exclusive),

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's Disney Jr. and

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. Programs currently seen in this block include '' Guess with Jess'', '' Raa Raa the Noisy Lion'' and '' 3-2-1 Penguins!''.

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