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: , ''Arutz Hop!'') is an Israeli children's television channel aimed entirely for preschool children. The channel caters for children between the ages of zero and seven years old, presenting programs specifically tailored for these age-groups respectively. It was launched in February 2000 in Israel; it broadcasts daily between 5:00 am (in the past: 06:00 am) and 11:00 pm (in the past: 8:00 pm), as a part of the base packages of cable company HOT and satellite company

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History

Hop! Channel was launched in February 2000 in Israel by Alona Ebet and Tamir Paul. The channel caters for children between the ages of zero and seven years old, presenting programs specifically tailored for this age-group. It is one of the first channels in the world that belong to preschool children, in contrast to many other Israeli kids channels like

Arutz HaYeladim Arutz HaYeladim (, The Children's Channel; Formerly: Arutz Shesh (ערוץ 6) ''channel 6'') (no relation to the British The Children's Channel) is an Israeli children's cable television channel owned by RGE Group, through subsidiary NOGA Comm ...

that caters for children between the ages of seven and fourteen years old, and has programs that do not fit preschool children. The slogan and the main song of the channel is "Hop! To grow up in good hands" (Hebrew: ); the main song sung by Ariel Zilber and later by the channel's presenters. Ever since the channel's launch in February 2000, it broadcasts from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm, which is 15 hours daily. Since they changed the time slot by then, the channel broadcasts from 5:00 am to 11:00 pm Tel-Aviv Israeli time, which is now 18 hours daily. The channel's logo is a red, yellow, green and blue kite. Idents between programs show other characters as well: a bird, a mouse, a puppy, a cat and previously, a fly, a spider, a clock, and a penguin. Another character that has been identified with the channel in the past is a purple spacecraft called "Tralalit". In 2002, the channel got the rights from production company

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to produce and broadcast an Israeli adaptation based on the

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series. Entitled "

Rechov Sumsum ''Rechov Sumsum'' ( ; ) is the Israeli adaptation of the U.S. children's show ''Sesame Street''. The first three series of the show were a joint production of the Israeli Educational Television and the Sesame Workshop, a Worldwide American non-p ...

" (), Hop! Channel started to produce the series in 2006, up until 2016. Four seasons of ''Rechov Sumsum'', along with a spin-off series titled ''Hop! I Know'' (), were produced. In 2006,

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, in partnership with Israel, launched ''Boom Hop!'' on Boom TV, a local version of the channel in Romanian. The channel was closed in 2012. Programming includes shows such as '' Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City'' and ''S.M.A.S.H!.''

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* {{Television in Israel 2000 establishments in Israel Childhood in Israel Children's television networks Preschool education television networks Television channels and stations established in 2000 Television channels in Israel