Pop Girl was a

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children's

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in the United Kingdom, owned by

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(formerly

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), a company associated with the makers of ''

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'', a television programme that had previously been on

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and ITV. It broadcast cartoons, live action and pop music videos on Sky and

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. Its target audience was 7 to 12-year-old girls. Pop Girl originally broadcast from 6 am until 9 pm in order to share bandwidth with the now-defunct

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, a general entertainment channel also owned and operated by CSC Media Group, which broadcast from 9pm until 6am. Subsequently, Pop Girl's broadcast hours were extended to match those of Kix and it broadcast from 6am until 11:30pm. This allowed the sharing arrangement with

to end, thus allowing the entertainment channel to broadcast 24 hours when it became

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(now 'True Entertainment').

Programming

Here are all the programmes on the list since Pop Girl's now defunct channel. *''

15/Love ''15/Love'' is a Canadian television series that revolved around the lives of aspiring young tennis players at the Cascadia Tennis Academy. The show was created by Karen Troubetzkoy and Derek Schreyer. ''15/Love'' premiered on the television cha ...

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6teen ''6teen'' (originally titled ''The Mall'') is a Canadian animated comedy television series originally produced by Nelvana, with the final two seasons being produced by Fresh TV. It began airing on November 7, 2004 until its final episode aired ...

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Angela Anaconda ''Angela Anaconda'' is an animated children's television series created by Joanna Ferrone and Sue Rose. The show ran for three seasons, from 1999 to 2001, for a total of 65 episodes. Premise The show focuses on the adventures of an eight-year- ...

'' (2007-September 2010) *''

Bindi the Jungle Girl ''Bindi the Jungle Girl'' is an Australian children's television nature documentary series, presented by Bindi Irwin, the daughter of Steve and Terri Irwin. The series was produced and shot in Queensland by The Best Picture Show Company for D ...

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Black Hole High ''Strange Days at Blake Holsey High'' (also known as ''Black Hole High'') is a Canadian science fiction television series which first aired in North America in October 2002 on Global TV. It is set at the fictional boarding school of the title, whe ...

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Blue Water High ''Blue Water High'' is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC (Australian TV channel), ABC1 and on Austar/Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other ...

'' (2010-2014) *'' Braceface'' *''

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'' *'' Clue'' *'' Dance Revolution'' *''Dance Studio'' *''

Even Stevens ''Even Stevens'' is an American comedy television series that originally aired on Disney Channel from June 17, 2000, to June 2, 2003, airing a total of 65 episodes over three seasons. It follows the life of the Stevens, a family living in subur ...

'' (2008-2013) *''

Family Biz ''Family Biz'' is a Canadian television sitcom, filmed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada starring Doug Murray, Ephraim Ellis and Kate Corbett. Created by James Nadler, the show is currently airing on YTV and France 2. The first episode was shown on ...

'' *'' Flight 29 Down'' *'' Foreign Exchange'' *''G2G'' *''

Girlstuff/Boystuff ''Girlstuff/Boystuff'' is an animated series created by Ruth Beni. In Canada, it aired on YTV. In the United States, it aired on Noggin during its nighttime block, The N. Overview The show is about six teenage friends, who talk about the diffe ...

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H2O: Just Add Water ''H2O: Just Add Water'', also known as ''H2O'', is an Australian fantasy teen drama created by Jonathan M. Shiff. It first screened on Australia's Network Ten and runs in syndication on channels in over 120 countries and has a worldwide audi ...

'' (2010-2014) *'' High Flyers'' *''

Horseland Horseland was an online community and browser game where members took care of, bred, trained and showed horses and dogs. Begun in 1994 in the United States, Horseland had grown to have more than 8 million users who played from all over the worl ...

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How to Be Indie ''How to Be Indie'' is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on YTV from 2009 to 2011 and Disney Channel until 2012. The main character is a 13-year-old Indian-Canadian teenager named Indira "Indie" Mehta. The program is a single-camera seri ...

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The Latest Buzz ''The Latest Buzz'' is a teen sitcom from Decode Entertainment that aired on Family Channel in Canada from September 1, 2007 to April 19, 2010. It was the network's first original multi-camera sitcom. In this series, a struggling youth magazine ...

'' *'' Lazy Lucy'' *''

Life with Derek ''Life with Derek'' is a Canadian television teen situation comedy that aired on Family Channel (Canadian TV network), Family Channel (English) and VRAK.TV (French) in Canada and on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on Fam ...

'' *'' Littlest Pet Shop (2012)'' *''

Lizzie McGuire ''Lizzie McGuire'' is an American comedy television series created by Terri Minsky that premiered on Disney Channel on January 12, 2001. The series stars Hilary Duff as the titular character, who navigates the personal and social issues of her t ...

'' *'' Lola & Virginia'' *''

Madeline ''Madeline'' is a media franchise that originated as a series of children's books written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans, an Austrian-American author. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series ...

'' (2009-2013) *'' Majority Rules!'' *'' Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!'' *'' Mew Mew Power'' (2007-2011) *'' Missy Mila'' *''

Mortified ''Mortified'' is an Australian children's television series, co-produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation and Enjoy Entertainment for the Nine Network Australia. The series premiered on 30 June 2006 and ended on 9 May 2007 wi ...

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My Babysitter's a Vampire ''My Babysitter's a Vampire'' (released as ''My Babysitter's a Vampire: The Movie'' in some regions) is a 2010 Canadian comedy horror television film directed by Bruce McDonald. It stars Vanessa Morgan and Matthew Knight. The film's plot center ...

'' *'' My Dad the Rock Star'' *'' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' *''

Naturally, Sadie ''Naturally, Sadie'' is a Canadian teen comedy drama that ran for three seasons from June 24, 2005 to August 26, 2007 on Family Channel. The series was produced by Decode Entertainment. It was created by Barbara Wiechmann, and developed by Suza ...

'' (2009-2012) *''

The Next Star ''The Next Star'' was a Canadian reality competition television series that was broadcast on YTV. It was hosted by Adamo Ruggiero (seasons 1–5) and Carlos Bustamante (season 6–7). The series involved a competition to find the most talented ...

'' *'' Outriders'' *'' Pippi Longstocking'' *'' Pearlie'' *'' Pop Party'' *''

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'' (September 2010-2012) *'' Really Me'' *''

Ruby Gloom ''Ruby Gloom'' is a Canadian animated television series based on the Mighty Fine apparel line of the same name created by illustrator Martin Hsu. The series was produced by Nelvana and started airing in Canada on YTV on October 15, 2006, and fini ...

'' *'' Sabrina: The Animated Series'' *'' Sabrina's Secret Life'' *'' Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'' *'' The Saddle Club'' (2007-2015) *'' Sally Bollywood'' *''

Saved by the Bell ''Saved by the Bell'' is an American television sitcom created by Sam Bobrick for NBC. The series premiered, in primetime, on August 20, 1989, a Sunday night. Targeted at kids and teens, ''Saved by the Bell'' was broadcast in the United States ...

'' *'' Scout's Safari'' *''

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Strawberry Shortcake Strawberry shortcake may refer to: * Strawberry shortcake (dessert), a shortcake served with strawberries * "Strawberry Shortcake, Huckleberry Pie," a song published in 1956; a version by The Brother Sisters was released by Mercury Records in 19 ...

'' *'' Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'' *'' The Sleepover Club'' (2009-2013) *'' Surprise! It's Edible Incredible!'' *'' Starla and the Jewel Riders'' *''

Totally Spies! ''Totally Spies!'' is an animated spy-fi series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel mainly produced by French animation company Marathon Media and French broadcaster TF1, with seasons 3 to 5 being co-produced with Canadian c ...

'' *'' Trollz'' *'' Two of a Kind'' *'' Unfabulous'' (2007-2015) *''

What About Mimi? ''What About Mimi?'' is a Canadian animated television series. The show was produced by Decode Entertainment and Studio B Productions (then DHX Media, now WildBrain). The show first premiered on Teletoon on October 4, 2000 with the final episode' ...

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What's Up Warthogs! ''What's Up Warthogs!'' is a Canadian sitcom that aired on Family. It follows two teen rivals – Victoria and Eric – who with the help of best friend, Charlie, and crazed genius, Laney, come together and make the morning announcements into a s ...

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Winx Club ''Winx Club'' is an animated series co-produced by Rainbow S.p.A., Rainbow SpA and later Nickelodeon. It was created by Italian animator Iginio Straffi. The show is set in a magical universe that is inhabited by fairies, witches, and other myth ...

'' *'' Z-Squad'' *''

Zoey 101 ''Zoey 101'' is an American comedy drama television series created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. It aired from January 9, 2005, to May 2, 2008. It focuses on the lives of Zoey Brooks ( Jamie Lynn Spears), her brother Dustin ( Paul Butcher), ...

'' The showreel on CSC Media's PopGirl page also included extracts from '' Really Me'', '' Flight 29 Down'', and ''

''.

Little Miss Pop Girl

Since 12 May 2008, a new block was made called "Little Miss Pop Girl", which sees a slight change to the channel's content between 9am and 12pm every weekday during the school term. The block was aimed at younger girls and shows cartoons such as '' Lazy Lucy'', '' Pippi Longstocking'', ''

'' or ''

'', including some programmes which are more commonly seen on

Tiny Pop Tiny Pop (styled as tiny POP) is a British free-to-air children's television channel in the United Kingdom, owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited. Broadcast on many of the major digital television platforms in the UK, Tiny Pop, which was ...

. The logo for the block was the regular Pop Girl logo with the words 'Little Miss' superimposed above. The block did not run at weekends or during school holidays.

Pop Girl +1

On 9 May 2008, the AGB Nielsen Media website announced that Pop Girl +1 would launch on Sky channel 629, on 9 June 2008. However, it was in fact launched a few days before that, on 4 June 2008, replacing CSC Media Group's first music time shift, Flaunt +1, after being on air just shy of four weeks. On 22 July 2013, Kix received a spin-off channel, Kix Power, which replaced Pop Girl +1.

Closure

Pop Girl ceased to broadcast at 06:00 on 1 October 2015. The broadcast capacity was immediately replaced with transmission of a revived Kix +1 timeshift channel, though during the course of the day the positions of the channel on the Sky and Freesat guides were altered (so as to move the channel below Kix in the lineup; Pop Girl had been ahead of Kix on both platforms.) It was indicated that some Pop Girl shows would move to other channels in the network: ''H2O: Just Add Water'' was the first to do so, moving across to POP. Although Pop Girl ceased as a broadcast channel, the popgirl.tv website continued to exist, and continued offering programming, video clips, quizzes and games; a message on the site indicated that the website would later receive a relaunch as part of its migration to an online service. In addition, a PopGirl section of games, features and videos was made available on sister channel POP's website.Pop Girl page at popfun.co.uk
/ref> It was later redirected to the Pop website.

References

External links

Pop Girl Official Twitter
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Programming

Little Miss Pop Girl

Pop Girl +1

Closure

See also

References

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