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Nick Jr. (UK And Ireland)
Nick Jr. is a British/Irish pay television channel owned and operated by Paramount Networks UK & Australia. The channel is aimed at preschool children. It is the first ever full-day preschool-oriented TV channel in the United Kingdom and all of Europe, having launched on 1 September 1999. History Nick Jr. was first broadcast in the UK and Ireland on 1 September 1993 during the daytime hours from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on weekdays on Nickelodeon, though these hours varied over time, particularly when Nick Jr. aired in a breakfast slot in the school holidays (mostly summer time). Its programming was a mix of shows from the US version of Nick Jr. and other imported shows. Later in the block's existence, syndicated British children's programmes would be a main focus of the channel as well. By the late 1990s, it was mostly broadcast between 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. On 10 June 1999, it was announced that the block would be spun off into a channel, and its new branding was being finalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount Networks UK & Australia
Paramount Networks UK & Australia, formerly ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia, is a division of Paramount Global launched on 14 January 2020. It is based in London, England, with a local office in Sydney, Australia. Units See also * Pluto TV * Nickelodeon * Noggin (brand), Noggin (formerly) References External links * British subsidiaries of foreign companies Australian subsidiaries of foreign companies Paramount International Networks, UK and Australia Mass media companies established in 2020 Mass media companies based in London {{DEFAULTSORT:Paramount Networks UK and Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is a group of British broadcasting of sports events, subscription sports channels operated by the satellite television, satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It has played a major role in the increased commercialisation of British sport since 1991, and has sometimes played a large role inducing organisational changes in the sports it broadcasts, most notably when it encouraged the Football League First Division, First Division to break away from the English Football League, Football League to form the Premier League in 1992. Sky Sports Main Event, Premier League, Football, Cricket, Golf, F1, Action and Tennis are available as a premium package on top of the basic Sky package. These services are also available as premium channels on nearly every satellite, cable television, cable and IPTV broadcasting system in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Holt (voice Actor)
David Holt is an English voice actor and writer. He has contributed his voice to a wide variety of children's cartoons. Career Voice acting Holt is noted for his role as Vervain in ''Watership Down'' as well as the voices for the male animals in '' Percy the Park Keeper'', Oakie Doke and other voices in '' Oakie Doke'', Cowboy, Policeman, farm animals, and Robin Hood in '' A Town Called Panic'', Dad in '' Angry Kid'' and Pinky in ''The Pinky and Perky Show''. He has also done other voice work in animation, promos, documentaries, films, television, multi-media, computer games, children's toys, exhibition guides, announcements and audio books. He also has voiced commercials for L'Oreal Kids, Guess Who? and Burger King. He had provided the voice to the UK version of Face from Nick Jr. from 1995 until September 2005, and Moose A. Moose Moose and Zee were a pair of cartoon characters created for the Noggin brand. They debuted as the on-air hosts of the Noggin cable channel on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Benson Phillips
Dave Benson Phillips (born 3 February 1965) is a British entertainer, comic, children's television presenter and wrestler. He has presented '' Playhouse Disney'' (1998–2006), '' Fun Song Factory'' (1994–1999), and the CBBC game show '' Get Your Own Back''. Career Benson Phillips became interested in showbusiness while working as an usher at the Polka Children's Theatre in Wimbledon, London, and began his career as an entertainer by busking and performing at children's parties. He subsequently went on to work for Pontins as a Bluecoat, and a Children's Uncle for Haven Holidays. While working at Haven, a talent scout saw him perform, and he was invited by BBC Manchester to audition for ''Play School''. His audition was successful, but the show was pulled out of production shortly after he signed the contract; however, it was recommissioned as ''Playbus'' (later renamed to '' Playdays''), which ran for nine years. In 1991, he began presenting, ''Get Your Own Back'', which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TMF (UK & Ireland)
TMF (The Music Factory) was a music video and entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel was owned by Viacom International Media Networks and was originally a Dutch channel. Formed after the two other TMF stations, which were based in mainland Europe, the channel was created to counter against EMAP's The Hits channel (now 4Music) on the new free-to-air digital terrestrial television service Freeview in 2002, it later ceased broadcasting on 26 October 2009. Upon launch, TMF's description was "''TMF is designed to replicate the rhythms of the whole family, playing the best pop videos with the biggest pop stars to become the sound track to the British family life.''" However, it later broadened its content to air non-music video programming from its sister channels MTV, VH1, Nick Jr., Nick, and Comedy Central. TMF broadcast on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media and as well as in some Irish cable packages. The channel was the most viewed music video relate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Backyardigans
''The Backyardigans'' ( ) is an animated musical children's television series created by Janice Burgess for Nickelodeon. The series was written and recorded at Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It centers on five anthropomorphic animal neighbors who imagine themselves on fantastic adventures in their backyard. Each episode is set to a different musical genre and features four songs, composed by Evan Lurie with lyrics by McPaul Smith. The Backyardigans' adventures span many different genres and settings. The show's writers took inspiration from action-adventure films, and many episodes are parodies of films. Janice Burgess had worked as Nick Jr.'s production executive since the mid-1990s. ''The Backyardigans'' originated as a live-action pilot episode titled "Me and My Friends", filmed at Nickelodeon Studios Florida and completed in September 1998. The characters were played by full-body puppets on an indoor stage. The pilot was rejected by Nickelodeon, and Burgess decided to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hoobs
''The Hoobs'' is a live-action/animated children's television series created and produced by The Jim Henson Company, Decode Entertainment and Channel 4. total of 250 episodes were produced across five series. Plot The series stars five extraterrestrial creatures called Hoobs (Hubba Hubba, Iver, Groove, Tula, and Roma) from the fictional planet called Hoobland, and their interactions with Earth and the human race. In each episode, they try to find the answer to a question to be put in the great Hoobopaedia created by Hubba Hubba, back in Hoobland, in hopes of learning all there is to know. Hubba Hubba remains in Hoobland to await the report from the other Hoobs, Iver, Groove, and Tula live in a music-powered vehicle called the Hoobmobile, and Roma travels to all parts of the world by foot, by public transport and even her music powered motorcycle called the Hooby Picki Picki. The five creatures are muppets, but the show also includes animated sequences as well as live action f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora The Explorer (TV Series)
''Dora the Explorer'' is an American Children's television series, children's animated television series in the ''Dora the Explorer'' franchise, created by Chris Gifford (writer), Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes, and Eric Weiner that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000, and ended on August 9, 2019. The series was produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. The series focuses on the adventures of a Hispanic and Latino Americans, Latina girl named Dora (Dora the Explorer), Dora and her monkey friend Boots (Dora the Explorer), Boots, with a particular emphasis on the Spanish language. The series is presented in the style of both an interactive CD-ROM game and a Adventure game#Point-and-click adventure games, point-and-click adventure game, with gimmicks such as Dora asking the viewer to help her by showing the current items in her inventory and asking the viewer which one is best for the current scenario. The series is currently scheduled to receive a live-action version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Extra
MTV Extra was a music channel by MTV Networks Europe, the channel first launched on 1 July 1999 on the Sky Digital platform, alongside MTV Base and VH1 Classic and was a mixture of music videos and repeats of MTV programming. Towards the end of the channel's life, programming was dropped and the channel showed solely music videos (under the "Pure Music" name), with MTV Dance in the evenings. MTV Dance was spun off into its own channel on 20 April 2001, and MTV Extra was renamed MTV Hits! (now MTV Hits) at 6am on 1 May 2001. MTV Extra is notable for being the only spin-off MTV channel to use the same song title graphics as its parent channel (although it had its own separate idents). In 2005, Viacom proposed two channels to the ''Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel'' to obtain a licence to air in the French free digital terrestrial television: Nickelodeon and MTV Extra. Viacom didn't find a French partner and the CSA preferred French groups projects. References Extra Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Dance (UK & Ireland)
Club MTV is a British electronic dance music channel operated by ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia launched on 20 April 2001 as MTV Dance. The channel plays dance, trance, clubhouse, electronica, drum and bass, rap, R&B, hip-hop, techno and house music. The channel closed on 20 July 2020 but was relaunched 5 years later on 14 April 2025, replacing MTV Hits. Concept and expansion MTV Dance originally started out as a night-time programming slot on the now defunct digital music channel MTV Extra. It was on air each night from 7pm until the following morning. On 3 September 2001, The strand expanded to become a standalone music channel broadcast on Sky in both the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it initially timeshared with the Nick Jr. Channel every evening between 19:00 and 06:00. The sharing of a stream subsequently ended; since 13 August 2002 MTV Dance has broadcast as a 24-hour music channel. MTV Dance began broadcasting in widescreen on 6 March 2012. Expansion around E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
