Pogo is an Indian

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owned and operated by

Warner Bros. Discovery India Warner Bros. Discovery India also known as (WBD or WBDI) is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific that operates several television channels in India. The division is responsible for delivering a range of content across various gen ...

under its International division, as part of

Cartoon Network India Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an Indian cable and satellite television channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery under its international division. It is the Indian equivalent of the original American network and was launched ...

as the network's sister channel. It was launched on 1 January 2004. It broadcasts both animated and live action programming.

Broadcast

In India and Sri Lanka, Pogo is available as a 24-hour channel. A time-based block version is shown in

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and

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Pogo is available as a block in

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and

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

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. In

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Pogo is available as a block on Family Channel 13.

History

2004–2010

Pogo was officially launched on 1 January 2004 in

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by Turner International India. After its launch, the channel primarily broadcast programming from

and

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such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. The channel aired ''

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'', '' Mr. Bean: The Animated Series'', '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', and ''

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''. during its starting days. In 2004 the channel launched ''

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'' and premiered '' Harry Potter movies''. On 1 March 2005, Pogo had ''

'' dubbed over with commentary from Bollywood personality and anchor,

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. In January 2005 the channel celebrated its 2nd anniversary by featuring a special programming franchise ‘''Ek Se Bhale Do''’ that included double episodes of the most loved shows and blockbuster movies shown on the channel at that time. On 2 January 2005, the channel launched an exciting, initiative ''POGO Funtakshari''. On 6 June 2005, the channel premiered ''

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''. The channel became 2nd most viewed channel in ratings after its sister channel

which was on 1st. The channel launched

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block featuring preschool shows.

2010–2013

In 2010, Pogo began focusing more on live action programming than animated series. In June 2010, the channel premiered '' Kumbh Karan''. And relaunched its preschool featuring block

In 2011, Pogo began to compete with its sister channel

in ratings which was leading in viewership at that time. The channel began airing shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and more. Pogo acquired the rights of ''

Chhota Bheem ''Chhota Bheem'' () is an Indian animated comedy adventure television series, created by Green Gold Animations based in Hyderabad. This show is available in English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Marathi. Bheem is a brave, ...

'' and subsequently began airing the show, which became hugely successful in India. In 2012, Pogo became leading kids channel in India by surpassing its sister channel Cartoon Network in ratings and enjoyed to be the No. 1 kids channel in India. ''

'' proven to be huge success for Pogo. The channel started airing more local shows including ''Chhota Bheem''. In February 2013, the Government of Bangladesh banned the broadcast of Pogo in the country, as it was accused of broadcasting there without authorization. On 6 June 2013, the channel premiered

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2014–2017

In 2014, the channel celebrated its 10th anniversary. In January 2014, the channel premiered ''Obbochama-Kun'' and premiered ''Chhota Bheem - Neeli Pahaadi Movie'' on 26 January. In 2015, the channel was launched in

as a block on ''Family Channel 13''. On 19 December 2015, the channel premiered Wabbit. In January 2016, Pogo premiered ''

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'' on 11 January and Tashi on 23 January. In 2017, Pogo rebranded with a new logo and look and the channel began classic shows from

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, such as ''

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'' and ''

''. '' Grizzy & the Lemmings'' started to air on the channel on 2 January, ''

Oddbods ''Oddbods'' (also known as ''The Oddbods Show'') is a Singaporean-British computer-animated comedy television series produced by One Animation. The series centers on eight characters—Bubbles, Pogo, Newt, Lulu, Jeff, Slick, Fuse and Zee—wea ...

'' on 9 January and '' Andy Pirki'' on 3 December.

2018–2021

In 2018, Pogo started more focus on ''Chhota Bheem'', ''Mighty Raju'', '' Tik Tak Tail'', etc. and hence stopped some of the international shows. Pogo broadcast mostly Indian series and some international shows. From 2019 to 2020, the channel shifted its focus to

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. Pogo TV became the third most watched kids channel across all genres with TRP in December 2020. In 2020, Pogo stopped all international shows and aired only Indian Animations like ''Chhota Bheem'', ''Dabangg'', '' Roll No 21'', ''Lambuji Tinguji'' and ''

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''. Pogo aired an animated movie ''Shaktimaan New TV Special'' on 14 November 2021. A

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audio track was added again to Pogo replacing the

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audio track on 30 November 2021.

2022–present

In 2022, Pogo resumed airing international shows such as ''

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'', '' Mr. Bean: The Animated Series'' and ''

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''. On 22 August 2022, ''

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'', an original animated series of Cartoon Network (India) was shifted on Pogo TV. On 4 September 2022 the channel premiered its special episode titled ''Ekans: Origin Story''. The channel also launched an original movie of that series titled ''Ekans: The Mystery Of Three Gems'' on 9 October 2022, at 12:30 PM IST. The theatrical film of that series titled ''Ekans – Hero Ek Villain Anek'' was launched on the channel on 16 October 2022. On 3 December 2022, Pogo launched ''

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''. Following the

merger in mid-July 2022 (which made competitor

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a sister network to both Pogo and Cartoon Network), on 24 December 2022, ''

Little Singham ''Little Singham'' is an Indian animated action television series produced by Rohit Shetty Picturez, in collaboration with Discovery Kids and Reliance Animation (a Reliance Entertainment Company). It premiered on 21 April 2018 on Discovery Ki ...

'' was moved from Discovery Kids to Pogo. On 1 March 2023, the channel launched a mini-series ''New Big Picture'' featuring Chhota Bheem. In April 2023, the channel celebrated 15th anniversary of ''Chhota Bheem'' with back-to-back episodes and movies. On 15 August 2023, the channel celebrated 6th birthday of Little Singham and premiered ''Baby Little Singham'' on the same day. On 21 October 2023, the channel along with its sister channel

premiered first ever localized version of ''

'' animated by two animation Studios based in

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and

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References

External links

Official website
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Broadcast

History

2004–2010

2010–2013

2014–2017

2018–2021

2022–present

See also

References

External links