Tv4 is a privately owned
television channel in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
.
History
It was first established in 2008 under the name EP TV as a channel broadcasting repeat programs of its sister channel 24. In 2010, it changed its name to Karamel TV as a "women's and children's channel". In addition to cartoons such as
Carl²
''Carl²'' (''Carl Squared'') is a Canadian animated sitcom which explores what would happen if a teenager had a clone. The concept of the series is a mixture of biological studies and normal teenage life. It aired for four seasons on Teletoon fr ...
,
Cédric,
Code Lyoko
''Code Lyoko'' (; stylized as ''CODE: LYOKO'' in season 1 and in all caps in seasons 2–4) is a French anime-influenced animated series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop ...
,
Sonic Underground and
The Adventures of Tintin
''The Adventures of Tintin'' ( ) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a c ...
, dramas such as
Flight 29 Down and
Zixx,
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...
movies, yoga, pilates and cooking programs were broadcast here.
[Star Grubunun yeni kanalı yayına başlıyor]
Medyaradar, Erişim: 28 May 2010.[Çocuklu ailelere ''Karamel'' tadı]
Sabah
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, Erişim: 4 June 2010.[Karamel TV sitesi arşivi]
Karamel TV Official Web sites, Erişim: 2010-2013 range.
In 2013, Karamel TV was replaced by Tv4. The TV channel began to do
block programming
Block programming (also known as a strand in British broadcasting) is the arrangement of programs on radio or television so that those of a particular genre, theme, or target audience are united.
Overview
Block programming involves scheduling a ...
in the form of "Karamel block" for children, "Between Women" for Women, and later "TV for everyone". After a while, it changed its content and started broadcasting mostly Turkish cinema, game shows and cultural programs.
The channel started broadcasting in
HD in 2017, and changes were made to the logo in 2022.
References
External links
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Television stations in Turkey
Turkish-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 2008
Television channels and stations established in 2010
Television channels and stations established in 2013
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