VTM Kids (formerly known as VTMKzoom) is a Belgian children’s

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. The broadcasts of the block began on 1 October 2017 on VTM. VTM Kids targeted children. VTM Kids was also a Channel until 2023.

History

The children channel VTM Kzoom was launched on 1 October 2009. Vtmkzoom logo

Since 15 February 2015, children's programmes have been broadcast on VTM in the morning again. Initially only on weekends, but since 3 July 2017 every day. Since 2 October 2017, the morning block is called VTM Kids. The block broadcasts repeats of vtmKzoom and Kadet. On 22 December 2018 vtmKzoom and

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were replaced by the channels VTM Kids and VTM Kids Jr. Most of the programmes of vtmKzoom and Kadet were moved to VTM Kids. The toddler and pre-school programmes from vtmKzoom were moved to VTM Kids Jr. On 22 January 2020, DPG Media announced that VTM Kids Jr. would be merged with VTM Kids into a single channel. On 2 March 2020, VTM Kids Jr. was replaced by CAZ 2. On 9 January 2023, VTM Kids ceased broadcasting as a linear channel. The programs still broadcast during the VTM Kids program block in the morning on VTM and remain available via VTM GO. The VTM Kids linear channel was replaced by the FAST channel VTM Non-Stop (initially as VTM Non-Stop Dokters, featuring

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s), on 9 January 2023.

Programming

Most programs that are broadcast on VTM Kids are from the Flemish production companies

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, Seamonster and Sultan Sushi. This list is incomplete.

Flemish children shows

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'' *''vtmKzoom Hitlist'' *''vtmKzoom Pop'' *''vtmKzoom Pop Artiest''

Imported children shows

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All Hail King Julien ''All Hail King Julien'' is an American animated television series that stars King Julien, Maurice, and Mort from DreamWorks Animation's ''Madagascar'' franchise and canonically takes place in Madagascar before the events of the first film, mak ...

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Annedroids ''Annedroids'' is a Canadian CGI/live action television series created by J. J. Johnson. The series is produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment in association with broadcasters TVOntario, SRC and KiKa. ''Annedroids'' was released on Amazon Prim ...

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Atomic Puppet ''Atomic Puppet'' is a Canadian-French animated television series created by Jerry Leibowitz and Mark Drop. The series is a co-production between Canadian independent animation studio Mercury Filmworks, French VFX, motion graphics and animation ...

'' *'' Bakugan: Battle Planet'' *''

Bananas in Pyjamas ''Bananas in Pyjamas'' is an Australian children's television series that first aired on 20 July 1992 on ABC. It has since been syndicated in many countries and dubbed into other languages. In the United States, the " Pyjamas" in the title w ...

'' *'' Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel'' *''

Bob the Builder ''Bob the Builder'' is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment which ran from to in the United Kingdom through the CBBC strand and later CBeebies. The series centres on the adventures ...

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Calimero ''Calimero'' is an animated television series about a charming but hapless anthropomorphized chicken; the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head. Calimero originally appeared on the I ...

'' *'' Cavegirl'' *''

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Dinotrux ''Dinotrux'' is a Canadian-American animated television series based on Chris Gall's series of books by the same name. It features a fictional prehistoric world inhabited by hybrid characters that are part animal and part mechanical. The larger ...

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DreamWorks Dragons ''Dragons'', commonly referred to as ''DreamWorks Dragons'', is an American animated television series based on the 2010 film ''How to Train Your Dragon''. The series serves as a bridge between the first film and its 2014 sequel. Jay Baruchel, ...

'' *'' Fantasy Patrol'' *''

Fireman Sam ''Fireman Sam'' () is a British animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd and T ...

'' *'' G.I. Joe: Renegades'' *'' Harry & Bunnie'' *''

Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs ''Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs'' is a series of children's books written and illustrated by Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds. The series is about a 5-year-old boy named Harry, who has a bucket full of six dinosaurs (seven in the books) ...

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Heidi ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published between 1880 and 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' () and ''Heidi: How She Used What She Learned'' ( ...

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Heidi, Girl of the Alps is an animated television series produced by Zuiyo Eizo and the series itself based on the novel '' Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning'' by Johanna Spyri (1880). It was directed by Isao Takahata and features contributions by numer ...

'' *'' Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh'' *''

Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 ''Hot Wheels Battle Force 5'' is an animated science fiction television series created by Mattel, Nelvana, and Nerd Corps Entertainment, based on the Hot Wheels toy line by the American toy maker, Mattel which was introduced in 1968. A two-epis ...

'' *'' Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil'' *''

Kitty Is Not a Cat ''Kitty Is Not a Cat'' is an Australian animated musical television series which first aired on 7TWO in Australia on 20 April 2018. On 21 September 2018, it was announced that it was renewed for a second season which premiered on 11 November 20 ...

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Lassie Lassie is a fictional female Rough Collie dog and is featured in a 1938 short story by Eric Knight that was later expanded to a 1940 full-length novel, '' Lassie Come-Home''. Knight's portrayal of Lassie bears some features in common with anot ...

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Littlest Pet Shop Littlest Pet Shop is a toy franchise and cartoon series owned by Hasbro and currently under license with Basic Fun!. The original toy series was produced by Kenner in the early 1990s. An animated television series was produced in 1995 by Sunbow ...

'' *'' Lost in Oz'' *''

Martin Morning ''Martin Morning'' () is a French animated television series created by Denis Olivieri, Claude Prothée, Luc Vinciguerra, and Jacky Bretaudeau. It is produced by Millimages in association with Les Cartooneurs Associés. The Shanghai Jingri Ani ...

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Maya the Bee Maya the Bee () is the main character in ''The Adventures of Maya the Bee'', a German book written by Waldemar Bonsels and published in 1912. The book has been published in many other languages and adapted into different media. The first Ameri ...

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Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks ''Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks'' is an Animated series, animated children's television series, preschool television series created by David Snyder and Bill Gross. The series aired from September 25, 2006, to July 1, 2008, on Discovery Fami ...

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Miffy's Adventures Big and Small ''Miffy's Adventures Big and Small'' is an animated television series based on the '' Miffy'' book series by Dutch artist Dick Bruna, and the continuation of '' Miffy and Friends'' (2003–05). The series first aired on 2 October 2015 on Tiny Po ...

'' *'' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' *''

Odd Squad ''Odd Squad'' (stylized as ''ODD SQUAD'') is a children's live action educational comedy television series created by Tim McKeon and Adam Peltzman. The series premiered on TVOKids in Canada and PBS Kids in the United States on November 26, 2014 ...

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Pingu ''Pingu'' is a stop motion animated children's television series originally produced in Switzerland. It was co-created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann. It centres on the titular anthropomorphic emperor penguin and his family, who live i ...

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Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking () is the fictional main character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story when she was off school. Pippi is ...

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Pieter Post Pieter Post in 1651. Portrait by Pieter Nolpe, detail of a larger work Pieter Jansz Post (1 May 1608 – buried 8 May 1669) was a Dutch Golden Age architect, painter and printmaker. Biography Post was baptised in Haarlem, the son of a s ...

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'' *''Polly Pocket'' *''

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Sally Bollywood ''Sally Bollywood: Super Detective'' (known as simply ''Sally Bollywood'') is a French-Australian animated television show co-produced by the French company Tele Images Productions (formerly Tele Images Kids) and Three's a Company in Australi ...

'' *'' Simsala Grimm'' *'' Sunny Bunnies'' *'' Talking Tom & Friends'' *''

Teletubbies ''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on t ...

'' *'' Spirit Riding Free'' *''

The Amazing Spiez! ''The Amazing Spiez'' () is an animated television series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel. It was co-produced by Marathon Media, Image Entertainment Corporation and Canal J. The series is a spin-off of '' Totally Spies!'' ...

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The Adventures of Puss in Boots ''The Adventures of Puss in Boots'' is an American animated television series, starring the character of Puss in Boots from DreamWorks Animation's ''Shrek'' film series and its 2011 spin-off film, voiced by Eric Bauza. The series premiered wi ...

'' *''The Blocks'' *''

The Busy World of Richard Scarry ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'' is an animated children's television series, produced by CINAR Animation and France Animation in association with Paramount Television, that aired from 1994 to 1996, first on Showtime, later on Nickelodeon, ...

'' *''The Donkey Kong Show'' *''

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants ''The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants'' is an American animated television series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television. Developed for television by Peter Hastings and Mark Banker, it is a standalone sequel to the 2017 feature film '' C ...

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The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper ''The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper'' is an American animated television spin-off series and a sequel of the feature film '' Casper'', which, in turn, was based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character of Casper the Friendly Ghost. Produc ...

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The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill ''The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill'' is an Australian animated television series based on the books by Dorothy Wall, and a sequel series to the 2015 film ''Blinky Bill the Movie''. Plot Blinky Bill is back to bring his trademark mischief, m ...

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Thomas & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' is a British children's television series which aired from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on ''The Railway Series'' books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher Awdry, Christopher, the series was developed for ...

'' *'' Transformers: Cyberverse'' *''

Vicky the Viking ''Vicky the Viking'', known as ''Wickie und die starken Männer'' () in Germany and Austria and in Japan, is an animated television series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows. It ...

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Wendy Wendy is a given name generally given to girls in English-speaking countries. In Britain during the English Civil War in the mid-1600s, a male Captain Wendy Oxford was identified by the Leveller John Lilburne as a spy reporting on his activit ...

'' *'' YooHoo and Friends'' *'' Zigby''

VTMKzoom+

VTMKzoom+ was a digital addition to VTMKzoom which broadcast 24/24. The channel was accessible via the red button on the remote control of the digital TV. The pay channel was available from 1 October 2009 via

Telenet Digital TV Telenet Group N.V. is the largest provider of cable broadband services in Belgium. Its business comprises the provision of analog and digital cable television, fixed and mobile telephone services, primarily to residential customers in Flanders an ...

, 24h/24.vtm lanceert kinderzender vtmKZOE
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Showbizzsite.be, 28/08/09 From 23 September 2013 the channel was no longer included in the new paying packages of

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. Only customers who were still subscribed to the old "kids package" can watch it. The channel closed down on 1 June 2016.

References

External links

Official website

DPG Media
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