KidsCo
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| Launched | September 7, 2007 (Central and Eastern Europe, Western Asia) January 1, 2008 (Philippines and the Middle East) March 20, 2008 (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, and South Korea) November 15, 2009 (Australia) November 27, 2009 (Greece) May 1, 2010 (South Africa) June 1, 2012 (Malaysia) |
| Closed | 31 December 2013 (Europe) February 13, 2014 (Southeast Asia and Australia) 2014 (all countries) |
| Owned by |
NBCUniversal (51%) Corus Entertainment (43.8%) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 576i (SDTV) |
| Country | Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia |
| Language | available in 18 languages |
KidsCo was an international children's entertainment brand founded by Canadian broadcaster Corus Entertainment's Nelvana, American-based producer DIC Entertainment, and European broadcaster Sparrowhawk Media Group in April 2007. By the end of 2007, Sparrowhawk was purchased by media conglomerate NBC Universal, thus giving the company its share in the brand. In June 2008, DiC Entertainment was acquired by Cookie Jar Group, thus also having a stake. In May 2012, Cookie Jar's minority shares in KidsCo were brought by NBCUniversal and Corus, which saw NBCUniversal become majority shareholder with a 51% share while Corus obtained a 43.8% share.
KidsCo was closed down worldwide on early 2014 by its owners, in light of NBCUniversal's acquisition of US children's network Sprout and "growing challenges in the international children's television industry. The network was based in London at the time of its closure.
The first KidsCo networks were launched in Poland, Romania and Turkey on September 7, 2007. The channel also launched in Hungary, and Russia.
On January 1, 2008, KidsCo launched in the Philippines on SkyCable and in the Arab World on Orbit Showtime on March 20, 2008. On the first trimester of 2009 the channel was launched in Portugal on Optimus Clix. The channel become available also on Vodafone Casa TV platform on July 25, 2010.
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