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Pop (UK and Ireland)

POP
Pop logo
Launched 29 May 2003
Owned by Sony Pictures Television
Picture format 16:9/4:3, 576i (SDTV)
Audience share 0.30%
0.03% (+1) (September 2016 (2016-09), BARB)
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Formerly called Toons & Tunes (May 2003-June 2003)
Sister channel(s) Chart Show Hits
Chart Show TV
Flava
Kix
Movies4Men
Scuzz
Sony Channel
Sony Movie Channel
Starz TV
Tiny Pop
True Crime
True Entertainment
True Movies
The Vault
Timeshift service Pop +1
Website popfun.co.uk
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview Channel 125
Channel 128 (+1) (Manchester only)
Satellite
Freesat Channel 603
Channel 606 (+1)
Sky Channel 616
Channel 626 (+1)
Eutelsat 28A 11307 V 27500 2/3
11307 V 27500 2/3 (+1)
Cable
WightFibre Channel 100
Virgin Media Channel 736
Streaming media
FilmOn
TVPlayer Watch live (UK only) (TVPlayer Plus subscription required)
Sky Go Watch live
(UK and Ireland only)
Virgin TV Anywhere Watch live (UK only)

Pop is a free-to-air children's television channel in the United Kingdom, owned by Sony Pictures Television. As of June 2014, it broadcasts cartoons, facts and game shows on Sky, Freesat, and Freeview. Its target audience is 8 to 14 year old children.

It was launched on 29 May 2003, it was known as Toons and Tunes for a month, it was rebranded as Pop in June 2003. Links in between programmes featured a Scottish-accented dragon named Rory (who was originally called Tricky and appeared in the CITV series Tricky and spoke with an English accent) and his cat Purrdy.

Originally, the channel was mainly music videos until February 2004, when cartoons were first shown. Music videos were kept on the channel, but were then dropped entirely during mid-2006. They were later revived in early 2007, but only during a 60-minute slot called "Pop Party", now on Pop Girl.

In October 2006, a further change was added: Now the all cap letters ("!" included) are in 3D and are shown dancing or chasing each other and eventually spelling out the logo "POP!". This ident was set to music very similar to the song Yakety Sax, though this was changed after a few months, perhaps due to the similarity.

In September 2008, Pop changed its logo to purple and red and aired different shows.

Some of the programmes on Pop have previously screened on other UK channels (and hence it's assumed that the previous rights to show have lapsed); some have not been screened in the UK before. In some cases, the channel which previously broadcast a programme is now defunct (such as TCC, Discovery Kids and Toonami).

On 11 October 2007, Pop was launched onto Virgin Media, along with its sister channel Tiny Pop.

In 2008, Pop was made available on the then newly launched Freesat platform.


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