Kartoon Channel is a kids channel operated by SPI International which serves a division for Canal+ that airs quality animations including Angry Birds, Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten, Rainbow Light Brigade, Om's Story and Barbie's Dog Adventure.
With a core audience of 2 - 10 yrs, Kartoon Channel aims at providing family entertainment content, the program scheduling fully considers the activity time for children of all ages. Every weekend, family and children movies will also be broadcasted.
The channel's parent company as reported had finalised a multimillion dollar deal with TOHO International for critically-acclaimed series, Bee and PuppyCat, Frederator’s pop culture phenomenon Bravest Warriors, and the upcoming series Catbug, based on the popular character in the Bravest Warriors’ series.
As some readers are already aware of the condition with its carrier, StarSat. It's basically a ticking time bomb after closing about 30+ channels in a short span of time with replacements failing to materialize 90% of the time and that 10% taking the plunge part of the time.
Insidus Games:
- Powerpuff Girls Snowboarding
- Baby Felix Halloween
- Looney Tunes Monster Match
- Thor: The Dark World
You got to wonder whether Kartoon Channel would end up like DreamWorks which too was exclusive to the platform before getting scrapped after two years and eventually rolling out on the DStv platform.
As mentioned a while ago, Kartoon Channel aside from StarSat was rumoured to rollout in two other platforms one of which were MultiChoice's DStv but here's the problem regarding that matter.
MultiChoice has been facing transponder constraints almost like when your storage space is almost full so you have rid yourself of useless items in order to make space for more furniture which was the case for last year as Tellytrack, Lifetime, Novela Magic and MTV Hits fell prey to that matter.
And I'm not saying that Kartoon Channel will be another placeholder but with the current scenario facing several other brands on the platform. It wouldn't be shocking if it were fortunate enough to rollout once another channel closes.
Taking to account which channels are likely closing or might be on the chopping block
1. Disney Channel and Disney Junior
The Walt Disney Company is planning to close more international channels with Africa set to lose these channels sometime in 2024 as more content is available to stream on Disney+.
We're not saying MultiChoice will use Kartoon Channel as leverage for two channels but the replacement will likely be independent and not become another Nicktoons so the likelihood just like Cartoon Network it might as well offer preschool shows.
Regular Nick:
- Could Universal Kids be the next channel to close down from NBCUniversal?
- Here are other ways to view PBS Kids
- The Twisted Timeline Of Sammy And Raj coming soon to Nickelodeon
- Predictions: Nicktoons and Boomerang's untimely demise
2. JimJam
AMC International has been making some major cutbacks in staff and this is due to the fact that most consumers would rather watch Wednesday on Netflix as opposed to repeats of Judge Judy on CBS Reality.
Not long ago, the CBS brand name was phased in most of their property in the UK. It wouldn't be surprising if they were some cutting down for this preschool brand as it hasn't been all that productive during the years.
3. Nicktoons
Kind of like AMC International, even Paramount is reducing staff for a similar reason people are exhausted of watching the entire 12 seasons of The Big Bang Theory on Comedy Central. So what better than reducing the amount of localised feeds or variations.
Compared to Nick Jr, Nicktoons hasn't been as productive as some viewers may think as the channel schedule mainly consists of cancelled series Horrid Henry, The Casagrandes and likely Middlemost Post with trashfest Best & Bester getting burnt off.
Another channel MultiChoice and Paramount might as well chop the finger.
