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KidsCo is an international children's entertainment brand founded by Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 broadcaster
Canadian television

Canadian television may refer to:*Television in Canada - general information about the Canadian television industry*CTV Television Network - a specific Canadian TV network; CTV is sometimes interpreted as "Canadian Television"...
 Corus Entertainment's
Corus Entertainment

Corus Entertainment Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company.Corus is a leading Canadian specialty television and radio producer, with additional assets in pay television, advertising services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's animation....
 Nelvana Enterprises
Nelvana

Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company, founded in 1971, that is well-known for its work in children's animation, among many things....
, American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
-based producer DIC Entertainment, and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an broadcaster Sparrowhawk Media Group in April 2007. By the end of 2007, Sparrowhawk was purchased by media conglomerate NBC Universal
NBC Universal

NBC Universal, Inc. is a mass media and entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric's NBC with Vivendi part of the French Media Group, Vivendi Universal without Canal+ Group ....
, thus giving the company its share in the brand.

The owners plan to place stand-alone cable networks and multimedia websites on all points of the globe (with the exception of North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
) over the course of the next two years .

The network is currently based in London.

The first KidsCo networks were launched in Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
 and Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 on September 7 2007 .






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KidsCo is an international children's entertainment brand founded by Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 broadcaster
Canadian television

Canadian television may refer to:*Television in Canada - general information about the Canadian television industry*CTV Television Network - a specific Canadian TV network; CTV is sometimes interpreted as "Canadian Television"...
 Corus Entertainment's
Corus Entertainment

Corus Entertainment Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company.Corus is a leading Canadian specialty television and radio producer, with additional assets in pay television, advertising services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's animation....
 Nelvana Enterprises
Nelvana

Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company, founded in 1971, that is well-known for its work in children's animation, among many things....
, American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
-based producer DIC Entertainment, and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an broadcaster Sparrowhawk Media Group in April 2007. By the end of 2007, Sparrowhawk was purchased by media conglomerate NBC Universal
NBC Universal

NBC Universal, Inc. is a mass media and entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric's NBC with Vivendi part of the French Media Group, Vivendi Universal without Canal+ Group ....
, thus giving the company its share in the brand.

The owners plan to place stand-alone cable networks and multimedia websites on all points of the globe (with the exception of North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
) over the course of the next two years .

The network is currently based in London.

The first KidsCo networks were launched in Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
 and Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 on September 7 2007 . The channel also launched in Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 and Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 by the end of 2007.

On January 1, 2008, KidsCo launched in the Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
 on SkyCable
SkyCable

SkyCable is a direct-to-home cable TV and subscription service, established by the Lopez Group of Companies and Central CATV Group Of Companies....
 and in the Middle East
Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
 on Showtime Arabia
Showtime Arabia

Showtime Arabia, as it's called to distinguish itself from its U.S. counterpart , is the dominant subscription television service in the Middle East and North Africa....
 Network and announced plans to expand to Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
 and Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
 on March 20, 2008 and in South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
 in August 2008.

KidsCo will also be launched throughout the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, and Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 in 2009 , but the UK site is available!

Shows


  • Angela Anaconda
    Angela Anaconda

    Angela Anaconda is a cutout animation television series that aired on the Fox Family Channel in the United States It centers around the adventures of a twelve-year-old girl named Angela, who lives in Oregon, has wacky brothers, weird friends, and hates a snobbish fake-French girl named Nanette Manoir....
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  • Arthur
    Arthur (TV series)

    Arthur is a long-running American and Canadian edutainment television series for children's programming, that airs on PBS in the United States; T?l?vision de Radio-Canada, Knowledge and TVOKids in Canada; ABC1 in Australia and BBC One/ CBBC in the UK....
  • Babar the Elephant
    Babar the Elephant

    Babar the Elephant is a very popular French children's fictional character who first appeared in L'Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff in 1931 and enjoyed immediate success....
  • Big And Hairy
  • Beverly Hills Teen Club
    Beverly Hills Teens

    Beverly Hills Teens is a traditionally animation children?s television program which debuted in 1987, animated by Cookie Jar Group. The namesake teenagers have exaggerated wealth, and face stereotypical teenage concerns....
  • Corduroy
    Corduroy (book)

    Corduroy is a 1968 in literature book written by Don Freeman, and published by Viking Press. It tells the story of a teddy bear named Corduroy, who is bought in a department store by a girl named Lisa....
  • CyberChase
    Cyberchase

    Cyberchase is an educational television series for children of all ages] and PBS Kids GO! in the United States set in cyberspace. Seasons one through five were produced by WNET New York City and Nelvana....
  • Dennis the Menace
  • Fairly Odd Parents
  • Franklin
    Franklin

    The term Franklin originally refered to Franklin , a historic social class in late Medieval England. While this class is long extinct, its name remains in many personal names, place names and other uses....
  • George Shrinks
    George Shrinks

    George Shrinks is a animated television series based on the children's book by William Joyce , produced in Canada by Nelvana. It tells the story of a ten-year-old boy named George Shrinks who, for unexplained reasons, is only three inches tall....
  • Gulliver's Travels
    Gulliver's Travels (TV miniseries)

    Gulliver's Travels is a TV miniseries based on Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment....
  • Heathcliff
    Heathcliff (1984 TV series)

    Heathcliff is an animated TV series that debuted on September 5, 1984. It was the second series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by DiC Entertainment....
  • Inspector Gadget
    Inspector Gadget

    Inspector Gadget is an animated television series about a clumsy, absent-minded and oblivious detective, Inspector Gadget, who is a human being with various bionic "gadgets" built into his anatomy....
  • Iz and the Zizzles
  • Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
    Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

    Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors is a France/North American animated TV show which first aired on September 16, 1985. It was produced by DiC Entertainment , and animated by an uncredited Japanese studio....
  • M.A.S.K.
    M.A.S.K.

    M.A.S.K. was an animated television series directed by three uncredited Japanese studios, KK C&D Asia, Studio Juno, Studio World, Ashi Production , and produced by the French-American DiC and also the toyline of the same name sold by Kenner....
  • Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!
  • Max and Ruby
    Max and Ruby

    Max and Ruby is an animated series that debuted in 2002 that is aimed at a preschool audience. Created by children's book author/illustrator Rosemary Wells and based on the world of her Max and Ruby books, the episodes present stories about Max, a rambunctious and determined 3-year-old bunny, and his big sister, Ruby, a patient, goal...
  • Mummies Alive!
    Mummies Alive!

    Mummies Alive! was an animated television series from DIC Entertainment.In ancient Egypt, an evil Magician , Scarab, kills the pharaoh's son, Prince Rapses, so he can use the boy's soul to become Immortality....
  • Ned's Newt
    Ned's Newt

    Ned's Newt was a co-produced Canada/Germany cartoon that premiere in 1993 to 1996 in Germany series produced by Nelvana and TMO Film GmbH for Teletoon ....
  • Pelswick
    Pelswick

    Pelswick is an animated television series produced by Nelvana for CBC Television in Canada and the Nickelodeon cable channel in the United States....
  • Rescue Heroes
    Rescue Heroes

    Rescue Heroes is a line of toys from Fisher Price that was introduced in 1999. Rescue Heroes depicts various rescue personnel and their equipment....
  • Real Kids Real Adventures
  • Rolie Polie Olie
    Rolie Polie Olie

    Rolie Polie Olie is a Computer-generated imagery television cartoon based on the books by William Joyce and produced by Nelvana. The cartoon centers on a robotic family in Polieville....
  • Rupert
    Rupert

    Rupert is derived from the Latin Rupertus, which is a loan from the Old German Hroberahtus; thus it is a variation of modern English Robert, and can refer to:...
  • Sitting Ducks
    Sitting Ducks

    Sitting Ducks is a lithograph created by Michael Bedard in the late 1970s. It depicts a literal interpretation of the idiom "sitting duck". Three ducks are relaxing in the sun on white chairs by the swimming pool, one looks up and notices two bullet holes in the wall....
  • Sonic Underground
    Sonic Underground

    Sonic Underground is an list of animated television series that follows the adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and his siblings, pink hedgehog Sonia the Hedgehog and green-hued Manic the Hedgehog....
  • The New Adventures Of Madeline
    The New Adventures Of Madeline

    The New Adventures Of Madeline is the new series of Madeline also adapted to a television show. It shows the same characters from the old series of books....
  • The Magic School Bus
    The Magic School Bus

    The Magic School Bus is a series of children's books, intended to teach scientific concepts to children. They were written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen, between the years 1986 and 2006....
  • The Prince and the Pauper
    The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper is an English language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States....
  • The Tidings
    The Tidings

    *The Tidings can refer to The Christadelphian Tidings of the Kingdom of God*The Tidings the Newspaper of the Los Angeles Roman Catholic Archdiocese....
  • Titch
  • The Trojan Horse
  • The New Adventures Of Ocean Girl
    Ocean Girl

    Ocean Girl is an Australian science fiction television series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character....
  • Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by France writer Jules Verne published in 1870 in literature. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax....


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