Frisbee (TV channel)
Frisbee is an Italian TV channel marketed towards a child audience and owned by Discovery, Inc.
Country | Italy |
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Slogan | Fantasia senza limiti (Unlimited Imagination) |
Headquarters | Rome |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Italian |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Switchover Media (2010-2013) Discovery Italia (2013-present) |
Sister channels | K2 |
History | |
Launched | 12 June 2010[1] |
Links | |
Website | www.frisbeetv.it |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital | Channel 44 |
Satellite | |
Sky Italia | Channel 627 |
History
Frisbee was launched by Switchover Media on 12 June 2010.[1] The channel was marketed at a male audience as a "Channel of Heroes".[1]
After Switchover was acquired by Discovery Communications, On June 30, 2013 the channel rebranded in order to target a female audience and switched its aspect ratio to 16:9.
On April 30, 2015, the channel rebranded again and changed its focus to a general 4-9 year old audience.[2]
Programs
During the beginning of the channel's existence, almost all the programmes featured were ex-Jetix shows acquired from Disney-ABC International Television, which meant for the first few years, the channel would not need to acquire any new programming. Frisbee's top-drawing programs for the first few months were Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, MegaMan NT Warrior, and Sonic X.[1]
Current
Former
- Doki
- The Fairly OddParents
- Filly Funtasia
- Rugrats
- Hamtaro
- Hubert and Takako
- Julius Jr.
- Kikoriki
- Little Charmers
- Luna Petunia
- Littlest Pet Shop
- MegaMan NT Warrior
- My Parents Are Aliens
- Freakazoid!
- Pretty Rhythm
- Rainbow Ruby
- Rat-A-Tat
- Sammy and Company
- Sgt. Frog
- Sonic X
- Shopkins
- Space Goofs
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series
- Tickety Toc
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise
- VR Troopers
- W.I.T.C.H.
- X-Men: The Animated Series
- Yin Yang Yo!
- Zack and Quack
Notes
- Calder, Kate (October 22, 2010). "New Italian kids channels bank on digital switchover". Kidscreen. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- https://www.primaonline.it/2015/04/29/201925/discovery-cambia-veste-grafica-a-frisbee-dal-30-aprile-nuovi-logo-e-visual-identity-per-il-canale-kids/