ZooMoo
ZooMoo is an international multilanguage pay television channel owned by Singapore's Beach House Pictures and New Zealand's NHNZ. This channel was first launched in Brazil in September 2013 in high definition (HD).[1] On 4 April 2014, Zoomoo was launched in Singapore via Starhub. In 2016, Canadian-based Blue Ant Media acquired a majority stake in the channel.
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| Broadcast area | Worldwide (except Europe) |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Blue Ant Media |
| Sister channels | Blue Ant Entertainment Blue Ant Extreme CinemaWorld |
| History | |
| Launched | September 2013 (Brazil)[1] |
| Closed | 1 April 2018 (SD Feed, Malaysia) 2020 (United Kingdom) |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.zoomoo.tv/ |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| MediaNet (Maldives) | Channel 205 (SD) Channel 834 (HD) |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 372 (HD) |
| Cable TV Hong Kong | Channel 518 |
| Sky Cable (Philippines) | Channel 120 |
| Tigo (Bolivia) | Channel 730 (HD) |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel TBA |
| Satellite | |
| K-Vision (Indonesia) | Channel 76 |
| DirecTV (US) | Channel 432 |
| Sky Brasil (Brazil) | Channel 52 |
| Claro TV (Brazil) | Channel 613 (HD) |
| CANAL+ (Myanmar) | Channel 91 |
| G Sat (Philippines) | Channel 27 |
| Zuku TV (Kenya) | Channel 630 |
| DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa) | Channel 314 |
| Astro | Channel 619 |
| IPTV | |
| Fetch TV (Australia) | Channel 275 |
| Dhiraagu TV (Maldives) | Channel 172 |
| MNC Play Media | Channel 39 |
| Unifi TV (Malaysia) | Channel 559 (HD) |
ZooMoo features puppetry, animations, games, music, puzzles and activities.[2] Programming on the channel is a blend of in-house original productions and acquired programming such as Jelly Jamm and Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends.
On 25 May 2018, the channel was launched in the Philippines on Easy TV Home.
The channel launched on Virgin Media channels 295 and 739 on 21 July 2018. A temporary duplicate of the SD channel launched a day later following the removal of the UKTV network of channels, taking the slot held by Eden +1, until they returned on 11 August 2018. The SD version was removed from channel 295 a few days later. The HD channel was removed from Virgin Media on 7 January 2020. The UK channel later closed in the same year.
On 1 December 2018 it was launched on Cignal's exclusive channel, Colours.[3]
In Latin America and Brazil, ZooMoo is operated by AMC Networks International.
On 1 April 2020, it was launched on Zuku TV in Africa[4] and 6 months later on DStv[5]
References
- "Zoomoo - Original Wildlife Channel Premieres on Starhub". ZooMoo Networks eKit. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "ZooMoo and StarHub Unveil Asia's First Kids Channel Dedicated to Wildlife". StarHub. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- https://www.facebook.com/colourstvph/videos/260060611342181/
- https://free.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=822932268220055&id=201504750362813/
- https://www.news24.com/channel/tv/news/5-new-channels-coming-to-dstv-20200819/
