Global kids channel, Kartoon Channel!, debuts in Indonesia next Tuesday (16 April) in a linear channel carriage deal with one of the country’s largest broadband and cable service providers, Linknet.
The 24-hour pay-TV channel line up includes signature Kartoon Studios animated originals such as “Rainbow Rangers”, “Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten”, “Shaq’s Garage” and “Llama Llama”, along with global brands such as “Inspector Gadget”, “SuperMario Bros”, “Angry Birds” and “Sonic Underground”.
The daily movie schedule includes “Enchanted Tales” and “Kidaverse Roblox Rumble”.
The channel plays out from Singapore, and will be downlinked from AsiaSat 7 to Linknet with a full schedule of promos, graphics, navigation on air, stunts, specials and interstitials.
The deal was negotiated by Paul Robinson, president of Kartoon Studios’ Kartoon Channel! Worldwide.
In addition to Linknet, the Kartoon Channel! is distributed in India (Samsung and Jio via Powerkids Entertainment), Australia and New Zealand (Samsung TV Plus), Philippines (Tapp Digital), Mongolia (Mobinet) and the Maldives (SSNet). The channel also has a branded time band on Astro Ceria in Malaysia.
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