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List Of South African Animated Television Series
This is the list of animated television series produced in South Africa. References {{DEFAULTSORT:South African animated television series South African animated television series South African animation South African television-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interster
''Interster'' (Afrikaans, ''Inter-star'') (author Dr Johann Beukes 1949–2007) was a two-season science-fiction puppet television series made for children and shown in South Africa from the early 1980s. At the time of its production the show was variously compared to the series '' Thunderbirds'', which was previously broadcast in South Africa in Afrikaans under the title Redding Internasionaal (International Rescue). The main plot involved an undercover planetary defense agency operating from Cape Town under the guise of an interstellar shipping company. The show mirrored the real world political issues of international isolation facing Apartheid South Africa with the Earth being depicted as a galactic pariah of the "Interplanetary League" due to its cold war with the planet "Krokon". The villain in the series was depicted by Prince Karnati or his evil henchmen. The spaceships used in the show were called ''Impalas'' after the South African Air Force aircraft, the locally as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soweto TV
Soweto Community Television (Soweto TV) is a South African community television channel broadcasting in the biggest township in South Africa, Soweto. The channel is free-to-air in Gauteng Province and it also broadcast to South African subscribers on the DStv pay TV service on channel 251 and Starsat on channel 488. The channel's main studios are situated on one of the most popular streets in Soweto, Vilakazi Street; well known for being the only street in the world to have the historical residences of two Nobel Prize winners, namely Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The channel also has studios in Diepkloof, near the largest hospital in Africa, The Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa. Company history Early history Soweto TV was founded by Mr Ephraim Tshepo Thafeng in 2005, who was then both the CEO and head of marketing for the community channel then. The channel received a 24-day special events broadcasting licence, from the Independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Channel
Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television television channel, channel that serves as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Company. Launched on April 18, 1983 under the name The Disney Channel as a pay television, premium channel on top of cable television, basic cable television systems, it originally showcased programming towards families due to availability of home television sets locally at the time. Since 1997, as just Disney Channel, its programming has shifted focus to target mainly children and adolescents, with a major focus on girls. The channel showcases original first-run children's television series, art release#Film, theatrically-released and original television films and other selected third-party programming. As of , Disney Channel is available on cable television, basic cable and satellite television, satel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiff
Kiff is both a surname and a given name. Surname * Kaleena Kiff (born 1974), American actress, producer, and director * Ken Kiff (1935–1961), English figurative painter Given name * Kiff Gallagher, American musician, songwriter, and nonprofit administrator *Kiff Scholl, American character actor and television/film director *Kiff Slemmons (born 1944), American metalsmith and performance artist * Kiff VandenHeuvel, American actor, teacher, director, and podcast host Nickname *The Kiffness (born 1988 as David Scott), South African musician, DJ and YouTuber Entertainment *''Kiff Kiff is both a surname and a given name. Surname *Kaleena Kiff (born 1974), American actress, producer, and director * Ken Kiff (1935–1961), English figurative painter Given name * Kiff Gallagher, American musician, songwriter, and nonprofit ad ...'', an American TV series Fictional characters * Kif Croker, from the animated television series ''Futurama'' *Kiff Chatterley, the main character of ''Kiff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Cartoonito, Adult Swim, and Toonami under its purview. Founded by Ted Turner (who appointed Betty Cohen as the first president of the network), the channel was launched on October 1, 1992, and primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. It currently runs from 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. ET/ PT on weekdays and 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. ET/PT on weekends. Cartoon Network primarily targets children aged 6–14, while its early morning Cartoonito block is aimed at preschoolers and kindergarteners aged 2–6, and the channel shares channel space with its sister network Adult Swim, which targets older teenagers and young adults, 18–34. Cartoon Network offers an alternate Spanish-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Nickelodeon Animation Studio is an American animation studio owned by Paramount Global. It has created many original television programs for Nickelodeon, such as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', '' The Fairly OddParents'', '' Rugrats'' and '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'', among various others. Since the 2010s, the studio has also produced its own series based on preexisting IP purchased by Paramount Global, such as '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and '' Winx Club''. In November 2019, Nickelodeon Animation Studio signed a multiple-year output deal for Netflix, which will include producing content, in both new and preexisting IP, for the streaming platform. The studio was founded in 1990, originally named Games Productions Inc. and later Games Animation. It oversaw the production of three animated programs for Nickelodeon: ''Doug'', '' Rugrats'', and ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. In 1992, Nickelodeon began work on Games Animation's first fully in-house series, '' Rocko's Modern Life''. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicktoons (Africa)
Nicktoons is a South African pay television channel that was launched on 30 September 2014. It is owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA, and is targeted towards children, broadcasting reruns of original animated series from sister network Nickelodeon along with other cartoons. It replaced the African feed of KidsCo, North Africa receives the Arabic-Language feed of the channel Nicktoons MENA. Unlike other Nicktoons feeds (since October 2021), the end credits on shows are no longer shows and were not replaced with short credits used by its sister channels. History In November 2013, it was announced that KidsCo would be discontinued following year during Valentine's Day and MultiChoice mentioned seeking possibly replacements for the channel at the time. In June 2014, during MultiChoice's financial presentation ended March 31, 2014 the channel was unveiled alongside Lifetime both of which weren't available at the time. From September 30, 2014, the channel launched on DStv, alongsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulli Africa
Gulli (; stylised as gulli) is a French free-to-air television channel focused on kids programming for those aged 3 to 14. It was created as a result of a partnership between Lagardère Active and state-owned broadcaster France Télévisions. In 2019, the M6 Group bought Gulli as well as the television division of the Lagardère Active Group. History The channel was launched on 18 November 2005 on the digital terrestrial television platform in France. Ten years later, on 1 July 2015, Gulli launched its own HD simulcast feed on the Astra 1 satellite. On 5 April 2016, its HD feed is launched on DTT. Gulli was created as a result of a partnership between a kids-television pioneer companies Lagardère Active and the state-owned France Télévisions. The former is known due to is children's network, Canal J, while the latter has a long history investing on kids programming through its youth-oriented division on France 3. On 23 December 2013, a deal was reached between Lagardère a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jabu's Jungle
''Jabu's Jungle'' is a South African-produced animated adventure series aimed at children between ages four and seven. It follows Jabu, an intrepid nine-year-old, and his Magic Talking Drum as they explore the jungle and help animals in need. It is distributed by Gulli Africa Gulli (; stylised as gulli) is a French free-to-air television channel focused on kids programming for those aged 3 to 14. It was created as a result of a partnership between Lagardère Active and state-owned broadcaster France Télévisions. ... in 22 African countries. The series became the most watched local children's show within six weeks of broadcast on SABC1, taking over from established shows such as ''Takalani Sesame'' and ''YoTV'' as the most popular amongst 4 - 14 year olds. It has also been broadcast in an additional 17 countries by Econet Media and series 2 was ready for broadcast for 2017. References External links {{imdb title, 5501374 South African animated television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EToonz
eToonz is a South African digital satellite television free-to-air children's channel created and owned by eMedia Investments's e.tv. The channel broadcasts for a duration of 16 hours from Sunday to Friday, 17 hours on Saturday and 18 hours with movies during the school holidays. History eToonz started as a 30 to 60 minute segment on the defunct Little e block which featured animated programs such as The Adventures Of Lerato and Alex and Deep & Dylan's Curious Minds - South African produced content. e.tv as a broadcaster launched eKasi+,eToonz+, eMovies+ and eAfrica+ as new sister channels as the first of its planned set of TV channels for digital terrestrial television (DTT). e.tv, the SABC and M-Net plan to each roll out their own collections of additional TV channels in South Africa eventually. Since government incompetence and industry infighting has long-delayed the digital switch-over process known as digital migration, e.tv launched its first 4 additional free-to-ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
