Tiny Pop

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Tiny Pop
Launched 27 July 2004
Owned by CSC Media Group
Picture format 16:9/4:3, 576i (SDTV)
Audience share 0.1%
~0.0% (+1) (November 2012, BARB)
Replaced Pop Plus
Sister channel(s) Bliss
BuzMuzik
Chart Show TV
Chart Show Dance
Flava
Scuzz
The Vault
Kix
Pop
Pop Girl
True Drama
True Entertainment
True Movies 1
True Movies 2
Timeshift service Tiny Pop+1
Website http://www.tinypop.com
Availability
Satellite
Freesat Channel 605
Sky Channel 617
Channel 625 (+1)
Eutelsat 28A 11307 V 27500 2/3
11307 V 27500 2/3 (+1)
Cable
WightFibre Channel 104
Virgin Media Channel 737
Streaming media
Sky Go Watch live
(UK and Ireland only)

Tiny Pop is a free-to-air television channel in the UK. It is owned by CSC Media Group, it was launched on July 24, 2004, and it broadcasts cartoons and pop music videos for pre-schoolers.

Its sister channel is Pop which was launched on May 29, 2003. Tiny Pop is a replacement for the retired station Pop Plus, which was originally a secondary channel of Pop. Tiny Pop is aimed at a younger audience (similar to CBeebies). Tiny Pop's second sister channel is called Pop Girl and it was launched on 6 August 2007. Its third sister channel, Kix was launched on 19 May 2008, and replaced Pop +1, the 1-Hour timeshift of Pop.

Tiny Pop broadcasts on Sky channel 617 and Freesat channel 605

Programmes are introduced through the channels to animated monkeys, known as the Cheeky Monkeys, who talk about cartoons, read out jokes from viewers and show artwork. from the end of June 2009, they were replaced with 3 new hosts, Molly, Leo and Pip.

On October 11, 2007, Tiny Pop was launched on Virgin Media, along with its sister channel Pop. Pop was removed in 2011, Tiny Pop still remains though.

Programmes

Current programmes

Movies

As of 2007, Tiny Pop has screened My Little Pony and Strawberry Shortcake movies,

From 2013 Tiny Pop has screened more movies in addition to the Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears and Franklin & Friends movies. The seven films are:

2013 saw the premiere of the following movies during the Christmas break:

  • The Little Reindeer

Former programmes

Current events

  • Friday Night Special - back-to-back episodes of a particular show that changed each week. This showed from 5pm to 9pm. the main shows for this event are
  • These same shows above also have a marathon every Saturday 6am-12pm.
  • Every week between the hours of 1:45am and 6am, Tiny Pop airs a different program back-to-back, excluding their own continuity shown in between. These 3 programs currently are Timothy Goes to School, Corduroy and Strawberry Shortcake.

Logos

  • Tiny Pop first logo (2004-2007)

  • Tiny Pop second logo (2007–2011)

  • Tiny Pop third logo (2011–present)

Music

As well as cartoons, the channel used to air music videos, in short slots. Named "Tiny Pops", they showed old and new songs from Spanish artists. Originally, the music videos primarily aired were Los So Fresh, but that later changed to mainly being animated music videos, or music videos that tie into popular family films.

Tiny Pop website

Tiny Pop recently had its website launched which includes TV listings, games, jokes, an art gallery, a colouring center and competitions. Shortly after Pop and Pop Girl had their websites developed.

See also

References

    External links

    Music channels
    Children's channels
    Majority owner of
    Moving Movies Ltd., who own
    Former channels
    Children's and teenagers' TV and radio channels in the UK and Ireland
    Active Television
    Active Radio
    Active Video on Demand
    Defunct
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