Frisbee (TV channel)
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| Country | Italy |
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| 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 | frisbeetv |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital | Channel 44 |
| Cable | |
| UPC Switzerland | Channel 75 (Tessin) Channel 575 |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Italia | Channel 627 |
| Tivùsat | Channel 44 |
Frisbee is an Italian TV channel marketed towards a children audience of 4 to 14-year-olds,[2] owned by Discovery Italia.
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 30 June 2013 the channel rebranded in order to target a female audience and switched its aspect ratio to 16:9.[3]
On 30 April 2015 the channel rebranded again and changed its focus to a general 4-14 year old audience.[2]
Programs[]
During the beginning of the channel's existence (2011-2015), 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]
The current schedule currently focuses on the preschool demographic, featuring shows such as Curious George. Until mid-2019 there was a FRISBEEMINI block which aired shows aimed at preschoolers, however it was removed due to the channel shifting exclusively to that demographic. During the night/graveyard slots it airs programs present on its sister channel K2, such as Oggy And The Cockroaches alongside shows from Discovery like Cake Boss.
Current[]
- A Kind of Magic
- Cake Boss
- Curious George
- Elinor Wonders Why
- FloopaLoo, Where Are You?
- Gallina Puntolina
- Holiday Baking Championship
- Little People
- Oggy and the Cockroaches
- Paprika
- Ranger Rob
- Super Monsters
- Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
- Trolls: TrollsTopia
- True and the Rainbow Kingdom
- Yoko
Former[]
- Doki
- The Fairly OddParents
- Pretty Cure
- 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!
- Mermaid Melody
- 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[]
- ^ a b c d Calder, Kate (October 22, 2010). "New Italian kids channels bank on digital switchover". Kidscreen. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ^ a b "Discovery cambia veste grafica a Frisbee. Dal 30 aprile nuovi logo e visual identity per il canale kids". 29 April 2015.
- ^ Nuova Grafica K2 Frisbee 30/06/2013, retrieved 2021-03-17
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