Piwi+
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Issy-les-Moulineaux |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | French |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Groupe Canal+ |
| Sister channels | Télétoon+ |
| History | |
| Launched | 3 December 2003 |
| Former names | Piwi (2003-2011) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Easy TV (Congo) | Channel 20 |
| Cable | |
| SFR (via Canal+) | Channel 217 |
| VOO (Belgium) | Channel 64 |
| Satellite | |
| Canal+ | Channel 131 |
| Télésat | Channel 45 |
| Canal+ Caraïbes | Channel 151 |
| Channel 110 | |
| Canal+ Afrique | Channel 83 |
| IPTV | |
| Orange | Channel 97 |
| Free | Channel 143 |
Piwi+ (formerly Piwi) is a French pay television channel for children aged 3 to 6, owned by the Canal+ Group.[1][2]
Piwi was first launched on December 3, 2003 as the preschool channel from Télévision Par Satellite.[3] In 2007, TPS merged with its competitor Canalsat.
In 2016-2017, Piwi+ became a Canal+ exclusive all around the world. It is also distributed on VOO in Belgium and Teleclub Les + in Switzerland.
Les Vacances de Piwi[]
Before the television channel's debut, the early television series was first premiered on July 9, 2002 entitled Les Vacances de Piwi, a Canadian-French CGI animated edutainment musical children's show for young children aged 2 to 5 years old. It was first aired on Télé-Québec Jeunesse in Quebec, and then it aired on France 5 for Les Zouzous and Télétoon for Les Minitoons in France that premiered later on November 2, 2002.
The series was finally released on VHS and DVD and aired on TFO in Quebec and later on Playhouse Disney France and Piwi in France that premiered later in December 3, 2003.
Characters[]
- Soleil (voiced by Naïke Fauveau) is a 3-year-old female Piwi with sunshine yellow body and amber rays.
- Gourmand (voiced by Brigitte Guedj) is a 6-year-old male Piwi with amber body and kiwi green bubbles.
- Étoile (voiced by Caroline Combes) is a 6-year-old female Piwi with magenta body and sunshine yellow feathers.
- Radar (voiced by Valérie Lecot) is a 8-year-old male Piwi with violet body with crimson satellites.
- Ventouse (voiced by Fily Keita) is a 7-year-old female Piwi with kiwi green body and crimson suction cups.
- Ressort (voiced by Sauvane Delanoë) is a 9-year-old female Piwi with crimson body and indigo springs.
- Peinture (voiced by Blanche Ravalec) is a 5-year-old male Piwi with turquoise blue body and sunshine yellow fountain tanks.
Production[]
The series was produced by DKP Effects in Toronto, Canada and EnSky Studios in Montreal, Quebec. The series was created in LightWave 3D, Discreet 3ds Max, Messiah, Alias Wavefront Maya, Kaydara MotionBuilder, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, RealFlow, Discreet Logic Flame, Discreet Logic Inferno, Discreet Logic Lustre, Video Toaster, Avid DS, Discreet Logic Smoke, and Butterfly Net Render for CGI animation and visual effects.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "BLOG.lenodal.com : Avant-première : le nouveau système visuel des chaînes Canalsat". blog.lenodal.com.
- ^ "BLOG.lenodal.com : Avant-première : le nouveau Canalsat : Télétoon+ et Piwi+". blog.lenodal.com.
- ^ "La chaîne Piwi pille-t-elle Tiji ?". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-06-29.
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