Frisbee (TV channel)
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History | |
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Launched | 12 June 2010[1] at 7am |
Links | |
Website | frisbeetv |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | Channel 44 |
Streaming media | |
Discovery+ | Frisbee |
Frisbee is an Italian TV channel marketed towards a children audience of 4 to 14-year-olds,[2] owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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
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 (2011–2013), almost all the programs featured were ex-
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.
From 2011 to 2013, the pre-2004 MGM movies and The DIC Movie Toons
Current programming
- A Kind of Magic
- Cake Boss
- Curious George
- FloopaLoo, Where Are You?
- Gallina Puntolina
- Doodle Toons
- The Mr. Men Show
- Holiday Baking Championship
- Little People
- Oggy and the Cockroaches
- OOglies
- Paprika
- Ranger Rob
- Super Monsters
- Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
- Trolls: TrollsTopia
- True and the Rainbow Kingdom
- Yoko
Former programming
- Doki
- Filly Funtasia
- Hubert and Takako
- Julius Jr.
- Kikoriki
- Little Charmers
- Luna Petunia
- Littlest Pet Shop
- Pretty Rhythm
- Rainbow Ruby
- Rat-A-Tat
- Sammy and Company
- Sgt. Frog
- Shopkins
- Space Goofs
- Tickety Toc
- Zack and Quack
2010–2013 Programming additions
- Babar and the Adventures of Badou (Babar e le avventure di Badou)
- Big Bad Beetleborgs (Beetleborgs - Quando si scatena il vento dell'avventura)
- Braceface (Sorriso d'argento)
- Captain Flamingo (Capitan Flamingo)
- The Cosby Show (I Robinson)
- Diff'rent Strokes (Il mio amico Arnold)
- The Fairly OddParents (Due fantagenitori)
- Family Ties (Casa Keaton)
- Hamtaro
- Horrid Henry (Enrico l'Orrido)
- The Jeffersons (I Jefferson)
- Me and My Monsters (3 mostri in famiglia)
- Michel Vaillant (MIchel Valillant - Tute, caschi e velocità)
- Mirmo!
- Mr. Bean
- Mr. Young (Professor Young)
- My Babysitter's a Vampire (La mia babysitter è un vampiro)
- The New Addams Family (La Nuova Famiglia Addams)
- NPS: No puede ser (Non può essere!)
- Pucca
- Really Me (Miss Reality)
- Sabrina's Secret Life (Sabrina)
- Sgt. Frog (Keroro)
- Stoked (Stoked - Surfisti per caso)
- Sweet Valley High
- Total Drama Island (A tutto reality: L'isola)
- Tree Fu Tom
- Tutenstein
- Wipeout (Wipeout - Pronti a tutto!)
- W.I.T.C.H.
Launch programming
- Action Man (New Action Man)
- Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (Le avventure di Sonic)
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (Le avventure di Super Mario)
- Bad Dog
- Big Wolf on Campus (Un lupo mannaro americano a scuola)
- Dragon Booster
- Go! Go! Itsutsugo Land (5 gemelli diversi)
- Goosebumps (Piccoli brividi)
- Iznogoud (Chi la fa, l'aspetti! - Iznogoud)
- Jim Button (Jim Bottone)
- Little Mouse on the Prairie (Tiritere e ghirigori per due topi in mezzo ai fiori)
- Mad Jack the Pirate (Mad Jack)
- MegaMan NT Warrior
- Monster Jam
- My Dad the Rock Star
- My Parents Are Aliens (Papà e mamma sono alieni)
- NASCAR Racers
- Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (Tartarughe Ninja: l'avventura continua)
- Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (L'Uomo Ragno e i suoi fantastici amici)
- Power Rangers
- RoboRoach
- Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist (Oliver Twist)
- Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams (80 sogni per viaggiare)
- Sophie & Virginia (Sophie e Vivianne - Due sorelle e un'avventura)
- Transformers: Armada
- VR Troopers
- Walter Melon (Walter eroe a tempo perso)
- What's with Andy? (Andy il re degli scherzi)
- The Why Why Family (La famiglia dei perché)
- Wunschpunsch
- X-Men
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