Draft:Pop (Italy)

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Pop
CountryItaly
Broadcast areaItaly
Programming
Language(s)Italian
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Ownership
OwnerSony Pictures Entertainment Italy
Sister channelsCine Sony
History
Launched4 May 2017
ReplacedNekoTV
Closed11 July 2019
Replaced byBoing Plus
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 45

Pop was an Italian free-to-air children's TV channel, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment Italy. It is also the Italian version of the homonymous British TV channel.

The channel launched on 4 May 2017 and closed on 11 July 2019 after Mediaset bought the channel and Cine Sony's slots.

History[edit]

The channel was launched on 4 May 2017 in replacement of NekoTV, on channel 45 of digital terrestrial television.[1][2] The channel starts broadcasting with an episode of Power Rangers RPM.

Since 24 July 2017 to August 2017, a tour called Pop Invasion was held, that teached younger children to know the characters of the channel's shows with various types of activities.[3]

Since 6 November 2017 to 4 July 2019, the channel was available through Tivùsat.

On 11 July 2019 the channel finished broadcasting along with sister channel Cine Sony[4], being replaced by Boing Plus.[5] On satellite, the channel continued to broadcast loop promotional footages until 6 AM, when a light blue screen replaces broadcasting.

The channel's speaker was Marco De Domenico.

The channel's advertising was managed by Viacom International Media Networks Pubblicità e Solutions.[6]

The channel also had the Pop App, available on App Store, Amazon Appstore and Google Play.[7]

Programming[edit]

The channel also had two programming blocks, which include:

  • Pop Art, programming block that teached how to draw the characters of the channel's shows.
  • Pop Corn[9], programming block that broadcast animated movies.





References[edit]

  1. ^ Sarchi, Francesco (13 April 2017). "Sony: il canale per bambini Pop arriva in Italia". TvZoom (in Italian).
  2. ^ Sutera, Paolo (13 April 2017). "Pop, dal 4 maggio debutta il canale Sony dedicato ai bambini". TvBlog (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Un'estate ricca quella di POP, che presenta nuovi protagonisti, la POP App e il Summer Tour POP Invasion". Dailyonline (in Italian). 5 June 2017.
  4. ^ Faggiano, Roberto (7 May 2019). "Chiudono Cine Sony e Pop. Sony getta la spugna e lascia il digitale terrestre". Dday.it (in Italian).
  5. ^ Biondi, Andrea (10 July 2019). "La jv Turner-Mediaset sbarca sul canale 45 del digitale terrestre". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian).
  6. ^ Rossi, Simone (3 July 2017). "Arriva Cine Sony, nuovo canale cinema dal 7 Settembre (canale 55 digitale terrestre)". Digital-News (in Italian). Viacom International Media Networks Pubblicità & Brand Solutions è il partner per la raccolta pubblicitaria di Cine Sony e POP
  7. ^ Rossi, Simone (5 July 2017). "POP sarà disponibile anche fuori casa grazie alla nuova app". Digital-News (in Italian).
  8. ^ "Pop è disponibile dal 4 maggio sul canale 45 del Digitale Terrestre". Il Tabloid Quotidiano online (in Italian). 5 May 2017. Pop propone serie in prima visione e in esclusiva come Kuu Kuu Harajuku
  9. ^ Ausani, Giulia (4 April 2018). "A maggio arriva POP Corn, ciclo di film d'animazione su Pop". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian).

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