| JimJam | |
| Launch Date: | (Italy) (Czech Republic & Slovakia) (Hungary, Moldova & Romania) (MENA & Israel) (The Netherlands) (Austria, Germany & Switzerland) (Bulgaria, Russia & CIS Nations) (Malta) (Southeast Asia) (Portugal) (France) (Sub-Saharan Africa) (Lithuania) (Ukraine) (Belgium and Luxembourg) |
| Replaced: | Cartoon Network (Israel) |
| Replaced By: | DreamWorks (MENA/Asia) |
| Closed Date: | 9 December 2014; (Asia) (Italy) (Cyprus, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Belgium, France, Greece and MENA) (Russia) (Portugal) |
| Owner: | AMC Networks International |
| Country: | Europe Africa Southeast Asia |
| Language: | English Czech Hungarian Polish Romanian Russian Arabic (formerly) Italian (formerly) Portuguese Hebrew (formerly) Lithuanian Dutch (formerly) German (formerly) French (formerly) Greek (formerly) Danish (formerly) Indonesian (formerly) Malay (formerly) Thai (formerly) Mandarin (formerly) Cantonese (formerly) Hindi (formerly) Bulgarian |
| Sister Channels: | AMC CBS Europa CBS Reality Extreme Sports Channel HorrorXtra Legend RealityXtra RealityXtra2 |
| Timeshift Service: | JimJam +1 (closed in Italy) |
| Website: | www.jimjam.tv |
JimJam is an international children's preschool television channel which originally launched in Italy on Sky in 2006.[1] [2]
JimJam is available across Europe and Africa.[3]
JimJam was launched on 1 October 2006. In September 2007, HIT Entertainment and Chellomedia (European content division of Liberty Global, currently AMC Networks International) formed a joint venture to run a children's channel. The channel was advertised as international, with plans to start cable and satellite broadcast in Western and Eastern Europe and then expand broadcasting worldwide (outside the UK, Ireland, US and Canada).[4]
The channel was expanded to Central and Eastern Europe in November 2007. By May 2008, JimJam launched in the Netherlands and Switzerland.[1] By 2010, the channel had been broadcast in over 50 territories in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. By August 2010, HIT Entertainment withdrew from the JimJam joint venture, leaving JimJam wholly owned by Chello Zone. HIT Entertainment was supposed to keep providing content for JimJam.[2] By 2013, JimJam was available to an audience of 17 million subscribers in 13 languages. The channel has been broadcast in over 60 territories in Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and Africa, with seven feeds and four localized versions.[3] [5]
JimJam closed in Asia-Pacific on 9 December 2014, Italy on 30 June 2015, in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France and the Netherlands on 1 March 2018,[6] Cyprus, Greece, Middle East and North Africa on 1 January 2020, in the CIS Nations on 10 March 2022, and in Portugal on 1 July 2022.
A dedicated Lithuanian version was launched on 29 August 2012.[7]
A dedicated Hungarian version was launched on 1 January 2020.[8]
A dedicated Romanian version was launched on 1 March 2020.[9]