Maha Cartoon TV explained

Maha Cartoon TV
Closed Date:1 March 2019
Owner:Teleone Consumers Product Private Ltd
Picture Format: (576i, SDTV)
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Area:India
Network:Maha TV
Affiliates:Maha Movie
Headquarters:New Delhi, India
Replaced By:Maha Punjabi

Maha Cartoon TV was a cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Teleone Consumers Product Pvt. Ltd. It was founded by Darshan Singh and Vishvajeet Sharma. The channel was launched on 1 November 2016. The channel is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 4–14 free-to-air channel.[1] It was replaced by Maha Punjabi in 2019.

History

Teleone Consumers Private Ltd came into existence in 1998 and is the parent company of Maha Cartoon TV. Maha Cartoon TV carries the franchise title that was incepted with the precursor channel Maha Movie. According to the official press release,[2] the channel was created to fill the idle space for a Hindi free-to-air channel.

Programming

Maha Cartoon TV’s current schedule[3] consists largely of original series aimed at children and pre-teens. The shows that air on the channel are:

The channel also airs a variety of foreign content, including

The channel has a future plan to air movies.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: हिन्दुस्तान का पहला फ्री टू एयर हिंदी कार्टून चैनल "महाकार्टून" लाॅच. 2016-10-25. Newscircle. 2017-09-11. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20171027005554/http://newscircle.in/uncategorized/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2.html. 2017-10-27. dead.
  2. News: http://www.animationxpress.com/index.php/latest-news/dv-group-announces-the-launch-of-their-free-to-air-kids-channel-maha-cartoon-tv . DV Group announces the launch of their free-to-air kids' channel: Maha Cartoon TV – AnimationXpressAnimationXpress. www.animationxpress.com. en-US. 2022-12-04 -->.
  3. Web site: Programs Schedule of Mahacartoontv. www.mahacartoontv.com. en. 2017-09-11.
  4. News: Maha Cartoon targets 65 per cent rural HSM via DD FreeDish, 2000 LCOs. 2016-10-27. Indian Television Dot Com. 2017-09-11.