Summary
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.
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| Country | Italy |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Rome |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Italian |
| Picture format | 576i SDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Switchover Media (2010–2013) Discovery Italia (2013–2022) Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA (2022–present) |
| Sister channels | Boing Boomerang Cartoon Network Cartoonito Nove DMAX Food Network Giallo HGTV HTV K2 Motor Trend Real Time Warner TV |
| History | |
| Launched | 12 June 2010[1] |
| Links | |
| Website | frisbeetv |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 44 |
| Streaming media | |
| Discovery+ | Frisbee |
History edit
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 Discovery Communications, On 30 June 2013 the channel rebranded in order to target a female audience and switched its aspect ratio to 16:9.[3]
On 30 April 2015 the channel rebranded again and changed its focus to a general 4–14 year old audience.[2]
Programs edit
During the beginning of the channel's existence (2011–2013), almost all the programs featured were ex-Jetix shows acquired from Disney-ABC International Television which meant for the first few years, the channel would not need to acquire any new programming.[1] By 2011, the channel began to air reruns of sitcoms, alongside the addition of more modern programming as well.
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 edit
- A Kind of Magic
- Cake Boss
- Curious George
- FloopaLoo, Where Are You?
- Gallina Puntolina
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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
- 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 edit
- 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 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 edit
- ^ 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