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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Are CNN, Boomerang & Cartoonito owned by the same company? Do they have any other channels on Sky/Virgin? What are their ratings like?
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TCM aka Turner Classic Movies and Cartoon Network are the missing ones from those you mention.
CNN isn't mentioned on BARB, so I've only mentioned other below.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
A source has told me that Sky are thinking of dropping these and introducing their own channel on Sky, Virgin and Now TV. The working title 'Sky kids' would be a 24 hour channel for 6 month to 7 year old children.
If these are owned by the same company and they don't have other linear channels on Sky/Virgin (bar +1's and HD variants), perhaps these are the next to go streaming instead of linear??
Perhaps Sky are to kick them out of the Sub Club if the ratings are poor and put the carriage costs that are saved into their new kids channel??
Have you heard anything Legendkiller?
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Sky Kids brand already exists, but it's On-demand rather than a channel.
6 months to 7 yrs old is mostly a younger demographic than Boomerang is for, I'd imagine it's more 5-10yrs with it's lineup including the likes of Tom & Jerry, Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes (though many adults would happily still watch those). Cartoonito is apparently targeting 2-6yrs according to a web search.
I'd imagine they might go streaming-only when HBO Max (or its equivalent, maybe the branding will have changed by then) eventually arrives when Sky's content deal expires.
Ratings: 4 Week Share in 2nd-8th August data.
TCM 0.16
Cartoon Network 0.14
Cartoonito 0.13
Boomerang 0.09
Nick Jr 0.23
Nick Jr 2 0.15
Nickelodeon 0.08
Nicktoons 0.07
Tiny Pop 0.28
Pop 0.22
Pop Max 0.02
CITV 0.18
CBeebies 0.82
CBBC 0.23
I've added all the other kids channels as a comparison Richard, and grouped them by broadcaster.
I've also randomly picked a week when the Disney channels were still around (20th-26th January 2020) to illustrate what level they were getting.
Disney Jr 0.09
Disney Channel 0.06
Disney XD 0.02