Piwi+
Piwi+ (formerly Piwi) is a French pay television channel for children aged 3 to 6, owned by the Canal+ Group.[1][2]
Piwi+ | |
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Launched | 3 December 2003 |
Owned by | Groupe Canal+ |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Slogan | "Le jardin d'éveil des tout-petits" |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Headquarters | Issy-les-Moulineaux |
Formerly called | Piwi (2003-2011) |
Sister channel(s) | Télétoon+ |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Easy TV (Congo) | Channel 20 |
Satellite | |
Canal+ | Channel 131 |
Télésat | Channel 45 |
Canal+ Caraïbes | Channel 151 |
Canal+ Réunion | Channel 110 |
Canal+ Afrique | Channel 83 |
Cable | |
SFR (via Canal+) | Channel 217 |
VOO (Belgium) | Channel 64 |
IPTV | |
Orange | Channel 97 |
Free | Channel 143 |
Piwi was first launched on December 3, 2003 as the preschool channel from Télévision Par Satellite[3]. In 2007, TPS merged with its competitor Canalsat.
In 2016-2017, Piwi+ became a Canal+ exclusive all around the world. It is also distributed on VOO in Belgium and Teleclub Les + in Switzerland.
Characters
- Soleil (voiced by Naïke Fauveau) is a 3-year-old female Piwi with yellow body and amber rays.
- Gourmand (voiced by Brigitte Guedj) is a 6-year-old male Piwi with amber body and kiwi green bubbles.
- Étoile (voiced by Caroline Combes) is a 6-year-old female Piwi with magenta body and yellow feathers.
- Radar (voiced by Valérie Lecot) is a 8-year-old male Piwi with violet body with crimson satellites.
- Ventouse (voiced by Fily Keita) is a 7-year-old female Piwi with kiwi green body and crimson suction cups.
- Ressort (voiced by Sauvane Delanoë) is a 9-year-old female Piwi with crimson body and indigo springs.
- Peinture (voiced by Blanche Ravalec) is a 5-year-old male Piwi with turquoise blue body and yellow fountain tanks.
Television series
Before the television channel's debut, the early television series was first premiered on July 9, 2002 entitled Les Vacances de Piwi, a French-Canadian computer-animated edutainment musical children's show for young children aged 2 to 5 years old. It was first aired on Télé-Québec Jeunesse in Quebec, and then it aired on France 5 for Les Zouzous and Télétoon for Les Minitoons in France that premiered later on November 2, 2002.
The series was finally released on VHS and DVD and aired on TFO in Quebec and later on Playhouse Disney France and Piwi in France that premiered later in December 3, 2003.
Production
The series was produced by DKP Effects in Toronto, Canada and EnSky Studios in Montreal, Quebec. The series was created in Alias Wavefront Maya and Avid DS for 3D animation and visual effects.
See also
References
- "BLOG.lenodal.com : Avant-première : le nouveau système visuel des chaînes Canalsat". blog.lenodal.com.
- "BLOG.lenodal.com : Avant-première : le nouveau Canalsat : Télétoon+ et Piwi+". blog.lenodal.com.
- "La chaîne Piwi pille-t-elle Tiji ?". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-06-29.