ZooMoo
ZooMoo is an international English-language pay television channel owned by Singapore's Beach House Pictures and New Zealand's NHNZ. This channel was first launched in Brazil in September 2013 in high definition (HD).[1] On 4 April 2014, Zoomoo was launched in Singapore via Starhub. In 2016, Canadian-based Blue Ant Media acquired a majority stake in the channel.
| ZooMoo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | September 2013 (Brazil)[1] |
| Closed | 1 April 2020 (Malaysia) |
| Owned by | Blue Ant Media |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide (except Europe and North America) |
| Website | http://asia.zoomoo.tv/ |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Nexmedia (Indonesia) | Channel 103 |
| Satellite | |
| Topas TV (Indonesia) | Channel 111 |
| K-Vision (Indonesia) | Channel 76 |
| DirecTV (US) | Channel 432 |
| Sky Brasil (Brazil) | Channel 52 |
| Claro TV (Brazil) | Channel 613 (HD) |
| CANAL+ (Myanmar) | Channel 91 |
| G Sat (Philippines) | Channel 27 |
| Cable | |
| MediaNet (Maldives) | Channel 205 (SD) Channel 834 (HD) |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 372 (HD) |
| Virgin Media (UK & Ireland) | Channel 739 |
| Cable TV Hong Kong | Channel 518 |
| Sky Cable (Philippines) | Channel 120 |
| Tigo (Bolivia) | Channel 730 (HD) |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel TBA |
| IPTV | |
| Fetch TV (Australia) | Channel 275 |
| Dhiraagu TV (Maldives) | Channel 172 |
| MNC Play Media | Channel 39 |
| Singtel TV (Singapore) | Channel 222 (HD) |
ZooMoo features puppetry, animations, games, music, puzzles and activities.[2]
On 25 May 2018, the channel was launched in the Philippines on Easy TV Home.
The channel launched on Virgin Media channels 295 and 739 on 21 July 2018. A temporary duplicate of the SD channel launched a day later following the removal of the UKTV network of channels, taking the slot held by Eden +1, until they returned on 11 August 2018. The SD version was removed from channel 295 a few days later. The HD channel was removed from Virgin Media on 7 January 2020.
On 1 December 2018 it was launched on Cignal's exclusive channel, Colours.[3]
In Latin America and Brazil, ZooMoo is operated by AMC Networks International.
References
- "Zoomoo - Original Wildlife Channel Premieres on Starhub". ZooMoo Networks eKit. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "ZooMoo and StarHub Unveil Asia's First Kids Channel Dedicated to Wildlife". StarHub. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- https://www.facebook.com/colourstvph/videos/260060611342181/