Spacetoon TV (Arabic: سبيستون or سبيس تون) is a pan-Arab free-to-airtelevision channel that specializes in animation and children programs. It began broadcasting on 15 March 2000[5] and it is headquartered in Dubai, UAE with offices in Riyadh.[6] The channel targets children from 4 and up. Its late night block Space Power is targeted at teenagers and young adults. The Spacetoon company also maintains a video-on-demand app called Spacetoon Go.
15 March 2000; 22 years ago (2000-03-15) (Arabic channel) 1 April 2005; 17 years ago (2005-04-01) (English channel) 24 March 2005; 17 years ago (2005-03-24) (Indonesian channel) 31 December 2009; 13 years ago (2009-12-31) (Ukrainian channel)
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The main Indonesian channel began airing on 24 March 2005 in Jakarta.[7] It later became NET., and its broadcast remains on satellite television. Currently, there are three Spacetoon channels in Indonesia: Spacetoon, Space Shopping and Spacetoon Plus. In India, Spacetoon India exists as licensing company, but not as a separate TV channel. In South Korea, Spacetoon launched in 2005 but has since closed down.[8] Spacetoon is currently broadcast in 22 countries, and has an audience of over 130million viewers.[9]
In 1999, Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation officially signed an agreement to broadcast a children's cartoon channel. On 15 March 2000, Spacetoon officially launched, but as a seven-hour block.[6] Spacetoon continued to air this way until the contract ended on 12 January 2002, according to a statement issued by the Ministry. Later, in 2004, Spacetoon moved its headquarters to Dubai and was established as an independent channel on Nilesat running 24/7.[6][10]
In the Arab world, the majority of programs are dubbed in modern standard Arabic. Spacetoon is closely affiliated with Venus Center, a Syrian dubbing company which has historically provided the Arabic dubbed versions of the programming. Using modern standard Arabic in dubbing played a crucial role in maintaining the use of the dialect in childhood, which was especially significant given the context of emerging spoken Arabic dialects.[10]
In Indonesia, Spacetoon officially launched on 24 March 2005. The network was founded by H. Sukoyo, co-founder of TV7. When it was launched, Spacetoon broadcast from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. WIB. Later, broadcast timings were extended from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. When programming ended, a 10-minute section filled with animation, songs, or messages for children was shown. During mid-2011, due to financial problems, Spacetoon began broadcasting some home-shopping programs and alternative medicine programs.
In March 2013, 95% of Spacetoon ownership stakes were acquired by Net Visi Media. On 18 May 2013, Spacetoon officially closed for terrestrial to make way for NET. on terrestrial network, while Spacetoon broadcast in Indonesia still remains on satellite television. In September 2014, Spacetoon split into two channels: Spacetoon and Spacetoon 2. Spacetoon 2 broadcast more cartoon and animation than Spacetoon, although it still broadcast some home-shopping programs. In May 2016, Spacetoon added another channel, Spacetoon 3. It had clearer audio than Spacetoon and Spacetoon 2, but was closed down on October of the same year. In November 2016, Spacetoon 2 was renamed as Space Shopping due to the home shopping programmes contributing the most revenue to the channel, which overall had little income. Currently, Spacetoon has three channels in Indonesia: Spacetoon, Space Shopping, and Spacetoon Plus.
Programs aired on Spacetoon sometimes have aspects that are censored from their source material. In particular, scenes can be cropped or truncated in order to avoid showing excessive violence to viewers. This has been seen in programs such as Detective Conan, Romeo's Blue Skies, and Hunter × Hunter.Hunter × Hunter was also subject to the censorship of the depiction of Zen Buddhism and Taoism as related to the characters' powers, with the censored version opting to present their powers as a science and martial art. Selective cropping and editing are also used to hide cleavages and remove innuendo.[11]
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Spacetoon news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Spacetoon news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article s factual accuracy is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced June 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Spacetoon TV Arabic سبيستون or سبيس تون is a pan Arab free to air television channel that specializes in animation and children programs It began broadcasting on 15 March 2000 5 and it is headquartered in Dubai UAE with offices in Riyadh 6 The channel targets children from 4 and up Its late night block Space Power is targeted at teenagers and young adults The Spacetoon company also maintains a video on demand app called Spacetoon Go SpacetoonChannel s Stoon logoCountryUnited Arab Emirates 1 Indonesia Ukraine SyriaBroadcast areaArab worldUkraine 2 IndonesiaHeadquartersDubai UAE 3 ProgrammingLanguage s Arabic Arab world English Arab world Indonesian Indonesia Ukrainian Ukraine Picture format576i 4 3 16 9 SDTV Timeshift serviceMalyatko TV 2009 2012 OwnershipOwnerSpacetoon International 4 Sister channelsSpacetoon 2Spacetoon RadioSpace Power SPTV HistoryLaunched15 March 2000 22 years ago 2000 03 15 Arabic channel 1 April 2005 17 years ago 2005 04 01 English channel 24 March 2005 17 years ago 2005 03 24 Indonesian channel 31 December 2009 13 years ago 2009 12 31 Ukrainian channel LinksWebsitespacetoon wbr comAvailability channel space shared with Space Power in Arabic world only Streaming mediaLive StreamSpacetoon ArabicThe Spacetoon company has had two now defunct channels in the Arab world Space Power TV and Spacetoon English The main Indonesian channel began airing on 24 March 2005 in Jakarta 7 It later became NET and its broadcast remains on satellite television Currently there are three Spacetoon channels in Indonesia Spacetoon Space Shopping and Spacetoon Plus In India Spacetoon India exists as licensing company but not as a separate TV channel In South Korea Spacetoon launched in 2005 but has since closed down 8 Spacetoon is currently broadcast in 22 countries and has an audience of over 130 million viewers 9 Contents 1 History 1 1 Arab world 1 2 Indonesia 2 Programming 2 1 Planets 3 Censorship 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Sources 6 External linksHistory EditArab world Edit In 1999 Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation officially signed an agreement to broadcast a children s cartoon channel On 15 March 2000 Spacetoon officially launched but as a seven hour block 6 Spacetoon continued to air this way until the contract ended on 12 January 2002 according to a statement issued by the Ministry Later in 2004 Spacetoon moved its headquarters to Dubai and was established as an independent channel on Nilesat running 24 7 6 10 In the Arab world the majority of programs are dubbed in modern standard Arabic Spacetoon is closely affiliated with Venus Center a Syrian dubbing company which has historically provided the Arabic dubbed versions of the programming Using modern standard Arabic in dubbing played a crucial role in maintaining the use of the dialect in childhood which was especially significant given the context of emerging spoken Arabic dialects 10 Indonesia Edit In Indonesia Spacetoon officially launched on 24 March 2005 The network was founded by H Sukoyo co founder of TV7 When it was launched Spacetoon broadcast from 6 a m to 9 30 p m WIB Later broadcast timings were extended from 5 a m to 11 p m When programming ended a 10 minute section filled with animation songs or messages for children was shown During mid 2011 due to financial problems Spacetoon began broadcasting some home shopping programs and alternative medicine programs In March 2013 95 of Spacetoon ownership stakes were acquired by Net Visi Media On 18 May 2013 Spacetoon officially closed for terrestrial to make way for NET on terrestrial network while Spacetoon broadcast in Indonesia still remains on satellite television In September 2014 Spacetoon split into two channels Spacetoon and Spacetoon 2 Spacetoon 2 broadcast more cartoon and animation than Spacetoon although it still broadcast some home shopping programs In May 2016 Spacetoon added another channel Spacetoon 3 It had clearer audio than Spacetoon and Spacetoon 2 but was closed down on October of the same year In November 2016 Spacetoon 2 was renamed as Space Shopping due to the home shopping programmes contributing the most revenue to the channel which overall had little income Currently Spacetoon has three channels in Indonesia Spacetoon Space Shopping and Spacetoon Plus Programming EditMain article List of programs broadcast by Spacetoon Planets Edit Each of the programs aired were divided in blocks called planets one for each genre Action Planet planet of excitement and mystery for action series such as Dragon Ball Z Kai Iron Kid Sports Planet planet of challenge and strength for sports series and programs such as Inazuma Eleven Ares Adventure Planet planet of imagination and thrill for adventure series such as Future Boy Conan One Piece Comedy Planet planet of laughter for comedy series such as The Fairly OddParents The New Woody Woodpecker Show The Tom and Jerry Show The Pink Panther Movies Planet planet of all colors for animated movies Abjad Planet planet of numbers and letters for educational programs such as Pocoyo Bon Bon Planet planet of heroes and adults for preschool programs such as Fireman Sam Bob the Builder Thomas amp Friends The Care Bears Family History Planet planet of time immemorial former 2000 2013 for the historical series such as Liberty s Kids Science Planet planet of discovery and knowledge for educational science programs such as Inspector Gadget s Field Trip Secret Millionaires Club Operation Ouch Zomoroda Planet means emerald in Arabic planet just for girls for series and programs for girls such as True and the Rainbow Kingdom My Little Pony Pony Life Censorship EditPrograms aired on Spacetoon sometimes have aspects that are censored from their source material In particular scenes can be cropped or truncated in order to avoid showing excessive violence to viewers This has been seen in programs such as Detective Conan Romeo s Blue Skies and Hunter Hunter Hunter Hunter was also subject to the censorship of the depiction of Zen Buddhism and Taoism as related to the characters powers with the censored version opting to present their powers as a science and martial art Selective cropping and editing are also used to hide cleavages and remove innuendo 11 See also EditAnimation International Game Power 7 game publisher owned by Spacetoon Spacetoon GoReferences Edit Banks Miranda Conor Bridget Mayer Vicki 3 July 2015 Production Studies The Sequel Cultural Studies of Global Media Industries Routledge ISBN 9781317567103 via Google Books Spacetoon Ukraine joins the family of Spacetoon Kids Channels Spacetoon International Middle East amp Dubai Global Headquarter 16 February 2008 Archived from the original on 16 February 2008 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Spacetoon Store Toys in Saudi Arabia COPYRIGHT COMPLIANCE POLICY store spacetoon com Archived from the original on 16 March 2019 Retrieved 16 March 2019 Joe Khalil Marwan M Kraidy 12 November 2009 Arab Television Industries Palgrave Macmillan p 162 ISBN 978 1 84457 576 3 a b c An appetite for animation in the UAE BroadcastPro ME 16 November 2020 Retrieved 24 November 2020 Sunarto 2009 Televisi kekerasan dan perempuan in Indonesian Penerbit Buku Kompas p 96 ISBN 978 979 709 415 7 Spacetoon International Korea Area of Operation 6 September 2008 Archived from the original on 6 September 2008 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Spacetoon ALC Announce New Broadcast and Licensing Deals for MENA Animation World Network 29 March 2016 a b Spacetoon Reliving Childhood Through Every Theme Song Egyptian Streets 29 August 2021 Retrieved 30 April 2022 The wholesome social engineering behind Arabic dubbed anime TRT World Retrieved 30 April 2022 Sources Edit بدأت بثها التجريبي مطلع الشهر الجاري مستثمرون سعوديون ويابانيون يدشنون قناة مفتوحة للأطفال في البحرين daharchives alhayat com Al Hayat 6 March 2000 Archived from the original on 14 January 2018 Retrieved 30 June 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link External links EditSpacetoon Arabic website Spacetoon on Twitter Spacetoon s channel on YouTube Spacetoon s channel on YouTube Spacetoon at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Spacetoon Arabic page Spacetoon at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Spacetoon Indonesia page Spacetoon Indonesia website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spacetoon amp oldid 1135216529, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
