Pop Plus
Pop Plus | |
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Launched | 8 September 2003 |
Closed | 27 July 2004 |
Owned by | CSC Media Group |
Replaced by | Tiny Pop |
Sister channel(s) |
B4 Chart Show TV Pop The Vault |
Website | popfun.co.uk |
Availability (at time of closure) | |
Satellite | |
Sky | Channel 620 |
Pop Plus (stylized as p⊕p) was a free-to-air British satellite television channel owned by CSC Media Group. It was licensed to air animation and music, and operated as a sister channel to the already-existing Pop. The channel operated the same broadcast hours as its sister channel (6am to 8pm at the time; Pop later expanded to its current 24-hour service) and was not a direct timeshift of its sibling, instead offering an alternative mix of the channel's content. (At one point the arrangement was that whilst Pop was showing music Pop Plus would show cartoons, and vice versa, but this was not always the case).
Pop Plus launched on 8 September 2003, and closed down on 27 July 2004. The station's capacity was used to launch the preschool-oriented Tiny Pop. This allowed the main Pop to refocus on slightly older children and reduce its use of preschooler shows.
Shows that aired on Pop Plus
(Note that many of these shows also aired on the main Pop, and many continued to do so, or continued on Tiny Pop, after the closure of Pop Plus).
- Archie's Weird Mysteries
- Rupert
- Patrol 03
- The Raggy Dolls
- Fantomcat
- Bimble's Bucket
- Noah's Island
- Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog
- The Legend of White Fang
- The Wacky World Of Tex Avery
- Blazing Dragons
- Super Mario World
- Kampung Boy
- Timothy Goes To School
- Tractor Tom
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
- Madeline
- George and Martha
- The Loggerheads
- The Animal Shelf
- Tube Mice
- Calamity Jane
- The Magic School Bus
- Pippi Longstocking
- Seven Little Monsters
- The Little Grey Rabbit
- Rocky and the Dodos
- Ivanhoe
- Wheel Squad
- Bump in the Night