K-T.V.

Not to be confused with KTV (India).

K-T.V.

Ownership
Owner	Multichoice
Sister channels	K-TV World
History
Launched	1990 (South Africa) 1993 (Scandinavia, Netherlands)
Closed	1997 (Scandinavia, Netherlands) 2001 (Greece) 2002 (Cyprus) 2011 (South Africa)
Links
Website	www.ktv.co.za (archived on May 6, 2000)

K-T.V. (also known as Kids TV) was a children's network broadcast in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Cyprus and South Africa as a programming block on M-Net and later on FilmNet. It was owned by Multichoice. In Greece, it used to air in the morning and afternoon on Alfa TV exclusively for NOVA.
Its sister programming block was K-TV World (also known as K-World), which aired mostly in the afternoon, while K-T.V. aired in the morning.

History

Scandinavia and the Netherlands: It was a programming block on Filmnet (temporary called FilmNet Plus and renamed later as FilmNet 1 in Sweden), from January 1, 1993 to January 11, 1997. It was broadcasting in the mornings and the noon/afternoon.[1] It had a sister programming block called "K-TV mini".
Greece: The network was replaced on October 1, 2001, by Fox Kids. However, the site and the club were still active.
Cyprus: It was a programming block on Alfa TV,[2] until January 2002, when it was replaced by a Nickelodeon one.[3] The block is not to be confused with Kids TV, the K-T.V. block's spiritual successor, independently managed by the channel itself.

The African version signed a strategic alliance with Nickelodeon in 1999, providing it with programming.[4]

Playback

Playback[5] was a weekly K-T.V. original TV show, presented by Jenna Dover. There, you could vote for your favourite video each week and win prizes.

Ti Paizei

Ti Paizei (Greek: Τι Παίζει) was an original production for the Greek counterpart of the network, presented by Banta Rapti, George Menediatis and Mary Blaxou.

Music Mail

Music Mail[6] (Greek: Μουσικό Μήνυμα) was an original production for the Greek counterpart of the network, similar to Playback. It featured video clips, tributes, news and exclusive interviews from singers; it was presented by Banta Rapti.

See also

• M-Net
• Filmnet
• SuperSport (South African TV channel)

References

1. "Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB)".
2. "Ραδιοτηλεοπτική Εταιρεία Αλφα Λίμιτεδ". Archived from the original on December 12, 2001.
3. "Ραδιοτηλεοπτική Εταιρεία Αλφα Λίμιτεδ". Archived from the original on December 31, 2003.
4. "Nickelodeon and K-TV join forces", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 22, September-October 1999
5. "K-T.V." Archived from the original on April 9, 2002.
6. "K-TV". Archived from the original on July 13, 2001.

External links

K-T.V. at IMDb