Piwi+

Piwi+ (formerly Piwi) is a French pay television channel for children aged 3 to 6, owned by the Canal+ Group.[1][2]

Piwi+
CountryFrance
NetworkTélétoon (2002-2003)
Canal+
HeadquartersIssy-les-Moulineaux
Programming
Language(s)French
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerGroupe Canal+
Sister channelsCanal+ Family
Télétoon+
History
Launched20 October 2002 (20 October 2002) (block)
3 December 2003 (3 December 2003) (channel)
Former namesPiwi (2002-2011)
Links
Websitewww.piwiplus.fr
Availability
Terrestrial
Easy TV (Congo)Channel 20

Piwi was first launched on October 20, 2002 as a preschool block on Télétoon for Les Minitoons, and then 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.

Les Vacances de Piwi

Before the television channel's debut, the television show was first premiered on July 9, 2002 entitled Les Vacances de Piwi, a Canadian-French CGI animated edutainment musical children's show for young children aged 2 to 5 years old presented in Dolby Surround. It was first aired on Télé-Québec Jeunesse in Quebec, and then on France 5 for Zouzous and Télétoon for Les Minitoons in France that premiered later on October 20, 2002.

The show (alongside Bouge avec Mimik, which is seen after the show) was finally aired on TFO in Quebec, and then on Playhouse Disney France and Piwi in France on December 10, 2003.

Mascots
  • Soleil (voiced by Naïke Fauveau/Lucile Boulanger) is a 3-year-old female Piwi with sunshine yellow body and amber rays.
  • Gourmand (voiced by Brigitte Guedj/Lara Saarbach) is a 6-year-old male Piwi with amber body and kiwi green bubbles.
  • Étoile (voiced by Caroline Combes/Annabelle Roux) is a 6-year-old female Piwi with magenta body and sunshine yellow feathers.
  • Radar (voiced by Valérie Lecot/Annabelle Roux) is a 8-year-old male Piwi with violet body with crimson satellites.
  • Ventouse (voiced by Fily Keita/Annabelle Roux) is a 7-year-old female Piwi with kiwi green body and crimson suction cups.
  • Ressort (voiced by Sauvane Delanoë/Lara Saarbach) is a 9-year-old female Piwi with crimson body and indigo springs.
  • Peinture (voiced by Blanche Ravalec/Kelly Marot) is a 5-year-old male Piwi with turquoise blue body and sunshine yellow fountain tanks.

Production

The show was produced by DKP Effects and EnSky Studios in Canada. The show was created in a variety of CGI animation techniques. CGI animation styles include high quality animation for LightWave and cel-shaded animation for Messiah during every episode, along with real-time animation mostly for 3ds Max and Maya during the live-action segments that can teach kids to read with words, write with letters, calculate with numbers, build with shapes, and draw with colors.

Programming

Original programming
  • Las Vacances de Piwi
  • Little Furry
  • The history cabin

Acquired programming

Former programming

See also

References
  1. "BLOG.lenodal.com : Avant-première : le nouveau système visuel des chaînes Canalsat". blog.lenodal.com.
  2. "BLOG.lenodal.com : Avant-première : le nouveau Canalsat : Télétoon+ et Piwi+". blog.lenodal.com.
  3. "La chaîne Piwi pille-t-elle Tiji ?". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-06-29.


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