ETV Bal Bharat

ETV Bal Bharat is a children's pay television channel owned by the Hyderabad-based ETV Network airing animated programming.[1] The channel was launched on 27 April 2021, initially with twelve language audio tracks.[2]

ETV Bal Bharat
ETV
Logo of ETV Bal Bharat channel
CountryIndia
Broadcast areaIndia
NetworkETV Network
HeadquartersHyderabad, Telangana, India
Programming
Language(s)
Picture format1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for SDTV feeds)
Ownership
OwnerRamoji Group
Sister channels
  • ETV
  • ETV Plus
  • ETV Cinema
  • ETV Andhra Pradesh
  • ETV Life
  • ETV Abhiruchi
  • ETV Telangana
History
LaunchedApril 27, 2021 (2021-04-27)
Links
Websitewww.etvbalbharat.com
Availability
Streaming media
Tata Play
(India)		SD

History

ETV Bal Bharat was officially launched on April 27, 2021.[3] It is the network's first television channel dedicated to children, and is the only one to include audio tracks in multiple languages, including eleven Indian ones and even English.[4] However, it was announced that the Punjabi, Odia, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, and Assamese regional channels of Bal Bharat would cease operations by 1 April 2022, leaving their audio feeds to remain with the other six languages on the main channel.[5]

The channel was launched with the shows like Pac Man, Abhimanyu - The Young Yodha, The Sisters, Kong King of the Apes, Tin & Tan, Kitty is not a Cat etc.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

In 2022, the channel also started acquiring original shows of Nickelodeon like Dora the Explorer was premiered on April 27, 2022.[12] Avatar The Last Airbender, another Nick original was premiered on the channel on May 16, 2022.[13]

The channel aired Spiderman into the Spiderverse, an animated feature film of Spider-Man and launched The Legend of Korra (Nick original) on January 1, 2023.[14][15]

The channel launched one more Nickelodeon Original series SpongeBob SquarePants on April 3, 2023.[16]

Programming
Main article: List of programmes broadcast by ETV Bal Bharat

See also

References
  1. "Eenadu Television set to venture into kids genre". Exchange4media.com. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  2. "ETV Bal Bharat in 11 Indian languages". The Hindu. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. "ETV Network to launch multi-lingual children's channels ETV Bal Bharat". Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  4. "Exclusive: ETV gears up to launch its kids' channel 'Bal Bharat' in 12 Indian languages on 27 April". AnimationXpress. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  5. Bhadra, Soham (8 January 2022). "Six ETV Bal Bharat regional channels to close down in April". DreamDTH. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  6. Tin & Tan | TEASER | ETV Bal Bharat, retrieved 22 April 2021
  7. Abhimanyu - The Young Yodha | OFFICIAL TEASER | ETV Bal Bharat Original, retrieved 20 April 2021
  8. PAC MAN | TRAILER | ETV Bal Bharat, retrieved 19 April 2021
  9. The Sisters | TEASER | ETV Bal Bharat, retrieved 23 April 2021
  10. Kong King of the Apes | TEASER - ETV Bal Bharat, retrieved 21 April 2021
  11. Kitty is Not a Cat | TEASER | ETV Bal Bharat, retrieved 25 April 2021
  12. Dora the Explorer | Coming Soon | New Show | ETV Bal Bharat, retrieved 24 April 2022
  13. Avatar The Last Airbender | New Show | Trailer | ETV Bal Bharat, retrieved 28 April 2022
  14. Spiderman into the Spiderverse | New Movie | ETV Bal Bharat, retrieved 25 December 2022
  15. The Legend of Korra | New Show | Date Reveal | ETV Bal Bharat, retrieved 21 December 2022
  16. SpongeBob SquarePants | New Show | ETV Bal Bharat, retrieved 25 March 2023
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