Boing (TV channel) facts for kids
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Headquarters in Cologno Monzese (Milan)
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| Joint venture | |
| Traded as | Boing |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 20 November 2004 |
| Headquarters | Cologno Monzese, Milan, |
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Area served
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Italy Spain Africa France (now Cartoonito) |
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Key people
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Jaime Ondarza (CEO) Silvio Carini (President) |
| Products | Television networks Programming blocks Websites |
| Owner | MFE - MediaForEurope, 51% Warner Bros. Discovery International, 49% |
| Parent | RTI/Mediaset, 51% Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, 49% |
Boing is a popular TV brand that creates channels for kids and teenagers outside of the United States. It's a team effort between Warner Bros. Discovery and Mediaset.
As of August 2025, you can find Boing channels in Italy, Spain, and across Africa. In the past, Boing also had special TV show blocks on channels in Chile and Turkey.
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Boing Channels Around the World
Boing in Italy
Boing's main channel is in Italy. It's a free-to-air channel, meaning you don't have to pay extra to watch it. It's available on regular digital TV and through the Tivùsat satellite service. This channel is owned by Boing S.p.A., which is a joint company of MFE - MediaForEurope (part of Mediaset) and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Boing in Spain
The Spanish Boing channel started in 2010. It's also a free-to-air channel, created by Mediaset España and Warner Bros. Discovery. A cool feature is that you can often watch shows in English using a different audio setting.
Boing in France
Boing used to have a channel in France that started in 2010. It was a pay-TV channel for kids and teens. However, on April 3, 2023, the French Boing channel changed and became Cartoonito.
Boing in Africa
The Boing channel for Africa is run by Warner Bros. Discovery. It launched on May 30, 2015. You can watch it on Montage Cable TV in Nigeria and Sentech's Mobile TV in South Africa. It also became available to AzamTV viewers in 2017. The French version of Boing was also shown in parts of Africa, but it also changed to Cartoonito on April 3, 2023. On November 3, 2023, StarSat and StarTimes also started offering Boing Africa.
Boing TV Show Blocks
Boing also had special timeslots on other TV channels, called "programming blocks."
Boing in Chile
Boing started as a programming block on Chilevisión in Chile on January 7, 2018. This block of shows ended on March 29, 2020.
Boing in Turkey
In Turkey, Boing began as a programming block on TNT in 2012. Even when TNT changed to Teve2, the Boing block continued. It also started airing on Cartoon Network Turkey in 2014.
Meet the Animadz
Since 2006, Boing has had a fun group of official mascots called the Animadz. These characters help represent the channel.
- Bo is a blue character who looks like a dog.
- Bobo is a green humanoid without hair.
- Otto is a friendly robot.
- Maissa is a yellow character shaped like a corn cob.
- Katrina is a white chicken.
- Dino is a green dinosaur.
Some older mascots retired in 2016. These included Ridolfo, a brown hyena; Tony, a yellow hamster; and two seals named Tip (male) and Tap (female).
See also
In Spanish: Boing (canal de televisión) para niños
- Cartoon Network
- Boomerang
- Cartoonito
- Pogo
- Tooncast
