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 brand of TV channels made just for kids! It's a team effort between two big companies: Warner Bros. Discovery and Mediaset. They work together to create fun shows and cartoons for young viewers outside of the United States.
As of 2023, you can find Boing channels in Italy, Spain, and across Africa. In the past, Boing also had special blocks of shows on other TV channels in places like Chile and Turkey.
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Where You Can Watch Boing
Boing channels are available in different countries. Here's where you can find them:
Boing in Italy
Boing's main channel is in Italy. It's a free-to-air TV channel, which means you don't have to pay extra to watch it. It's owned by Boing S.p.A., which is a joint company of Mediaset Italia and Warner Bros. Discovery. You can watch it on regular digital TV and also through the Tivùsat satellite service.
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 of the Spanish channel is that you can often watch shows in English too, using a special audio setting!
Boing in France (Now Cartoonito)
Boing used to have a channel in France that started in 2010. It was a pay television channel. However, in April 2023, the French Boing channel changed into Cartoonito. Cartoonito is another channel with shows for kids.
Boing in Africa
Boing also has a channel for viewers in Africa. It launched on May 30, 2015. You can watch it on different TV services like Montage Cable TV in Nigeria and Mobile TV in South Africa. It also became available to AzamTV viewers in 2017. Just like in France, the French version of Boing in Africa also changed to Cartoonito in April 2023. However, a new Boing Africa channel launched on StarSat/StarTimes in November 2023.
Boing in Chile
Boing had a special block of shows on the Chilevisión channel in Chile. It started on January 7, 2018, and ran until March 29, 2020.
Boing in Turkey
In Turkey, Boing also had a block of shows that started in 2012 on TNT. Even when TNT changed to Teve2, the Boing block continued. It also aired on Cartoon Network Turkey starting in 2014.
The Animadz: Boing's Mascots
Since 2006, Boing has had a fun group of characters called the Animadz who are their official mascots!
Here are some of the Animadz:
- Bo is a blue character who looks a bit like a dog.
- Bobo is a green humanoid without hair.
- Otto is a cool robot.
- Maissa is a yellow character shaped like a maize (corn).
- Katrina is a white chicken.
- Dino is a green dinosaur.
Some other mascots, like Ridolfo (a brown hyena), Tony (a yellow hamster), Tip (a male seal), and Tap (a female seal), retired in 2016.
See also
- Cartoon Network
- Boomerang
- Cartoonito
- Pogo
- Tooncast
