Spacetoon India

Spacetoon India is an Indian media and licensing company. It was established in 2006.[1] Spacetoon has more than 70 licensing deals, including for Crayon Shin-chan, Doraemon and Hello Kitty.[1][2][3][4] The company also creates original intellectual property, including Fafa & Juno.[5][6]

In November 2005, Spacetoon partnered with Sahara One to create Spacetoon Hour, an hour-long broadcast of animated and live action series culled from SpaceToon Media Group's library.[7][8][9] The broadcast was later cancelled.

In 2009, Spacetoon launched a free-to-air channel in India.[10] Broadcasting was later discontinued. Spacetoon has sister channels in the Arab world.

  1. ^ a b Announcement (6 October 2009). "Spacetoon India ties up with the iconic brand - 'Hello Kitty'". Business Standard India – via Business Standard.
  2. ^ "'India is one of the most important markets for Spacetoon' - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". 17 October 2009.
  3. ^ indiainfoline.com. "Spacetoon India ties up with Sanrio".
  4. ^ "Hello Kitty says an official Hello to India". www.afaqs.com.
  5. ^ Hungama, Bollywood (14 April 2009). "Spacetoon India announces animation IP Fafa & Juno - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama.
  6. ^ "India's first global cartoon characters 'Fafa and Juno' launched". 14 April 2009.
  7. ^ "Sahara One searches for success recipe - TelevisionPost.com". www.televisionpost.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Sahara One ties up with Spacetoon for kids band - AnimationXpressAnimationXpress". www.animationxpress.com.
  9. ^ "Spacetoon International - India Area of Operation". 12 February 2008. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Spacetoon Kids TV launched in India - Businessofcinema.com". businessofcinema.com. 15 January 2009.