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Piwi+ (formerly Piwi) is a French cable television channel for children aged 3 to 6, owned by the Groupe Canal+.[1][2]
Country | France |
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Broadcast area | Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Francophone Africa and Switzerland |
Network | Télétoon (2002-2004) Canal+ |
Programming | |
Language(s) | French |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Canal+ Thématiques (Groupe Canal+) |
Sister channels | Canal+ Kids Télétoon+ |
History | |
Launched | Block 20 October 2002 Channel 3 December 2003 |
Former names | Piwi (2002-2011) |
Links | |
Website | Piwi+ |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Easy TV (Congo) | Channel 220 |
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.
Happy Planet is a French-Canadian media franchise for preschoolers which debuted in Canada on July 10, 2001, and then in France on October 9, 2002.
The first movie, Happy Planet, premiered in Canada on Télé-Québec and TFO on October 28, 2001, and then in France on France 5 as part of Les Zouzous block and Télétoon on March 10, 2002.
The second movie, Happy Planet: Le Tour du Monde, premiered in Canada on October 20, 2002, and then in France on March 9, 2003.
The show, originally airing as Les Vacances de Piwi for its first two seasons, premiered in Canada on Télé-Québec and TFO on July 9, 2002, and then in France on France 5 as part of Les Zouzous block and Télétoon as part of the Piwi block on October 20, 2002.
The show was renewed for a second season, which premiered in Canada on January 7, 2003, and then in France on April 8, 2003.
A third season was renewed one year after, leading to the series being renamed as Les Aventures de Piwi for its last two seasons, premiered in Canada on Télé-Québec and TFO on July 8, 2003, and then in France on France 5 as part of Les Zouzous programming block and Télétoon as part of the Piwi block on October 19, 2003.
The show was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered in Canada on January 6, 2004, and then in France on April 7, 2004.
The Happy Planet series were produced by Montreal-based animation company EnSky Studios, notable for the Smart Planet series and was the company's first production to use a new Alias Wavefront Maya animation software. Rendering was done with Mental Ray, while compositing work was completed in Adobe Premiere and Media Composer. Most backgrounds were modeled in 3D, with geometry sculpted with Discreet 3ds Max and texturing done with Adobe Photoshop; one method of replicating the source material's visual style was through black edging 3D objects with Toon Shader. There were also 2D animated backgrounds and visual effects created with Adobe After Effects and Avid DS. The characters are animated in high quality 3D, while objects in the backgrounds are black edged to give them a 2D cartoon feel.
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