New Kids Channel Launches in Germany

MUNICH, November 6: Producer
and distributor Your Family
Entertainment has launched a new kids’ network in Germany named yourfamily,
offering up content for kids of all ages.

The channel is currently available on IPTV platforms Hansenet
and Arcor and Eutelsat’s Kabelkiosk service. Negotiations are underway with
other platforms in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The channel’s head of
programs is Wolfgang Heidrich. It will feature educational content for
preschoolers, animated fare as well as family entertainment.

Announcing the launch of yourfamily, Dr. Stefan Piëch, the
CEO of YFE, noted, “Besides our many years of experience in creating programs,
we have the key basis for the success of a pay-TV broadcaster, namely, one of
the largest libraries in Europe of TV content for children, teenagers and
families, such as Fix & Foxi, Urmel and Dragon Hunters.”

YFE, formerly RTV Family Entertainment, owns some 3,500
half-hour episodes of content.

—By Mansha Daswani