Studio100 Media’s Junior TV Finds Home in Switzerland

MUNICH: Studio100 Media has secured carriage for its pay-TV kids’ channel Junior TV on all digital platforms of upc cablecom in Switzerland.

The deal’s terms include granting the cable network operator the rights to distribute the Junior channel on the company’s cable systems and via broadband. Studio100 Media will provide upc cablecom with family and children’s programming, with titles such as Maya the Bee, Heidi and Tabaluga, as well successful hit preschool series such as Zigby, Bumba, Plop, Bibi Blocksberg and the teen telenovela Amika.

Pascal Amrein, the director of content at upc cablecom, commented: “It is great to welcome the Junior channel in Switzerland and we are proud to add such a high-quality channel with great programming to our digital lineup.”

Patrick Elmendorff, the managing director of Studio100 Media, added: “We are delighted to have finalized this deal with upc cablecom. At Studio100 Media we hold a business ideal which is to provide and promote quality products that children and young adults can cherish. In light of this we are pleased to provide upc cablecom access to the Junior channel which has enjoyed the trust of parents thanks to its qualitative children’s programs free of violence.”