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| Country | Israel |
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| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Hebrew |
| Picture format | 576iSDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Zebra TV Channels Ltd. |
| Sister channels | Hop! Israeli Childhood Luli TV (HOT) WIZ! (Yes) Hop! Romania (Romania, formerly) |
| History | |
| Launched | February 2000; 25 years ago (2000-02) |
| Links | |
| Website | hop |
Hop! Channel (Hebrew:ערוץ הופ!,Arutz Hop!) is an Israeli children'stelevision channel intended entirely for preschool children. The channel caters for children between the ages of zero and seven years old, presenting programs specifically tailored for these age-groups respectively. It was launched in February 2000 in Israel; it broadcasts daily between 5:00 am (in the past: 06:00 am) and 11:00 pm (in the past: 8:00 pm), as a part of the base packages of cable companyHOT and satellite companyyes.
Hop! Channel was launched in February 2000 in Israel by Alona Ebet and Tamir Paul. The channel caters for children between the ages of zero and seven years old, presenting programs specifically tailored for this age-group. It is one of the first channels in the world that belong to preschool children, in contrast to many other Israeli kids channels likeArutz HaYeladim that caters for children between the ages of seven and fourteen years old, and has programs that do not fit preschool children.[1] The slogan and the main song of the channel is "Hop! To grow up in good hands" (Hebrew:הופ! לגדול בידיים טובות); the main song sung byAriel Zilber and later by the channel's presenters. Ever since the channel's launch in February 2000, it broadcasts from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm, which is 15 hours daily. Since they changed the time slot by then, the channel broadcasts from 5:00 am to 11:00 pm Tel-Aviv Israeli time, which is now 18 hours daily.
The channel's logo is a red, yellow, green and blue kite. Idents between programs show other characters as well: a bird, a mouse, a puppy, a cat and previously, a fly, a spider, a clock, and a penguin. Another character that has been identified with the channel in the past is a purple spacecraft called "Tralalit".
In 2002, the channel got the rights from production companySesame Workshop to produce and broadcast an Israeli adaptation based on theSesame Street series. Entitled "Rechov Sumsum" (רחוב סומסום), Hop! Channel started to produce the series in 2006, up until 2016. Four seasons ofRechov Sumsum, along with a spin-off series titledHop! I Know (הופ! אני יודע), were produced.
In 2006,Romania, in partnership with Israel, launchedBoom Hop! onBoom TV, a local version of the channel in Romanian. The channel was closed in 2012.
Programming includes shows such asStrawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City[2] andS.M.A.S.H!.[3]
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| November 11, 2006–January 1, 2012 |  Romania |
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