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| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | France French-speaking Europe CIS French-speaking Africa Lebanon Overseas France Haiti Ukraine Kazakhstan |
| Headquarters | Neuilly-sur-Seine |
| Programming | |
| Languages | French Russian Kazakh[1] (continuity and bumpers in Russian) |
| Picture format | 1080i (16:9HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Groupe M6 |
| Sister channels | Canal J Gulli M6 W9 6ter Paris Première Téva M6 Music Série Club |
| History | |
| Launched | 15 December 2000; 24 years ago (2000-12-15) |
| Closed | 13 December 2023; 23 months ago (2023-12-13) (Belarus) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
TiJi is a French-Kazakh-Russianpreschool television channel for children aged three to six. It is owned byGroupe M6, the media broadcaster based inNeuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Launched in 2000, TiJi was the first channel in France to specialize in programming for preschool-aged children. At launch, it broadcast between 5:30am and 9:00pm. As of June 2002, the channel was available to two million subscribers, surpassing the initial five-year goal of reaching 1.5 million subscribers.[2]
A strong increase in the audience of the channel was noted between December 2002 to June 2003, when its share of the preschool audience increased by 60%, reaching 0.8% total share. From 2002 to 2003, in houses and apartments with cable or satellite television, 43% of children aged 4-10 began viewing Tiji.[3]
In 2008, it extended its broadcast till midnight to make viewing easier for international viewers. The channel played a signoff bumper for French viewers at 9pm, followed by a notice for parents that the channel ended at midnight for international viewers. Programming would resume as normal until overall signing off at midnight.
A Russian feed was launched in 2009, airing all programming dubbed into Russian. On 31 January 2022 a Kazakh audio track was added for the Russian feed, airing most of the channel's programs with voice-overs for the audience in Kazakhstan.[4]
In 2016, the channel started to join ISP offers ending its exclusivity withCanalsat, and was accompanied by the launch of the service MyJ in October onBouygues Telecom andOrange which was a customisable channel offering Tiji and Canal J content based on the profile's age and tastes,[5][6] it was subsequently abandoned in favour of Gulli Max, which is included in the same youth offers.
On 1 February 2019,M6 Group had entered negotiations with Lagardère Active to acquire their television division, including TiJi,Gulli andCanal J.[7]
On 21 October 2019 the logo's cloud remained the same but small changes were added, with also a new look and a new sound jingle somewhat inspired by the current Canal J.[8]
As of March 2009, TiJi was in the top five of thematic channels in France, with the audience share of 0.6%. It was also the second most popular channel among children afterCanal J, with the audience share of 4% among children aged four to ten.[9]
The channel is variously distributed in French (French-speaking Europe and Africa, overseas French territories, Lebanon and the Balkans), Russian and Kazakh.
The French channel was also distributed in Portugal onNOS from 26 November 2005 to 5 November 2020.
| Launch date | Country |
|---|---|
| 15 December 2000 |  France |
| 12 September 2009 |  Russia |
| 23 May 2022 |  Kazakhstan |
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