Germans Love David Hasselhoff / Networks

• TMF originated from The Netherlands, but it was much more successful in Flanders. So much so that TMF Flanders was the only version of TMF that was still airing when it was finally cancelled in 2016. The Dutch TMF, which is the last one to get cancelled in 2011. There was also a version of TMF in the United Kingdom and Australia, but they aired later with the Australian version closing operations earlier and the UK version becoming the UK version of Viacom's German music channel Viva in 2009.
• Cartoon Network and Disney Channel are both very successful in Scandinavia, while Nickelodeon is almost dead-last in kids' television. It helps that the Scandinavian version of the Disney Channel is commercial-free like the original American service back in the 1980s and early 1990s. And even with Disney XD's launch, the new channel is performing better than Nick.
  • Both channels are quite popular in Portugal, though Nickelodeon does have a fanbase in there but it's only available on one provider unlike the other two.
• Discovery Kids was not very popular in their native United States, and would be replaced in 2010 by Hub Network (now known as Discovery Family). However, in Latin America, Discovery Kids was a complete success, becoming the number 1 preschool channel in the region and continues to be broadcast to this day. Its Indian version also exists to this day.
• In the United States, Disney XD was not met too well, especially since they replaced Toon Disney. However, Disney XD's launch was better received in Europe, where the new channel replaced Jetix instead. Though admittedly, Toon Disney in those countries were replaced with Disney Cinemagic, or where there was just Jetix, simply Disney Channel itself. (Jetix ran in many parts of Eastern Europe long before Disney Channel, leading to it not even being launched in places like Hungary or Russia until 2009.) Out of all the European countries where Disney XD launched, it ended up being huge in the Netherlands, which is why the Dutch version wasn't among the several European versions shut down in 2020 by Disney in favour of Disney+.
• The CBC is popular in areas of the U.S. along the Canadian border, especially because its coverage of the NHL and the Olympic Games are usually considered to be more comprehensive (and, well, more live) than the U.S. coverage – mentioning NBC around U.S. Olympics fans is quite a Berserk Button. Also, some American parents of young children like that the CBC's options for children's programming tend to be a bit more wholesome than what's available on American network TV. CBC channels are even picked up on cable systems of some American cities close to the border, such as Detroit, Seattle, and Buffalo. The popularity of the CBC in the U.S. state of Michigan has had an impact on the culture there, to the point that Michigan is jokingly referred to as "Canada's eleventh province."
• American stations near the U.S.-Canadian border have a significant Canadian audience in turn, as both countries share the same TV systems^†  (originally NTSC, now ATSC). It also helps that most of Canada's population is clustered near the border and can pick up U.S. broadcasts over the air. The cross-border audience is large enough that weather forecasts often report the temperature in Celsius in addition to Fahrenheit.^note  The National Weather Service always includes Celsius on their forecasts, though local media in the USA relaying their data might not. Some radio stations in Southern Ontario known to have large numbers of American listeners will still translate temperature forecasts into Fahrenheit.
• There used to be a Russian channel called TV6^note or "TB 6" because the logo was in Cyrillic. In the middle of the 90s, the channel was loved by Indians because of their overnight weekend pornography, but in Russian. Thanks to the erotic sessions, the locals started to call it an "adult channel". Even though it shut down in 2002, many Indians believe that this channel is still alive.
• Peruvian channels ^note (understand it as América, Panamericana, ATV, etc.) were popular in Colombia in the 90s on community cable systems, and those services were nicknamed by locals as "Perubólica" ^note a Spanish portmanteau, roughly "Peruvian [satellite] dish. Some community service providers who have FTA channels still have a couple of Peruvian channels, though they're now considered "filler material" and also the programming of the channels has overall decreased in quality.
• Denver then-The WB affiliate KWGN was popular in Peru, where it was part of the lineup of Cable Mágico ^note now Movistar TV in the late 90s before rights issues forced the channel to be removed.
• In a similar vein, in Ecuador, subscribers from TVCable could enjoy the availability of the 3 major channels in the US (ABC, NBC and CBS). So, being able to watch the direct feeds of these channels made them very popular during the 90's era (although, during a long time, TVCable renamed those channels as RED1, RED2 and RED3). However, due to copyrights, ABC and NBC channels were removed from the programming of that cable system. In CBS' case, it lasted longer because Televisa renamed it American Network, however, it was also removed to give way to TiiN, a kids channel made by Televisa, amid some protests from the public.
• Also, in Ecuador, MTV was very popular during the 90s. This is because Ecuavisa, a major TV channel from that country, held rights to that channel and put it into free-to-air TV (on channel 22 in Guayaquil and channel 42 in Quito). However, as Ecuavisa rights expired, MTV became cable-exclusive and Ecuavisa replaced it with Telemundo Internacional, until that channel became cable-exclusive too, and Ecuavisa decided to create a second channel called Ecuavisa Internacional, until rights to broadcast to channels 22 and 42 expired altogether.
• Anime fans in Latin America love ETC TV. After Cartoon Network stopped giving priority to anime and channels like Locomotion, Animax and ZAZ disappeared, ETC TV started to take the lead and began broadcasting anime series, Korean doramas and programs dedicated to geek culture. That's why news of that channel are very well received by the Latin American public, despite ETC TV is only available in Chile and the only way to watch it outside that country is through illegal IPTV and satellite systems.
• Cartoon Network is immensely popular in Poland. Most of this success is thanks to it being the first 100%-children's network getting launched in this country. Nickelodeon, on the other hand, is still down in the sewers in comparison.
  • CN sports a large fanbase in Japan as well. This isn't too surprising when one considers the number of CN originals that are cute, weird, or some combination of the two. Then there's shows like Teen Titans, Robotboy, and Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi which give of Japanese-appeal vibes of varying strengths.
  • Latin America and Brazil are major territories for the Cartoon Network brand where it has ruled as the number one kids cable network with an iron fist.
• Here's the story of a children's channel "Canal Panda":
  • Started off in Spain (as "Club Panda"), where it had some popularity.
  • Later started to broadcast in Portugal, where its popularity skyrocketed.
  • After about three years was discontinued in Spain, while still going strong in Portugal.
  • Years later, it would be put back on Spanish television, at a time when Portugal already had another "Panda" channel, which was Disney XD (mainly because the channel doesn't have a Portuguese version and that shows from them air on Disney Channel Portugal instead) influenced "Panda Biggs" (now "Biggs"). By this point, "Canal Panda" was the children's channel in Portugal, even after gaining rivals in Cartoon Network, Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.
• In ex-Yugoslav countries, Nickelodeon is more popular than CN, because it was launched on Serbian and Croatian languages before Cartoon Network did.
• The BBC is consistently rated as one of the most trusted news organizations in the U.S., outranking prestigious outlets like The New York Times and NPR. So much so that it created a special version of BBC World News that airs on both its own World News TV channel and on PBS stations.
• The Box was a popular US music video channel that served as a competitor to MTV during The '90s before it folded in 2001 and its channel space on over-the-air UHF television stations was occupied by MTV2, two years after MTV bought the channel, but it became more popular and successful in the UK to the point it has outlasted its US counterpart (28 years and counting for the UK version in comparison to the US version's 16 years of operation).
• After ViacomCBS' free streaming service Pluto TV expanded to Latin America, they expected a moderately successful launch as they are competing with pay TV and the service was a complement to services like Netflix, as well as being a 100% free and legal alternative to illegal IPTV services (something that's thriving in Latin America). However, Pluto TV has had tremendous success... in Venezuela, of all countries. Venezuela is having a strong economic and political problem and the success of the service is due to several factors:
  • First, the most popular pay TV service in Venezuela, which was DirecTV, announced that it would stop offering its services in the country because the government of that country ordered DirecTV to broadcast two channels on its service, whose owners were sanctioned by the United States government. As DirecTV refused, they decided to go off the air, causing the Venezuelan government to try to take control of the company's broadcasting stations, without success.
  • Second, the popularity of streaming devices in the country. After DirecTV closed its doors, Venezuelans had to find an alternative to the pay television service that DirecTV offered. That's when streaming devices came in, filling the gap DirecTV left. This is the reason why Roku devices have been popular in that country (even though Roku does not give official support in Venezuela), although the so-called TV Box has also started to take off, generally with the Android TV operating system and the brands that supported it, like Xiaomi. When Pluto TV announced that the service was now available for these streaming devices, Venezuelan users did not have much to do, except install the official application and voila (Roku users would have to create accounts with IPs from Argentina to access the full catalog of applications, where it includes Pluto TV).
  • Third, the lack of resources of pay TV operators in Venezuela. Due to the economic problems that the country has, companies such as Movistar and Intercable have had numerous difficulties in being able to add more subscribers, especially those that DirecTV left.
  • And fourth, SimpleTV. SimpleTV took over DirecTV's operations in the country after a company called Scale Capital bought DirecTV's Venezuelan assets. The start of operations of this service was controversial, because the government of Venezuela got involved ordering the new company to offer cheaper services. When the official content was finally announced, users began to complain on social networks about this decision, indicating that they were not going to go for more pay TV. And since several Venezuelans already had Roku or Android TV devices, the transition was much easier.

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