Pop (stylized in all caps) is a British free-to-air children’s television channel owned by CSC Media Group, targeting audiences aged 6 to 10. Launched on 29 May 2003 as Toons&Tunes by Sony Pictures Television it later took on its current name and was sold to Narrative Entertainment UK in 2008, who in turn sold it and its local channels to CSC (Chart Show Channels) Media Group in 2012.

Pop was originally launched on 29 May 2003 by Sony Pictures Television (CSC) Media Group as Toons&Tunes Toons&Tunes was then later rebranded as its current name, Pop (formerly stylized as pop and POP!) in the following month.

In the channel’s early years, links were presented by Rorry, a lime green dragon with a Scottish accent, who was animated live. He was accompanied by Purrdy, a dragon/cat hybrid who also appeared in the original Tricky programme on ITV1,These characters were discontinued in September 2008

Originally, the network focused on music videos with animated programming also part of the schedule, but with the numerous music video network options on British television at the time, this focus was quickly abandoned in 2004, when the animated content became much more prominent. Music videos continued to be carried on and off until 2008, before eventually being abandoned entirely.

On 1 September 2008, Pop rebranded its on-air identity, with the premiere of Bakugan: Armored Alliance.

Sometime in 2009, Pop began to branch into original content for the first time, as they approached Joe Tasker for a new show called Swipe It! With Joe Tasker, A talking potato character from this show became the channel’s new mascot,

In 2011, the channel’s current shows were:

44 Cats
Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks
Angry Birds MakerSpace
Annedroids
Bakugan
Droners
The InBESTigators
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
Kung Fu Sock
Monster High
Polly Pocket
Pokémon Advanced
Pokémon Advanced Challenge
Pokémon Advanced Battle
Pokémon Battle Frontier
Power Rangers
Power Rangers Dino Fury
Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty
Sadie Sparks
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Skylanders Academy
Squish
Swipe It! With Joe Tasker
World of Quest


In March 2012, the channel was sold to Chart Show TV, That’s TV (local) That’s 80s, and Scuzz owner CSC Media Group along with Pop Max and Tiny Pop, and a bunch of sweeping changes were made, Firstly Swipe It was axed, and a bunch of programming and presentational changes would be made in the coming months,

Over the summer period of 2012, the new mascots the MoonGoons were introduced, These are cute animal-appearing aliens,The two main ones are a blue octopus named Boofus and a Orange rabbit with antennas named Diggle, Also, GoGoRiki, The Smurfs and Oggy and the Cockroaches were added during August,

To top it all off, the channel rebranded with a new look on the 1st of September, exactly 4 years after the previous look was introduced, Also, The MoonGoons were gaven a bubble shooter game on PopPower.com called MoonGoons Rescue Mission, You have to save them from the bubbles they are trapped in,

Some other new shows were added over the next few months, and older ones were phased out, only being available on Pop Max (which was renamed Kix on the 12th of January)

Current programming:

GoGoRiki
The Smurfs
Oggy and the Cockroaches
YooHoo and Friends
Monster High
Polly Pocket
Pokémon Advanced
Pokémon Advanced Challenge
Pokémon Advanced Battle
Pokémon Battle Frontier
Power Rangers
Power Rangers Dino Fury
World of Quest
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Write a forum convo saying the change in 2012 happened gradually, and that was very nice of them