FR Gulli

Gulli (pronounced [ɡyli]; stylised as gulli) is a French free-to-air television channel focused on kids’ programming for those aged 3 to 14. It was created as a result of a partnership between Lagardère Active and state-owned broadcaster France Télévisions. In 2019, the M6 Group bought Gulli as well as the television division of the Lagardère Active Group. The channel was launched on 18 November 2005 on the digital terrestrial television platform in France.[1] Ten years later, on 1 July 2015, Gulli launched its own HD simulcast feed on the Astra 1 satellite.[2] On 5 April 2016, its HD feed is launched on DTT. Gulli was created as a result of a partnership between a kids-television pioneer companies Lagardère Active and the state-owned France Télévisions.[3] The former is known due to is children’s network, Canal J, while the latter has a long history investing on kids programming through its youth-oriented division on France 3. On 23 December 2013, a deal was reached between Lagardère and France Télévisions to purchase the latter’s shares in Gulli. The deal was finalised on 29 October 2014 with the transfer of 34% of France Télévisions’s shares to Lagardère for €25 million.[4] The network has been launched in Russia, Africa, the MENA region, and Brazil, broadcasting in Russian, French, Arabic and Brazilian Portuguese. The brand itself was sold alongside the rest of the Lagadère channels to Groupe M6 in 2019.[5] The Russian feed utilizes the name “Gulli Girl” and broadcasts series aimed at a young female audience. The channel has been launched in Brazil on August 9, 2020, on the newly established satellite TV provider BluTV, being the first expansion of the channel to the Americas.