IRIB Pooya & Nahal
Iranian public TV channel
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IRIB Pooya & Nahal (Persian: شبکۀ کودک و نوجوان, romanized: Shæbækeh-ye Kûdæk-o Nowjævân) is an Iranian state-owned children's Television channel owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.
| Country | Iran |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Tehran |
| Programming | |
| Language | Persian |
| Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV)16:9 (1080p, HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | IRIB |
| History | |
| Launched | 18 July 2022 (IRIB Pooya) 23 September 2015 (IRIB Pooya & Nahal) |
| Links | |
| Website | www.pooyatv.ir www.nahaltv.ir |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Jamaran | CH43 UHF Digital |
| Streaming media | |
| IRIB Pooya & Nahal Live Streaming | |
History of the Channel
The channel was established on 18 July 2012, as IRIB Pooya, and reformed on 23 September 2015.
The channel consists of two subchannels, Pooya, launched on 23 September 2015, which is broadcast daily from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., targets a younger audience, mainly consisting of six years and below. Nahal (which means Sapling in Persian), launched on 23 September 2015, as IRIB Koodak, but renamed and rebranded on 18 April 2016, broadcast everyday from 7.30 p.m., primarily targets older children. On 20 September 2016, Omid (meaning hope), a sister television channel targeted towards adolescents, was launched.