DStv and StarTimes losing KidsCo channel on 31 December 2013

KidsCo (DStv channel 308) on MultiChoice’s DStv and StarTimes is getting the axe on 31 December 2013 with the kids channel set to disappear from DStv and StarTimes within days – even earlier than the “”early 2014” which the abrupt channel termination was announced in November by NBCUniversal and Corus Entertainment.

MultiChoice and StarTimes will both be looking for a replacement kids channel for the dumped KidsCo, but the replacement might be different on DStv and StarTimes and not necessarily the same channel.

KidsCo won’t see the new year – it’s shockingly killed off for South African viewers one minute before midnight on 31 December.

MultiChoice will start running a notice of termination from 2pm on 27 December, telling DStv subscribers that KidsCo is getting cancelled, with the notice which will remain until 14 January when DStv channel 308 won’t exist anymore.

KidsCo from NBCUniversal and Corus Entertainment which started in 2007 relaunched with big fanfare at the beginning of the year, and announced specially commissioned new programming for a Syfy Kids block.

All of that is now gone and over, with an abrupt and ignominious end for KidsCo.