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Since its creation, Pingu has been broadcast on several different channels in many different countries.

Australia[]

In Australia, episodes of Pingu originally aired as a segment on the children's programme, The Book Place on the Seven Network from 1991 to 1996 and later aired on ABC Television as a stand-alone programme from 1997 to 2016.

Brazil[]

In Brazil, Pingu formely aired on the free-to-air television channels TV Cultura and TV Brasil. Pingu in the City currently airs on Gloobinho and is available on the streaming service Globoplay. DVD releases were handled by the now defunct LogOn Editora Multimídia.

Canada[]

In Canada, Pingu aired on TVOKids, CBC Kids, Knowledge Network and Treehouse TV. Pingu has been a mainstay of the children's telly programming blocks on TVOntario since the mid-1990s. It can still be seen on TV in that country since APTN airs "The Pingu Show" as part of its morning children's programming block "APTN Kids", and the show is available in English and French language versions. Some of the controversial episodes, such as "Pingu Quarrels With His Mother" and "Little Accidents", have aired uncut on APTN Kids.

In British Columbia, Pingu is aired during commercial breaks on Knowledge Network.

Italy[]

In Italy, Pingu was shown on Raisat Ragazzi and Rai 2 in 1997, but was later removed, it then aired on Rai Yoyo (Formerly Raisat Yoyo) and is one of the first programs to been showned in it's production date, November 1, 2006 (along Teletubbies, Pimpa and Pet Pals) with two episodes airing at 2:20-6:55 PM, it also aired on JimJam in July 2008. The Pingu Show also aired on Rai Yoyo, Pingu in the City was showned on Cartoonito in December 31, 2019-March 31, 2020 with 16 episodes.

Japan[]

In Japan, the series uses its English title, but is also translated as "ピングー". The show is extremely popular in Japan, as a result, tons of Pingu products and ventures were produced. According to Silvio Mazzola, Pingu was known by over 90% of the high school girls in that country between the ages of 13 and 17. [1]

From 1996, various Pingu related events and exhibitions organized by Sony Creative Products Inc. took place here, such as the "Fun! Fun! Pingu" series of events and 40th Anniversary Pingu Exhibition.

Pingu currently airs as part of NHK's children's program Nyanchu's World, and also on Cartoon Network Japan. A reboot of this series, Pingu in the City, was produced in this country.

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Malaysia[]

Pingu aired in Malaysia on TV3 as part of their morning television program, the show in that region, while not getting as popular as it is in Japan, managed to become rating comparable to the Nickelodeon series SpongeBob SquarePants, which is also popular in Malaysia.

In August 2006, when Astro Ceria launched, Pingu was one of their shows.

South Korea[]

In South Korea, the series is translated as "핑구". In the early 1990s, the series was released on home video by Woongjin Media. Unlike most territories, an exclusive Korean dub for the series was produced and it was only released on home video. It featured the voices of Lee Mi-jaChung Misook and Kwon Hyeok-soo. [2][3] There was also an English dub produced in this country made for educational purposes.[4]

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United Kingdom[]

In the United Kingdom, the BBC acquired broadcast and home video rights to the series and began airing in the UK in November 1990. Pingu aired on the CBBC during the 1990s and 2000s. In the late 1990s, when Nickelodeon UK was showing CBBC shows, this show was part of them. Several episodes were also shown as part of "Cartoon Critters". In 2003, BBC was replaced as the distributor of home video releases by HIT Entertainment. CBeebies occasionally showed Pingu right up till the end of 2015. On August 21st 2017, reruns of the fifth and sixth seasons began to air on 5STAR's Milkshake! slot until 2018.

Pingu in the City was first shown on ITVBe on Monday, 25th February 2019.

United States[]

Pingu was first shown in the United States at The Museum of Radio & Television (now known as Paley Center for Media). In 1996, the broadcast rights to the show were sold to Turner Broadcasting System and the show began being aired on Cartoon Network's Sunday morning program block Small World. The programme featured various animated shorts produced internationally and ran from 1996 until the show's discontinuation in 2001.

The series didn't air in the US from then, and from 2003 to 2004, HiT Entertainment released 3 DVD releases of the show. In 2005, reruns of the series returned to the country, but this time on PBS Kids Sprout, but were removed sometime later in 2010 for unknown reasons.

At an unknown date, the first 5 series of Pingu were released on Amazon Prime Instant Video in the United States.

Poland[]

In Poland, Pingu was aired on MiniMini (currently MiniMini+) and Polsat JimJam. It was also aired in late 1990s on TVP in Dobranocka (also known as Wieczorynka). Pingu at the Doctor's was the only controversial episode to not have been aired in Poland.

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