Owned by De Agostini S.p.A. Country Italy Broadcast area Italy | Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV) Language Italian | |
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Launched 1 September 2010 (2010-09-01) | ||
Super! is an Italian television channel owned by De Agostini. The channel was launched on September 1, 2010 as DeA Super on Sky Italia. After 2 years, it changed name to Super! on March 18, 2012. The network official speaker is voice actor Renato Novara. The head office is located in Novara, the other is located in Milan.
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Programming
Super! shows a variety of programs targeted towards children and teenagers. There are a number of original series, as well as acquired programming from Nickelodeon in the United States, including Sam & Cat, Zoey 101, Fanboy & Chum Chum, and more. Some acquired series on Super! are non-Nickelodeon's series, like SciGirls, Cartoon Network's Series Yo-kai Watch.
Super! was the first Italian television channel airing a Korean drama, Dream High, from September 1 to October 16, 2013, the only Korean television series broadcast in Italy. However, the series was heavily edited, and dubbed into Italian, names were changed to English alternatives (for example, Hye-mi became Sam, Sam-dong Brian, and Jin-guk Dylan), episodes split in two parts, some scenes cut to reduce the duration of the episodes or to censor the content unsuitable for young audiences, mainly blood.