Piwi+

Background
Piwi+ (formerly Piwi) is a French pay television channel for children aged 3 to 6, owned by the Canal+ Group. Piwi was first launched on October 20, 2002 as a preschool block on Télétoon for Les Minitoons, and then on December 3, 2003 as the preschool channel from Télévision Par Satellite. In 2007, TPS merged with its competitor Canalsat. In 2016-2017, Piwi+ became a Canal+ exclusive all around the world. It is also distributed on VOO in Belgium and Teleclub Les + in Switzerland.

Logo (October 20, 2002-May 16, 2011)


Visuals: Over a black or white background is the green 3D shaded text "piwi" in a custom font and a CGI animated and  sunshine, known as Soleil (the mascot of Piwi, dotting the second "i"). Then Soleil looks at the viewers, smiles and winks. Underneath is the byline, whose animation varies depending on which byline.

Bylines:
 * 2002-2006: "Une société TPS" (A TPS Company)
 * 2007-2011: "Une société Canal+" (A Canal+ Company)
 * On some TV shows, the logo is bylineless.

Variants:
 * Sometimes, the website address (www.piwi.tv) is seen below the logo.
 * Sometimes, the copyright information is seen below the logo.
 * On TV shows, the logo is still. On later episodes of Willa's Wild Life, it appears above the 1990 TF1 logo.

Technique: CGI animation created with Alias Wavefront Maya, and later converted to both Cinema 4D and Blender in 2005.

Audio: The opening/closing theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on the re-releases of Happy Planet TV movie, the Super Happy Planet TV movie, Le Nouvelle Monde de Piwi and Les Nouvelles Aventures de Piwi on DVD. Also seen on the later episodes of Willa's Wild Life, Bouge avec Mimik and Au pays des signes.

Logo (May 17, 2011- )
Visuals: There is a sunshine with a cute little smiling face. There are two green circles, and on the center of the circles, there is a green rectangle with the white text "piwi+" in the same custom font from before. The logo is an in-credit logo.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on Molang and The Adventures of Paddington.