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'''''DKTV''''' (not to be confused with the CGI animated series ''Donkey Kong Country'') was a programming block that aired in France from 1996 to 2001, on channel "France 2".


Not to be confused with the ''Donkey Kong Country'' animated television show, '''DKTV''' was a programming block that aired in France from 1996 to 2001. The block was first introduced as ''La Planète de Donkey Kong'' (''The World of Donkey Kong'') and centered around various children's cartoons such as ''Beetlejuice'', ''The Addams Family'', and ''Reboot'' with short segments. These included fake commercials, movie parodies, and music videos. However, due to the nature of programming blocks, these segments can now only be found on home video recordings.
The block was first introduced as '''''La Planète de Donkey Kong''''' ("Donkey Kong's Planet") and centered around various cartoons and children's shows such as ''Beetlejuice'', ''The Addams Family'', ''Cat's Eye'', ''City Hunter'' and ''Reboot'' with short segments ranging from fake commercials to music videos.


MediaLab Technology, the team behind DKTV, was also responsible for the television series. Because of this, both DKTV and DKC shared many assets such as models and animation. However, many unique characters were simply reskinned models and the voice actors used between the two series differed. The segments themselves mostly involved the ''Donkey Kong Country'' characters interacting in real world environments and with actors in a style similar to ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''. The most prevalent being Donkey Kong hosting the segments alongside Mélanie Angelie, a French sitcom star.  
Many of these segments had CGI characters interacting with the real world and live-action actors. This was achieved by using motion-capture technology to easily insert the models into the scene as opposed to animating them from scratch every time.


A few segments of DKTV have been uploaded to Youtube, but the available footage is still limited.  
MediaLab Technology, the team behind DKTV, was also responsible for the ''Donkey Kong Country'' television series. Because of this, both DKTV and DKC shared many assets, namely the models and animation. Despite this (or possibly due to this), nearly every skit only featured Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Candy Kong, Funky Kong, and various recolors or reskins of them; only rarely would other characters from the show appear in some form.
 
==Availability==
Due to the nature of programming interstitials, DKTV has fallen into obscurity, with only roughly 40 minutes of footage available of the block.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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|{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rcNu8rrLXg|240x180|center|MediaLab demonstrating its real-time motion capturing.}}
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|{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGu31IenF-4|240x180|center|A 40-minute collection of DKTV footage.}}
  |description1 =Demonstration of the block's technology.
|{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXEmslKVLaQ|240x180|center|"Fréquence Kong" DKTV segment.}}
  |service2    =youtube
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  |id2          =tGu31IenF-4
  |description2 =A 40-minute collection of DKTV footage.
  |service3    =youtube
  |id3          =KQiHw8VzMIA
  |description3 =Another full episode of the show.
}}
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  |description1 =A promo.
  |service2    =youtube
  |id2          =pXEmslKVLaQ
  |description2 =Announcement of shows with a skit.
  |service3    =youtube
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  |description3 =The preceding clip, with English subtitles provided by Reynard.
}}
 
==Reference==
*[http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/fiche-2151-la-planete-de-donkey-kong.html Data file on Planète Jeunesse]


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Latest revision as of 22:30, 5 March 2021

Dktv.png

Title card.

Status: Partially Found

DKTV (not to be confused with the CGI animated series Donkey Kong Country) was a programming block that aired in France from 1996 to 2001, on channel "France 2".

The block was first introduced as La Planète de Donkey Kong ("Donkey Kong's Planet") and centered around various cartoons and children's shows such as Beetlejuice, The Addams Family, Cat's Eye, City Hunter and Reboot with short segments ranging from fake commercials to music videos.

Many of these segments had CGI characters interacting with the real world and live-action actors. This was achieved by using motion-capture technology to easily insert the models into the scene as opposed to animating them from scratch every time.

MediaLab Technology, the team behind DKTV, was also responsible for the Donkey Kong Country television series. Because of this, both DKTV and DKC shared many assets, namely the models and animation. Despite this (or possibly due to this), nearly every skit only featured Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Candy Kong, Funky Kong, and various recolors or reskins of them; only rarely would other characters from the show appear in some form.

Availability

Due to the nature of programming interstitials, DKTV has fallen into obscurity, with only roughly 40 minutes of footage available of the block.

Gallery

Demonstration of the block's technology.

A 40-minute collection of DKTV footage.

Another full episode of the show.

A promo.

Announcement of shows with a skit.

The preceding clip, with English subtitles provided by Reynard.

Reference