CBeebies
British children's television network broadcast internationally / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 years and under. Its sister channel, CBBC, is aimed at older children ages 6–12. It broadcasts every day from 6:00am to 7:00pm, timesharing with BBC Four.
British children's television network broadcast internationally
Television channel
Logo used since 2023 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom and other services worldwide |
| Network | BBC One (until 2012) BBC Two (until 2013 and then later revived in 2022) BBC Alba (in Scottish Gaelic only) |
| Headquarters | MediaCityUK, Salford, England |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i/1080p[lower-alpha 1] HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC BBC Studios (international network) |
| Sister channels | UK: BBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four BBC News BBC Parliament CBBC BBC Scotland BBC Alba (International BBC channels): BBC UKTV BBC Brit BBC HD BBC Lifestyle BBC Earth BBC Entertainment BBC Kids BBC First |
| History | |
| Launched | 11 February 2002; 21 years ago (2002-02-11) |
| Replaced | CBBC Choice (demerged with CBBC – originally children's strand on BBC Choice) |
| Closed | 13 April 2017 (Latin America) 31 December 2018 (Canada) 31 October 2020 (USA) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies http://cbeebies.com |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview (UK) | Channel 202 (SD) Channel 205 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| BBC iPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |