BabyFirst
| BabyFirst | |
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| Launched | May 11, 2006 |
| Owned by |
Regency Enterprises Kardan N.V. Bellco Capital, LLC |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) 16:9 Letterbox |
| Slogan | Watch Your Baby Blossom |
| Language |
English Spanish French Turkish German Portuguese Polish Thai |
| Broadcast area | United States Mexico Europe Asia |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
| Website | BabyFirstTV.com |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV (United States) | Channel 293 (SD) |
| Dish Network (United States) | Channel 823 |
| Sky (Latin America) | Channel 327 |
| Digiturk (Turkey) | Channel 64 |
| Dish Home (Nepal) | Channel 802 |
| Cable | |
| XFINITY/Comcast | Channel 314 |
| Time Warner Cable | Channel 256 |
| Rogers (Canada) | Channel 233 |
| UPC Polska (Poland) | Channel 667 |
| ZON TVCabo (Portugal) | Channel 46 |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 128 |
| SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel 121 |
| Parasat Cable TV (Cagayan de Oro) | Channel 103 |
| IPTV | |
| Orange (Spain) | Mobile |
| Vodafone (Spain) | Mobile |
| Turkcell (Turkey) | Mobile |
| HyppTV (Malaysia) | Channel 551 |
| StarHub TV(Singapore) | Channel 301 |
| CHT MOD (Taiwan) | Channel 122 |
| (Macau) | Channel 32 |
BabyFirst is a media company that produces and distributes content for babies through television, the internet and mobile apps. The content is intended to develop a baby's skills, such as color recognition, counting and vocabulary. There are about 90 BabyFirst TV shows and 41 apps for mobile devices. As of 2014, the network is distributed to 81 million homes, and is based in Los Angeles, California.
BabyFirst was founded in 2004 by Guy Oranim and Sharon Rechter. Its first broadcast was through DirecTV in 2006. It was founded by Regency Enterprises, Kardan, and Bellco Capital. Distribution expanded through agreements with the Echostar Dish Network, Comcast, AT&T U-verse and others. It also developed a premium BabyFirst YouTube channel, and mobile apps. One app developed with AT&T U-verse allows babies to interact with the television programming by drawing on a mobile device.
BabyFirst was founded in 2004 by Guy Oranim and Sharon Rechter. The network was launched on May 11, 2006 on DirecTV and was later made available through EchoStar's Dish Network that June. It was made available through EchoStar's Dish Network that June. The BabyFirst network is based in Los Angeles and was initially funded by Regency Enterprises (a Hollywood movie studio), Kardan (a holding company) and Bellco Capital (a private fund). BabyFirst was controversial when it was introduced, because it was the first 24-hour channel for children six months to three years in age. However, the channel was popular among parents and grew quickly.
In 2007, BabyFirst obtained agreements to distribute the channel in the United Kingdom through the BSkyB satellite network as well as in Mexico through Sky Mexico and Cablevision. A French version was introduced with CanalSat in 2007. By the end of 2007, it had arranged broadcasting agreements throughout Europe, the Middle-East and Canada among others.
BabyFirst also started broadcasting in ten territories in the Asia Pacific, such as China and Korea. In October 2008, SingTel started distributing the channel to the Singapore audience. It was also being broadcast in Africa and Latin America. In May 2008, it signed a distribution agreement with Time Warner Cable. In 2009, HBO Asia became the exclusive distributor for the channel in Asia. A bilingual Latin/English channel, BabyFirst Americas, was launched with Comcast in 2012. A premium BabyFirst YouTube channel was introduced in June 2013.
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