CBBC (TV channel)
| CBBC | |
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| Launched | 11 February 2002 |
| Owned by | BBC |
| Picture format |
576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.46% (September 2015, BARB) |
| Slogan | Just imagine... |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Replaced | CBBC on Choice (CBBC programming strand on BBC Choice) |
| Sister channel(s) |
BBC One BBC Two BBC Four BBC News BBC Parliament CBeebies |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 120 Channel 123 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Sky (UK) | Channel 613 (SD/HD) Channel 633 (SD/HD) |
| Freesat | Channel 600 (SD/HD) Channel 607 (SD) |
| Sky (Ireland) | Channel 613 |
| Astra 2E | 10818 V 22000 5/6 10847 V 23000 2/3 (HD) |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 147 |
| Dish Network (USA) | Channel 9407 |
| Cable | |
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Virgin Media (UK) |
Channel 701 Channel 710 (HD) |
| Virgin Media Ireland | Channel 608 |
| Telenet (Belgium) | Channel 605 |
| Naxoo (Switzerland) | Channel 215 |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 147 |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 63 |
| WightFibre | Channel 17 |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel TBA |
| SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel TBA |
| Channel 605 | |
| IPTV | |
| KPN (Netherlands) | Channel 25 |
| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel TBA |
| UniFi (Malaysia) | Channel TBA |
| Telfort (Netherlands) | Channel 25 |
| XS4ALL (Netherlands) | Channel 25 |
| Streaming media | |
| BBC iPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
| FilmOn | Watch live |
| TVCatchup | Watch live (UK only) |
| Horizon Go |
Watch live (Ireland only) Watch live (Switzerland only) |
CBBC (Short for Children's BBC) is a British free-to-air children's television channel operated by the BBC. Launching in 11 February 2002 as a spin-off from the BBC's children's strand of the same name, CBBC broadcasts for fourteen hours per-day from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Freeview, cable, IPTV and digital satellite. CBBC is primarily aimed at viewers 6 to 12 years old; a sister channel known as CBeebies serves a younger audiences. CBBC was named Channel of the Year at the Children's BAFTA awards in November 2008 and 2015. The channel averages 300,000 viewers daily.
The channel originally shared bandwidth on the digital terrestrial television platform with BBC Knowledge, and later BBC Three, necessitating that CBBC sign off at 7:00 p.m. daily. Beginning on 11 April 2016, following the closure of the linear BBC Three television service, CBBC extended its broadcast day by two hours.
On 22 August 2008, the BBC announced that the channel would be available live on its website from 16 September. CBBC's reach further expanded with the addition of the channel on the Sky line-up in the Republic of Ireland on 12 May 2011. Since 27 March 2013, CBBC has been carried by the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), sharing a channel with BBC Two.
Along with CBBC, the CBBC channel is operated by the BBC Children's department within the BBC and is part of the BBC North group. BBC Children's was originally based in the East Tower of BBC Television Centre since the department's inception, but moved to MediaCityUK in Salford in September 2011, and the live presentation links used throughout the day are now recorded and broadcast from there. The channel is answerable to the CBBC Channel controller Damian Kavanagh, in post since 2009, and to the director of BBC Children's Joe Godwin, appointed in 2009 and in charge of the whole direction of the channel and its strand counterpart.
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