Smile (TV network)
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| Launched | December 24, 2005 |
| Owned by | Trinity Broadcasting Network |
| Picture format | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Garland, Texas |
| Formerly called | Smile of a Child (2005–2016) |
| Sister channel(s) | |
| Website | www |
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Availability
(channel space shared with JUCE TV on over-the-air TBN stations; available 24 hours a day on pay television providers and through online streaming on digital platforms) |
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| Terrestrial | |
| Available on full-power and some low-power stations in most markets | x.3 on most TBN owned-and-operated stations and affiliates; check local listings for stations (broadcasts daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET) |
| Satellite | |
| Glorystar (North America) | Channel 150 |
| Dish Network (North America) | Channel 264 |
| Cable | |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 61 |
| SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel TBA |
| Wave Broadband (U.S.A. (Western Washington State, Western Oregon, San Francisco Bay Area And Northwestern California)) | Channel 2 |
| IPTV | |
| AT&T U-verse | Channel 340 |
Smile (shortened from its original name of Smile of a Child) is an American Christian-based digital broadcast, digital cable and satellite television network owned and operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. The network is aimed at children between the ages of 2 and 12 years, and offers a mix of children's religious and family-oriented programming. The network was founded as the television arm of TBN's Smile of a Child ministry, created by TBN co-founder Jan Crouch.
Although since June 1, 2015, it shares channel space with sister network JUCE TV over-the-air, Smile continues to operate as a separate channel from JUCE on pay television providers as well as on select digital streaming services that offer TBN's six U.S. networks.
The network is available in the U.S. on DirecTV and Dish Network and throughout North and Central America as a free-to-air channel on Galaxy 14 C-band, Galaxy 19 Ku band and available with Glorystar Christian Satellite. Internationally, Smile is on the Hot Bird satellite service in Europe, ABS1 satellite to Asia, India and the Middle East, and Agila 2 both C-band and Ku band signal in some areas of Asia and the Philippines. The network is also livestreamed on both its own and TBN's website.
In addition, a parent network TBN runs a "Smile" block on Saturday mornings. On October 26, 2015, Kids & Teens TV began to air a block of Smile programming.
Founded by TBN co-founder Jan Crouch, the network was developed and named after Smile of a Child, a children's outreach ministry founded by Jan and Paul Crouch in the 1990s to provide services and donations to needy children worldwide. The network launched on December 24, 2005 at 3 a.m. Eastern Time, with the holiday-themed special Martin the Cobbler as its inaugural program.
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