CBBC
CBBC 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 to 15. Its sister channel, CBeebies, is aimed at children aged 6 and under.[1] It broadcasts every day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., timesharing with BBC Three.
This article is about the British TV channel. For other uses, see CBBC (disambiguation).Country
United Kingdom
United Kingdom and other services worldwide
MediaCityUK, Salford, England
English
9 September 1985 (block, as Children's BBC)
11 February 2002 (stand-alone channel)
CBBC (UK only)
Channel 201 (SD)
Channel 204 (HD)
Watch live (UK only)
Watch live (Ireland only)
Watch live (Switzerland only)
Management[edit]
Along with CBeebies, CBBC is operated by the BBC Children's and Education department. 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.
Other services[edit]
CBBC Extra[edit]
CBBC Extra was a free interactive television service from CBBC provided by the BBC Red Button. It was accessible from CBBC by pressing red and then selecting CBBC Extra from the main menu. It can also be accessed from any other BBC channel by pressing red and going to page number 570. The service differs across digital platforms, for example Sky viewers can access a video loop. After a brief stint with a temporary producer, the channel really took off under producer and director Brendan Sheppard who spearheaded its success. After Sheppard had finished work on the BAFTA nominated Nelly Nut Live, he was asked by CBBC controller Gary August to work on CBBC Extra, and under Sheppard, the show received a new brand look, idents, graphics, and it introduced feature items such as Ask Aaron and a Halloween special with Basil Brush. There was a Doctor Who special with sequences featuring K9 that had to be cut at the last minute, and a documentary series called Really Living It! Sheppard was then asked to direct DinoSapien in Canada, and a new producer was installed after Sheppard moved on to Doctor Who. Its availability on Freeview was dependent upon BBC Red Button not showing other interactive services, such as major sports events coverage.[15] The service offers numerous features including Newsround, horoscopes, Chris/Dodge's blog, viewer content, jokes, and other interactive elements.
From 2013 to 2016, CBBC Extra was available on the CBBC website, until the channel was discontinued in May 2016.[16]
International versions[edit]
Australia[edit]
On 15 March 2021, it was announced by Australian provider Fetch TV that they would launch a channel called "BBC Kids"[19] (unrelated to a Canadian BBC-branded channel of the same name) on 24 April 2021 to replace Cartoon Network and Boomerang. It is essentially a version of CBBC for the country, as it is aimed at the same target audience as CBBC and airs children's programmes from the BBC Studios catalogue.
United States[edit]
On 11 January 2022, an American version of BBC Kids launched as a FAST channel on Pluto TV. This version, as is the Australian version, airs children's programming from the BBC Studios catalog, and also airs preschool content from CBeebies as well. A version of the channel that airs Spanish-dubbed programming titled "Niños por BBC" was launched on the same day.[20]
This logo was used since the launch of the CBBC brand in 1997 and was used along with the abbreviated logo until the launch of the new TV channels in 2002.
On 11 February 2002, the CBBC channel launched, and to coincide with it, CBBC introduced a new logo, consisting of a green bug with a C in purple.
A three-dimensional version of the 'bug' logo was introduced on 3 October 2005.
A new look was introduced from 3 September 2007 to 13 March 2016.
This symbol and a new look was created by Red Bee Media and took effect on 14 March 2016 to 14 March 2023.
This logo is the 2022 version of the 2016 logo. This logo includes the 2021 BBC logo, whilst not changing the logo fully until 2023.
