CBeebies
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 aged 6 to 12. It broadcasts every day from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm GMT (All other times) / BST (Summer), timesharing with BBC Four.
Country
United Kingdom
United Kingdom and other services worldwide
BBC One (until 2012)
BBC Two (until 2013 and then later revived in 2022)
BBC Alba (in Scottish Gaelic only)
MediaCityUK, Salford, England
English
BBC
BBC Studios (international network)
11 February 2002
CBBC Choice (demerged with CBBC – originally children's strand on BBC Choice)
13 April 2017 (Latin America)
31 December 2018 (Canada)
31 October 2020 (USA)
Channel 202 (SD)
Channel 204 (HD)
Channel 256
Channel 103
Watch live
(UK viewers with a TV Licence)
Management[edit]
In the UK, CBeebies is operated by the BBC Children's and Education division and part of BBC North. The division is also responsible for CBBC and overall strategic responsibility for all of the BBC's domestic services for children rests with the Director of Children's and Education, Patricia Hildago Reina (since 2020).[13] The direction of the domestic CBeebies channel itself rested with Kay Benbow, the last Controller of the channel commissioning all CBeebies content across BBC television, online, interactive TV and radio.[14] She took over from the first controller Michael Carrington in 2010.[15] In 2017 it was announced that the CBeebies controller post would close in December 2017 and all content for the CBeebies brand would be commissioned by a new, pan BBC Children's role entitled Head of Content.[16] In January 2021 it was announced that the decision would be reversing and a new Head of Commissioning and Acquisitions for preschoolers (0–6) would be appointed.[17]
Internationally, CBeebies is owned by BBC Studios, which operate the brand.
Awards[edit]
The UK channel and the programmes it has broadcast have received a number of awards throughout the years. In 2002, the CBeebies Interactive TV Services were nominated in the Best Interactive Service category and CBeebies Online was nominated in the same category in 2005 at the BAFTA Children's Awards. The channel was awarded Best Children's Channel and Highly Commended at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards 2006,[45] however only achieved a nomination in 2007[46] and 2008.[47] The channel was also named Children's Channel of the Year at the BAFTA Children's awards in 2006,[48] 2010,[49] 2011,[50] 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019[51] and was nominated for Channel of the Year in 2008.[52]
The CBeebies UK website was nominated Best Interactive Site at the 2007 BAFTA Children's awards,[48] and the brand as a whole also won the Best Design and Innovation award by the Royal Television Society, whose awarding panel said "Its website is an integral part of the brand, with its TV production and online teams working together to create innovative game play and immersive web experiences."[53]