Country | Australia |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC Studios |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | April 24, 2021 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Fetch TV | 250 |
BBC Kids is an Australian pay television channel using the BBC Kids brand, currently exclusive to Telstra's Fetch TV. The channel is aimed at 6 to 10-year-olds and broadcasts comedy, documentaries, drama, entertainment and nature shows that were originally aired on CBBC in the UK. [1]
On 30 April 2020, Disney closed their Australian children's channels ( Disney Channel and Disney Junior), and Cartoon Network and Boomerang became bound to an exclusive agreement with Foxtel in April 2021. [2] This left Fetch TV with little children's content. In response it commissioned BBC Studios to create a domestic BBC Kids channel. [1]
BBC Kids, along with NickMusic, launched on April 24, 2021. The channel complemented an existing CBeebies channel available in Australia, catering to children aged 0 to 6. [1]
The shows broadcast on the channel are as follows: [1] [3]
Country | Australia |
---|---|
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC Studios |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | April 24, 2021 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Fetch TV | 250 |
BBC Kids is an Australian pay television channel using the BBC Kids brand, currently exclusive to Telstra's Fetch TV. The channel is aimed at 6 to 10-year-olds and broadcasts comedy, documentaries, drama, entertainment and nature shows that were originally aired on CBBC in the UK. [1]
On 30 April 2020, Disney closed their Australian children's channels ( Disney Channel and Disney Junior), and Cartoon Network and Boomerang became bound to an exclusive agreement with Foxtel in April 2021. [2] This left Fetch TV with little children's content. In response it commissioned BBC Studios to create a domestic BBC Kids channel. [1]
BBC Kids, along with NickMusic, launched on April 24, 2021. The channel complemented an existing CBeebies channel available in Australia, catering to children aged 0 to 6. [1]
The shows broadcast on the channel are as follows: [1] [3]