BBC Kids (Australian TV channel)
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]
History
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]
Programming
The shows broadcast on the channel are as follows:[1][3]
Current programming
- Deadly 60 on a Mission
- Horrible Histories
- Jamie Johnson
- Leonardo
- M.I. High
- Project Parent
- Super Human Challenge
- The Dumping Ground
- The Next Step
- The Sarah Jane Adventures
Upcoming programming
References
- ^ a b c d "BBC Kids and Nick Music to join Fetch". Mumbrella. 22 March 2021. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Perry, Kevin (22 March 2021). "FETCH adds BBC Kids and Nick Music after FOXTEL secures WB channels". TV Blackbox. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Fetch". www.fetchtv.com.au. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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