CBBC
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This article is about the British TV channel. For other uses, see CBBC (disambiguation).
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 (originally BBC Choice until 2003).
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom and other services worldwide |
Network | BBC One (until 2012) BBC Two (until 2013 and then later revived in 2017 and 2022) BBC Alba (in Scottish Gaelic only) |
Headquarters | MediaCityUK, Salford, England |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i/1080p[lower-alpha 1] HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 9 September 1985; 38 years ago (1985-09-09) (block, as Children's BBC) 11 February 2002; 22 years ago (2002-02-11) (stand-alone channel) |
Links | |
Website | CBBC (UK only) |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 201 (SD) Channel 204 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
BBC iPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (Ireland only) |
UPC TV | Watch live (Switzerland only) |
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