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15 Facts About CBeebies

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CBeebies is a British free-to-air children's public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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CBeebies manages an international network supported by subscription services, and its programs are available in the UK via Freesat, Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview and BBC iPlayer.

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An African version of CBeebies launched in 2007 on Zuku TV, DStv, Azam TV, StarSat, GOtv and StarTimes.

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CBeebies channel was launched on 11 February 2002 alongside the CBBC channel, as a spinoff from the BBC's children's television strand.

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CBeebies Radio has continued as a feature on CBeebies' website since 2013, and as a station on BBC Sounds broadcasting from 6 am to 10 pm.

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Since March 2013, CBeebies has been carried by the British Forces Broadcasting Service, sharing a channel with BFBS Extra.

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BBC Studios owns and operates the international CBeebies feeds, with most of them operating on a 24-hour schedule.

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The Polish CBeebies channel was launched on 2 December 2007, while feeds in Latin America, East and Southeast Asia, South Africa, and Australia were launched in 2008.

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On 10 March 2017, CBeebies Asia was launched in Taiwan, replacing BBC Entertainment.

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CBeebies Asia has already launched in Hong Kong, South Korea, Myanmar, the Philippines, Mongolia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Maldives, Macau, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia.

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CBeebies's took over from the first controller Michael Carrington in 2010.

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12.

Links between programmes on CBeebies are primarily achieved through the use of in-vision continuity, using presenters to interact with the children.

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Bedtime Story is on every night at 6:50pm for eight minutes before CBeebies goes off air and BBC Four begins programming at 7:00pm.

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14.

CBeebies Presents is a television programme that bring Live Children's theatre to television, typically on CBeebies or BBC One .

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CBeebies website coincided with the launch of the UK channel in February 2002 and showcases a child friendly site with activities themed to all CBeebies programmes, past and present, with games, songs and print-outs featuring for nearly all shows.

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