Baraem ( ar, براعم) (meaning:

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s) is a

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

pay television Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichannel television providers, b ...

channel aimed at preschool kids. It was launched on January 16, 2009, and broadcasts 17 hours daily. Previously co-owned by

Al Jazeera Media Network Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) (Arabic: الجزيرة‎, romanized: al-jazīrah, IPA: �l (d)ʒæˈziːrɐ , referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is a Qatari international state-owned public media conglomerate headquartered at Qatar Radio and T ...

and the

Qatar Foundation Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development ( ar, مؤسسة قطر) is a state-led non-profit organization in Qatar, founded in 1995 by then-emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his second wife Moza bint Nasser. Qatar Founda ...

, Al Jazeera acquired full rights to the channel in June 2013. It was then acquired by

beIN Media Group beIN Media Group ( /ˈbiːɪn/; Arabic: مجموعة بي إن الإعلامية‎, ''Majmū‘at Bī’in al-I‘lāmiyyah'') is a state-owned global sport and entertainment network headquartered in Doha, Qatar. beIN distributes entertainme ...

on April 1, 2016. Programming for older children is broadcast on sister channel

JeemTV JeemTV ( ar, تلفزيون جيم), formerly known as Al Jazeera Children's Channel (abbreviated as JCC) ( ar, قناة الجزيرة للأطفال), is a Qatari pay television (formerly free-to-air until 2016) channel, aimed at kids between ...

History

The channel was launched on January 16, 2009 as a joint venture between the

(who owned 90% of the channel) and

(who owned the remaining 10%). Its on air look was designed by Radiant Studios, who also designed the new on air look for

Al Jazeera Children's Channel JeemTV ( ar, تلفزيون جيم), formerly known as Al Jazeera Children's Channel (abbreviated as JCC) ( ar, قناة الجزيرة للأطفال), is a Qatari pay television (formerly free-to-air until 2016) channel, aimed at kids between ...

that debuted the same day. A European feed of both JCC and Baraem launched on Hotbird on November 1, 2012. On June 15, 2013, it was announced that Al Jazeera would acquire the Qatar Foundation's assets to both JeemTV and Baraem. On April 1, 2016, the channel was acquired by

beIN Channels Network beIN Channels Network (; stylized as beIN) is a pan-Arab direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster owned by beIN Media Group, which is based in Doha, Qatar. Technology beIN had launched 6 multi-function interactive decoder ...

alongside

. On January 1, 2017, the channel received a rebrand to coincide with its 8th anniversary. This time the new look was designed in-house.

Broadcast

Ever since launch, the channel broadcasts 17 hours a day, from 5:00 to 22:00 (GMT+3). In 2011, the channel started broadcasting in 16:9 aspect ratio. From launch until April 1, 2016, the channel was free to view on

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Arabsat The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (often abbreviated as Arabsat) is a communications satellite operator in the Arab World, headquartered in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Arabsat was created to deliver satellite-based, public and ...

, Hot Bird and

Eurobird Eurobird was a series of satellites owned and operated by Eutelsat. The Eurobird satellites provided broadcasting and telecommunication services primarily to the Western and Central European region from orbital positions of 9, 25.5 and 33 degrees ...

, and since then it was exclusive to

. However the Hot Bird feed remained free to view until June 1, 2018.

References

External links

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{{Authority control Arabic-language television stations Children's television networks Television channels and stations established in 2009 Preschool education television networks