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CBeebies Original Programming
CBeebies is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content targeted for children aged six years and under. Its sister channel, CBBC, is intended for older children aged six to twelve. It broadcasts every day from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm, timesharing with BBC Four. History On 20 November 2001, the CBeebies name was officially revealed as part of the split of the already-existing CBBC block and would be used as both a children's block and a digital channel. The CBeebies channel launched on 11 February 2002 alongside the CBBC, CBBC channel, as a spinoff from BBC Children's and Education, the BBC's children's television strand. The first four shows to air on the channel were ''Teletubbies'', ''Binka'', ''Step Inside'' and ''Bits and Bobs''. CBeebies domestically broadcasts from 5:30 am to 7:00 pm, broadcasting six days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1080i
In high-definition television (HDTV) and video display technology, 1080i is a video display format with 1080 lines of vertical resolution and Interlaced video, interlaced scanning method. This format was once a standard in HDTV. It was particularly used for broadcast television because it can deliver high-resolution images without needing excessive bandwidth. This format is used in the SMPTE 292M standard. Definition The number "1080" in 1080i refers to the number of horizontal lines that make up the vertical resolution of the display. Each of these lines contributes to the overall detail and clarity of the image. The letter "i" stands for Interlaced video, interlaced. This is a technique where the image is not displayed all at once. Instead, the frame is split into two fields. One field contains the odd-numbered lines, and the other field contains the even-numbered lines. These fields are displayed in rapid succession, giving the appearance of a full image to the human eye. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BBC Choice
BBC Choice was a British digital television channel which was owned by the BBC and was launched on 23 September 1998. It was the first United Kingdom, British TV channel to broadcast exclusively in Digital television, digital format, as well as the BBC's second non-analogue-terrestrial channel launch (following on from the BBC News (British TV channel), BBC News channel in 1997). At launch, BBC Choice mainly existed to supplement existing programming on BBC One and Two, with some low-profile original programming of its own. However, faced with low ratings for both Choice and its sister channel BBC Knowledge, in 2000 the BBC's digital strategy changed. Under new controller Stuart Murphy, the channel began to aim specifically at a young adult audience. The BBC ultimately planned to replace the channel with the higher-profile BBC Three, which, after some delay, began broadcasting in February 2003. History Background The BBC had been wanting to expand into the digital television mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BBC First
BBC First is an entertainment subscription television channel featuring comedy, crime, drama and film programming, originating from UK and mostly from the BBC. The channel is wholly owned and operated by BBC Studios. The channel began rolling out internationally in 2014, launching first in Australia. It is supported by extended localised advertising breaks. History In October 2013, the BBC announced that in 2014 they would roll out three new brands – BBC Earth, BBC First, and BBC Brit, with BBC First to be dedicated to comedy and drama programming. International roll-out Asia Hong Kong On 1 November 2016, BBC First launched as a Subscription Video-On-Demand (SVOD) service in Hong Kong. The channel replaced BBC On Demand and BBC Entertainment on Now TV. On 14 November 2016, the service was launched on myTV Super OTT platform until 31 January 2023. Indonesia In April 2021, BBC First launched as a Subscription Video-On-Demand (SVOD) service in Indonesia through Catchpl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BBC Kids (Australian TV Channel)
BBC Kids was an Australian pay television channel using the BBC Kids brand, which was 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. 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. This left Fetch TV with little children's content. In response it commissioned BBC Studios to create a domestic BBC Kids channel. 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. On 31 October 2024, it ceased operations along with CBeebies on Fetch. Programming The shows that were broadcast on the channel were as follows: Final programming (2021-2024) * '' Dead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BBC Entertainment
BBC Entertainment was an international television channel that broadcast comedy, drama, light entertainment, reality and children's programming (some regions only) from the BBC, Channel 4 and other UK production houses. The channel broadcast regional versions to suit local demands and replaced BBC Prime in a gradual rollout from 2006 to 2009. It was wholly owned by BBC Studios. History The channel was launched in October 2006, replacing BBC Prime in Asian markets such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and South Korea. On 28 December 2006, it was launched on the Astro platform in Malaysia. The channel was launched in India in May 2007 on the Tata Sky platform and on India online Broadband Public Limited, but ceased broadcasting at the end of November 2012 due to "commercial considerations". The channel was launched in Poland, on Cyfrowy Polsat, in December 2007, and replaced BBC Prime on DStv in South Africa on 1 September 2008. It was launched together with its sister ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BBC Earth (TV Channel)
BBC Earth is a documentary Pay television, subscription television channel featuring premium factual programming. The channel is wholly owned and operated by BBC Studios. Originally set to roll out internationally in 2014, it was later announced that it would launch in 2015, starting in Poland. History In October 2013, the BBC announced that in 2014 it would rollout three new brands—BBC Earth, BBC First and BBC Brit, with BBC Earth to be dedicated to premium factual programming. It was later announced that the channel would air series such as ''Frozen Planet'' and ''Wonders of the Universe''. In addition, roughly 30 hours of new content would be ordered for the channel in its first year. The channel is set to replace BBC Knowledge (international), BBC Knowledge; however, if the existing channel is successful in certain markets, it may continue to operate. International roll-out Poland BBC Earth launched in Poland on 1 February 2015, replacing BBC Knowledge. Nordic countrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BBC Lifestyle
BBC Lifestyle is an international television channel wholly owned by BBC Studios. The channel provides six programming strands: Food, Home & Design, Fashion & Style, Health, Parenting, and Personal Development. On 1 August 2019, BBC Lifestyle along with BBC Earth rebranded. History BBC Lifestyle first launched in Singapore on mio TV in July 2007 (it is now on Singtel TV). It is also available in Hong Kong on now TV, in Poland on the Cyfrowy Polsat digital satellite platform, where it launched in December 2007, and in Romania on Digi TV digital cable television, where it launched on 31 December 2010. It has been available on DStv in South Africa and on OSN in the Middle East and North Africa since September 2008. Since then, it has also launched in the Scandinavian countries in November 2008, where it replaced BBC Prime on Canal Digital, Com Hem, Telia Digital-TV and FastTV. In June 2009, hollywoodreporter.com cited the lack of viewership on SingTel's mio TV as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BBC HD (international)
BBC HD was an international high-definition television channel owned by BBC Studios. In many countries the channel has been replaced by other BBC Studios operations. At present, the channel is only available in selected cruise ships and within the maritime industry. It first launched in Australia. An Australian version of BBC HD was broadcast on the Foxtel HD+ service which was made available to subscribers on 2 June 2008 and was officially launched on 22 June 2008. On 15 November 2009 it was replaced on Foxtel HD+ by UKTV HD. During the first broadcast of BBC World News America, it was announced that BBC America HD would be launched in 2008. However, the HD version did not begin broadcasting until 20 July 2009. BBC HD started broadcasting to the Scandinavian countries in 2008. A localised Latin American feed started in 2011. In 2012 a Brazilian feed was created, though later that year, the Brazilian feed merged with that for the rest of the region, with separate audio an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BBC Brit
BBC Brit is an entertainment subscription television channel featuring factual entertainment programming. The channel is wholly owned and operated by BBC Studios. Originally set to roll out internationally in 2014, it was later announced it would launch in 2015, starting in Poland. History In October 2013, the BBC announced that in 2014, they would roll out three new brands – BBC Earth, BBC First, and BBC Brit, with BBC Brit to be dedicated to entertainment programming. It was later announced that the content would largely be factual entertainment, featuring the BBC series '' Top Gear'' with the possibility for increases in local adaptions of the series. Other series are to include ''Room 101'' and ''Mock the Week''. It was also announced that roughly 50 hours, or roughly 5 series, of new content would be ordered for the new channel. International roll-out Poland BBC Brit premiered in Poland on 1 February 2015, replacing BBC Entertainment. Nordic countries BBC Brit rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BBC UKTV
BBC UKTV is an Australian pay television channel in Australia and New Zealand, screening British entertainment programming, sourced mainly from the archives of the BBC, RTL Group (mainly Talkback Thames material) and ITV plc. The channel was originally a joint venture with Foxtel (60% ownership), the RTL Group (20% ownership) and BBC Worldwide (20% ownership). It is now owned solely by BBC Studios. History The channel was first launched in Australia in August 1996, becoming available on Austar in April 1999 and on Optus in December 2002. A New Zealand version with different programming launched on Sky TV, in November 2003. It shows a mix of repeats of old UK shows previously screened in Australia or New Zealand and new episodes of programs not shown before in either country. Repeated series include ''Doctor Who'', '' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', ''Are You Being Served?'', ''Dad's Army'', '' Torchwood'', ''Torchwood Declassified'', '' The Jewel in the Crown'', '' Never t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BBC Scotland (TV Channel)
BBC Scotland (also referred to as the BBC Scotland channel) is a Scottish local free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC Scotland division of the BBC. It airs a nightly lineup of entirely Scottish programming. The channel launched 24 February 2019, replacing the BBC Two Scotland Regional variation, opt-out of BBC Two, but operating as an autonomous channel (displacing BBC Four on Freeview in Scotland). History As of 2017, BBC Scotland had operated regional variations of BBC One and BBC Two for the Scottish region, as well as the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic channel BBC Alba. On 22 February 2017, BBC director general Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, Lord Hall announced that the corporation planned to replace BBC Two Scotland with a new, part-time BBC Scotland television channel, focused exclusively on Scottish programming. A feature of the channel would be an hour-long 9:00 p.m. weeknigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BBC Parliament
BBC Parliament is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel from the BBC that showcases parliamentary content from across the United Kingdom. It broadcasts live and recorded coverage of the British Parliament (House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, House of Lords and Parliamentary select committees of the United Kingdom, Select Committees), the Scottish Parliament, the London Assembly and the Senedd. When none of these chambers are sitting, the channel does not broadcast, and its feed is given over to a simulcast of the BBC News (UK TV channel), BBC News channel. As of January 2022, the channel had a typical weekly peak of approximately 120,000 viewers, during Prime Minister's Questions, representing a monthly reach of 5.41% of UK TV households and 0.06% overall share. History John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, the first director-general of the BBC, wanted to broadcast Parliament on radio from the BBC's founding in 1922, but the government rej ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |