Cbeebies Wikipedia (2024)

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What has happened to CBeebies? ›

On 15 March 2023, CBeebies rebranded its channel identity, in line with a wider corporate rebranding across the BBC starting in 2021. This was CBeebies' first rebrand, retiring the logo that the channel had used since its launch 21 years earlier.

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And that was the first day of CBeebies, February 11th, 2002.” The presenters now needed a name for their new channel and so they looked to Andy and John Day's band name. CBeebies seemed a good synonym for pre-schoolers and seemed like a fun name.

As well as CBBC, some other channels will also stop being broadcast on TV, however Mr Davie said that the programmes on those networks will continue to be produced and made available online. The CBeebies Channel won't be affected and will stay on TV and on the iPlayer.

There have been some scandals involving children's television presenters on CBeebies: Sarah-Jayne HoneywellLost her role as a main presenter in 2011 after posing naked on a plate of food for a PETA advert.

Though there was no reasoning for the closure said originally, then-Knowledge chief Rudy Buttignol subsequently cited the end of the CRTC's traditional protection of small and independent networks to allow for broader discretionary services without any programming restrictions.

Square bugs (2023–present)

Following the BBC corporate rebrand in 2021, CBeebies finally updated with a new logo on 15 March 2023. The channel swapped out the designs for the yellow bugs with more square-like designs to match the new BBC logo, and the signature soundtrack was reimagined for the new branding.

Watching other children, playing alongside them, and watching them on CBeebies can all help your little one build up a template of how to behave towards others.

Watch CBeebies abroad using a VPN

The best way to watch CBeebies abroad is to use BBC iPlayer. This website is the licensed online catch-up service for all BBC terrestrial content. Like the channels, its only available in the UK – but it can be accessed through using a VPN.

CBeebies Little Learners app is a free fun kids learning app packed with free learning games and videos from CBeebies shows and based on the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, to help get children ready for school.

Is CBeebies on normal TV? ›

Channel number: 202

Broadcasting from 6am until 7pm every day, CBeebies features colourful characters, songs and stories which delight and enable children and encourage them to join in and explore the world around them.

It's because cbbc and cbeebies are actually the same digital channels as BBC three and BBC four. So they can't be on at the same time. I didn't know that, I always wondered why CBBC stopped at 7pm when many children up to age 10 or so are still awake.

Day is the longest-serving CBeebies presenter having presented programmes and links since July 2007.

It's designed for up to 6 but it really doesn't matter :) Let her watch whichever she prefers. Mine are 9 and 5 and still watch some stuff on Cbeebies.

On 26 May 2022, the BBC announced plans for CBBC and BBC Four to be discontinued as a linear television service in 2025 as part of cutbacks and other changes focusing on creating a "digital-first" BBC.

Previously, CBBC HD and CBeebies HD could be found at numbers 204 and 205 respectively. But as of today, CBBC HD is now at 203, while CBeebies HD takes the old slot of CBBC HD at number 204. In other Freeview changes this week, news channel France24 has arrived at number 266 as a streamed station.

From 2018, the Playtime app is no longer being supported technically. What alternatives are there to the CBeebies Playtime app? For more fun games with your CBeebies favourites download the CBeebies Playtime Island app! You can download it from the Apple, Google Play and Amazon app stores.