BBC Kids (Canadian TV channel) explained

BBC Kids
Launch Date: (22 years ago)
Closed Date: (5 years ago)
Picture Format:480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Owner:Knowledge West Communications (80%)
BBC Studios (20%)
Country:Canada
Language:English
Area:Nationwide
Headquarters:Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Sister Channels:Knowledge Network

BBC Kids was a Canadian specialty television channel carrying programming for children and teenagers.[1] It was a joint venture between Knowledge West Communications, which managed the network and held the majority 80% interest and was a subsidiary of Knowledge Network, with BBC Studios licensing the BBC brand and holding the remaining 20% in the joint venture. Originally an ad-supported network, it transitioned to non-commercial operation when it was transferred to Knowledge.

History

Launch

In November 2000, Alliance Atlantis was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch BBC Kids, described as "a national English language Category 2 (what is the current category B) specialty television service devoted to top-quality educational and entertaining programming for children and youth (ages 2-17). It will feature programming primarily from the UK and around the world. 65% of the programming will target children ages 2 to 7, and 35% will target youth ages 8 to 17."[2]

The channel launched on November 5, 2001 as a joint venture between Alliance Atlantis and BBC Worldwide, the BBC's overseas operating arm.[3] [4] As was its remit, it primarily sourced its programming from networks and producers from the United Kingdom, though its programming sources were never exclusively limited to those of the BBC. This also included international co-productions, including Tots TV, , and Australian The Sleepover Club. It also broadcast a small amount of Canadian and Anglo-Canadian co-productions (including past-produced Alliance programming co-produced with a U.S. network such as PBS, Disney Channel, or Viacom's Nickelodeon for U.S. broadcast) to meet CRTC Canadian content regulations and quotas.

Transition from Alliance Atlantis to Knowledge Network

On January 18, 2008,[5] a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners known as CW Media, [6] acquired control of BBC Kids through its purchase of Alliance Atlantis' broadcasting assets, which were placed in a trust in August 2007.[7] It then became a part of Shaw Communications on October 10, 2010 after it acquired Canwest outright with the GSCP stake in CW Media.[8]

Shaw's ownership would be short-lived due to regulatory requirements to sell some former CW Media assets, and that process started on December 22, 2010 with early due diligence with a then-undisclosed sales partner.[9] On January 17, 2011, Knowledge Network Corporation, a Crown corporation of the Government of British Columbia, announced it had finalized an agreement to purchase the channel through a subsidiary called Knowledge-West Communications Corporation from Shaw Media. BBC Worldwide would retain its existing interest.[10] The sale was completed on April 29, 2011, and with it and CRTC approval, it converted from a commercial network to a non-commercial service, while relocating operations from Toronto to Burnaby in suburban Vancouver.

The transaction resulted in a decision by cable providers in The Bahamas and Jamaica (which generally import Canadian channels onto their services for the convenience of snowbirds visiting the West Indies) to drop the network at the end of 2011.[11] [12]

Closure

On October 2, 2018, a joint statement from Knowledge Network and BBC announced the channel would cease operations at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve 2018.[13] 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. Knowledge continues to carry programming from the BBC, and CBBC/CBeebies programming as a part of Knowledge Kids, including programming from BBC Kids merged onto the Knowledge schedule.[14] On January 10, 2019, the CRTC revoked the channel's license at the request of Knowledge.[15]

Programming (past and final)

CBeebies

The Spot

BBCK

Programming blocks

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Knowledge Network and BBC Kids – Licence renewals. Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. (CRTC). crtc.gc.ca. August 27, 2018 .
  2. Web site: Decision CRTC 2000-493 . . November 24, 2000.
  3. Web site: Dates set for BBC Canada and BBC Kids launches . C21 Media . March 9, 2001 .
  4. BBC Worldwide Annual Review 2001/2 – Highlights . BBC . July 17, 2002 .
  5. Canwest Global receives final CRTC approval for acquisition of Alliance Atlantis . . January 18, 2008 .
  6. News: Goldman's happy ending at CanWest . . May 3, 2010 .
  7. News: CanWest Completes Acquisition of Alliance Atlantis . Investor Point . August 15, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120423050448/http://www.investorpoint.com/news/BROADCTV/5967631/ . April 23, 2012 .
  8. Web site: CRTC approves Shaw's purchase of the Canwest Global television properties . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220233335/http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2010/r101022.htm . December 20, 2013 .
  9. Web site: Notice of Hearing . . December 22, 2010 .
  10. Web site: BBC Worldwide Partners with Knowledge Network to Operate BBC Kids . Broadcaster Magazine . January 17, 2011 . https://archive.today/20120722040823/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/bbc-worldwide-partners-with-knowledge-network-to-operate-bbc-kids/1000399678/ . July 22, 2012 . January 17, 2011 . dead .
  11. http://www.cablebahamas.com/television/digital/valuepackages/index.lasso?package=5df943797f5b9841&groupDisplay=0&chanDisplay=214#99 Cable Bahamas channel lineup
  12. Web site: Flow Cable channel lineup . https://web.archive.org/web/20071109162317/http://www.flowjamaica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=133 . dead . November 9, 2007 . Flowjamaica.com .
  13. https://www.knowledge.ca/media-releases/2018/10/02/bbc-kids-channel-closes-canada BBC Kids Channel Closes in Canada
  14. Web site: Knowledge Network's BBC Kids channel to close.
  15. Web site: BBC Kids – Revocation of licence. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Government of Canada. January 10, 2019. crtc.gc.ca.
  16. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  17. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  18. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  19. Web site: More Details About BBC Kids Fall 2008 Programming . November 30, 2001 .
  20. Web site: Fall 2002 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  21. Web site: BBC Kids After School . March 23, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070323105432/http://www.bbckids.ca/preschool/default.asp . March 23, 2007 . live .
  22. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  23. Web site: Schedule . April 3, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070403181616/http://www.bbckids.ca/schedule/default.asp?scheduleTime=allday . April 3, 2007 . live .
  24. Web site: More Details About BBC Kids Fall 2008 Programming . November 30, 2001 .
  25. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  26. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  27. Web site: Fall 2007 Programming Highlighs of BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  28. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  29. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  30. Web site: BBC Kids Schedule. November 17, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20011117205306/http://www.bbckids.ca/schedule/default.asp. November 17, 2001.
  31. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  32. Web site: BBC Kids Launches Innovative Campaign to Announce BBCK to Canadian Teens . November 30, 2001 .
  33. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  34. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  35. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  36. Web site: BBC Kids (2004) - Home On Their Own Promo. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ZcK5pUPdTAY . 2021-12-21 . live. www.youtube.com.
  37. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  38. Web site: More Details About BBC Kids Fall 2008 Programming . November 30, 2001 .
  39. Web site: Fall 2002 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  40. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  41. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  42. Web site: Fall 2007 Programming Highlighs of BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  43. Web site: Schedule . February 14, 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020214082531/http://www.bbckids.ca/schedule/default.asp?scheduleTime=allday . February 14, 2002 . live .
  44. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  45. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  46. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  47. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  48. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  49. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  50. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  51. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  52. Web site: BBC Kids TV Listings . Zap2it . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813114636/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=26828&channel=522 . 13 August 2016.
  53. Web site: More Details About BBC Kids Fall 2008 Programming . November 30, 2001 .
  54. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  55. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  56. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  57. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  58. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  59. Web site: Fall 2004 Highlights: BBC Kids . November 30, 2001 .
  60. Web site: BBC Kids unveils 2005-2006 programming highlights . November 30, 2001 .
  61. Web site: More Details About BBC Kids Fall 2008 Programming . November 30, 2001 .
  62. Web site: BBC KIDS . March 20, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070320065842/http://www.bbckids.ca/default.asp . March 20, 2007 . live .
  63. Web site: BBC Kids After School . March 14, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070314014151/http://www.bbckids.ca/schedule/default.asp . March 14, 2007 . live .

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