Mar 14 2023
ITV has announced the planned closure of its dedicated children’s channel CITV. The channel was launched in 2006 after the success of the Children’s ITV programming block, which launched on ITV in 1983 as dedicated late afternoon programming for children aged between five and 13. On Friday, the broadcaster announced the CITV channel is set […]
Mar 18 2016
ITV3+1 is changing its broadcast hours on Freeview at the end of March, as part of some technical changes that are taking place on Wednesday 30th March. ITV3+1 (channel 34) will revert back to broadcasting from 6pm until midnight, undoing a recent change which saw its broadcast hours extended through the night. Children’s channel CITV […]
Jan 14 2013
ITV has today re-branded its entire output. As part of the changes, the main channel became “ITV”, losing the “1” the channel acquired back in 2001 when other ITV branded services were launching. Coming just over two years after the launch of ITV1+1, the timeshift channel became ITV+1 and the main HD channel became ITV […]
Feb 8 2008
Digital terrestrial viewers in Wales have lost the CiTV Channel after it moved broadcast slots to extend its hours on air. The channel this week moved to new spectrum capacity on SDN’s Multiplex A which was previously occupied by ABC1. It means the ITV children’s channel can now broadcast for an extra five-and-a-half hours on […]
Feb 7 2008
ITV has announced a shake-up of its digital channels, with ITV4 becoming a 24-hour channel and CITV – which currently shares a Freeview slot with ITV4 – moving to its own Freeview slot. Trade paper Broadcast reports that ITV4 is reorienting in response to the success of UKTV’s Dave channel, with a cash injection allowing […]
Mar 26 2007
ITV1 is cutting its kids output from eight hours to five hours per week, its statement of programme policy has revealed. The document states that ITV will broadcast a total of 500 hours of kid’s content during this year, with half coming during the GMTV timeslot and half during ITV1 hours. The broadcaster said the […]
May 8 2006
ITV’s new children’s channel CITV has launched on Sky channel 624. CITV launched on March 11th earlier this year on Freeview, Homechoice and Telewest but a delay in obtaining an EPG number on Sky led to its satellite launch be stalled.
May 1 2006
CITV is now broadcasting Free to Air on satellite and can be found on the following frequency under the working title of 1034: Astra 2D 10.758 Vertical SR: 22000 FEC: 5/6 This channel broadcasts from 6.30am to 6.00pm. The channel will officially launch on Sky Digital on May 8th.
Apr 10 2006
ITV’s new childrens channel, CITV, is to launch on Sky Digital on May 8th and to mark its launch the broadcaster has announced new programming will be screened from that date. The line-up will include new episodes of Bratz, as well as the return of vintage classics like Rupert and Sooty and Sweep.
Mar 21 2006
After launching on Freeview, Telewest and Homechoice earlier this month, ITV’s kids channel CiTV has announced the date when it will become available on Sky Digital. Sky viewers will be able to watch the station from May 8.
Mar 12 2006
ITV has launched its brand new children’s channel, CiTV, on Freeview. The channel will not be carried on Sky Digital until May – but currently sits exclusively on Freeview channel 75. It is timeshared with ITV4 and Setanta Sports, and broadcasts from 6am to 6pm, except when Setanta Sports has a pay-per-view programme. CiTV is […]
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Aug 20 2023
CITV: Children’s TV channel will close in September
Those who grew up with CITV classics like Fraggle Rock, Fun House and Knightmare may be feeling a pang of nostalgia as the children’s channel comes off air after 30 years. Children’s TV channel CITV – loved for kids’ classics including Danger Mouse and Rainbow – will close next month. It is making way for […]
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By Expat • ITV • Tags: CITV, ITVX Kids