As had been done before with BBC Three, CBBC output will move primarily to iPlayer in an attempt to save the BBC money. On, the BBC announced plans for CBBC and BBC Four to be discontinued as broadcast television services within 'the next few years', as part of cutbacks and other changes focusing on creating a 'digital-first' BBC. On 2 March 2021, due to the return of BBC Three as a broadcast channel, it was announced that CBBC's broadcast hours would be reduced by two hours, as was the case prior to the 2016 relaunch. It was stated that the additional hours would be used to provide programming for an older youth audience. nightly, due to the discontinuation of BBC Three as a linear channel and pivot to a streaming hub on BBC iPlayer. In 2016, CBBC's broadcast hours were extended by two hours to 9pm.

The British Forces Broadcasting Service have provided younger viewers with CBBC and CBeebies since 1 April 2013 when they replaced BFBS Kids. CBBC's reach further expanded with the addition of the channel on the Sky line-up in Ireland on. On 22 August 2008, it was announced that the channel would be available live on its website from 16 September. The channel originally shared bandwidth on the digital terrestrial television platform with BBC Choice, and later BBC Three, needing that CBBC sign off at 7pm daily.

The channel averages 300,000 viewers daily. CBBC was named Channel of the Year at the Children's BAFTA awards in November 2. Launched on 11 February 2002 alongside its sister channel, CBeebies, which serves the under 6 audience, the name was previously used to brand all BBC Children's content carried on BBC One and BBC Two. It broadcasts every day from 7am to 7pm (7am to 9pm from 11 April 2016 to 4 January 2022), timesharing with BBC Three. Its sister channel CBeebies broadcasts programming and content for children aged under 6. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 7–18. (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)ĩ September 1985 37 years ago ( ) (block)ġ1 February 2002 20 years ago ( ) (channel)ĬBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. United Kingdom and other services worldwideīBC Two (until 2013 and then later revived in 2022) 2022 variant of the logo used since March 2016

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