ITV has announced the planned closure of its 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 to provide dedicated late-afternoon programming for children aged between five and 13.
On Friday (10 March), the broadcaster announced that the Citv channel is set to close in the early autumn, after the launch of a new “dedicated destination for kids” on its streaming service Itvx.
The new service, Itvx Kids, is due to launch in July 2023. It will be rolled out during the UK school summer holiday period, with a range of titles aimed at both school-age and preschool children.
Itvx launched in December last year to replace the ITV Hub brand as the online home of all ITV content, as the broadcaster attempts to compete with streaming giants such as Netflix and Amazon.
Despite the closure of Citv,...
The channel was launched in 2006 after the success of the Children’s ITV programming block, which launched on ITV in 1983 to provide dedicated late-afternoon programming for children aged between five and 13.
On Friday (10 March), the broadcaster announced that the Citv channel is set to close in the early autumn, after the launch of a new “dedicated destination for kids” on its streaming service Itvx.
The new service, Itvx Kids, is due to launch in July 2023. It will be rolled out during the UK school summer holiday period, with a range of titles aimed at both school-age and preschool children.
Itvx launched in December last year to replace the ITV Hub brand as the online home of all ITV content, as the broadcaster attempts to compete with streaming giants such as Netflix and Amazon.
Despite the closure of Citv,...
- 3/11/2023
- by Connie Evans
- The Independent - TV
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