BabyTV Originals

Background
BabyTV was first developed in 2003 as a channel in Israel by Ron Isaak, Maya and Liran Talit and members of their family.[1][2][3] It was first launched later in 2003, 2004, and 2005, and in September 2007, News Corp's Fox International Channels acquired a major stake in BabyTV, placing it alongside its international offerings of Fox Crime, Fox, National Geographic and others. In 2006, Indovision with Dori Media Distribution started operating them in Indonesia. Branded as Vision 3 Baby, this channel is dubbed in Indonesian and has the same program content and schedules which Baby TV Asia beams; however, advertising is different on both beams. Now, Vision 3 Baby is replaced by the international version of Baby TV. BabyTV was also launched on Sky Digital in the UK on 5 February 2007. In 2008, French authorities banned the broadcasting of programs aimed at children under the age of 3, and ordered warnings to be included on foreign channels available in France such as BabyTV and its competitor BabyFirst. The channel, along with Fox Crime and Fox, was launched in India on 25 March 2009. and was later launched in all countries, (with the exception of Puerto Rico, Colombia, Mexico, and South Korea. In January 2011, BabyTV was added to the programming package of Dish Network on channel 126, and then changed to channel 824. On 1 December 2011, BabyTV was launched via SkyCable channel 140 and it will only be available through its digital platform. On 1 October 2012, BabyTV was launched via mio TV channel 244 and it will be the first to launch the channel in HDTV 16:9 Format. Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau are available on Now TV Channel 448, Macau Cable TV Channel 61 (SD) and 861 (HD) and Taiwan CATV Channel 311 (HD) and CHT MOD Channel 17. A Spanish version is available in the United States on cable and satellite providers. It is also available on OSN Network, beIN Network and My-HD with Arabic language. On 20 March 2019, the channel became a part of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International as the result of acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company. On 1 August 2019, Baby TV switch to 16:9 format on Astro Channel 618.

1st Logo (2005?-)
Nicknames: "In-Credit BabyTV"

Logo: It's only in-credit text that reads: "This program was produced for Baby TV", seen on old shows from 2005. The text fades in, only for a few seconds, and then fades out.

Variants:


 * On Sweet Dreams, the text "This program was produced by BabyTV" appears on a thick black line.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the BabyTV show.

Availability: Common. Seen on all BabyTV shows.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2005-)
Nicknames: "In-Credit Butterfly"

Logo: We see an in-credit version of the red-cheek butterfly, and the BabyTV wordmark (The text "Baby" being in black, and the text "tv" being in red".) scrolling along.

Variants:

On Wish Upon A Star, the wordmark text "Baby" is white rather than black.

On Magic Lantern, the whole wordmark is red.

In mid-2006, the butterfly has been redesigned, and the wordmark has the "Baby" text red, and the "tv" text orange.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the BabyTV show.

Availability: Appeared on old BabyTV shows from 2005-2006, such as Little Ball, Baby Art, Magic Lantern, Wish Upon A Star, Paint Me A World, Zoom, Wooly and Tulli.

Editor's Note: None