BabyTV

Background
BabyTV was first developed in 2003 as an educational block in Israel by Ron Isaak, Maya and Liran Talit and members of their family. It was first launched later in 2005, 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 2005, BabyTV aired as a channel. The first four programmes to air on BabyTV were Hands Up, Tulli, Jammers and Tell A Story.

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.

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 in some states. It is also available on OSN Network and beIN Network. 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. BabyTV was first developed in 2003 as an educational block in Israel by Ron Isaak, Maya and Liran Talit and members of their family. It was first launched later in 2005, 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.

Logo (2005-)
Nickname: “The Butterfly”

Logo: On what depends on the background, we see an in-credit butterfly, as seen on BabyTV idents. A white “בייבי” text is seen below the butterfly and inside the red flower.

Variants:


 * In some ערוץ בייבי shows, the “בייבי“ text is red rather than white, and the red flower is removed.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of a ערוץ בייבי show.

Availability: Common. Appears on all BabyTV shows, starting with ידיים למעלה (Hands Up).

Editor's Note: None.