| BabyFirstTV | |
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| Launched | December 2, 2003 |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | Watch your baby blossom |
| Language | English Spanish French Turkish German Portuguese Polish |
| Broadcast area | United States Europe Asia |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
| Website | BabyFirstTV.com |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV (United States) | 293 |
| Dish Network (United States) | 9400 |
| Canal+ (Europe) | 39 |
| DishHD (Taiwan) | 6555 |
| aora TV Satelit (Indonesia) | 114 |
| Orange TV (Indonesia) | ??? |
| Cable | |
| UPC Poland | Channel 667 |
| Cablevision (Mexico) | 304[1] |
| Euskaltel (Europe) | Channel 80 |
| IPTV | |
| Mio TV (Singapore) | 25 |
| UniFi (Malaysia) | 131 |
| SkyAngel (United States) | 308 |
| Internet television | |
| Digital media receiver | Roku |
BabyFirstTV is a commercial-free premium satellite TV Network aimed at 6-month-old to 5-year-old children. Its investors include Regency Enterprises, Bellco Capital, LLC & Kardan N.V.. Guy Oranim & Sharon Rechter created BabyFirstTV in 2003.[2]
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In the United States, DirecTV customers can subscribe to the channel à la carte for $4.99 per month. DirecTV added the channel in May 2006.[3] Until early 2011, Dish Network customers also paid $4.99 a month for the channel. In mid-January, the channel was briefly replaced with BabyTV. Following a Facebook campaign by disgruntled subscribers, BabyFirstTV was restored to Dish Network. BabyTV will remain as a pay channel, but BabyFirstTV is now available to all subscribers of Dish Network free of charge on Channel 9400.[4] The channel is also available à la carte on the Roku streaming player as a premium channel.[5]
Baby First TV is additionally an associate member of the Caribbean Cable Cooperative.[6]
In Europe, the channel is available under various satellite networks such as CanalSat & Digital+. The European versions of the channel transmit programs dubbed in French, Spanish, German, Turkish & Polish. The shows sometimes omit their titles.
In Indonesia , BabyFirst TV available on aora TV Satelit (Ch. 114) & Orange TV In Singapore, the channel is available on SingTel & mio TV.
In the Maldives, it is available on TV Cabo & has nothing to do with the pre-existing "Baby TV". A DVD is available in a couple of continents, like Europe.
In Jamaica, the channel is available on The Flow cable network.
In the United Kingdom, most of the shows are redubbed with British voice actors, replacing the American English soundtrack.
BabyFirstTV has no connection with "BabyTV" or with any other older TV channels with various similar names.
Shows on BFTV are divided into 7 zones, each identified by a color & by a learning strategy. The names & programs within’ each zone are listed below. As the entire schedule is designed to be viewed by toddlers & infants, a blanket TV-Y rating is applied through the entire broadcast day.
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