CITeevies

CITeevies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by ITV. It launched on the same day as CITV.

History
On 10 March 2023, ITV plc announced that it would close the CITV channel in the autumn, with a phased migration of ITV's children's programming moving to ITVX Kids set to launch on 22 July, on its streaming service ITVX.

ITVX launched the ITVX Kids FAST channel on 12 July 2023.

The CITV channel closed at 9:00pm on 1 September 2023. The last programme to air on the channel was an episode of The Rubbish World of Dave Spud, titled ‘Moonbreaker’. The channel then closed shortly afterwards with a loop informing its viewers that its content could now be seen on ITVX.

On September 3, 2023, after the launch of CITV block on ITV2, CITeevies launched.

The first program that broadcasted on the channel is the Teletubbies (1997) episode called Feeding the Chickens.

The programmings on the channel
The programmings on the channel are broadcast on CITeevies both preschool original and acquired.

For the programming list see CITeevies/List of programs.

Content agreements

 * Paramount Global
 * Nickelodeon
 * Comcast
 * The Walt Disney Company
 * Disney Junior
 * Warner Bros. Discovery
 * Discovery Family
 * Cartoon Network
 * WildBrain
 * Corus Entertainment
 * Treehouse TV
 * Nelvana
 * Hasbro

and etc.

Competitors

 * CBeebies
 * CITV
 * Channel 4
 * Channel 5
 * S4C
 * Tiny Pop
 * BBC Kids Network
 * NBC Kids Family
 * Discovery Family
 * Nick Jr.
 * Paramount+
 * The 86 Season/CBS XD Kids (The 86 Season (CBS XD Kids))
 * Cartoonito (US)
 * HBO Max/Max
 * Disney Junior
 * Disney+
 * Hulu
 * PBS Kids
 * Sprout/Universal Kids
 * Peacock
 * Netflix
 * Amazon Prime Video
 * Apple TV+
 * Treehouse TV
 * Primo TV
 * KiKA
 * TiJi
 * EBS
 * NHK
 * Hop! Media Group
 * Baby Networks TV
 * First Media
 * Moonbug Entertainment

Programming blocks

 * Get up for a brand new day - Early morning schedule between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; Includes programmings such as Auto-B-Good, Playhouse Disney (Australian TV Series), Little Einsteins, Dora the Explorer, Me, Eloise, Bo on the Go!, Pirates: Adventures in Art, Everything's Rosie, Tati's Hotel, Spot the Dog, Lunar Jim, Super Wings, Kate and Mim-Mim, Teletubbies, Space Racers, Octonauts, Fireman Sam, Roary the Racing Car, Robocar Poli, Hop! & Friends, Princess Lillifee, Bugs Bunny Builders, Manon, Milly, Molly, and others.
 * Discovery & Do - Late morning and early afternoon, weekdays between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. The block is aimed at young children who would not be attending school or pre-school. It often contains programmings that give a learning opportunity to viewers, such as Go! Diego, Go!, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, Numberjacks, Learningblocks series (Alphablocks, Numberblocks, Colourblocks, Shapeblocks, Thinkingblocks and Musicblocks), The Hoobs, Animal Mechanicals, Zerby Derby, Fifi and the Flowertots, Little Bill, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, CoToons, Doc McStuffins, Sofia the First, Bob the Builder, Bear in the Big Blue House, Pororo the Little Penguin, A Little Curious, Poko, Maya the Bee (1975), Barbapapa, Let's Play!, Ni Hao, Kai-Lan!, Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Ryan's Mystery Playdate, Pozzie, Sesame Street, Cloudbabies, Lalaloopsy, Teacup Travels, Yakka Dee, Thomas and Friends, and others. The hour between 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm is branded as Lunch Time and features shows such as Crafties and I Can Cook.
 * Big Fun Time – Late afternoon weekdays between 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm. This strand aims at the higher end of its remit, airing programming for children who have recently returned from school. Programs include Olly the Little White Van, The Littl' Bits, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland (1983 anime), Super Why!, Ovide Video, Ducktales (1987), Dipdap, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Wanna Play?, PAW Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Bubble Guppies, Team Umizoomi, Special Agent Oso, Dino Dan (Trek's Adventures)/Dana, Wozle & Pip, Noddy shows, Care Bears shows, Strawberry Shortcake shows, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Mack & Moxy, Apple Tree House, Rhyme Rocket, Signed Stories, Annabel's Kitchen, and others.
 * Bedtime Hour – The final hour of CITeevies broadcasting between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm. The original block section of the channel, Bedtime Hour features calm-natured programmes, such as Clangers, Wish Upon a Star (BabyTV), Suzy's Zoo, The Wombles, 64 Zoo Lane, The Adventures of Abney & Teal and In the Night Garden... The final programme is always the Bedtime Stories slot and is followed by a final song, "The Time Has Come to Say Goodnight", as transmission closes and programs on CITV for Parents begin to play.
 * Little CITeevies - weekend programming block that broadcasts in late afternoons as part of Big Fun Time, it broadcasts shows from BabyTV, BabyfirstTV, and Luli TV.
 * CITV for Parents - A programming block that broadcasts shows for parents at the nights from 21:00PM-4:59AM.

Schedule of the first broadcast

 * 6:00AM: Teletubbies (1997): Feeding the Chickens
 * 6:30AM: Dora the Explorer: Hic, Boom, Ohhh
 * 7:00AM: Space Racers: Hawk's Day
 * 7:30AM: Animal Mechanicals: Turbo Bean Trouble
 * 8:00AM: Gabby's Dollhouse: MerCat Gets Her Sparkle Back
 * 8:30AM: Yo Gabba Gabba!: Family
 * 9:00AM: Little Einsteins: A Brand New Outfit
 * 9:30AM: Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Who Needs School?/Magic Tricks
 * 10:00AM: Little Bill: Guppies/The Magic Qulit
 * 10:30AM: Little CITeevies: Timmy & Tudy: Playground
 * 11:00AM: Little CITeevies: Colorful Rainbow: Blue
 * 11:30AM: Little CITeevies: Fred & Fiona: Tomato
 * 12:00PM: Princess Lillifee: The shrunken Henry
 * 12:30AM: Lalaloopsy: Dot's Moon Mission
 * 13:00PM: Zerby Derby: The Zerby Town Dam/Hide & Seek/The Zerbowl
 * 13:30PM: Hello Kitty Super Style!: A Bridge Between Beavers
 * 14:00PM: Roary the Racing Car: Cici Spectacular
 * 14:30PM: Special Agent Oso: Goldfeather/Live and Let Ride
 * 15:00PM: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Daisy Bo Peep
 * 15:30PM: Super Wings: Shadow Play
 * 16:00PM: Mack & Moxy: Play it Again, Mack
 * 16:30PM: Tik Tak
 * 17:00PM: Hopla
 * 17:30PM: Bugs Bunny Builders: Squirreled Away
 * 18:00PM: Numberjacks: Going Wrong, Going Long
 * 18:30PM: In The Night Garden...: Upsy Daisy Dances With the Haahoos
 * 19:00PM: Pim & Pam
 * 19:30PM: 64 Zoo Lane: The Story of Gertie the Goat
 * 20:00PM: CITeevies Bedtime Stories with Lizzie Waterworth-Santo: A Tale of Five Balloons
 * 20:30PM CITeevies Sign off
 * 21:00PM-4:59AM: CITV for Parents