Launched December 4, 2014 Country Canada Sister channel(s) TeleNiños | Picture format 480i (SDTV) Broadcast area National | |
Owned by Telelatino Network Inc.
Corus Entertainment (50.5%)
Italo Rosati (16.5%)
Romeo Di Battista (16.5%)
Joseph Vitale (16.5%) | ||
Telebimbi is a Canadian Category B Italian language specialty channel owned by Telelatino Network Inc., a consortium primarily owned by Corus Entertainment. Telebimbi broadcasts programming primarily aimed at children in addition to select family-oriented programming.
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History
In October 2011, Telelatino Network was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called All Italian Children’s Television, described as "a national, niche third-language ethnic specialty Category B service devoted to providing programming to Canadians with origins in Italy or who are of Italian descent, and who are from preschool age to seventeen years of age.
The channel launched on December 4, 2014 as Telebimbi, exclusively on Bell Fibe TV. On May 31, 2016, Telebimbi launched on Cogeco.
Programming
Telebimbi broadcasts programming for kids of all ages, as well family-oriented programming.