Telebimbi

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Telebimbi
TeleBimbi logo
Country Canada
Broadcast areaNational
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Programming
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner TLN Media Group
Joseph Vitale (28%)
R. Di Battista Investments (24%)
I.P. Rosati Holdings (24%)
Aldo Di Felice (24%)
Sister channels TLN
TeleNiños
History
LaunchedDecember 4, 2014
Links
Website Telebimbi

Telebimbi is a Canadian Category B-exempt Italian language specialty channel owned by TLN Media Group. Telebimbi broadcasts programming primarily aimed at children in addition to select family-oriented programming.

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History

In October 2011, TLN Media Group, at the time a consortium majority owned by Corus Entertainment, 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. [1]

The channel launched on December 4, 2014, as Telebimbi, exclusively on Bell Fibe TV. [2] On May 31, 2016, Telebimbi launched on Cogeco. [3] On August 31, 2017, Telebimbi launched on Rogers. [4]

As of February 11, 2019, it and sister channel TeleNiños have operated under exempt status. [5] Shortly after, Corus sold its stake in Telelatino Network to the other co-owners. [6]

References

  1. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-638 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine CRTC 2011-10-05
  2. "TeleBimbi launches on Bell Fibe". Archived from the original on 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  3. "Cogeco Brings Telelatino Network TV Channels to Half Million Ontario Subscribers". Archived from the original on 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  4. "TeleBimbi Free Preview on Rogers TV". Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  5. "Ownership Chart 158 - TELELATINO - Discretionary & Specialty Services" (PDF). Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission . Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  6. Rody-Mantha, Bree (March 26, 2019). "TLN buys back its shares from Corus". Media In Canada. Brunico Communications. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.