BBC

CITV channel closes as ITVX Kids streaming service launches

Today is the last day of children's TV channel CITV. British broadcaster ITV had announced it will close on 1 September after more than 40 years and will be replaced by an online streaming platform ...
The Sun

CITV star speaks out over channel’s closure after quitting children’s TV to become a teacher

ONE of CITV’s best-known former stars has spoken out about the channel’s closure. CITV will be taken off air forty years after it was first launched in 1983 and will make way for new children’s ...
The Independent

Farewell to CITV – you showed kids like me the weirder side of British children’s television

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
NME

ITV taking children’s channel CITV off air after 40 years

CITV. Credit: Chris Bardgett / Alamy Stock Photo. It will come off the air in the autumn, after a new streaming-only channel called ITVX Kids launches in July as part of a “continuing drive to ...
The Drum

ITV to celebrate 30 years of CITV by airing forgotten childhood classics during 'Old Skool' weekend

The ‘Old Skool’ weekend will feature a selection of iconic CITV shows including Fun House, Press Gang, Knightmare, The Raggy Dolls, Count Duckula, Art Attack and Children’s Ward. Additional episodes ...
Daily Mail

Why is CITV shutting down and what will be its ITV replacement?

CITV has been axed by ITV after 17 years on screen, and will be closed as of September 2023. This summer's holiday will be the last chance to watch their favourite ITV shows the old fashioned way, ...
The Mirror

CITV axed after 40 years on screens in major change to streaming service

CITV will be taken off the air later this year in a dramatic shake-up for ITV. The channel which has been a firm favourite amongst families has been on the air for 40 years and has shown programmes ...
Moviefone

CITV (1983)

CITV is a British children's morning programming block on ITV and previously a free-to-air channel owned by ITV plc. CITV, then Children's ITV, launched on 3 January 1983 as a late afternoon ...
BBC

CITV set for classic kids TV weekend

Rainbow is among the children's classics to be screened over the 5-6 January weekend ITV is to celebrate 30 years of its children's programming by screening classic TV shows for two days next month.
The Independent

CITV: ITV announces closure of kids’ channel in favour of streaming-only content

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
BBC

CITV channel closes as ITVX Kids streaming service launches

British broadcaster ITV had announced it will close on 1 September after more than 40 years and will be replaced by an online streaming platform ITVX Kids. ITV said it had made the decision to become ...