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20.08.2023 / 21:43
ITV confirms CITV to leave screens next month
announced back in March that the channel would be coming off air this year after 40 years, to be replaced by a new streaming-only platform called ITVX Kids.Now, it has been confirmed by the network that CITV will leave screens on September 1.“As a consequence of this new streaming approach and responding to the changing ways children and their parents are increasingly accessing content, the CITV broadcast channel will close after the summer holidays on 1st September,” ITV told Sky News.The network’s kids channel first launched in 1983, and hosted shows such as Horrid Henry, Rosie and Jim and Ant and Dec’s SMTV Live.ITVX will provide streaming only content aimed at children between the ages of six and 12.Included in the programming will be a number of new shows including old favourites TeleTubbies, Bob The Builder and more.