- Al Jazeera Children's Channel
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name = Al Jazeera Children's Channel (JCC)
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launch =September 9 2005
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network =Al Jazeera
owner =Al Jazeera
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web = http://www.jcctv.net/
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sat serv 1 = Arabsat 3A
sat chan 1 = 11862 V / 27500 / 3/4
sat serv 2 = Nilesat
sat chan 2 = 12284 V / 27500 / 3/4
sat serv 3 = Hotbird
sat chan 3 = 12558 V / 27500 / 3/4
sat serv 5 = Sky Digital
sat chan 5 = EPG No. 823
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online chan 1 =Al Jazeera Children's Channel is an all-
Arabic language television channel marketed at children. The channel is also known as JCC; anacronym leaving out the Arabic definite article "al". As anedutainment channel, it seeks to promote childhood and adolescence development by encouraginglearning and educating children in a fun way.Launched on
September 9 2005 by the international television networkAl Jazeera , the channel is targeted to children between the ages of three and fifteen. It is available in much of theMiddle East and parts ofEurope . It broadcasts 18.5 hours a day on weekdays and 19 hours on weekends, and advertises that it produces about 40% of its own programs, the highest proportion of any children's channel. To supplement its in-house produced content, JCC purchases programs internationally. [eg. theSandmännchen from Germany: [http://www.rbb-online.de/_/presse/mitteilung_jsp/key=pm_4734370.html] de icon] JCC also offers interactive content for children at its official website.The channel's headquarters are in the
Education City on the outskirts ofDoha ,Qatar , and it has regional offices inAmman ,Beirut ,Cairo ,Paris ,Kuala Lumpur andRabat . It has a staff of over 230 employees. The second wife of the Emir of Qatar, Shaikha Mozah Bint Nasser al-Missned, was instrumental in the creation of the channel. Her brainchild, theQatar Foundation funds the Al Jazeera Children's Channel. [ [http://www.qf.edu.qa/output/page469.asp Al Jazeera Children's Channel ] ]On March 18th, 2008, Al-Jazeera Children joined the Sky Digital platform in the UK, transmitting programmes 24 hours a day,
Free to Air . The channel located on the former EPG number of MEZ Television at Channel 831. The channel was recently moved during a rearrangement of the EPG on Sky Digital, to channel 823.References
External links
* [http://www.jcctv.net Official Site]
* [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/65C9CF4C-7F02-4CC4-91B6-E85F6ECD6A92.htm Aljazeera launches children's channel] - Christian Henderson, "Aljazeera.net"September 20 ,2005
* [http://www.lyngsat-address.com/ab/Al-Jazeera-Children.html Other satellites carrying JCC]
* [http://www.lni.tv/lagardere-networks-international/al_jazeera_children_s_channel.126.0.html JCC profile at lni.tv]
* [http://www.eutelsat.com/via_eutelsat/jcc.html Eutelsat press release on JCC launch]
* [http://www.ameinfo.com/74292.html Al Jazeera Children's Channel receives Eutelsat and Eurovisioni recognition award]
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