Children's Television: Trends Around the World

CHILDREN’S TELEVISION: TRENDS AROUND THE WORLD
Around the World
1946 Launch of British children’s program For the Children (BBC).
1947.12 Launch of American children’s program Howdy Doody (NBC).
1953 BBC preschoolers’ program Watch with Mother airs daily.
1955.10 Launch of American preschoolers’ program Captain Kangaroo (CBS).
1964.6 First Prix Jeunesse International held, Munich.
1966 Launch of Australian preschoolers’ program Play School (ABC).
1968.2 Launch of American public television series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
1968/69 Cartoons occupy 90 percent of children’s programming on the three major networks
in the U.S.
1969.11 Launch of Sesame Street on American public television.
1972.1 Launch of German preschoolers’ program Die Sendung mit der Maus (The
Program with the Mouse).
1972.4 Launch of BBC news program for children John Craven’s Newsround.
1979.4 World’s first children’s channel, Nickelodeon, launched in U.S. as part of basic
cable service.
1979 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal requires commercial channels to show at
least three hours per week of good quality children’s television.
Intensification of baseline requirements for children’s television quality and
volume in Australia.
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