JeemTV (Arabic: تلفزيون جيم, also stylised as تلفزيون ج), formerly known as Al Jazeera Children's Channel (abbreviated as JCC), is a Qatari Arabic-language pay television (formerly free-to-air until 2016) channel, aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 12. It was previously co-owned by Al Jazeera Media Network and the Qatar Foundation from launch until June 2013, when Al Jazeera fully acquired the channel. It was then acquired by beIN Media Group on 1 April 2016.
History[]
The channel was launched as JCC on 9 September 2005 as a joint venture between the Qatar Foundation (who owned 90% of the channel) and Al Jazeera Media Network (who owned the remaining 10%).
The channel became an associate member of the European Broadcasting Union in 2008.
The first major rebrand for JCC happened on 16 January 2009, coinciding with the launch of sister channel Baraem. The targeted age demographic was changed from 3–14 to 7–14 as a result of the launch of the latter.
A European feed launched on 1 November 2012.
In February 2013, a new look for JCC was announced on social media. Along with that, a new website (whatisthedot.net, now redirects to jeemtv.net) was created detailing the new look; it was originally supposed to launch on March 1, but was delayed. Finally, on 29 March 2013 at 5:00 PM Doha time, JCC was rebranded as JeemTV. The word "Jeem" is a reference to the letter ج in the Arabic alphabet. It is depicted in the logo. Another change with this relaunch is the targeted age demographic, which was changed from 7–14 to 7–12.
On 15 June 2013, three months after the rebranding to JeemTV, Al Jazeera announced the acquisition of the Qatar Foundation's assets of the channel; it has maintained full ownership of the channel since then.
On 1 April 2016, JeemTV and Baraem on Arabsat and Nilesat both became encrypted in favor of HD feeds available exclusively via the beIN Channels Network service.
The European feed on Freeview UK closed on 1 June 2018.
Involvement with Mr. Men[]
It used to air one of the Arabic dubs for The Mr. Men Show, which was done by Cedars Art Productions.