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BBC Worldwide will launch CBeebies as a linear channel in the Middle East and North Africa on April 1 to beIN DTH service subscribers.

This is the first time CBeebies has entered the MENA market as a full channel. The channel will also only be available exclusively on beIN.

CBeebies will be available in original English audio on the beIN platform channel number 134. The 24-hour channel will include key titles such as “Go Jetters,” “Hey Duggee,” “Clangers” and more.

“CBeebies is the number one channel or preschoolers in the U.K., and that success has spread internationall­y–from Australia to South Africa,” says Natasha Hussain, vice president and general manager, Middle East and Mediterranean region, BBC Worldwide. “We have a fantastic lineup of brand new programs for viewers in the Middle East and North Africa region which we know will entertain and educate local preschoolers in equal measure.”