Fetch TV is removing BBC Kids and CBeebies by the end of October. Find out what this change means for your subscription and which BBC channels will remain.
Fetch TV subscribers will soon lose access to BBC Kids and CBeebies, with confirmation that the two children’s channels will be removed from the service by the end of October.
Despite these departures, Fetch TV will retain several other BBC channels, ensuring that subscribers continue to have access to a wide range of British programming. The channels set to remain include BBC News, BBC Earth, BBC UKTV, BBC Brit, and BBC Drama, all of which will stay on the platform under a long-term deal.
TV Blackbox understands Fetch TV made the decision to discontinue BBC Kids and CBeebies due to low viewership numbers. The cost savings generated by dropping these channels have been allocated towards maintaining access to the remaining BBC services, as part of an extended new program licensing arrangement.
This adjustment to Fetch TV’s channel lineup follows a significant shake-up earlier this year, when the Foxtel Group was unable to secure a new carriage deal with the BBC. As a result, the majority of BBC content was removed from Foxtel and its streaming service BINGE.
The BBC has acknowledged the changes and indicated that it is continuing discussions with its partners to find new broadcast outlets for its children’s programming in Australia.
BBC children’s content is set to remain available in Australia via the ABC iview and Stan platforms.
Please add more kid channels
Jake Raynor they are losing the contracts to air them because they are going to have their own streaming services like what happened to Disney
We already know that
What the hell is fetch good for then? You can’t get Kayo either. 
Debie Purman Yet. Expect that to change very shortly.
TV Blackbox we had to get a Hubble because the Telstra TV stopped working as well