Digital Channel
PBS announced that, in October 2006, a 24-hour (24/7) digital PBS Kids Go! Channel would be launched with additional content, including an evening "Go! Family" block targeted at both children and their families and a Spanish language-programming block.
The channel would initially be made available to PBS stations that have digital multicast capability. PBS stations are planning to make agreements with local stations (on digital terrestrial television) (such as WGBH) and cable operators (such as Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox Cable, and Cablvision) for channel placement. Plans are also to have similar arrangements work out with satellite providers (such as DirecTV and Dish Network) and video-on-demand services. PBS and Verizon have worked out an agreement to distribute PBS Kids Go! Channel (along with other digital PBS channels) over its Verizon FiOS services.
However, on June 6, 2006, PBS announced that the PBS Kids Go! Channel would not launch in October 2006 due to financial issues, as reported by the Broadcasting & Cable News website. Instead, the channel was delayed for several months, and eventually shelved for unknown reasons.
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