Spanish-language
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children's television channel operated by V-me Media, catering to the needs of
preschool
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-aged
Hispanic and Latino Americans
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. The channel launched exclusively through
AT&T U-verse
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cable systems on September 1, 2010.
Vme Kids was added to Verizon Fios in May 2011. The following October, it was picked up by
Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation was an American cable television company with systems serving areas surrounding New York City. It was the fifth-largest cable provider and ninth-largest television provider in the United States. Throughout its ex ...
. Vme Kids was added nationally to
Comcast
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Xfinity
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systems in late 2012. On April 7, 2017,
Sling TV
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added the channel as both a linear and on-demand service.
History
Seeing a lack of preschool entertainment options for
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to Vic ...
children in the United States, V-me Media decided to launch the first 24-hour
Spanish-language
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children's channel in the nation. Utilizing content and experienced gained through its daily kids block on
V-me
V-me (, a pun on ''veme'', "watch me") is an American Spanish-language television network, formerly carried as an over-the-air public broadcasting network in association with public television stations created for the United States Hispanic marke ...
, the channel launched on
AT&T U-verse
U-verse TV is a DirecTV brand of IPTV service. Launched on June 26, 2006, U-verse included broadband Internet (now AT&T Internet or AT&T Fiber), VoIP, IP telephone (now AT&T Phone), and IPTV (U-verse TV) services in 48 states.
on September 1, 2010.
The channel received over-the-air distribution in June 2011, when
Puerto Rico
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-based
V-me
V-me (, a pun on ''veme'', "watch me") is an American Spanish-language television network, formerly carried as an over-the-air public broadcasting network in association with public television stations created for the United States Hispanic marke ...
affiliate
WIPR-TV
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added it as a
subchannel
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. It was also made available on the local Choice and Liberty Cable systems.
Vme Kids was added to Verizon Fios in May 2011. The following October, it was picked up by
Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation was an American cable television company with systems serving areas surrounding New York City. It was the fifth-largest cable provider and ninth-largest television provider in the United States. Throughout its ex ...
. Vme Kids was added nationally to
Comcast
Comcast Corporation (formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings),Before the AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation. Comcast Holdings Corporation now refers to a subsidiary of Comcast Corpora ...
Xfinity
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, doing business as Xfinity, is an American telecommunications company and division of Comcast Corporation used to market consumer cable television, internet, telephone, and wireless services provided by the com ...
systems in late 2012. On April 7, 2017,
Sling TV
Sling TV is an American streaming television service operated by Sling TV LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dish Network. Unveiled on January 5, 2015, at the Consumer Electronics Show, the virtual multichannel video programming distributor aims ...
added the channel as both a linear and on-demand service.
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Molang
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Mouk
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Trotro
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