KI.KA

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This article is about The German Children's Channel. For The Dutch foundation for Child cancer, see Foundation KiKa.

KI.KA ("Der Kinderkanal" = "The Children's Channel") is a public television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. It is a joint venture of national public television channels ARD and ZDF, and is targeted at children and youth. KI.KA is broadcast on analog satellite as well as digital services, both DVB-T and via Astra. KI.KA operates daily from 6:00 a.m. CET until 9:00 p.m. CET, and airs a mixture of live action and animated features. Until 2003, its analog satellite service ended at 7:00 p.m. CET; after that time the frequency was used by Arte. KI.KA now has exclusive use of its frequency — Arte was assigned its own in 2003.

The station uses live continuity announcers, two of the most popular being Juri Tetzlaff (1997-2008) Karsten Blumenthal (1997-2004), Singa Gätgens (1997-2008) and Lukas Koch (2003-2008). The station also repeats shows such as Tabaluga TiVi from ZDF's main service.

The station generally serves children ranging from the age of 3 to approximately 13.