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BBC launches iPlayer Kids, a child-friendly version of its popular iPad app

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<p>British parents have long known that handing your <a href="http://9to5mac.com/tag/children/" target="_blank">kids[/url] an iPad full of children’s TV shows is a good way to keep them quiet for a while appropriately entertained and informed. The BBC has made that job even easier today by launching a special <a href="http://9to5mac.com/tag/iplayer/" target="_blank">iPlayer[/url] Kids app. The iPad app, which has a user-interface suitable for young children, features only age-appropriate TV shows.</p>

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The new child-friendly app is safe and easy to use. With over 10,000 episodes being made available this year alone, it has all of BBC Children’s world-class content in one place, allowing kids to discover and enjoy both new and old CBeebies and CBBC favourites including Wolfblood, Blue Peter, The Dumping Ground, Topsy &amp; Tim and Go Jetters.</span></p>

<p>Each child in the family creates their own profile, complete with their age and a cartoon character to represent them, and the app them automatically filters the shows offered.</p>

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Pre-school children (under five) are only shown CBeebies content, while children over five are shown both CBBC and CBeebies content (customised to be suitable for their age).</span></p>

<p>The BBC says it created the app in recognition of the fact that children’s programs are the most popular genre watched through iPlayer.</p>
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