Smile (TV network)

"Smile of a Child" redirects here. For the 1911 film, see The Smile of a Child.
This article is about the children’s TV channel owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. For the unrelated TV channel in Greece, see Smile TV (Greece).

Smile TV
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersGarland, Texas
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format480i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerTrinity Broadcasting Network
History
LaunchedDecember 24, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-24)
Former namesSmile of a Child (2005–2016)
Links
Websitewww.smileofachildtv.org
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionx.4 on most TBN owned-and-operated stations and affiliates
Channel slots vary depending on media market

Smile (shortened from its former name of Smile of a Child) is a Christian free-to-air television network owned and operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. The network is aimed at children aged 2-12 and offers a mixture of children's religious and family-oriented programming. The network was founded as the television branch of TBN's Smile of a Child ministry, created by TBN co-founder Jan Crouch.

Smile is also available on pay-TV providers as well as on some streaming services that offer TBN's six U.S. networks.[1]

The network is available in the U.S. on AT&T U-Verse and Wave Broadband and throughout North and Central America as a free-to-air channel on Galaxy 14 C-band, Galaxy 19 Ku band and available with Glorystar Christian Satellite. Internationally, ABS1 satellite to Asia, India, and the Middle East, and Agila 2 both C-band and Ku band signals in some areas of Asia and the Philippines. The network is also live-streamed on both its own and TBN's website.

In addition, the parent network TBN runs a "Smile" block on Saturday mornings.[2] Competing network KTV aired a 12-hour block of Smile programming from October 26, 2015, through June 30, 2017.

  1. ^ Kent Gibbons (May 29, 2015). "TBN Salsa Targets English-Speaking Hispanics". Multichannel News. NewBay Media. Archived from the original on May 31, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  2. ^ "SOAC Mission Statement". Smile of a Child TV. Trinity Broadcasting Network. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021.