In the article Controversial baby TV channel could be coming to the UK, author Jennifer Whitehead says that BabyFirstTV "has been greeted with skepticism by people, who see it as a free babysitting service for children that health campaigners say should not be watching television at all." DIRECTV recently launched the channel last week.
DIRECTV executives say the channel is not meant to be a babysitter for kids; it was developed so that babies and toddlers who would already be watching TV would have something suitable to watch. Also, DIRECTV says that all of the programming is monitored by child experts to ensure the programming is good for children.
