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History
The channel was introduced as a joint venture of the German national broadcasters ARD and ZDF on 18 November 1996 under the name Der Kinderkanal von ARD und ZDF ("The Children's Channel of ARD and ZDF"), and eventually began broadcasting on 1 January 1997.

Until 2003, Kika was sharing its satellite channel frequency with the Franco-German channel Arte.