▁target ing ▁younger ▁children , ▁and ▁a ▁large ▁amount ▁of ▁its ▁programming ▁output ▁was ▁still ▁archive ▁animated ▁series ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁As ▁time ▁went ▁on , ▁the ▁T CC ▁block ▁extended ▁its ▁hours , ▁initially ▁starting ▁half ▁an ▁hour ▁earlier ▁at ▁ 4 . 3 0 pm , ▁until ▁the ▁focus ▁on ▁te en ▁program mes ▁eventually ▁became ▁more ▁prominent ▁across ▁the ▁whole ▁channel , ▁which ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁T CC ▁all ▁day ▁long . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁it ▁cut ▁back ▁its ▁air ▁hours ▁to ▁ 0 6 : 0 0 - 1 7 : 0 0 , ▁allowing ▁newly ▁launched ▁sister ▁channel ▁Family ▁Channel ▁to ▁share ▁its ▁channel ▁space ▁with ▁both ▁channels ▁now ▁a ▁subscription ▁service ▁via ▁the ▁Sky ▁Mult ich annels ▁package . ▁Two ▁years ▁later , ▁the ▁channel ▁introduced ▁program mes ▁for ▁to dd lers ▁and ▁pr esch ool ers ▁called ▁T iny ▁T CC ▁( see ▁below ). ▁ ▁By ▁June ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁F lex tech ▁completed ▁its ▁ac quisition ▁of ▁The ▁Children ' s ▁Channel ▁when ▁it ▁acquired ▁the ▁remaining ▁ 2 5 . 1 % ▁st ake ▁in ▁Star stream , ▁( parent ▁firm ▁of ▁T CC , ▁from ▁DC ▁Thom son , ▁Th ames ▁Television ▁and ▁Richard ▁Wol fe ) ▁for ▁£ 1 5 m . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁F lex tech ▁were ▁in ▁tal ks ▁with ▁Fox / News ▁Cor p ▁to