Board Thread:The Reference Desk/@comment-188432-20130101172819/@comment-3030984-20130105135158

It is very hard to say whether these are "CBBC" or "BBC One".

As far as I know, the BBC always called their children's brand on the channels as 'CBBC on BBC One/Two', and considered them separate from main BBC programming. While CBBC was on these channels, there was no BBC One/Two branding to speak of, all idents were CBBC, all trailers were CBBC, and any DOGs that appeared (very rarely) were CBBC branded.

However, the format of 'CBBC on BBC One/Two' has varied. Sometimes, shows were links with idents and a continuity announcer. Else, presentation between shows was done from a studio. It gets even more confusing when you consider that on Saturday mornings, they had shows within other live shows in the CBBC strand (while this seems like I'm detracting from the main point, this may help us define what 'CBBC on BBC One/Two' actually is).

CBBC's dedicated channel has always been referred to as the "CBBC Channel" - both in continuity and on EPGs. I personally think that if we are to be best accurate, any premiers on BBC One should be classed as BBC One, and anything on the dedicated channel should be CBBC Channel. I personally believe the current article CBBC is incorrect, in that "CBBC" is a brand, and "CBBC Channel" is the channel.