The channel, a subsidiary of Russia-1 and owned by VGTRK, was first launched on 1 September 2007.

It was originally launched as a block in daytime on Russia, Sport and Culture.

The channel was named after the character of Chukovsky's fairy tale "The adventures of Bibigon".

[1] On 27 December 2010 the channel was closed and its air time was replaced by Karusel, which merged Bibigon with TeleNanny (ТелеНяня).

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