The two Freeview TV channels launching on April 15 will broadcast for six-and-a-half hours a day.

Two television channels of extensive learning are being set up with much-loved children's entertainer Suzy Cato confirmed as fronting them and will include specialised content for:

• Early learners,
• Parents, to help them support their children's education,
• A broad curriculum that includes movement, music, physical education, wellbeing, numeracy, literacy and science through an integrated approach to curriculum,
• An hour of Te Reo Māori, and
• Pacific and other communities.

"There's already a lot of good education video content available, and the ministry is working with experts and educators to refine and further develop it," Hipkins said.