Disney Jr. (international)

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Disney Jr. is a brand of children's television channels owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, aimed at young children between two and seven years old. [1] Since its American debut on February 14, 2011, [2] the brand was launched worldwide. In most countries the channel was formerly known as Playhouse Disney.

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Disney Junior started closing internationally in 2019, mostly in Europe and Asia-Pacific, as it transitioned viewers to Disney+ and Disney Channel's morning blocks, while other versions remain.

Background

On September 28, 1999, the Playhouse Disney brand was extended internationally with the launch of a self-branded block on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. On September 29, 2000, Disney Television International expanded the block with the launch of a channel in the country alongside the launch of Toon Disney and Disney Channel +1 on the Sky Digital platform. [3] On April 4, 2009, Egmont Group launched a companion Playhouse Disney magazine in the United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland that focused on the channel's four most popular shows: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Handy Manny and Little Einsteins. Each issue included "to do" pages and suggested activities for parents and children based on an educational theme. The Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel UK & Republic of Ireland was eventually disposed of in July 2004 after reducing hours of programming. [4] The Playhouse Disney channel available there, however, continued to air until it was replaced by Disney Junior on May 7, 2011. [5]

On November 30, 2007, Astral Media launched a Canadian version of Playhouse Disney Channel under a brand licensing agreement with Disney-ABC Television Group; the channel operated as a multiplex channel of Family Channel, which had long maintained a programming distribution agreement with Disney Channel for the domestic rights to the U.S. channel's series until January 2016. A Canadian-French version of Playhouse Disney was launched on July 5, 2010, also by Astral Media. The English & Canadian-French channels were both replaced by Disney Junior on May 6, 2011. [6]

The first Disney Junior to launch outside the U.S. was in Latin America on April 1, 2011, [7] replacing the Playhouse Disney Channel, it later rebranded in most countries replacing their Playhouse Disney brands mostly in 2011, such as Canada on May 6, [8] the United Kingdom and Ireland on May 7, [9] Italy on May 14, France on May 28, [10] Australia and New Zealand on May 29, [11] the pan-CEMA feed (Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) [12] on June 1, and Spain on June 11. [13]

Japan and India's programming blocks were rebranded on July 3 and 4 respectively, with channels in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and South Korea on July 11, [14] along with Germany, Austria and Switzerland on July 14, Israel on July 18, and Scandinavia and the Benelux (Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg) on September 10. [15]

The Romanian channel launched on March 1, 2012, [16] India and Japan's channels were also launched on October 1 and 15 respectively, It became available in Portugal since November 1, 2012, [17] and Russia's block rebranded on September 1, 2013, concluding the Playhouse Disney brand.

The Hungarian feed was launched on July 1, 2015, but shut down in late 2017 due to lack of distributing for most of the Hungarian pay TV providers. [18] [19] It would plan to cease on October 12, but moved instead to December 5, [20] discontinuing the Hungarian language audio track.

Disney Junior in Canada (both English and French), originally owned by DHX Media, discontinued on September 18, 2015 [21] as Corus Entertainment acquires Disney's rights. The English version relaunched on December 1, 2015, however, La Chaîne Disney's block, Disney Junior sur La Chaîne Disney , carries most preschool shows in French.

On April 1, 2019, Disney Junior discontinued in the Netherlands, [22] while it continues broadcasting in Belgium (particularly the Flanders), however after a year of absence, most programs returned to Mickey Mornings on Disney Channel since November 17, 2020. Some Disney Junior channels were discontinued in favor for Disney+, such as Australia and New Zealand on April 30, 2020, Italy on May 1, and the United Kingdom and Ireland on October 1.

The same closure occurred in Malaysia on January 1, 2021, the German channel on September 30, [23] Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and South Korea on October 1, Taiwan's programming block on Disney Channel on December 31, 2021, and the Brazilian feed on April 1, 2022, [24] with the Russian block halted in December that year and in Scandinavia on April 1, 2024, due to the channel merging with Disney Channel to launch a new version of the channel. [25]

Current channels

MarketTypeFormerlyLaunch dateAvailabilityOperator
United States Channel Soapnet a March 23, 2012 (except for DirecTV a )Nationwide Disney Branded Television
Block (Mickey Mornings)PlayhouseFebruary 14, 2011 [26] (as Disney Junior)
June 1, 2020 [27] [28] (as Mickey Mornings)
Latin America Channel (North)June 1, 2008 (Playhouse)
April 1, 2011
Caribbean, Central America, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela Disney Media Networks Latin America
Channel (South)Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
Block [29] (Brazil)April 1, 2022Nationwide
France [30] ChannelNovember 2, 2002 (Playhouse)
May 28, 2011 [10]
France and overseas, Haiti, Belgium, Luxembourg, Francophone Africa, Switzerland The Walt Disney Company Limited [12] [31] [32]
Channel (HD)May 8, 2011
CEE, Middle East, and Africa [12] ChannelPlayhouse (except Bulgaria and Romania)June 1, 2011
March 1, 2012(Bulgaria and Romania) [16]
Africa, Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East
Spain PlayhouseNovember 16, 2001 [33] (Playhouse)
June 11, 2011 [13] [30]
Spain, Andorra
JapanBlockJuly 3, 2011 [34] NationwideThe Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.
ChannelOctober 1, 2012 [34]
India BlockPlayhouse2006 (Playhouse) [35]
July 4, 2011
India, Bhutan, [36] Maldives, [37] Nepal, Sri Lanka [38] Disney Star
ChannelOctober 15, 2012
Israel ChannelPlayhouseSeptember 9, 2009 (Playhouse)
July 18, 2011 [39]
NationwideThe Walt Disney Company (Israel) Ltd.
Benelux [12] September 10, 2011 [40] [15] Belgium; formerly NetherlandsThe Walt Disney Company Limited [12] [41]
Portugal Channel Disney Cinemagic November 1, 2012 [17] Portugal, Angola, Mozambique
Canada Channel (English)December 1, 2015 [42] Nationwide Corus Entertainment
Block (French) on Disney
GermanyBlock (Mickey Mornings)JuniorFebruary 18, 2019 [43] Germany, Austria, SwitzerlandDisney Co. (Germany)
NetherlandsNovember 17, 2020NationwideThe Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BV

^a Except for DirecTV, which replaced NASA TV, which moved to another channel and is still airing today. In DirecTV's case, Soapnet was replaced by an Informercial Channel.

Former channels

MarketTypeFormerlyLaunch dateDiscontinued dateOperator
Romania BlockPlayhouse Disney ChannelSeptember 2009 (Playhouse);
June 1, 2011
February 29, 2012The Walt Disney Company Limited
Portugal June 1, 2011June 2014The Walt Disney Company Iberia
Canada (original)ChannelNovember 30, 2007 (Playhouse);
May 6, 2011 [8]
September 18, 2015 [21] Under a brand licensing agreement by DHX Media
Channel (French)Playhouse Disney TéléJuly 5, 2010 (Playhouse);
May 6, 2011
Hungary Block on Disney Channel Playhouse2011July 1, 2015 [44] The Walt Disney Company Limited
ChannelAs a block on Disney Channel July 1, 2015 [44] [45] December 5, 2017 [18]
Asia As a block on Disney Channel Playhouse2000 (Playhouse);
July 11, 2011
July 31, 2018The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd.
Netherlands ChannelSeptember 10, 2011 [40] [15] April 1, 2019 [46] The Walt Disney Company Limited
Latin AmericaAs a block on Disney Channel (4 feeds)April 11, 2011March 21, 2020Disney Media Networks Latin America
Australia & New Zealand ChannelDecember 5, 2005 (Playhouse);
May 29, 2011 [11]
April 30, 2020The Walt Disney Company (Australia) Pty Ltd.
Italy [30] [47] ChannelPlayhouseMay 1, 2005 (Playhouse);
May 14, 2011
May 1, 2020The Walt Disney Company Limited [48]
Channel (+1)Playhouse +1July 31, 2009 (Playhouse +1);
May 14, 2011
United Kingdom & Ireland [30] ChannelPlayhouseSeptember 29, 2000 (Playhouse);
May 7, 2011
October 1, 2020The Walt Disney Company (UK) Limited
Channel (+1)Playhouse +1November 3, 2007 [49] (Playhouse +1);
May 7, 2011
October 1, 2020
Channel (HD)Playhouse2011October 1, 2020
Latin AmericaAs a block on Fox Channel (2 feeds)As a block on Disney Channel (3 feeds)March 21, 2020February 22, 2021Disney Media Networks Latin America
GermanyChannelPlayhouseJuly 14, 2011 [50] September 30, 2021 [23] The Walt Disney Company Limited [12]
Asia SingaporeMarch 15, 2004 (Playhouse);
July 11, 2011
June 1, 2020The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd.
MalaysiaJuly 3, 2004 (Playhouse);
July 11, 2011
December 31, 2020 [51]
Hong KongApril 2, 2004 (Playhouse);
July 11, 2011
October 1, 2021
Indonesia
PalauJanuary 2005 (Playhouse);
July 11, 2011
Thailand
VietnamMay 2005 (Playhouse);
July 11, 2011
CambodiaJune 20, 2005 (Playhouse);
July 11, 2011
PhilippinesDecember 2005 (Playhouse);
July 11, 2011
South KoreaJune 12, 2004 (Playhouse);
July 11, 2011
Disney Channel Korea Ltd.
TaiwanBlock2004 (Playhouse);
September 1, 2011
December 31, 2021The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd.
BrazilChannelSeptember 5, 2008 (Playhouse);
April 1, 2011
April 1, 2022 [24] Disney Media Networks Latin America
RussiaBlock (Mickey Mornings)
  • August 2010 (Playhouse);
  • September 1, 2013 (Disney Junior);
  • May 1, 2020 (Mickey Mornings)
December 13, 2022Media-1 (80%), The Walt Disney Company CIS (20%)
ScandinaviaChannel2006 (Playhouse);
September 11, 2011
March 1, 2024 (Denmark)
April 1, 2024
The Walt Disney Company Nordic

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