Nick Jr. (Indian TV channel)

Nick Jr.

Logo used since 2024
Country	India
Broadcast area	India Bangladesh Pakistan Bhutan [1] Nepal
Headquarters	Mumbai, India
Programming
Language(s)	English Hindi Tamil Telugu Bengali Kannada Malayalam Marathi
Picture format	576i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	JioStar
Parent	Nickelodeon
Sister channels	Nickelodeon Nickelodeon HD+ Sonic
History
Launched	21 November 2012;12 years ago (2012-11-21)
Links
Website	www.nickjrindia.com

Nick Jr. is an Indian children's pay television kids channel which is devoted to toddlers. The channel is the Indian equivalent to the American Nick Jr and a part of the Indian Nickelodeon.

History

The channel was a block on Nickelodeon before Viacom18 launched it as a separate channel in fall 2012. ^[2]

Viacom18 launched TeenNick and Nick Jr. as a single channel on 21 November 2012. At first, Nick Jr. aired in the daytime while TeenNick aired at night. However, TeenNick was discontinued on 1 February 2017, which made Nick Jr. a 24-hour channel.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "BICMA approves 56 channels for uniformity". Kuensel Online. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
2. "Viacom18 launches Nick Jr. to enter preschool segment in India | TelevisionPost.com". www.televisionpost.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.