Before Nick Jr. officially launched as a 24-hour television channel, it was part of Nickelodeon's morning line-up which included such shows as Blue's Clues, Dora the Explorer and LazyTown, the block itself was also joined by a presenter known as "Face", which presented the Australian-input from 1998 until 2006, the Australian-input was also the last of the Nick Jr. brands internationally to have Face being replaced.
On 21 January 2004, Foxtel announced a brand new digital service along with new channel line-ups which included Nick Jr.[2] On 14 March 2004, Nick Jr. officially launched to be the first 24-hour Australian children's channel to air mostly preschool shows.
For a few months after Nick Jr. became a full channel, it kept a two-hour time slot on Nickelodeon in the mornings from 8:00am until 10:00am, but the time allocated to the block was far shorter than it was before it became a full channel.
The channel was rebranded on 26 March 2010.[4] From 2004 until 2010, the channel used a localised logo with two kangaroos with the tradition of "Nick" (representing the adult) and "Jr." (as the child).
During the time Nickelodeon had a separate channel in New Zealand, it had a Nick Jr. block running from 9:30 am to 2 pm from Monday to Wednesday, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm on Thursday and Friday and 6:30 am to 8 am on weekends. After the closure of the New Zealand feed, the Australian feed of Nick Jr. launched in New Zealand on 24 December 2010.[5]
On 3 December 2013, Nick Jr. became available on Foxtel's streaming service Foxtel Go.[6]
The channel also aired as a two-hour block in the afternoons on Sky Television in New Zealand, until this ended in 2013.
On 1 August 2023, Nick Jr. was removed from Foxtel[9] following an announcement that 10 Shake would rebrand as Nickelodeon[10] on the same day, with selected programmes being shifted to that channel and was replaced by Nick Jr. Global. Fetch TV continues to broadcast the channel in Australia, and a variant of the channel is offered as a FAST channel on 10Play.[11]
The channel will be removed from Fetch TV on 1 November 2025.[12]
Logos
Logo used from 2007 to 2010 with two Kangaroos, the national animal of Australia
Logo used since 2010
Presenters
Face (14 March 2004 – 2006), (1998 – 2006, block)
Ollie the Australian Muppet (14 March 2004 – 2013)
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