Nick Jr. (Dutch TV channel)

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Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. logo 2023 (outline).svg
Country Netherlands
Broadcast areaNetherlands
Flanders
Network Nickelodeon
Programming
Language(s) Dutch
Picture format 16:9 576i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner Paramount Networks EMEAA
Sister channels Nickelodeon
Nicktoons
NickMusic
French Nickelodeon
MTV
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
MTV Hits
MTV Live
Comedy Central
Paramount Network
History
Launched1 May 2005;18 years ago (2005-05-01)
Links
Website www.nickjr.nl
Availability
Streaming media
Ziggo GO (Netherlands) ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only)

Nick Jr. is a Dutch pay-TV preschooler's network and is part of the Dutch Nickelodeon network. After the transition of Kindernet to Nickelodeon in 2003, [1] Nick Jr. became a programme block on Nickelodeon in the morning. [2] Nick Jr. was to launch as a separate channel on 1 January 2005, but due to some capacity issues, it finally launched a few months later on 1 May. [3]

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References

  1. "Samenwerking Nickelodeon (Kindernet) en Veronica stopt per 1 september 2003". Kabelraden.nl. May 6, 2003. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015.
  2. "Nickelodeon-telvisievormgeving". Beeld en Geluid wiki. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  3. David de Jong (April 26, 2005). "TMF-themakanalen eerst bij Unet". Dutchmedia Weblog.