Disney Junior (British and Irish TV channel)
Defunct television channel in the UK and Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the now-defunct Disney Junior in the UK and Ireland. For the original, American version, see Disney Jr. For other international versions, see List of Disney Jr. TV channels.
Disney Junior (now known on YouTube as Disney Kids) was a British and Irish pay television kids' TV channel that was owned by Disney–ABC Television Group that focused on preschool programming. It was launched on 29 September 2000 as Playhouse Disney. The channel was rebranded as Disney Junior on 7 May 2011, it later ceased broadcasting on 30 September 2020 due to Disney+.
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta[citation needed] |
Headquarters | 3 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9PE, United Kingdom |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Timeshift service | Disney Junior +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | The Walt Disney Company Limited Disney Channels Worldwide (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International) |
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History | |
Launched | 29 September 2000 (2000-09-29) (as Playhouse Disney) 7 May 2011 (2011-05-07) (as Disney Junior) |
Closed | 30 September 2020 (2020-09-30) |
Replaced by | Disney+ (most of its content) |
Former names | Playhouse Disney (2000–2011) |
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