American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running Nick Jr. programming block From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Nick Jr. Channel (sometimes shortened to Nick Jr.) is a television channel that is based on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block. It is run by Paramount Global. While the original block started in 1988, the separate channel started on September 28, 2009. It is made for preschoolers and it mostly plays shows that began on the Nickelodeon weekday block.
| Nick Jr. Channel | |
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| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | One Astor Plaza New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Programming | |
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| Picture format | 4:3 (2009-2013) 16:9 (2013-present) |
| Timeshift service | Nick Jr. East Nick Jr. West |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Media Networks |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | September 28, 2009 |
| Replaced | Noggin (channel) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Available on most cable systems | Varies by cable provider |
| Satellite | |
| Dish Network | Channel 169 (SD) |
| DirecTV | Channel 301 (SD/HD) |
| Charter Spectrum | Channel 257 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Verizon FiOS |
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| U-verse TV |
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| Google Fiber |
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| Streaming media | |
| Affiliated Streaming Service | Paramount+ |
| YouTube TV, FuboTV, Philo, Sling TV, DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV[broken anchor], Vidgo TV | |
Since May 2018, the channel has been specially labeled "the Nick Jr. Channel on TV. This is to prevent confusion between the weekday block and the separate channel.
Launched on 1 September 1999 as the first full Nick Jr. channel. It aired from 6:00a.m. to 8:00p.m. Then in February 2002 a classic children's programming block called Nick Jr. Classics was launched, airing was also increased to 10:00p.m. After Nick Jr. Classics was removed, it began airing for 24 hours.
There is a similar service titled Nick Jr. Too. It launched in April 2002 as Nick Jr. 2, but the name was changed in November 2014.[source?]
Launched on March 2004.[1] The Australian version includes some PBS Kids series like WordWorld and Sid the Science Kid.
Similar to the US version. Launched on January 26, 2010.[2] Name stylized as Nickelodeon Junior so it doesn't sound like a French swear word.
Launched on July 1, 2008, like US version it have the late Nick JR shows, name stylized as Nick JR.
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