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Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | Nordic countries |
Headquarters | 3 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9PE, United Kingdom |
Programming | |
Language(s) | |
Picture format | SDTV 576i |
Ownership | |
Owner | |
Sister channels | Disney Channel |
History | |
Launched | 2006 |
Closed | 28 February 2023Allente) 1 March 2024 (Denmark) 1 April 2024 | (on
Replaced by | Disney Channel |
Former names | Playhouse Disney (2006-2011) Fox Kids Play (2003-2004) Jetix Play (2005-2006) (Baltic states only) |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
dna Welho (Finland) | Channel 89 |
Disney Junior was a Scandinavian television channel owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company Limited; [1] targeted for preschoolers targeting the Nordic countries. It does not screen advertising and is funded by subscriptions instead.
It was launched in 2006 on the Canal Digital and Viasat satellite platforms. Cable networks launched it later on. Com Hem, the largest cable network in Sweden, launched it on 2 April 2007. Before 10 September 2011, this channel was called Playhouse Disney; the last show as Playhouse Disney was Special Agent Oso at 6:30 PM.[ citation needed]
The network closed on Allente on 28 February 2023; however, it remains in other providers. [2]
On 19 January 2024, The Walt Disney Company Nordic announced that Disney Junior in Denmark would be closed on 1 March 2024 and its content would be moved to Disney Channel; [3] while in February 2024, the company announced that Disney Junior would be shut down and merged with Disney Channel, at the same time to relaunch a new version of the main channel on 1 April 2024 and would also include a Disney Junior branded block during mornings and at weekends. [4] [5]
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