Disney Junior (Canadian English TV channel)

Disney Junior (Canadian English TV channel)
Disney Junior
Disney Junior Logo.png
Disney Junior logo, 2011-present
Launched November 30, 2007
(original launch; as Playhouse Disney Channel)
May 6, 2011
(relaunch; as Disney Junior)
Owned by Astral Media
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Slogan Where the Magic Begins
Country Canada
Language English
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario
Formerly called Playhouse Disney
Sister channel(s) Family
Disney XD
Website Disney Junior
Availability
Satellite
Bell TV Channel 549
Cable
Rogers Cable Channels 68, 218
Vidéotron Channel 159
Available on most other cable systems Check local listings for availability
IPTV
Bell Aliant TV Channel 259
Optik TV Channel 74

Disney Junior is a Canadian English language premium television service aimed at preschoolers. It was launched as a multiplex of Family originally known as Playhouse Disney Channel on November 30, 2007, a 24/7 commercial-free channel carrying programs aimed at preschool-aged children.[1] Unlike Family, Disney Junior has only one national feed operating from the Eastern Time Zone. For satellite, it is exclusively carried on Bell TV. The channel was re-launched under the new Disney Junior brand on May 6, 2011.[2]

Because Family is licensed as a premium service which allows for the addition of multiplex channels that are consistent with the network's licence, no additional licence was required to launch the service. Existing subscribers of Family are automatically eligible to receive Disney Junior free of charge, subject to carriage by their television service provider; however, it is not available on a standalone basis. The use of Family's existing licence also allows the service to compete with the preschooler-aimed specialty channel, Treehouse, despite the format protection guidelines for specialty channels. This is so, because Family's nature of service is to broadcast programming targeted toward "youth to age 17", in which case, a preschool audience would qualify.[3]

A French language version of the channel, then known as Playhouse Disney Télé, launched on July 5, 2010. It was re-launched as Disney Junior on May 6, 2011 to coincide with the rebranding of the English channel. However, unlike the English version of Disney Junior, the French version is a category 2 service using its own licence, which originally branded the channel as a spin-off of Vrak.TV.

Contents

List of programs broadcast by Disney Junior

Current programming

(Note: many of the programs that are listed as beginning May 6, 2011 were aired on the channel under its previous name.)

Former programming

Future programming

The list of programs below is expected, announced, or rumoured to debut on the channel's lineup.

  • 7D (TBA)
  • Art Attack (TBA)
  • Doc McSuffins (TBA 2012)
  • Oki's Oasis (TBA 2013)
  • Sofia the First (TBA)
  • The Wiggles (TBA)
  • Tinga Tinga Tales (TBA)

Interstitial programming (cartoon shorts)

Related services

Disney Junior OnDemand

Disney Junior OnDemand is a video on demand service featuring programming from Disney Junior, available to subscribers of Family and Disney Junior. Disney Junior launched its own On Demand channel on May 6, 2011. [4]

References

External links


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