Disney Junior (Dutch TV channel)
Disney Junior is a Dutch pay television station for young children, owned by The Walt Disney Company. It shared its video feed with Disney Junior Scandinavia and featured an additional Dutch audio track for its viewers in the Netherlands and Flanders. Viewers in Wallonia, Brussels and Luxembourg receive the French version.
| Disney Junior | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 3 May 2010 |
| Closed | 1 April 2019 (Netherlands) |
| Owned by | Disney Channels (Benelux) B.V. |
| Picture format | 16:9 576p (SDTV) |
| Slogan | De magie begint hier! |
| Country | Belgium |
| Language | Dutch dubbing |
| Broadcast area | Netherlands (2010-2019) Belgium |
| Headquarters | Bergweg 50 Hilversum (Netherlands) |
| Formerly called | Playhouse Disney (2010-2011) |
| Sister channel(s) | Disney XD Disney Channel |
Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Telenet (Flanders) | Channel 38 |
| Telenet (Brussels and Wallonia) | Channel 128 |
| IPTV | |
| Proximus TV (Flanders) | Channel 36 |
| Proximus TV (Brussels and Wallonia) | Channel 286 |
History
On 3 May 2010 Disney Junior was first launched as Playhouse Disney in the Netherlands and on 22 June in Belgium. It also launched under the same name as a block on the main Disney Channel.[1] Disney Junior replaced Playhouse Disney on 1 September 2011 and was launched in Proximus TV[2] and then Ziggo on 10 September 2011.
Ziggo announced that Disney Junior as a TV channel would close down in the Netherlands on 1 April 2019. Disney Channels Benelux is planning to distribute its programmes differently (on Disney+).[3][4] The dutch channel continues broadcasting in Belgium.
Disney Junior on Disney Channel
Besides the TV channel there was also a Disney Junior program block on Disney Channel from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM.
Programming
- Aladdin
- Art Attack
- Caillou
- Chuggington
- Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
- Doc McStuffins
- DuckTales
- Goldie and Bear
- Handy Manny
- Henry Hugglemonster
- Imagination Movers
- Jake and the Never Land Pirates
- Jungle Cubs
- Jungle Junction
- Lalaloopsy
- The Lion Guard
- The Little Mermaid
- Martha Speaks
- Mater's Tall Tales
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
- Miles from Tomorrowland
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Quack Pack
- Sheriff Callie's Wild West
- Sofia the First
- Special Agent Oso
- Timon & Pumbaa
- Toy Story Toons
- The Lion Guard
References
- Robert Briel (23 April 2010). "UPC launches Playhouse Disney". Broadband TV News.
- Jarco Kriek (18 August 2011). "Disney Junior neemt plaats Playhouse Disney in" (in Dutch). Totaal TV.
- Jarco Kriek (1 February 2019). "Disney Junior verdwijnt bij Ziggo" (in Dutch). Totaal TV.
- Jarco Kriek (27 February 2019). "Verdere verschraling zenderaanbod: Disney Junior stopt bij alle distributeurs" (in Dutch). Totaal TV.
