Disney Junior is a French

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preschool channel owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company France (''La Société Walt Disney''), aimed for kids 3 to 7 years old. It was launched on 2 November 2002, as Playhouse Disney, and rebranded as Disney Junior on 28 May 2011.

History

It began back on 2 November 2002 as

Playhouse Disney Playhouse Disney was a brand of programming blocks and international cable and satellite television channels that were owned by the Disney Channels Worldwide unit (now Disney Branded Television) of The Walt Disney Company's Disney–ABC Televis ...

, along with Disney Channel +1 and

Toon Disney Toon Disney was an American multinational pay television channel owned by Disney Channels Worldwide, a subsidiary of Disney-ABC Television Group. The channel's target audience was children ages 2–11, and children ages 6–13 during the Jetix ...

(later

Disney Cinemagic Disney Cinemagic was a European television brand that consisted of a group of television channels owned by Walt Disney Company Limited (UK) plus two programming blocks by Disney Channels Worldwide. It used to be broadcast on most countries in Wes ...

in 2007), and was previously broadcast 15 hours a day from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm ( UTC+01:00). In July 2010, Disney Channel in the U.S. announced to rebrand Playhouse Disney to Disney Junior, It take place back on 28 May 2011, follows the launch of the HD version.

External links

Disney Junior Schedule

References

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Television channels and stations established in 2002