Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Burbank, California, U.S. |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Spanish (via SAP audio track) |
Picture format | HDTV 720p (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SD feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Disney Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) |
Parent | Disney Branded Television |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | February 14, 2011 March 23, 2012 (as a channel) | (as a block on Disney Channel)
Replaced | Soapnet (as a network) Playhouse Disney (as a Disney Channel morning block) |
Former names | Disney Junior (2011–2024) |
Links | |
Webcast | Watch live |
Website | www.disneynow.com |
Disney Jr. (formerly Disney Junior visually) is an American pay television network owned by the Disney Branded Television sub-division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company.[1] Aimed mainly at children two to seven years of age,[1] its programming consists of original first-run television series, films, and select other third-party programming.
As of November 2023[update], Disney Jr. is available to approximately 45,000,000 pay television households in the United States—down from its 2015 peak of 74,000,000 households.[2]