Disney Junior (Asian TV channel) facts for kids
Country | Malaysia Philippines Indonesia Thailand Vietnam |
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Broadcast area | Asia (except Malaysia and Singapore) |
Slogan | Where The Magic Begins |
Headquarters | Corporate office: 1 #06-01 Sandcrawler, Fusionopolis View, Singapore 138577 Studios and production facility: 4 Loyang Ln #01-01/02 and #02-01/02., Singapore 508914 Suria KLCC, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Chinese Malay Indonesian Tamil Thai English Vietnamese |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to / 4:3 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Disney Channels Worldwide (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International) |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 24 May 2004 11 July 2011 (as Disney Junior) |
(as Playhouse Disney)
Closed | 1 June 2020 1 January 2021 (Malaysia: Astro, Kristal-Astro and NJOI) |
(Singapore)
Replaced by | Nick Jr. (Malaysia: Astro, Kristal-Astro and NJOI) |
Former names | Playhouse Disney (2004–2011) |
Availability | |
Cable | |
Sky Cable / Destiny Cable (Philippines) |
Channel 38 (Digital) |
Cablelink (Philippines) |
Channel 27 |
Parasat Cable TV (Cagayan de Oro) |
Channel 54 |
Bohol Community Cable TV (Tagbilaran) |
Channel 39 |
First Media (Indonesia) |
Channel 121 |
TrueVisions (Thailand) |
Channel 448 |
HTVC (Vietnam) |
Channel 52 (Analog) Channel 49 (Digital) |
Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) |
Channel 531 |
Satellite | |
Cignal (Philippines) |
Channel 70 |
MNC Vision (Indonesia) |
Channel 43 (SD) Channel 472 (HD) |
TransVision (Indonesia) |
Channel 201 |
TrueVisions (Thailand) |
Channel 448 |
HiTRON (Papua New Guinea) |
Channel 26 |
CANAL+ (Myanmar) |
Channel 95 |
IPTV | |
now TV (Hong Kong) |
Channel 442 |
UseeTV (Indonesia) | Channel 302 |
MYTV Super (Hong Kong) |
Channel 101 |
Unifi TV (Malaysia) | Channel 557 (HD) (Coming Soon) |
Streaming media | |
TrueID TV (Thailand) |
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Disney Junior (formerly known as Playhouse Disney) is a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (excluding and formerly including Malaysia and Singapore). Aimed mainly for children between 2 through 8 years of age, its programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and made-for-DVD movies and select other third-party programming. Disney Junior also lent its name to an early morning program block seen on sister network Disney Channel, branded as "Disney Junior on Disney Channel."
The block was discontinued on 31 July 2018 in favor of using the Disney Channel moniker.
Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior ceased transmission in Singapore on June 1, 2020, on both Singtel and StarHub. The Singaporean launch of Disney+ is scheduled to take place on 23 February 2021.
On 5 August 2020, Disney Junior upgraded to HD on Astro due to high viewership. On 10 December 2020, it was announced that Disney Junior, including its sister channels, ceased operations on January 1, 2021, at 12:00am due to Astro's decision not to renew their contract and refreshing Kids Pack with new channels Nick Jr. and Boomerang. At this moment, Astro didn't announce that they will resume the broadcast of Disney channels due to the refreshed Kids Pack.
Feeds
- Main: Available in Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
- Hong Kong: Available in Hong Kong and Macau with its own schedule. Broadcast in Cantonese and English.
- Taiwan: Available in Taiwan with its own schedule. Broadcast in Taiwanese Mandarin and English
- Mainland China: Available in Mainland China with its own schedule. Broadcast in Chinese
Defunct feeds
- Singapore: The schedule was similar to the main feed, plus local advertisements. The feed ceased operations on 31 May 2020 due to an expired contract with both StarHub and Singtel, and the launch of Disney+, set to take place on 23 February 2021.
- Malaysia: The schedule was similar to the main feed, plus local advertisements. The feed ceased operations on 31 December 2020 on Astro, due to an expired contract, renewing Kids Pack, and a possibility of a launch of Disney+ Hotstar.
Programming
Current programming
Original programming from Disney Junior USA
- Doc McStuffins (July 1, 2012–present)
- Fancy Nancy Clancy (January 22, 2020–present)
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (July 11, 2011–present)
- Mickey and the Roadster Racers (March 24, 2017–present)
- Mira, Royal Detective (July 3, 2020 – present)
- Muppet Babies (June 25, 2018–present)
- Puppy Dog Pals (April 11, 2016–present)
- Sofia the First (May 1, 2013 – present)
- T.O.T.S. (September 21, 2019–present)
- The Rocketeer (February 17, 2020–present)
- Vampirina (October 2, 2017–present)
Original programming from Disney Channel
- Elena of Avalor (June 12, 2017–present)
Acquired programming
- Bluey (August 1, 2020 – present)
- Gigantosaurus (June 3, 2019–present)
- PJ Masks (March 4, 2014–present)
Upcoming programming
Acquired programming
- Pikwik Pack
- Dino Ranch
Interstitial programming/Shorts
Original
- Alphablocks
- Adventures in Nutrition with Captain Carlos
- Bunnytown Shorts
- Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?
- Chip 'N Dale's Nutty Tales
- Choo Choo Soul
- Dance-A-Lot Robot
- Disney Junior Music Nursery Rhymes
- Disney Junior Ready for Preschool
- Disney Tsum Tsum
- The Doc Files
- DJ Melodies
- Feeling Good with JoJo
- Frozen - Olaf A Lots
- Handy Manny's School for Tools
- Happy Monster Band
- It's UnBungalievable
- Jake's Buccaneer Blast
- Jake's Never Land Pirates School
- Lights, Camera, Lexi!
- Lou and Lou: Safety Patrol
- Mama Hook Knows Best!
- Marvel Super Hero Adventures
- Messages From Miles
- Mickey Go Local
- Mickey Mouse
- Mickey Mousekersize
- Mickey Mouse: Hot Diggity-Dog Tales
- Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Minnie's Bow-Toons
- Mission Force One: Connect and Protect
- Muppet Babies Play Date
- Muppet Babies: Show and Tell
- Nina Needs to Go!
- Oddbods (shorts)
- Ooh, Aah & You
- PJ Masks Music Video
- PJ Masks Shorts
- Playing With Skully
- A Poem Is...
- Quiet Is...
- Small Potatoes
- Special Agent Oso: Three Healthy Steps
- Tales of Friendship with Winnie the Pooh
- Tasty Time with ZeFronk
- The Bite-Sized Adventures of Sam Sandwich
- Where Is Warehouse Mouse?
- Whisker Haven Tales With the Palace Pets
Acquired
- Abby's Amazing Adventures
- Aliens Love Underpants And...
- Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures
- Bing
- Chuggington: Badge Quest
- Cleo
- Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck
- Dibo Sing-a-Long
- Journey to Ernie
- Kiwi & Strit
- Molang
- Murray Has a Little Lamb
- Sesame Street: Best Friends
- Sesame Street: Super Healthy Monsters
- Simon
- Sunny Bunnies
- Tiny Planets
- Toon Bops
- Wismo's Little Tales
- WonderBalls
- Yummy Toonies
- Yup Yups
- Zoobabu
Former programming
Original programming
- Bear in the Big Blue House
- Bunnytown
- Donald Duck Presents
- Goldie & Bear
- Handy Manny
- Henry Hugglemonster
- Higglytown Heroes
- Imagination Movers
- Jake and the Never Land Pirates
- Johnny and the Sprites
- JoJo's Circus
- Jungle Junction
- The Lion Guard
- Little Einsteins
- The Little Mermaid
- Miles from Tomorrowland
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh
- Out of the Box
- P. King Duckling
- Rolie Polie Olie
- Sheriff Callie's Wild West
- Special Agent Oso
- Stanley
Acquired programming
- Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps
- Animal Mechanicals
- Art Attack
- Babar and the Adventures of Badou
- Bananas in Pyjamas
- Barney and Friends
- Bob the Builder
- Boo!
- Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot
- Charlie and Lola
- Chiro
- Chloe's Closet
- Chuggington
- Classic Tales
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Clifford's Puppy Days
- Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
- Dibo the Gift Dragon
- Digby Dragon
- Dinosaur Train
- Dive Olly Dive
- Doki
- Ella the Elephant
- Elmo's World
- Esme and Roy
- The Furchester Hotel
- Gaspard and Lisa
- Global Grover
- Guess How Much I Love You
- Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
- Hi-5 House
- Hi-5 (Series 13)
- Hi-5 (Series 17)
- Honk, Toot and Swo-Swoosh
- Kate & Mim-Mim
- Let's Go Pocoyo
- Looney Tunes
- Madeline
- Maya the Bee
- Mike the Knight
- Octonauts
- Peg + Cat
- Play with Me Sesame
- Plim Plim
- Pocoyo
- Pororo the Little Penguin
- Rev & Roll
- Rob the Robot
- Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave
- Tayo the Little Bus
- Timmy Time
- Tinga Tinga Tales
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
- The Hive
- This is Emily Yeung
- Thomas and Friends
- WordWorld
- Zou
Disney Junior Magazine Philippines
Disney Junior Magazine Philippines (known as Disney Junior Magazine and formerly known as Playhouse Disney Magazine Philippines) is an educational magazine published in the Philippines by Summit Media in collaboration with The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia.