These included some providers such as Cox Communications, Optimum, DirecTV, Verizon FiOS, and Time Warner Cable, which continued to carry Soapnet while having added the Disney Junior channel onto their channel lineups in turn. In 2020, Disney ceased its traditional wireline networks in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including its domestic Disney Junior network, in favor of Disney+.[13]. The announcement also called for the 22 existing programming blocks and pay channels outside of the United States bearing the Playhouse Disney name being rebranded as Disney Junior. AT&T bought WarnerMedia June last year (Warner owns HBO, Cinemax, TBS, CNN and a bunch of other TV channels as well as Warner Brothers or WB, New Line Cinema and all of its movies/content and DC. Disney Junior On Demand: Disney Junior On Demand is the channel's video-on-demand service, offering select episodes of Disney Junior's original series. Soapnet to stay on the air longer into the New Year! If you are looking for Disney Jr on the DirecTV Channel List, you will be able to find it on Channel #289. Channel: 289Disney Junior HD. Second Disney plus is competition for directv mainly because dtv is owned by AT&T. This page was last edited on 11 November 2020, at 07:10. Disney Junior … Catch up on your favorite Disney Junior shows. Disney Junior, formerly known as Playhouse Disney, is available around the world. HD SD. The Disney Junior channel was originally scheduled to launch in January 2012, but on July 28, 2011, the Disney-ABC Television Group pushed back the channel's launch date to an unspecified date in early 2012,[8] then on January 9, 2012, the Disney-ABC Television Group announced that Soapnet's closing date for most cable providers was scheduled for March 22, 2012. To tune to this show, your Computer must be joined to the same Wi-Fi network as your receiver. In 2012, Disney Junior launched the movie night anthology as Magical World of Disney Junior. [6], The flagship channel in the United States intended to replace Soapnet, a Disney-owned channel featuring daytime soap operas seen on the major broadcast networks (including sister network ABC) and reruns of former primetime drama series, due to the continued decline in popularity and quantity of soap operas on broadcast television, along the growth of video on demand services (including the online streaming availability for soap operas) and digital video recorders that negated the need for a linear channel devoted to the genre. Plans for the United States network were ultimately shelved, however dedicated Playhouse Disney Channels were launched in other countries internationally. See what's on Disney Junior and watch On Demand on your TV or online! HD. Additional series under development at the block's launch included a photography series, a series that follows parents through the day their new baby comes home after being born, and a show about stay-at-home dads. Watch Now. 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Since its launch, Disney Junior became initially available to subscribers of Xfinity, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Bright House Networks, and Verizon FiOS;[14] other providers would sign carriage agreements to run the network following its launch: Programming on the Disney Junior channel includes original series (such as Vampirina), shows formerly seen on the now-defunct Playhouse Disney block (such as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse), plus re-runs of former original shows (such as Doc McStuffins) - including some that also air on the companion Disney Channel morning block and short-form series, as well as reruns of some older animated series that had previously been seen on sister network ABC, CBS (made prior to 1996) and programs from Disney Channel and Toon Disney, which are aired by the channel by popular demand (especially during the overnight graveyard slot). The block, which debuted on September 4, 2012 and is sponsored by Babble (under a similar underwriter sponsorship agreement as that regularly used by Disney Channel and Disney Junior, which both operate as commercial-free services), consists of short-form programs intended for co-viewing among parents and their children. [12] The morning block of Disney Junior programming on Disney Channel itself is currently known as Mickey Mornings. On March 26, 2012, Cox Communications announced that it would carry Disney Junior, as part of the provider's "Variety Pak" package. number:0 HD. Disney Junior Night Light is the former name of Disney Junior channel's overnight programming block, running daily from 9:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time. Features seen as part of the block include Picture This (which presents sketches of Disney characters being drawn), Sesh Tales (a segment featuring costumed finger puppets with twists on traditional fairy tales) and That's Fresh (a segment featuring cooking tips aimed at parents, presented by celebrity chef Helen Cavallo). Checking Streaming Options. [21] Since 2017, Disney Junior's overnight programming has run unbranded and without the Night Light continuity. On April 3, 2012, Disney–ABC Television Group announced that it had reached a distribution agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative to carry Disney Junior, which negotiates carriage deals on behalf of many of America's smaller cable providers. Disney Channel: 290 Disney Junior: 289 Disney XD: 292 DIY Network: 230 DTV4K: 104 However, the channel also carries several non-Disney preschool shows (such as PJ Masks and Bluey). 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