Nick Jr. (Euro Republics)

Nick Jr. is a Euroish television channel aimed at a preschool demographic, that launched in 1998. The channel was originally owned by EuroMedia upon it's original launch, but the channel's ownership was transfered to ETV in 2021 after it signed a deal with Paramount Global for use of the Nickelodeon brand.

History
Nick Jr. launched as a channel in the Euro Republics in February 1999, having operated as a strand on the Euroish version of Nickelodeon since it's launch in 1994.

The channel initially time shared with M2 exclusively on digital television, and was broadcast for fourteen hours each day, from 6:00am to 7:00pm, but in it's own space as part of the children's category of the EPG.

The programme mix of Nick Jr. was unique from other countries, as whilst it included American series, it also included a wide range of Euroish, British and Australian programmes.

Nick Jr. rebranded very quickly after launch on Monday 8th November 1999, with the second major rebrand on Monday 28th October 2002, when the DOG permanently became the main logo, having previously rotated each day over various animal variations of the logo. The channel also began to broadcast 16:9 programmes letterboxed.

Nick Jr. and Spark Two both extended their broadcast hours on Monday 3rd January 2005, and Nick Jr. had a major schedule relaunch to co-incide with it, ditching some of the older non-American series which moved to a new evening block, Noggin, which aired from 8pm to midnight, airing classic non-American preschool programmes, mostly from the 1970s, 80s and early 90s. Noggin rebranded later in September as Nick Jr. Classics. Meanwhile, Peppa Pig, Tangle Jam, The Backyardigans and LazyTown debuted in the daytime schedule. The channel also switched to widescreen broadcasting in the day, whilst switching back to 4:3 for Noggin/Nick Jr. Classics.

On Monday 5th September 2005, Nick Jr. rebranded, introducing Piper - who replaced Face. Alongside the rebrand of Noggin as Nick Jr. Classics, Nick Jr. welcomed it's first sibling channel, Nick Jr. 2, which ran from 6am to 8pm was more in the style of older Nick Jr. retaining the 2002 branding and Face, as well as the broader mix of contemporary and classic programmes. Nick Jr. 2 also broadcast in 4:3.

Nick Jr. rebranded - introducing a new logo, in February 2010. This also included new idents and presentation, and the channel's DOG moved from top left to bottom right. The channel also extended it's bedtime slot to four hours from 6pm to 10pm, followed by Nick Jr. Classics from 10pm to 2am alongside it airing from 6pm to 10pm on Nick Jr. 2. Nick Jr. Classics now used the same DOG as Nick Jr. and Nick Jr. 2 and gained widescreen presentation but was still broadcast in 4:3 as opposed to normal programmes.

On Monday 14th January 2013, Nick Jr. 2 was closed down and was replaced with a Euroish version of TeenNick. On the same day, Nick Jr. rebranded and introduced an extra hour of Nick Jr. Classics at 9pm.

Paramount Global and ETV signed a major deal in June 2020 for ETV to gain the rights to all new programmes made by them, and also the rights to use the Nickelodeon brand alongside other Paramount brands. This meant that, with EuroMedia's permission, ownership of Nick Jr. would be passed over to ETV effective from 1st January 2021.

The "new" Nick Jr. made it's debut on that date, with a few new programmes added to the schedule and after 16 years, Nick Jr. Classics was dropped. EuroMedia set up a similar strand, 3C Gold, in 2023.

Current

 * PAW Patrol (2014-present)
 * Peppa Pig (2005-present)
 * Blue's Clues & You! (2020-present)
 * Team Umizoomi (2010-present)
 * Dora the Explorer (2001-present)
 * Bubble Guppies (2011-present)
 * The Adventures of Paddington (2020-present)
 * Hey Duggee (2016-present)
 * Teletubbies (reboot) (2015-present)
 * Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom (2010-present)
 * Thomas and Friends (1998-present)
 * Blaze and The Monster Machines (2015-present)
 * Santiago of The Seas (2021-present)
 * Baby Shark's Big Show! (2021-present)
 * Abby Hatcher (2019-present)
 * 44 Cats (2019-present)
 * Face's Music Party (2023-present)
 * Rubble & Crew (2023-present)
 * Bossy Bear (2023-present)

Former

 * Animal Stories (2001-2012)
 * Astro Farm (1998-2005)
 * Babar (1998-2002)
 * The Blobs (1998-2004)
 * Blue's Clues (UK version) (2000-2011)
 * Bob the Builder (1998-2008)
 * Boohbah (2004-2011)
 * Budgie The Little Helicopter (1998-2005)
 * The Busy World of Richard Scarry (1998-2001)
 * Camberwick Green (2004)
 * The Caribou Kitchen (2000-2007)
 * Chigley (2004)
 * Christopher Crocodile (1998-2001)
 * Cindi and Friends (2000-2011)
 * Corn & Peg (2019-2020)
 * Cubeez (2001-2008)
 * Dora and Friends: Into the City! (2014-2017)
 * Dream Street (2001-2006)
 * Engie Benjy (2003-2014)
 * Eureeka's Castle (1998-2003)
 * The Family Ness (1998-2004)
 * Feodor (2001-2010)
 * Fifi and the Flowertots (2006-2012)
 * Fraggle Rock (1998-2000)
 * Franklin (1999-2005)
 * The Fresh Beat Band (2010-2014)
 * Greenwood Forest (1998-2003)
 * Go, Diego, Go! (2008-2013)
 * Gullah Gullah Island (1998-2000)
 * Henry's Cat (2000-2005)
 * Hi-5 (2002-2015)
 * The Hoobs (2003-2011)
 * Humf (2009-2015]
 * Ivor the Engine (2003-2005)
 * Jimbo and The Jet Set (1998-2004)
 * Johnson and Friends (1998-2002)
 * King Rollo (1998-2004)
 * LazyTown (2005-2013)
 * Little Bear (1998-2004)
 * Little Bill (2001-2013)
 * Louie (2007-2015)
 * Maggie and The Ferocious Beast (2003-2008)
 * Maisy (1999-2003)
 * Max & Ruby (2005-2019)
 * Mr. Benn (2001-2004)
 * Mr. Men & Little Miss (1998-2003)
 * Nellie the Elephant (1998-2004)
 * Ni Hao, Kai Lan (2008-2012)
 * Oakie Doke (1998-2011)
 * Olivia (2009-2014)
 * Pablo the Little Red Fox (2001-2007)
 * Penny Crayon (2001-2004)
 * Play School (1998-2004)
 * Pocoyo (2005-2015)
 * Rainbow (1998-2004)
 * Roobarb & Custard (2005-2011)
 * Roary the Racing Car (2007-2014)
 * Rosie & Jim (1998-2004)
 * Sesame Street (1998-2014)
 * Sooty (2011-2018)
 * Super Why! (2009-2013)
 * Tangle Jam (2005-2014)
 * Teletubbies (original) (1998-2015)
 * Timbuctoo (1999-2007)
 * Tip's Nursery (1999-2011)
 * Tots TV (1998-2008)
 * The Treacle People (1998-2014)
 * Trumpton (2004)
 * Tweenies (1999-2015)
 * The Upside Down Show (2008-2011)
 * Waybuloo (2010-2015)
 * The Wiggles (2001-2014)
 * Wizadora (1998-2006)
 * Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (2007-2014)
 * Yo Gabba Gabba! (2008-2016)

Nick Jr. Classics
Nick Jr. Classics was - from 3rd January 2005 to 31st December 2020, the evening and late night block on Nick Jr. which primarily broadcast classic British, Euroish, Kuboian and Australian children's programmes, originally focusing mainly on the 1970s and 1980s, before shifting to include more 1990s and early 2000s programmes. It was originally known as Noggin from January-September 2005.

Originally the block ran from 8pm to midnight until it was moved as part of Nick Jr's rebrand in 2010, now being shown from 6pm-10pm on Nick Jr. 2 and reshown in full on Nick Jr. from 10pm-2am. When Nick Jr. 2 was closed to make way for TeenNick on Monday 14th January 2013, Nick Jr. Classics gained an extra hour on Nick Jr. starting at 9pm. It was a common occurance for many Nick Jr. shows deemed too old to move over from the main section to Nick Jr. Classics to make way for new programmes.

The programmes shown on Nick Jr. Classics were:


 * Animal Stories (2012-2020)
 * Astro Farm (2005-2020)
 * Brum (2013-2020)
 * Budgie the Little Helicopter (2005-2010)
 * Camberwick Green (2005-2009)
 * The Caribou Kitchen (2008-2020)
 * Chigley (2005-2009)
 * Cindi & Friends (2011-2020)
 * The Family Ness (2005-2020)
 * Greenwood Forest (2007-2020)
 * Henry's Cat (2005-2020)
 * Ivor the Engine (2005-2011)
 * Jimbo and The Jet Set (2005-2020)
 * Johnson and Friends (2008-2020)
 * King Rollo (2005-2012)
 * Mr. Benn (2005-2016)
 * Nellie the Elephant (2005-2012)
 * Oakie Doke (2011-2020)
 * Penny Crayon (2005-2020)
 * Rainbow (2005-2020)
 * Roobarb (2005-2020)
 * Rosie & Jim (2005-2020)
 * Sooty & Co. (2011-2020)
 * The Sooty Show (2009-2020)
 * Teletubbies (original) (2015-2020)
 * Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (2005-2020)
 * Timbuctoo (2008-2020)
 * Tip's Nursery (2011-2020)
 * Tots TV (2008-2020)
 * The Treacle People (2014-2020)
 * Wizadora (2007-2020)