Playhouse Disney Kuboia

Playhouse Disney Kuboia was a pre-school television channel in Kuboia. The channel targeted children aged ten and under, and was launched on 18th February, 2002 as a joint venture between Disney-Fox Television Group and Telesketch Media. It was one of the last Playhouse Disney channels worldwide before being replaced by Disney Junior in April 2013.

History
Before Playhouse Disney Kuboia, Disney Channel Kuboia had a programming block called Disney Channel Playtime, which aired a selection of pre-school programmes.

Playhouse Disney Kuboia officially launched at 6:00a.m. on 18th February, 2002, airing both Disney-owned content as well as programmes acquired from other sources. Before the channel launched, some Playhouse Disney shows aired on KT, though these were slowly pulled from said channel after Playhouse Disney Kuboia launched. At launch it aired every day from 6:00a.m. to 8:00p.m.

On 31st January, 2005, Playhouse Disney Kuboia updated to the logo and 'Playhouse' ident set that had been used in other European countries since 2003. Later in September that year, the channel extended its broadcast hours, now ending at 10:00p.m., with the last few hours of each day being dedicated to older programming whilst newer shows were aired in the daytime. Although the 'Playhouse' era was phased out by other versions of the channel worldwide during the late 2000s, Playhouse Disney Kuboia continued to use it.

In 2011, all other Playhouse Disney blocks and channels except the Kuboian and Russian channels had rebranded to Disney Junior. Playhouse Disney Kuboia was unable to rebrand to the new name, however, due to the contract between Disney and Telesketch. Eventually in January 2013 however, it was revealed that Playhouse Disney Kuboia would cease airing later that year since the contract with Telesketch was expiring and would not be renewed.

The channel ended its final run on 14th April, 2013 at 10:00p.m. It was replaced by Disney Junior the following day.

Programming
Playhouse Disney Kuboia aired a mixture of original and acquired programmes for children aged ten and under. Due to the contract with Telesketch Media, the channel was expected to air a "reasonable" amount of European programming, although shows acquired from the American version of Playhouse Disney still took up a significant amount of the schedule.

In 2010, after Nick Jr. Kuboia was shut down, Disney acquired the rights to some Nick Jr. programming, including Dora the Explorer and Max & Ruby, which premiered on the channel in the latter portion of the same year.