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.

The channel featured a mixture of both older and newer programming. In December 2004, a majority of the older programming was moved off the channel, but returned in September 2005 during the channel's nighttime hours of 8:00p.m. to 10:00p.m.

When KT closed down in 2008, some of its programming was moved to Playhouse Disney Kuboia. In 2010, after Nick Jr. Kuboia was shut down, Playhouse Disney Kuboia also acquired the rights to some Nick Jr. programming, including Dora the Explorer and Max & Ruby, which premiered on the channel in the later portion of the same year.

Original programming

 * Colourama; premiered 2003
 * Eenie Meenie; premiered 2005
 * Fun Song Factory; premiered 2006
 * Mr. Sketcher; premiered 2002
 * Play School; premiered 2002
 * Toyshop; premiered 2003

Presentation
At launch, the channel's presentation took place in The Playhouse, which normally featured two different hosts presenting in-vision continuity links. Unlike KT, these were pre-recorded in advance. The presentation saw an increase in variety in the spring of 2003, which saw the hours from 6:00a.m. to 9:00a.m. taking place in The Breakfast Club whilst the last hour from 7:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. took place in The Bedroom as part of the Playhouse Disney Night Owl block. A few months later, The Breakfast Club was rebranded as the Egg and Spoon Cafe, which hosted both the morning section and an additional lunchtime segment from 11:30a.m. to 1:00p.m.

When the new logo was introduced in 2005, the presentation saw a minor aesthetical upgrade but little else. When Playhouse Disney Kuboia extended its broadcast hours to 10:00p.m., the last two hours of each day went un-hosted, with only generic idents and interstitials being used as presentation.

On 30th April, 2007, the Playhouse was dropped, with continuity links now taking place in the Playhouse Disney Garden, which featured both human hosts and large animal puppets hosting simultaneously. The Egg and Spoon Cafe was later dropped on 3rd September, 2007 with the Playhouse Disney Garden taking up its hours, whilst the human hosts had been retired entirely by the summer of 2008, though the Playhouse Disney Night Owl section maintained them until early 2011.

Playhouse Disney in Dutch
In 2004, a Dutch-language counterpart of Playhouse Disney Kuboia titled Playhouse Disney in Dutch was launched. It featured an almost identical schedule to the main English channel, except with Dutch advertisements and programming occasionally starting up to about a minute earlier or later.

Schedules

 * Playhouse Disney Kuboia/September 2005