Disney Junior (Euro Republics)

Disney Junior is a Euro Republican television block owned by EuroMedia and aired on Fox, that focuses on preschool programming. It was launched o

n 29 September 2000 as Playhouse Disney. The channel was rebranded as Disney Junior on September 2, 2011.

A weekly Saturday morning block of the channel has aired on Fox since September 2, 2011, on the same day as the rebrand, airing first-run episodes of currently airing Disney Junior shows, along with imported series. The lineup is mostly the same as the British version.

History
During the re-brand of Disney Channel ER in 1997, an unbranded block titled "Disney Channel Underfives" was added, featuring programming aimed towards a young audience. On 28 September 1999, it was rebranded as Playhouse Disney with the introduction of live .presentation. On December 31, 1999, EuroMedia launched a standalone Playhouse Disney channel alongside S2000 (now Spark Animation) on the ET1 Digital platform. Since the channel was exclusive to ET1 Digital at this time, the Playhouse Disney block continued to broadcast on Disney Channel during school-term weekdays. The channel was later launched on Multicable and Screenone in 2002 and 2003 respectively. The block on Disney Channel later reduced it's hours of programming featured and was eventually disposed of in July 2004. In June 2010, the Playhouse Disney on Disney Channel was resurrected and has stayed since.

The Playhouse Disney brand, which existed as 23 channels or blocks in 156 countries and territories, rebranded as Disney Junior in 2011. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Disney Junior began on Saturday, September 2, 2011 with its first show as Handy Manny on the channel. At the same time the channel started broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen, and in addition, a block began airing that same day on Viasat 4 (now Fox), with it’s first show being Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. The last show that aired on Playhouse Disney UK before it became Disney Junior was JoJo's Circus. A high-definition simulcast of Disney Junior was made available to ET1 HD subscribers on the same day. Throughout September 2017, Disney XD was turned into a pop-up channel titled Mickey and Pals, which aired various programming from this channel.

On November 1, 2020, the channel was closed down, with it's content moved to the FOX & Disney Channel blocks.

Acquired from Disney Junior (US) (aired on all services)

 * Fancy Nancy (7 January 2019 – present)
 * The Lion Guard (13 April 2016 – present)
 * Muppet Babies (2018 series) (27 August 2018 – present)
 * Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures (September 2017 - present)
 * Miles from Tomorrowland (11 May 2015 – present)
 * PJ Masks (Spring 2016 – present)
 * Puppy Dog Pals (22 January 2018 – present)
 * The Rocketeer (20 July 2020 – present)
 * Sofia the First (8 March 2013 – present)
 * Vampirina (October 2017 – present)
 * Gigantosaurus (29 April 2019 – present)
 * T.O.T.S. (16 September 2019 – present)

Shorts (not aired on FOX)

 * Disney Tsum Tsum
 * Welcome To Trulli Land
 * Sunny Bunnies

Other acquired series

 * Paprika (1 October 2018 – present)
 * Sesame Street (1999-present)
 * Waybuloo (2012-present)
 * Bluey (late nights) (2020-present)

Acquired from Disney Channel (UK) (only aired on Disney Channel block)

 * Elena of Avalor
 * Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
 * 101 Dalmatian Street

Upcoming

 * Pikwik Pack (November 7, 2020 on FOX, November 9, 2020 on Disney Channel)
 * The Chicken Squad (December 5, 2020 on FOX, December 7, 2020 on Disney Channel)