Little Disney

Little Disney (formerly called Disney Junior) was a children's television channel in Kuboia owned by The Walt Disney Company. Aimed at children aged ten and under, it broadcast a mixture of Disney-produced content as well as its own original programming. The channel launched in April 2013.

Little Disney ended its run on 27th December, 2020 at 11:59p.m. - a majority of its content has since been transferred over to streaming service Disney+.

As Disney Junior (2013-2017)
On 15th April, 2013, Playhouse Disney Kuboia was replaced with Disney Junior. Around this time, the channel also began to attempt to appeal to a slightly older audience as well as pre-school children. On 29th April, two weeks after the rebrand, the channel started showing reruns of Sonic Underground and Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, though both only aired after 9:00p.m. In order to compensate for the new programming, the channel increased its broadcasting hours, now closing every day at midnight. Presentation returned to the schedule on 21st October, 2013 with the channel being presented by different presenters at different times of the day; these were a group of computer animated shapes with eyes (9:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.), a group of traditionally animated crayons (9:00p.m. to midnight), and a group of flash animated talking animal characters who had a different group name and leading host depending on the time of day. Depending on what time of day it was and who was presenting, the channel also had different idents.

As Little Disney (2017-2020)
In June 2017, promos for Little Disney, a supposedly new television channel, began appearing. At the time, it was not stated to be a replacement for Disney Junior, this was instead confirmed the following month. Disney Junior officially rebranded as Little Disney on 23rd October, 2017. According to Little Disney's Twitter page, the decision to rebrand the channel under a new name was decided since it had enough differences to other Disney Junior feeds internationally to justify a different change in name.

Closure
In June 2020, following the launch of Disney+, it was revealed that all Disney channels in Kuboia would close sometime later that year, but no exact date was given out. On 11th November, it was later revealed that Little Disney would be closing down on 27th December, 2020.

The channel ended its run at 11:59p.m. that day, with the 1977 film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh being the last thing to air on the channel. After the film ended, the channel played its "Bedtime" song as usual, and then cut to a screen displaying the logo in the centre of a black background with no music, before the signal suddenly cut off a minute later.

Mobile app
A mobile app for the channel was launched in July 2015, initially under the name Disney Junior Play It acted as both an on-demand service, featuring new episodes of shows for a limited time, and a collection of minigames and stories. It was rebranded as Little Disney Planet in October 2017. The app was discontinued in December 2020 following the channel's closure, though those who previously downloaded it can still play the games and read the stories on it.

Little Disney in Dutch
An additional service, titled Little Disney in Dutch, was available on some television providers. It followed an identical schedule to the main Little Disney channel, except all of the programmes were in the Dutch language. It was originally launched in July 2004 as Playhouse Disney in Dutch, and was also rebranded to Disney Junior in Dutch in 2013.

Website
A website for the channel was launched in 2013. It featured a seven-day week schedule and information about the channel's programming. After the channel closed, it redirects to a singular page explaining that the channel has closed and that its programming has moved to Disney+. Since early 2022, it has redirected to the Disney+ website.

Tropes

 * Little Disney/YMMV
 * Little Disney/Trivia