Nick Jr. (Indian TV channel)
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| Country | India |
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| Broadcast area |
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| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Programming | |
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| Picture format | 576i SDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Viacom18 |
| Parent | Nick Jr. |
| Sister channels | Nickelodeon Nickelodeon HD+ Nickelodeon Sonic |
| History | |
| Launched | 21 November 2012 |
| Links | |
| Website | nickjrindia |
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| Streaming media | |
| Jio TV (India) | SD |
| Tata Play (India) | SD |
Nick Junior is an Indian children's pay television kids channel which is devoted to toddlers. The channel is the Indian equivalent to the original American network and a part of the Nickelodeon franchise.
History
The channel was a block on Nick India then Viacom18 launched it as a separate channel in fall of 2012.[2]
Viacom18 launched TeenNick India and Nick Jr. as a single channel on 21 November 2012. At first, Nick Jr. aired in the daytime while TeenNick aired at night. However, TeenNick was discontinued on 1 February 2017, which made Nick Jr. a 24-hour channel.[citation needed]
Programming
References
- ^ "BICMA approves 56 channels for uniformity". Kuensel Online. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Viacom18 launches Nick Jr. to enter preschool segment in India | TelevisionPost.com". www.televisionpost.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.