Disney Jr. (Latin America)
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| Owner | Disney Media Networks Latin America |
| Parent | The Walt Disney Company Latin America |
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| Former names | Playhouse Disney Channel (2008–2011) Disney Junior (2011–2024) |
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| Website | disneylatino |
Disney Jr. is a cable and satellite television channel in Hispanic America. It is the local variant of the American channel of the same name. It is broadcast in two feeds: North Zone and South Zone. It is marketed to preschoolers. Disney Jr. is operated by Disney Media Networks Latin America; part of The Walt Disney Company Latin America.
It was launched on June 1, 2008, as Playhouse Disney Channel and serving as a direct competitor to Discovery Kids. Formerly it only was a programming block in the mornings of Disney Channel Latin America, whose morning block continued as Disney Junior en Disney Channel (only in the North, Central and Pacific feeds) until the elimination of the block in 2019. The programs are very similar to the Disney Jr. channel and Disney Jr. on Disney Channel block in the United States. However, the channel also airs non-original programming.
On November 26, 2010 The Walt Disney Company Latin America announced that the channel would be replaced by Disney Junior sometime in 2011, and the relaunch happened on April 1, 2011, coinciding with the premiere of The Garden of Clarilu.