Nick Jr. (German TV channel)

For other uses, see Nick Jr. (disambiguation).

Nick Jr. is a German TV television channel broadcasting to children in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The current version of channel was launched on September 12, 2005 as a programming block on the relaunched version of Nickelodeon between 6am and 10am and 4:30am to 9:45am on Nick Premium. The channel now broadcasts 24/7 from March 31, 2009. Before the channel launched, some programs were broadcast on Super RTL and Disney Channel.^[1][2]

Nick Jr. Germany

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany Austria Switzerland Liechtenstein Luxembourg
Network	Paramount Networks EMEAA
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Networks EMEAA
Sister channels	Nicktoons Nickelodeon
History
Launched	1996 (first block) September 12, 2005 (second block) March 31, 2009 (channel)
Closed	May 29, 1998 (first block)
Links
Website	Nick Jr. Germany (redirects to nick.de)

On 1 April 2020, Nick Jr. and Nicktoons were added to Sky Deutschland, replacing Disney Junior.^[3]

The channel also had a block on the original version of Nickelodeon Germany which lasted until 29 May 1998 between 9:30am and 11:30am, the German-input block was presented by Face (known in German as Gesicht), although the block was initially titled Zirkus Nickelodeon.^[4] On 31 March 2010, the channel rebranded into its current look.

Nick Jr. von Nickelodeon

On 4 February 2019, the Nick Jr. block was removed from Nickelodeon Germany. However, Nick Jr. von Nickelodeon continued to air on Nick Schweiz and Austria until October 2021.

See also

• Nickelodeon
• Super RTL
• MTV
• Nicktoons
• Nickelodeon Schweiz
• Nickelodeon Junior (France)
• Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe