Television channel
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]
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 from 5 July 1995 – 31 May 1998 between 8am and 11:30am, the German-input block was presented by Face (known in German as Gesicht.) 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 continues to air on Nick Schweiz and Austria till 2021 October.