Disney Junior (UK and Ireland)



1999–2003	2003-2011	2011–2019	2019–2020

Playhouse Disney[]

1999–2003[]

Playhouse Disney was originally launched as a programming block on Disney Channel on September 1, 1999. A standalone channel under the same brand was later launched on September 29, 2000.

2003–2011[]

Disney Junior[]

2011–2019[]

On May 7, 2011, Playhouse Disney became Disney Junior. This logo returned just a few hours after the channel closed on Disney+ for their Disney Junior collection, before being replaced with the logo below a few months later.

2019–2020[]

On June 25, 2020, The Walt Disney Company annouced that Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior will be taken off air at the end of September 2020. It was closed down on September 30/October 1, 2020 at midnight (GMT). Despite this, its name continues to be used on Disney+ and social media.

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The Walt Disney Company

Predecessors:

Laugh-O-Gram Studios | 21st Century Fox | Capital Cities/ABC Inc. | News Corporation

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American Broadcasting Company

Part of The Walt Disney Company

Predecessor companies
American Broadcasting Companies | Capital Cities/ABC

United States broadcast television
ABC (HD) | ABC News | Localish

Radio networks
ABC Audio | ABC News Now | ABC News Radio

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ABC Radio, Inc.

Note: All stations listed by market size -- largest to smallest -- with call letters at the time they were sold.

Notes

¹	WFDF was originally in the Flint radio market before moving to Farmington Hills in the Detroit radio market in 2006. As a result of the station's move to Detroit, WFRO in the Toledo market as well as another station in Northern Michigan (also on 900) were taken off the air to allow WFDF to increase its broadcast power.
²	Disney/ABC never owned the station, but operated it under a Local Marketing Agreement. Birach Broadcasting has since taken complete, outright control of the station.
³	These stations are either silent or completely off the air at this time.
⁴	WGVX also simulcasts on 105.3 and 105.7.

Television production
ABC News Studios | ABC Signature

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ABC News

Part of ABC (The Walt Disney Company)

Special programming
ABC News Special Report

Television production
ABC News Studios

Affiliate news-sharing video service
ABC News One

Live-streaming networks
ABC News Live

Other assets
ABCtek

Radio networks:
ABC Audio | ABC News Radio | ABC News Now | ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra

Broadcasting assets:
Radio stations
Radio Disney stations: Rádio Disney Brasil⁸ | Radio Disney Peru

Disney XD
Canada¹⁰ | Poland

Other assets:
A+E Global Media⁴ (assets) | Disney Advertising Sales

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The Walt Disney Company India

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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Disney Star

Part of Viacom18 (TV18/Reliance Industries Limited) and Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

International channels:
United Kingdom and Europe: Utsav Plus | Utsav Gold | Utsav Bharat
Middle East and Southeast Asia: Vijay TV | Asianet Middle East
Africa: Star Life | Star Select

Former channels and properties:

Video-on-demand service: Star Player
Indian channels:
Defunct: General Entertainment: Life OK, Star One, Star World, Star World Premiere HD, FX and Fox Crime | Sports: Star Sports 1 Bangla, Star Sports 1 Marathi, Star Sports 4, Star Sports First, ESPN, ESPN Star Sports and Star Sports 4K | Movies: Movies OK, Star Movies Action, UTV World Movies¹, UTV Action Telugu¹, UTV Movies¹, UTV Action¹, UMP Movies¹, Star Gold 4K and UTV HD¹ | Music: Channel V, Bindass Play¹ and Vijay Music | Youth: UTV Stars and Bindass | Infotainment: Nat Geo Tamil, Nat Geo Telugu and The History Channel | Lifestyle: Star Life and Fox Life | Kids: Jetix, Disney XD and Marvel HQ | Star Sports Premium Service HD
Divested: News network³ (Star News | Star Ananda | Star Majha) | Star CJ Alive⁴ | MTV (India)⁵ | Bloomberg UTV/UTVi¹
International channels discontinued in India: Nat Geo Music | Nat Geo People | BabyTV (SD only)
Unlaunched: Star Sports 1 Gujarati | Star Sports 1 Malayalam | Jalsha Josh

Notes

¹	Originally owned, sold or discontinued by The Walt Disney Company India before its acquisition of Star.
²	Joint venture with Tata Group.
³	Sold to ABP Group.
⁴	Sold to CJ ENM.
⁵	Joint venture between Star and Viacom. Dissolved in 1994 with the launch of Channel V and Channel V India.
⁶	Sold to China Media Capital.
⁷	Sold to Visi Media Asia, which had owned 80% of the channel (Star formerly owned 20%).
⁸	Rebranded from Star to Fox channels in 2017. Defunct since 1 October 2021.
⁹	Relaunched as Pinoy Box Office, later known as PBO.

Other assets:
Disney+ Hotstar

Defunct assets:
UTV Indiagames | UTV Ignition Games | UTV Software Communications | UTV Motion Pictures

Signature Experiences: Disney Cruise Line | Disney Vacation Club | Adventures by Disney | Storyliving by Disney | National Geographic Expeditions

Other assets: Walt Disney Imagineering | Disney Live Entertainment | The Muppets Studio

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ESPN

Owners: The Walt Disney Company (80%) | Hearst Communications (20%)

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ESPN on ABC

Current programming:

U.S. radio stations
ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra | ESPNU Radio | ESPN All Access

International:
Australia (2) | Brazil (2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6) | Caribbean | Latin America (2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · Extra (Argentina · Ecuador) · Premium (Argentina · Chile)) | Africa (2) | Netherlands (2 · 3 · 4 · Ultra HD)
Canada⁶: The Sports Network (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 4K) | Réseau des sports (2 · Info)
Japan: J Sports (1 · 2 · 3 · 4)

Notes

¹	Operated by BT under license.
²	Also airs on MLB Network.
³	Partnership with TV5 Network Inc. Now known as One Sports.
⁴	Partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India.
⁵	Joint-venture with University of Texas at Austin and Learfield.
⁶	Joint-venture with Bell Media.

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Marvel

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Created by Marvel Studios

Part of The Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)

Animated series:
Phase Four: What If...? Season 1 | I Am Groot Season 1
Phase Five: I Am Groot Season 2 | What If...? Season 2 | What If...? Season 3
Upcoming: Eyes of Wakanda | Marvel Zombies

Special presentations:
Phase Four: Werewolf by Night | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Upcoming: Untitled Punisher special

Original Marvel Television series⁶:
ABC: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Agent Carter | Inhumans
Netflix⁷: Daredevil | Jessica Jones | Luke Cage | Iron Fist | The Defenders | The Punisher
Hulu/Star: Runaways | Helstrom
Freeform: Cloak & Dagger

Marvel One-Shots⁷:
The Consultant | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer | Item 47 | Agent Carter | All Hail the King

Entities
Stark Industries | Time Variance Authority

Notes

¹	Distributed by Paramount Pictures.
²	Distributed by Universal Pictures.
³	Distributed by Sony Pictures.
⁴	Released on Hulu for a limited time along with release on Disney+.
⁵	Released under the Marvel Spotlight label.
⁶	Produced by the original Marvel Television company, which went defunct in 2019.
⁷	Content migrated to Disney+ in 2022.

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Sony's Spider-Man Universe

Created by Sony Pictures Entertainment (Sony)
in association with Marvel

Computer-animated films:²
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Upcoming productions:
Films: Spider-Man: Brand New Day¹ | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse² | Untitled Miles Morales live-action film
Television series: Silk: Spider Society | Spider-Noir

Notes

¹	Produced by Marvel Studios, as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
²	Produced by Sony Pictures Animation.

Other
Marvel Stadium⁶

Notes

¹	Distributed by 20th Century Fox.
²	Distributed by Sony Pictures.
³	Distributed by Universal Pictures.
⁴	Distributed by Netflix.
⁵	Produced by Toei.
⁶	Sponsorship with Australian Football League.

Notes

¹	Disney manages film catalog created for ABC; remainder of library controlled by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
²	Disney manages certain film and television rights, rest of the Saban catalog is currently owned by Hasbro with several titles licensed in Japan to Toei Company.
³	Joint venture with Paramount Pictures.
⁴	Joint venture with Hearst Communications, which owns 20% of ESPN and 50% of A+E Global Media.
⁵	Co-owned with Westinghouse Broadcasting (aka Group W)
⁶	Joint venture with Rádio Holding Participações Ltda.
⁷	Joint venture with Electronic Arts.
⁸	Joint venture with Sky Limited.
⁹	Joint venture with Telefónica.
¹⁰	Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
¹¹	Joint venture with Sky Network Television.
¹²	Joint venture with Global Group.
¹³	Joint venture with Apollo Global Management.
¹⁴	Joint venture with GMA Network Inc.
¹⁵	Joint venture with CJ ENM.
¹⁶	Owned by Televisión Nacional de Chile, but distributed by Disney in Latin America.
¹⁷	Co-owned with NBCUniversal
¹⁸	Co-owned with Paramount Global.
¹⁹	Co-owned with Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (RTL Group)
²⁰	Joint venture with TV Globo.
²¹	Sold to Paramount International Networks.
²²	Co-owned with TDC Group.
²³	Acquired by its subsidiary Disney Interactive.
²⁴	Sold to Nordic Entertainment Group.
²⁵	Owned by the Oriental Land Company under license from Disney.
²⁶	Co-owned with Arnon Milchan.
²⁷	Owned by WildBrain.
²⁸	Co-owned with Moby Group.
²⁹	Owned by Banijay Entertainment.
³⁰	Owned by Lantern Entertainment.
³¹	Owned by Miral under license from Disney.