Nick Jr. (Scandinavian TV channel)

{{Short description|Swedish television channel}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox television channel

| name = Nick Jr. (Scandinavia)

| logo = Nick Jr. logo 2023.svg

| launch_date = {{start date and age|2010|09|01|df=y}}

| owner = Paramount Networks EMEAA (Paramount International Networks)

| language = {{collapsible list|

  • Danish
  • English
  • Estonian{{Cite web |title=Nick Jr Scandinavia |url=https://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/us/Nick-Jr-Scandinavia.html |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=Lyngsat}}
  • Finnish
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Norwegian
  • Russian
  • Swedish

}}

| area = {{Collapsible list|

  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Faroe Islands
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Norway
  • Sweden

}}

| sister_channels = Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, MTV, Comedy Central

| website = {{URL|nickjr.tv}}

}}

Nick Jr. is a Scandinavian television channel targeting preschoolers.

Viasat announced the launch of Nick Jr. on 25 May 2010. It launched on 1 September 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.viasat.se/node/1067|title=Barnkanalen Nick Jr lanseras i Sverige|date=May 25, 2010|publisher=Viasat|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814213430/http://www.viasat.se/node/1067|archive-date=August 14, 2010}} Viasat and Tele2 TV were broadcasting the channel from the start.{{cite news|url=http://www.dagensmedia.se/nyheter/tv/article151233.ece|title=MTV Networks växer|date=May 21, 2010|publisher=Dagens Media}} Canal Digital added the channel on 7 January 2013.{{cite web|url=https://sales.canaldigital.se/kundservice/kundservice-informerar/2013/nick-jr-ny-barnkanal/|title=Ny barnkanal – Nick Jr i Familjepaketet|date=16 January 2013|publisher=Canal Digital}}

Nick Jr. became MTV Networks' fourth dedicated Swedish channel, after MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.

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