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| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Australia New Zealand |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English Māori |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV16:9) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Networks UK & Australia |
| Sister channels | Network 10 10 HD 10 Drama 10 Comedy MTV Club MTV MTV Classic MTV Hits Nickelodeon (pay TV) Nickelodeon (free-to-air) NickMusic Comedy Central |
| History | |
| Launched | 9 January 1998 (1998-01-09) (block) 14 March 2004 (2004-03-14) (channel) |
| Closed | 1 November 2025; 3 months ago (2025-11-01) (Australia) 2 December 2025; 2 months ago (2025-12-02) (New Zealand) |
| Replaced by | Sky Kids (New Zealand) |
| Links | |
| Website | www.nickjr.com.au |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Fetch Mobi(AU) | Channel 253 |
| Sky Go(NZ) | skygo.co.nz |
Nick Jr. was a 24-hour children's pay televisionchannel in Australia and New Zealand targeted at preschoolers. Before the channel's launch, Nick Jr. was a morningprogramming block onNickelodeon until 2004, whenFoxtel as a local feed of itsAmerican counterpart, launched it as a full 24-hour children's channel.[1] The channel is owned byParamount Networks UK & Australia, and was also available onOptus Television.
Before Nick Jr. officially launched as a 24-hour television channel, it was part ofNickelodeon's morning line-up which included such shows asBlue's Clues,Dora the Explorer andLazyTown, the block itself was also joined by a presenter known as "Face", which presented the Australian-input from 1998 until 2006, the Australian-input was also the last of the Nick Jr. brands internationally to have Face being replaced.
On 21 January 2004,Foxtel announced a brand new digital service along with new channel line-ups which included Nick Jr.[2] On 14 March 2004, Nick Jr. officially launched to be the first 24-hour Australian children's channel to air mostly preschool shows.
For a few months after Nick Jr. became a full channel, it kept a two-hour time slot on Nickelodeon in the mornings from 8:00am until 10:00am, but the time allocated to the block was far shorter than it was before it became a full channel.
The channel introduced some original short-form programming, includingCooking for Kids with Luis[3] andGardening for Kids with Madi.
The channel was rebranded on 26 March 2010.[4] From 2004 until 2010, the channel used a localised logo with two kangaroos with the tradition of "Nick" (representing the adult) and "Jr." (as the child).
During the time Nickelodeonhad a separate channel in New Zealand, it had a Nick Jr. block running from 9:30 am to 2 pm from Monday to Wednesday, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm on Thursday and Friday and 6:30 am to 8 am on weekends. After the closure of the New Zealand feed, the Australian feed of Nick Jr. launched in New Zealand on 24 December 2010.[5]
On 3 December 2013, Nick Jr. became available on Foxtel's streaming serviceFoxtel Go.[6]
On 1 January 2014, Nick Jr. launched onAustralian IPTV providerFetch TV.[7][8]
The channel also aired as a two-hour block in the afternoons onSky Television inNew Zealand, until this ended in 2013.
On 1 August 2023, Nick Jr. was removed from Foxtel[9] following an announcement that 10 Shake would rebrand asNickelodeon[10] on the same day, with selected programmes being shifted to that channel and was replaced by Nick Jr. Global. Fetch TV continues to broadcast the channel in Australia, and a variant of the channel is offered as aFAST channel on 10Play.[11]
The channel was removed onFetch TV on 1 November 2025.[12]
The channel was withdrawn in New Zealand from 2 December 2025, ultimately shutting down the channel completely. The final programme to air wasBarbapapa: One Big Happy Family![13]
