{{short description|Indian pay television channel}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Nick Jr. | logo = Nick Jr. logo 2023.svg | logo_caption = Logo used since 2024 | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2012|11|21|df=yes}} | owner = JioStar<br /><small>(branding licensed from Paramount Networks EMEAA)</small> | country = India | languages = {{flatlist| * English * Telugu * Kannada * Malayalam * Tamil * Bengali * Marathi * Hindi }} | area = {{flatlist| *India *Bangladesh *Pakistan *Bhutan<ref name="bhutan">{{Cite news|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/bicma-approves-56-channels-for-uniformity/|title=BICMA approves 56 channels for uniformity|date=22 September 2017|publisher=Kuensel Online|access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref> *Nepal}} | headquarters = Mumbai, India | sister_channels = {{hlist|Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon HD+|Sonic}} | parent = Nickelodeon Group | picture_format = 576i SDTV | website = {{URL|https://www.nickjrindia.com/}} }}
'''Nick Jr.''' is an Indian children's pay television kids channel which is devoted to toddlers. The channel is the Indian equivalent to the American Nick Jr and a part of the Indian Nickelodeon.
==History== thumb|Nick Jr. logo 2012-2024 The channel was a block on Nickelodeon before Viacom18 launched it as a separate channel in fall 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.televisionpost.com/television/viacom18-launches-nick-jr-to-enter-preschool-segment-in-india/|title=Viacom18 launches Nick Jr. to enter preschool segment in India {{!}} TelevisionPost.com|website=www.televisionpost.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-30|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030952/http://www.televisionpost.com/television/viacom18-launches-nick-jr-to-enter-preschool-segment-in-india/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Viacom18 launched TeenNick and Nick Jr. as a single channel on 21 November 2012 in English and Hindi audio feeds . At first, Nick Jr. aired in the daytime while TeenNick aired at night. However, TeenNick was discontinued on 1 February 2017, which made Nick Jr. a 24-hour channel.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Network 18}} {{Nickelodeon India}} {{Nickelodeon}} {{Paramount Networks EMEAA}} {{Paramount Global}}
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