Disney Junior Rumoured To Be Making A Comeback In The UK

5 years ago, Disney made the decision to shutter most of its linear operations in the UK, Asia, Italy and Turkey and this included various feeds for the Disney Channel and National Geographic. At the time, the goal for the company was to get consumers onto its streaming service, Disney+.

Since it's inception, Disney+ is still not accessible in some European and African countries despite closing brands like FOX in the market. Now it appears as if Disney may be looking to revive it's operations in these affected markets with Disney Junior set to relaunch in the UK.

Initially the channel was being reworked on with various shows from Disney Channel like Big City Greens and Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Catnoir. Now the lineup is filtered with only preschool shows with some insiders at Digital Spy confirming the identity of the channel to be Disney Junior.

As some consumers know, a majority of Disney Junior's operations internationally been folded under Disney Channel with Africa, Turkey and a few regions being the exemption. Its likely that the feeds viewed in these markets is what is to become of the UK.

Unlike the main channel, Disney Junior is more like what Nicktoons is to Nickelodeon which is a secondary network. These brands aren't prioritised or in Disney's case aligned to their streaming endeavours with the content pipeline much lesser than Disney Channel.

Of course, It remains a mystery as to why Disney would settle for just a preschool channel even after adding shows like Big City Greens in its initial test run. And if this could lead to reinstatement of several other Disney Channels in markets it was shuttered such as Italy and Australia.