Télémagino


Télémagino is a Canadian discretionary service owned by WildBrain. Launched on July 5, 2010, as a sister to an equivalent English-language service, it airs children programming for ages 2-12. The channel previously operated under Disney–ABC Television Group's preschool television brands, including Playhouse Disney and Disney Junior, but was rebranded on September 18, 2015, following the acquisition of Canadian rights to Disney's children's brands and programming by Corus Entertainment.
Along with its English-language parent channel Family Jr., it is available in over four million Canadian households as of 2013.

History

As Playhouse Disney Télé and Disney Junior

The channel was licensed in 2006 as Vrak Junior, a sister channel to Astral's Vrak TV, though, aimed at younger viewers than Vrak. It was launched on July 5, 2010, as Playhouse Disney Télé, the last Playhouse Disney channel to launch in the world before the worldwide switch to Disney Junior. Three years prior, an English language version was launched on November 30, 2007, as a multiplex channel of Family. The network took on the new Disney Junior brand in 2011.
On March 4, 2013, following the Competition Bureau's approval of Bell Media's takeover of Astral, it was announced that Family Channel and its sister networks would be divested in an attempt to relieve CRTC concerns regarding the takeover. On November 28, 2013, DHX Media announced it would acquire the four channels for $170 million pending CRTC approval. On July 24, 2014, the CRTC approved DHX's purchase of the networks, and the deal was closed on July 31, 2014.

As Télémagino

On April 16, 2015, it was announced that Corus Entertainment had acquired Canadian rights to Disney Channel's program library and would launch a Canadian version of Disney Channel that September, and that its sibling brands of Disney Junior and XD would be re-launched at a later date. In anticipation for this transition, DHX concurrently announced that its Disney-branded networks would be re-branded as spin-offs of Family Channel. The re-branding of Disney Junior's French feed was tentatively announced as Famille Junior, but was later changed to Télémagino. The new name was officially introduced on September 18, 2015, alongside the re-branding of its English-language counterpart as Family Jr..

Programming

Current programming