Bye-bye, Dora the Explorer; hello, Doc McStuffins. DirecTV has added Disney Junior to its lineup, the company said Friday, in a seeming move to replace Nickelodeon, which it lost earlier this week ...

following the loss of Nickelodeon kids’ programming because of the satellite-TV provider’s dispute with Viacom Inc., will begin receiving the 24-hour Disney Junior channel tomorrow.

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Prior to joining Nickelodeon, DeBenedittis was senior vp programming strategy at Disney Channels Worldwide, including Disney Junior and Disney XD. The move to Nickelodeon represents a homecoming ...

It turns out, however, that Nick Jr. essentially had a monopoly in cable programming aimed at preschool kids. But now there’s Disney Junior and “in the year since Disney introduced Disney ...

As for Disney Junior, the channel enters a field that has gotten crowded in recent years. Nickelodeon operates the 24-hour Nick Jr. preschool channel, while PBS Kids Sprout is a joint venture ...

It eked ahead of Nickelodeon, ending the Viacom network ... and kids 2-11 (3.0 million). The 24-hour Disney Junior Channel, meanwhile, finished as the No. 1 preschool-dedicated TV network ...