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Disney Branded Television

March 12, 2023

This article is about the Disney unit responsible for producing content for kids, teens and families. For the current Disney Imagineering live show unit that also formerly used the name, see Walt Disney Creative Entertainment.

Disney Branded Television is a unit of Disney Entertainment which oversees development and production of content geared towards children, teenagers and families for Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD.[3] The unit also oversees all Disney+ and Disney Channels unscripted series and specials.

Disney Branded Television
Formerly
List
  • Walt Disney Entertainment, Inc. (1982–1983)
  • The Disney Channel, Inc. (1983–1997)
  • Disney Channel, Inc. (1997–2001)
  • ABC Cable Networks Group (2001–2005)
  • Disney Channels Worldwide (2005–2020)
TypeDivision
IndustryEntertainment
GenreChildren and family
FoundedJuly 15, 1982; 40 years ago (1982-07-15)
FounderAlan Wagner
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
U.S.
Number of locations
37 (formerly)
Area served
Worldwide (except Cuba, Iran, Mongolia, North Korea and Syria)
Key people
Ayo Davis (President)
ServicesTelevision content
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company
ParentDisney Entertainment
Divisions
SubsidiariesDisney Television Animation
It's a Laugh Productions
Websitewww.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/

Prior to the formation of Disney Branded Television, Disney Channels Worldwide oversaw all Disney television networks until the organization of the Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International segment on March 14, 2018, when the company was split into two. The U.S. unit operated Disney Channels, Radio Disney. The networks' financial management is now overseen at Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution.[needs update] The international unit operated various children and family-oriented TV channels around the world, including variations of the U.S. channels plus Disney International HD, Dlife, and Hungama TV.

Disney Channel was originally established in the United States in 1983 as a premium channel, and has since converted to a basic service; in addition, Disney Channel's programming has also expanded internationally with the launch of various country-specific and regional versions of the channel, as well as program licensing agreements reached with television networks not bearing the Disney Channel brand.

Previous corporate names were: Walt Disney Entertainment, Inc. (1982–1983), The Disney Channel, Inc. (1983–1997), Disney Channel, Inc. (1997–2001), ABC Cable Networks Group (2001–2005) and Disney Channels Worldwide (2005–2020).

History

Walt Disney Entertainment, Inc.

On November 10, 1981, Walt Disney Productions and Westinghouse Broadcasting announced that they had joined up to start a family-oriented cable television service.[4] In 1982, Disney hired Alan Wagner to develop a cable channel.[5]

20 months after the launch, the channel moved into the home satellite dish market thus scrambling its signal.

By July 15, 1982, Disney incorporated Walt Disney Entertainment, Inc., which was renamed by January 28, 1983, to The Disney Channel, Inc.[6]

The Disney Channel, Inc.

The Disney Channel was launched in April 1983 as a premium channel with 16 hours of programming.[5][7]

The channel became profitable in January 1985.

The channel started moving to the basic cable level on September 1, 1990, with TCI Montgomery Cablevision.[7] In March 1995, the second Disney Channel began broadcasting in Taiwan[8] while the third is launched in October for the United Kingdom.[7]

Disney Channel, Inc.

By September 29, 1997, the corporate name was shortened to Disney Channel, Inc.[6] Disney had hired Geraldine Laybourne away from the Nickelodeon channel in 1996. She founded a kids channel codename ABZ, which the media speculated to be aimed at preschoolers. Laybourne dismissed this report.[9] In December 1997, the Toon Disney channel was announced as a basic channel consisting of Disney animated programming.[7] As of April 1, 1998, most of the international versions are pay channels while the Taiwan and Malaysia versions are ad supported and the USA version is a basic channel.[10] The Toon Disney Channel was launched on April 18, 1998, on the Disney Channel's 15th anniversary.[11]

In 2000, the Playhouse Disney preschool channel was launched in the United Kingdom.[12] while in the US, in 1997, the Playhouse Disney block was launched on Disney Channel. In June 2001, Disney was looking into launch Playhouse Disney as a channel in the United States for 2002.[13]

ABC Cable Networks Group

Disney Channel, Inc. changed its name to ABC Cable Networks Group, Inc. by January 31, 2001.[6] In October 2003, ABC Family Worldwide was shifted from Disney COO Bob Iger's directly reporting unit to the ABC Cable Networks Group.[14] In early 2004, Disney Channel's original programming leaders took over ABC Family's original movies unit temporarily as two ABC Family executives left the channel.[15]

In January 2004, Fox Kids Europe, Fox Kids Latin America and ABC Cable Networks Group created the Jetix programming alliance that would rebrand Fox Kids as Jetix for all blocks, channels and companies.[16] ABC1 launched on the United Kingdom's digital terrestrial television platform on September 27, 2004.[17]

Disney Channels Worldwide

 
Disney Channels Worldwide's headquarters in Burbank as it appeared during the 2000s.

In November 2005, Barry Blumberg resigned as president of Walt Disney Television Animation to allow the planned transfer of TV animation to Disney Channels Worldwide.[18]

In 2006, Disney Television India acquired Hungama TV from UTV Software Communications Limited[19] Disney Cinemagic began broadcasting in the UK in March 2006[20] to of several Cinemagic channels, including timeshift and HD versions across Western Europe.[21] ABC1 ceased broadcasting on all UK TV platforms at noon on September 26, 2007.[22]

In Spain, Walt Disney Company Iberia purchased 20% of Management Company Television Net TV SA (or NET TV) in February 2008.[23] In late May 2008, the company announced the move of Disney Channel to the digital over-the air space, replacing NET TV's Fly Music on July 1, 2008.[24]

The company's Japanese unit, Walt Disney Television International Japan, started procuring its own animated series in March 2008, with the first two series to debut at Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008. The company produced Stitch! with Madhouse Company, while Fireball was produced with Jinni's Animation Studios.[25]

After two Disney Channel stars had various scandals, the company started a set of classes for their young stars in 2009 to adapt to the pressure of fame. Optional monthly life-skill classes were added in 2014.[26]

Disney XD (DXD) was launched on February 13th 2009, taking over the channel space of Toon Disney in the US,[27] while Jetix switched over to DXD (or for some Disney Channel) starting with France on April 1.[28] In April, The Walt Disney Company Japan, and Disney Channels Worldwide started Broadcast Satellite Disney Co., Ltd. to broadcast a women and family targeted channel called Dlife with licensed content, received in October 2010 and debuted on March 17, 2012.[29]

Jetix Play closed down on August 1, 2010, in most countries,[30] on September 1, 2010, in Turkey, and in Romania on March 12, 2011.[citation needed] In these countries, the channel was replaced with Playhouse Disney.[30]

On May 26, 2010, Disney–ABC Television Group announced the launch of Disney Junior, which would replace the Playhouse Disney Morning block on sister network Disney Channel in February 2011, and extend to a standalone preschooler-oriented channel that would replace Soapnet in January 2012. All 22 Playhouse Disney channels and blocks outside the U.S. were also renamed to "Disney Junior" in 2011.[31][32][33]

In October 2011, Disney reached a joint venture agreement (49%/51%) with UTH Russia, in which UTH will turn its broadcasting network Seven TV into a Disney Channel starting in early 2012.[34] On March 28, 2013, Cinemagic was replaced with Sky Movies Disney in the UK market under license to BSkyB.[35]

In April 2013, Disney announced that Das Vierte, its recent purchased broadcast station in Germany, would become a Disney Channel in January 2014 as a 24-hour family entertainment network.[36] Disney formed an in-house ad sales company called Disney Media + for the channel, given that two competitors control most ad sales companies.[37][38]

Disney India Media Networks shut down Bindass Play, a Hindi music channel, and replaced it with Disney International HD on October 29, 2017. This general entertainment channel is in English and HD, targeted to ages 14 to 25 while only tapping Disney live action shows.[39][40]

Company split

With Disney's March 14, 2018 reorganization, all international channels including Disney Channel have been transferred to Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International, a new segment, while the US unit is still under Disney–ABC Television Group.[41] On January 9, 2019, Disney India Media Networks shut down Disney XD India and replaced it with Marvel HQ, a channel featuring shows and movies from Marvel Entertainment as well as some acquired programming.[42]

Shortly after the November 2019 launch of Disney+ in New Zealand, Disney shut down its linear channels there. In June 2020, Disney Channels Worldwide announced that all three of the networks owned by Disney Channels Worldwide in the United Kingdom would be shut down on October 1, with content thereafter to be available via the Disney+ streaming service, as the extension of a carriage deal with Sky and Virgin Media could not be reached.[43]

Disney Branded Television

Following a company restructuring in November 2020, the Disney channels became part of Disney Branded Television, a newly created unit of Disney General Entertainment Content. Headed by the former Disney Channels Worldwide president, Gary Marsh, the new unit oversees development and production of content made for kids, tweens, teens and families for Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD and Disney+. Disney Branded TV also oversees all Disney+ unscripted series and specials.[3] In December 2020, Disney announced that Radio Disney and Radio Disney Country would cease operations in early 2021.[44] Following the reorganization, the management of Disney XD was moved to Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution.[45]

On May 25, 2021, Disney announced that they would close 100 TV channels internationally by the end of 2021 following the 30 closures that occurred in 2020; this not only included Disney-branded channels, but also Fox Networks Group channels inherited from Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019.[46] The closure was mostly targeted in Asian countries.

In March 2022, the Russian channel was reported to be still broadcasting, despite Disney's cessation of operations in the country in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[47][48] Its website (kanal.disney.ru) was later ceased operations and its social media accounts were deleted since September 30, 2022,[49][50][51] and it cease broadcast on December 14, 2022 [52][53] following their dissolution of their joint venture with Media-1.[54]

The closure of the global channels continued in 2022, as it closes Latin American[55] and Turkish channels[56] in the early months of the year.

Localization

The international on-air channel brand's look is consistent with the Disney brand. Individual channel managers can develop schedules and marketing programs to allow children's preferences in the market. Additionally, local programming that meets Disney's standards, combined with difficulties, is acquired. If a program is thriving in a market, its format may be developed for other Disney Channels' market viewing tastes.[10] But most of Disney's channels in their foreign markets were shut down since 2020, all in favor of Disney+.[46]

 
The Disney Channel in different version around the world, each represented by one colour.

Asia

Disney Channel Asia officially launched on January 15, 2000, as a single video feed with an English audio track being the default and Mandarin audio and subtitle tracks also available. The channel became available in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines. On June 1, 2002, the channel was launched in the South Korea market as a Korean-language feed.[57] Over the first six months of 2005, Disney Channel Asia along with sister channel Playhouse Disney launched in Vietnam, Palau and Thailand and finishing off with a launch of both in Cambodia, its 11th market, with Cambodia Entertainment Production Co. Ltd. as distributor.[58] Disney Channel Asia was also made available on select cable providers in Bangladesh after Disney Channel India was banned in the country back in 2013.[59][60] It ceased transmissions by the end of 2021.

Japan

In April 2009, the Walt Disney Company Ltd. Japan and Disney Channels Worldwide started Broadcast Satellite Disney Co., Ltd. to broadcast a women and family targeted channel, Dlife [ja], with licensed received in October 2010 and debuted on March 17, 2012.[29] In December 2013, Dlife launched a children's programming block called Disney Time.[61] The channel was shut down on March 31, 2020.

China

Disney Channel does not have a localized version for China. However, many of its live-action and animated series are syndicated on regional channels through ABC owned Dragon Club since 1994. It also has a Chinese website.[62]

India

Previously, Disney programming was available through programming blocks starting as early as 1994 with Doordarshan then moving to Zee TV until the early 2000s. Disney moved its block to Sony Television for three years. Star TV pick up Disney TV blocks on Star Plus, Disney Time, and on Star Utsav.[63]

In December 2004, Walt Disney Television International India launched a Toon Disney channel with three language feeds (English, Tamil and Telugu)[64] at the same time as the Disney Channel with Star TV network distributing the channels.[65] Disney reached an agreement with Doordarshan (DD) in November 2005 for DD to carry a half-hour block called Disney Jadoo. Thus Disney was up to 4 branded blocks in India.[63]

Canada

On April 16, 2015, Corus Entertainment announced that it had reached a multi-year agreement with Disney-ABC Television Group to acquire Canadian rights to Disney Channel's programming library, and launched Disney Channel in Canada on September 1, 2015—the first time that a Disney Channel-branded network has operated in Canada.[66]

Prior to this agreement, rights to Disney Channel programming had been held by Family Channel, a network owned by children's media conglomerate WildBrain which is licensed as a premium service but is carried as a basic service by many television providers. Family was formerly owned by Astral Media which was acquired by Bell Media in 2013. As a result of the fact that the majority of Disney Channel U.S.'s programs aired on Family, coupled with the fact that both channels developed similarly in their respective countries (as both began as premium services before adding availability via basic subscription), Family Channel was commonly considered to be a de facto Canadian version of Disney Channel (though it was often mistakenly assumed to be related to ABC Family (now Freeform), a sister network to Disney Channel U.S. which was formerly known as The (emphasis added) Family Channel from 1988 to 1998;[citation needed] a Canadian version of ABC Family (now Freeform) launched in March 2012, called ABC Spark[67] to avoid confusion with Family Channel, to which it does not share common ownership). Some Canadian-produced original series produced by Family (such as Life with Derek, Naturally, Sadie, and Overruled!) have aired on Disney Channel in the United States and in other countries in the past. In addition to its distribution agreement with Disney Channel U.S., Family also operated an English-language version of Disney Junior as a multiplex channel, as CRTC rules allow pay-TV channels licensed as premium services to add multiplex channels consistent with the network's license. Disney XD and a French-language version of Disney Junior were also owned by DHX Media, operating under separate licenses.

DHX's program supply agreement with Disney ended on January 1, 2016; as a result of these re-alignments, its Disney-branded networks were re-launched as spin-offs of the Family brand beforehand on September 18, 2015 (Family Jr. and Télémagino) and October 9, 2015 (Family Chrgd).[66]

List of Disney Channels

Current channels

Market/Country Type Formerly Launch date Availability Operator
United States Channel HD (East)[68] — April 18, 1983 Nationwide Disney Branded Television US[69]
France Channel — March 22, 1997[10] France and Overseas, Francophone Africa, Haiti, and Switzerland; previously Belgium, now split The Walt Disney Company France[70]
Channel +1 — November 2, 2002 Nationwide
Channel HD — September 20, 2011
Europe, Middle East, and Africa Channel —
  • April 2, 1997 (English)[10]
  • April 1, 1998 (Arabic)[71]
  • September 25, 2006 (Africa)
  • November 8, 2009
    (Greece & Cyprus)
  • 2009-2012 (Balkans)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Kosovo,a Middle East & North Africa, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Sub-Saharan Africa The Walt Disney Company Limted
Channel HD — 2015 MENA
Spain Pay Television Channel — April 17, 1998 Spain, Andorra Managed by Sociedad Gestora de Televisión Net TV[72]b
Free-to-air channel Fly TV July 1, 2008[10]
Channel HD — 2012[73] Nationwide
Germany Channel Das Vierte January 17, 2014[38]c Germany, Austria, Switzerland The Walt Disney Company (Germany)[74]
Channel HD
Latin America Channel (Mexico)[75] — July 27, 2000[10] Nationwide Disney Media Networks Latin America
Channel (Central)[76] — Caribbean, Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela
Channel (South)[77] — Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
Channel (Brazil)[78] Disney Weekend April 5, 2001[79] Nationwide
Channel HD[80] — September 2012 Regionwide
Portugal Channel — November 28, 2001[81] Portugal, Angola, Mozambique The Walt Disney Company (Iberia) S.L.[82]
Channel HD — May 4, 2021 Nationwide
Scandinavia Channel — February 28, 2003 Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden The Walt Disney Company Limited[83]
Japan — November 18, 2003 Nationwide The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.[84]
India — December 17, 2004[85] India, Maldives,[86] Nepal; previously Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Pakistan, but banned.[87][88][89] Disney Star
Poland Channel Disney Channel (EMEA) December 2, 2006d Nationwide The Walt Disney Company Limited[90]
Channel HD — October 1, 2015[91]
Israel Channel Jetix September 9, 2009[92] The Walt Disney Company (Israel) Ltd.
Romania Jetix
Disney Channel (Eastern Europe) 		September 19, 2009e Romania, Moldova The Walt Disney Company Limited[93]
Bulgaria Nationwide The Walt Disney Company Limited[94]
Central Europe Hungary Jetix September 19, 2009[95] The Walt Disney Company Limited[96]
Czech Republic Czech Republic, Slovakia
Netherlands — October 3, 2009 Previously Belgium (Flanders), now split The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BV
Belgium Channel HD (Dutch) Disney Channel (Netherlands) 2012 Flanders
Channel HD (French) Disney Channel (France) June 29, 2015 Wallonia, Luxembourg
Canada English Channel Teletoon Retro September 1, 2015 Nationwide Corus Entertainment[66][97]
French

^a The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognized as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 states recognizing it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 96 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.

^b Sociedad Gestora de Televisión Net TV is owned by Vocento SA, The Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L. (20%) and Intereconomía Corporation SA. Which in addition to the Disney channels owns Intereconomia TV, a generalist channel.[citation needed]

^c Relaunched via free-to-air replacing Das Vierte. Originally launched between October 16, 1999[10] to November 30, 2013[98] while the HD channel between December 24, 2011[99] to November 30, 2013 as well.[98]

^d Initially went localized on August 1, 2010.

^e Initially went separated from Eastern Europe feed into a 2 channels on October 1, 2019.

Defunct channels

Market/Country Type Active date Feeds/other countries Operator Fate
Ukraine Channel October 16, 2010[100]–January 1, 2013 None The Walt Disney Company Limited Select programming moved to PLUSPLUS and NLO TV following the channel's closure.
Spain (+1) Channel +1[73] November 16, 2001–March 9, 2017 None The Walt Disney Company Iberia Replaced in most operators with Disney Channel HD. Fully discontinued in favor of rewind features built into cable boxes.
Australia Channel December 24, 2003[101]–November 30, 2019 (New Zealand)
June 8, 1996[10][102]–April 30, 2020 (Australia) 		New Zealand The Walt Disney Company Australia Selected programming moved to Disney+ following the channel's closure.
Italy October 3, 1998[10]– May 1, 2020
  • San Marino
  • Vatican City
 The Walt Disney Company Italy
Channel +1 December 24, 2004–May 1, 2020
Disney in English December 20, 2008–October 1, 2019
Channel +2 October 1, 2011–April 9, 2018
Channel Mobile October 1, 2011–May 1, 2020
HD Channel February 1, 2012[103]–May 1, 2020
Singapore Channel February 2000–June 1, 2020[104] None The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia Contract renewal failure with service providers in the country.[105] It was replaced with Disney+ on February 23, 2021.
United Kingdom October 1, 1995[10]–October 1, 2020 Ireland, and the Isle of Man The Walt Disney Company (UK) Ltd.[106] Sky and Virgin Media declined to sign a new deal to keep the Disney-branded networks running after the launch of Disney+ in the country. Selected programming moved to the service following the channel's closure.
Channel +1[107] September 2000–October 1, 2020
Channel HD[108] 2011–October 1, 2020
Malaysia Channel January 15, 2000–January 1, 2021[109] Brunei The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia Selected programming moved to Disney+ Hotstar on June 1, 2021.[109][110]
Asia
  • January 15, 2000–October 1, 2021 (Philippines)
  • July 2002–October 1, 2021 (Indonesia)
  • 2005–October 1, 2021 (Thailand, Palau, Vietnam & Cambodia)
  • December 2006–October 1, 2021 (Papua New Guinea)
  • 2016–October 1, 2021 (Bangladesh)
  • Philippines
  • Indonesia
  • Thailand
  • Palau
  • Vietnam
  • Cambodia
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Bangladesh
 It was replaced by Disney+ (in Hong Kong, Philippines, South Korea, and Taiwan) and Disney+ Hotstar (in Indonesia and Thailand).
Hong Kong April 2, 2004[111]–October 1, 2021 None The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific
Korea Channel HD July 1, 2011–October 1, 2021[112] Television Media Korea (SK Telecom 51% and Disney Channels International 49% venture),[113] The Walt Disney Company (Korea) LLC
Taiwan Channel March 29, 1995[114]–January 1, 2022 The Walt Disney Company Taiwan
Turkey April 29, 2007[115]a–March 31, 2022[116][56] Disney Televizyon Yayıncılık A.Ş. (Disney Co. Turkey) Programs replaced with Disney+ on June 14, 2022.
Russia August 10, 2010b–December 14, 2022[52] Media-1 (80%)
The Walt Disney Company CIS (20%) 		Dissolution of the joint-venture with Media-1, due to the effect of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The channel was replaced with Solntse.
  • ^a Initially went free-to-air on January 12, 2012[117]
  • ^b Replacing Jetix; later went free-to-air on December 31, 2011 replacing Seven TV.[118]

Channel types per market

Market/Country Disney Channel Disney Junior Disney XD Cinemagic
Disney Movies 		Other
United States April 18, 1983[7]
West, East HD, West HD[119]		 February 14, 2011
(block)
March 23, 2012[120]		 February 13, 2009[27] None Radio Disney (1996–2021)
Radio Disney Country (2015–2021)[121]
Taiwan March 29, 1995[10]
–January 1, 2022 		2012
–December 31, 2021
(block)[122]		 None None
United Kingdom October 1, 1995[10]
–September 30, 2020[43]
+1, HD 		May 2011
–September 30, 2020[43]
+1, HD 		August 31, 2009
–September 30, 2020[43]
+1, HD 		March 16, 2006
–March 28, 2013
(as Disney Cinemagic)
March 28, 2013
–December 31, 2020
(as Sky Movies Disney)
HD 		ABC1 (2004–2007)[17][22]
Australia June 8, 1996[10][102]
–April 30, 2020 		May 29, 2011[123]
–April 30, 2020 		April 10, 2014[124]
–January 6, 2019[125]		 April 10, 2014
–November 7, 2019
(as Foxtel Movies Disney)[124]		 None
France March 22, 1997[10]
+1, HD 		May 28, 2011
HD 		April 1, 2009
–May 1, 2020
HD 		November 4, 2007
–May 8, 2015
(as Disney Cinemagic)
May 8, 2015[126]
–April 7, 2020
(as Disney Cinema) 		Disney Nature TV (2012–)
Middle East & North Africa April 2, 1997[10]
HD 		April 1, 2011
(English)
May 31, 2016
(Arabic)
HD 		2009
–December 31, 2020
HD 		2018–2021
(as OSN Movies Disney HD) 		None
Spain April 17, 1998[10]a
+1, HD[73]		 June 11, 2011 September 18, 2009
–April 1, 2020
HD 		July 1, 2008
–January 1, 2015 		Intereconomía TV (2005)[73]
Italy October 3, 1998
–May 1, 2020
+1, +2, HD, Mobile, Disney in English 		May 14, 2011
–May 1, 2020
+1 		September 28, 2009
–October 1, 2019
+1, +2, HD 		None None
Germany October 16, 1999b
HD 		July 14, 2011
–September 30, 2021 		October 18, 2009
–April 1, 2020
+1 		July 4, 2009
–October 1, 2019
HD
Malaysia January 15, 2000
–December 31, 2020[109]HD 		July 11, 2011
–December 31, 2020HD 		September 15, 2012
–December 31, 2020HD 		None
Philippines January 15, 2000
–September 30, 2021HD 		July 11, 2011[127]
–September 30, 2021 		May 31, 2014
–December 31, 2020
Singapore February 2000
–May 31, 2020HD 		July 11, 2011
–May 31, 2020 		March 16, 2013
–May 31, 2020
Latin America (Spanish) July 27, 2000[10] April 1, 2011[128] July 3, 2009[129]
–April 1, 2022 		Radio Disney[130]
Brazil April 5, 2001[131] April 1, 2011[128]
–April 1, 2022[132]
Portugal November 28, 2001 November 1, 2012 None October 1, 2008
–November 1, 2012 		None
Indonesia July 2002
–October 1, 2021 		July 11, 2011
–October 1, 2021 		October 19, 2013
–December 31, 2020 		None
Scandinavia February 28, 2003
HD 		September 10, 2011 September 12, 2009
–December 31, 2020
Belgium March 31, 2003 2011 None
Japan November 2003 Fall 2012[133] August 2009[134]
–January 31, 2021 		Dlife (2012–2020)
Hong Kong April 2, 2004
–October 1, 2021 		April 2, 2004
–October 1, 2021 		None None
India December 17, 2004[85] October 15, 2012[135] November 14, 2009[136]
–January 9, 2019[137]
Thailand January 2005
–October 1, 2021 		July 11, 2011
–October 1, 2021 		October 19, 2013
–December 31, 2020 		None
Vietnam May 2005
–October 1, 2021 		None
South Africa September 25, 2006[138] June 1, 2011[139] May 11, 2011[138]
–October 1, 2020
Poland December 2, 2006
HD 		June 1, 2011 September 2009
Turkey April 29, 2007d
–March 31, 2022[56]		 April 1, 2011
HD 		October 3, 2009
–January 31, 2021
Israel September 9, 2009 July 18, 2011[140] January 1, 2018
–February 1, 2018
(pop-up channel on HOT)[141]
Bulgaria September 19, 2009 June 1, 2011 None
Czechia June 1, 2011
–July 1, 2015
(block)
June 1, 2011
(channel)
Hungary June 1, 2011
–July 1, 2015
(block)
July 1, 2015
–December 5, 2017
(channel)
Romania June 1, 2011
–February 29, 2012
(block)
March 1, 2012
(channel)
Slovakia None
Netherlands October 3, 2009 September 10, 2011
–April 1, 2019 		January 1, 2010
Greece November 7, 2009 June 1, 2011 October 3, 2009
–January 31, 2021
Russia August 10, 2010c
–December 14, 2022
+2, +4, +7 		September 1, 2013
–December 13, 2022
(block) 		None Radio Disney (2013–2022)[130]
South Korea July 1, 2011
–October 1, 2021
HD 		July 1, 2011[113]
–October 1, 2021
HD 		None
Serbia 2012 2012/2013[citation needed] 2009
–December 31, 2020
Slovenia 2009[142]
–December 31, 2020
Canada DHX Media[143] None May 6, 2011[144]
–September 18, 2015
(both English and French) 		June 1, 2011[145]
–October 9, 2015[66]		 Radio Disney[130]
Corus September 1, 2015
(both English and French) 		December 1, 2015
(English channel)
November 30, 2015
(French block)[146]		 December 1, 2015
(English channel)
June 27, 2016
–2019
(French block)[147]		 ABC Spark[66][97]
Notes:
  • ^a Initially as a paid channel; went free-to-air on July 1, 2008
  • ^b Initially as a paid channel; went free-to-air on January 17, 2014
  • ^c Initially as a paid channel; went free-to-air on December 31, 2011, in a joint venture with UTH Russia.
  • ^d Initially as a paid channel; went free-to-air in January 2012.

See also

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This article is about the Disney unit responsible for producing content for kids teens and families For the current Disney Imagineering live show unit that also formerly used the name see Walt Disney Creative Entertainment Disney Branded Television is a unit of Disney Entertainment which oversees development and production of content geared towards children teenagers and families for Disney Disney Channel Disney Junior and Disney XD 3 The unit also oversees all Disney and Disney Channels unscripted series and specials Disney Branded TelevisionFormerlyList Walt Disney Entertainment Inc 1982 1983 The Disney Channel Inc 1983 1997 Disney Channel Inc 1997 2001 ABC Cable Networks Group 2001 2005 Disney Channels Worldwide 2005 2020 TypeDivisionIndustryEntertainmentGenreChildren and familyFoundedJuly 15 1982 40 years ago 1982 07 15 FounderAlan WagnerHeadquartersBurbank California U S Number of locations37 formerly Area servedWorldwide except Cuba Iran Mongolia North Korea and Syria Key peopleAyo Davis President ServicesTelevision contentOwnerThe Walt Disney CompanyParentDisney EntertainmentDivisionsDisney ChannelDisney JuniorDisney XDDisney Europe Animation 1 Disney Original Documentary 2 SubsidiariesDisney Television AnimationIt s a Laugh ProductionsWebsitewww wbr dgepress wbr com wbr disneybrandedtelevision wbr Prior to the formation of Disney Branded Television Disney Channels Worldwide oversaw all Disney television networks until the organization of the Walt Disney Direct to Consumer amp International segment on March 14 2018 when the company was split into two The U S unit operated Disney Channels Radio Disney The networks financial management is now overseen at Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution needs update The international unit operated various children and family oriented TV channels around the world including variations of the U S channels plus Disney International HD Dlife and Hungama TV Disney Channel was originally established in the United States in 1983 as a premium channel and has since converted to a basic service in addition Disney Channel s programming has also expanded internationally with the launch of various country specific and regional versions of the channel as well as program licensing agreements reached with television networks not bearing the Disney Channel brand Previous corporate names were Walt Disney Entertainment Inc 1982 1983 The Disney Channel Inc 1983 1997 Disney Channel Inc 1997 2001 ABC Cable Networks Group 2001 2005 and Disney Channels Worldwide 2005 2020 Contents 1 History 1 1 Walt Disney Entertainment Inc 1 2 The Disney Channel Inc 1 3 Disney Channel Inc 1 4 ABC Cable Networks Group 1 5 Disney Channels Worldwide 1 6 Company split 1 7 Disney Branded Television 2 Localization 2 1 Asia 2 1 1 Japan 2 1 2 China 2 1 3 India 2 2 Canada 3 List of Disney Channels 3 1 Current channels 3 2 Defunct channels 4 Channel types per market 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditWalt Disney Entertainment Inc Edit On November 10 1981 Walt Disney Productions and Westinghouse Broadcasting announced that they had joined up to start a family oriented cable television service 4 In 1982 Disney hired Alan Wagner to develop a cable channel 5 20 months after the launch the channel moved into the home satellite dish market thus scrambling its signal By July 15 1982 Disney incorporated Walt Disney Entertainment Inc which was renamed by January 28 1983 to The Disney Channel Inc 6 The Disney Channel Inc Edit The Disney Channel was launched in April 1983 as a premium channel with 16 hours of programming 5 7 The channel became profitable in January 1985 The channel started moving to the basic cable level on September 1 1990 with TCI Montgomery Cablevision 7 In March 1995 the second Disney Channel began broadcasting in Taiwan 8 while the third is launched in October for the United Kingdom 7 Disney Channel Inc Edit By September 29 1997 the corporate name was shortened to Disney Channel Inc 6 Disney had hired Geraldine Laybourne away from the Nickelodeon channel in 1996 She founded a kids channel codename ABZ which the media speculated to be aimed at preschoolers Laybourne dismissed this report 9 In December 1997 the Toon Disney channel was announced as a basic channel consisting of Disney animated programming 7 As of April 1 1998 most of the international versions are pay channels while the Taiwan and Malaysia versions are ad supported and the USA version is a basic channel 10 The Toon Disney Channel was launched on April 18 1998 on the Disney Channel s 15th anniversary 11 In 2000 the Playhouse Disney preschool channel was launched in the United Kingdom 12 while in the US in 1997 the Playhouse Disney block was launched on Disney Channel In June 2001 Disney was looking into launch Playhouse Disney as a channel in the United States for 2002 13 ABC Cable Networks Group Edit Disney Channel Inc changed its name to ABC Cable Networks Group Inc by January 31 2001 6 In October 2003 ABC Family Worldwide was shifted from Disney COO Bob Iger s directly reporting unit to the ABC Cable Networks Group 14 In early 2004 Disney Channel s original programming leaders took over ABC Family s original movies unit temporarily as two ABC Family executives left the channel 15 In January 2004 Fox Kids Europe Fox Kids Latin America and ABC Cable Networks Group created the Jetix programming alliance that would rebrand Fox Kids as Jetix for all blocks channels and companies 16 ABC1 launched on the United Kingdom s digital terrestrial television platform on September 27 2004 17 Disney Channels Worldwide Edit Disney Channels Worldwide s headquarters in Burbank as it appeared during the 2000s In November 2005 Barry Blumberg resigned as president of Walt Disney Television Animation to allow the planned transfer of TV animation to Disney Channels Worldwide 18 In 2006 Disney Television India acquired Hungama TV from UTV Software Communications Limited 19 Disney Cinemagic began broadcasting in the UK in March 2006 20 to of several Cinemagic channels including timeshift and HD versions across Western Europe 21 ABC1 ceased broadcasting on all UK TV platforms at noon on September 26 2007 22 In Spain Walt Disney Company Iberia purchased 20 of Management Company Television Net TV SA or NET TV in February 2008 23 In late May 2008 the company announced the move of Disney Channel to the digital over the air space replacing NET TV s Fly Music on July 1 2008 24 The company s Japanese unit Walt Disney Television International Japan started procuring its own animated series in March 2008 with the first two series to debut at Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008 The company produced Stitch with Madhouse Company while Fireball was produced with Jinni s Animation Studios 25 After two Disney Channel stars had various scandals the company started a set of classes for their young stars in 2009 to adapt to the pressure of fame Optional monthly life skill classes were added in 2014 26 Disney XD DXD was launched on February 13th 2009 taking over the channel space of Toon Disney in the US 27 while Jetix switched over to DXD or for some Disney Channel starting with France on April 1 28 In April The Walt Disney Company Japan and Disney Channels Worldwide started Broadcast Satellite Disney Co Ltd to broadcast a women and family targeted channel called Dlife with licensed content received in October 2010 and debuted on March 17 2012 29 Jetix Play closed down on August 1 2010 in most countries 30 on September 1 2010 in Turkey and in Romania on March 12 2011 citation needed In these countries the channel was replaced with Playhouse Disney 30 On May 26 2010 Disney ABC Television Group announced the launch of Disney Junior which would replace the Playhouse Disney Morning block on sister network Disney Channel in February 2011 and extend to a standalone preschooler oriented channel that would replace Soapnet in January 2012 All 22 Playhouse Disney channels and blocks outside the U S were also renamed to Disney Junior in 2011 31 32 33 In October 2011 Disney reached a joint venture agreement 49 51 with UTH Russia in which UTH will turn its broadcasting network Seven TV into a Disney Channel starting in early 2012 34 On March 28 2013 Cinemagic was replaced with Sky Movies Disney in the UK market under license to BSkyB 35 In April 2013 Disney announced that Das Vierte its recent purchased broadcast station in Germany would become a Disney Channel in January 2014 as a 24 hour family entertainment network 36 Disney formed an in house ad sales company called Disney Media for the channel given that two competitors control most ad sales companies 37 38 Disney India Media Networks shut down Bindass Play a Hindi music channel and replaced it with Disney International HD on October 29 2017 This general entertainment channel is in English and HD targeted to ages 14 to 25 while only tapping Disney live action shows 39 40 Company split Edit With Disney s March 14 2018 reorganization all international channels including Disney Channel have been transferred to Walt Disney Direct to Consumer and International a new segment while the US unit is still under Disney ABC Television Group 41 On January 9 2019 Disney India Media Networks shut down Disney XD India and replaced it with Marvel HQ a channel featuring shows and movies from Marvel Entertainment as well as some acquired programming 42 Shortly after the November 2019 launch of Disney in New Zealand Disney shut down its linear channels there In June 2020 Disney Channels Worldwide announced that all three of the networks owned by Disney Channels Worldwide in the United Kingdom would be shut down on October 1 with content thereafter to be available via the Disney streaming service as the extension of a carriage deal with Sky and Virgin Media could not be reached 43 Disney Branded Television Edit Following a company restructuring in November 2020 the Disney channels became part of Disney Branded Television a newly created unit of Disney General Entertainment Content Headed by the former Disney Channels Worldwide president Gary Marsh the new unit oversees development and production of content made for kids tweens teens and families for Disney Channel Disney Junior Disney XD and Disney Disney Branded TV also oversees all Disney unscripted series and specials 3 In December 2020 Disney announced that Radio Disney and Radio Disney Country would cease operations in early 2021 44 Following the reorganization the management of Disney XD was moved to Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution 45 On May 25 2021 Disney announced that they would close 100 TV channels internationally by the end of 2021 following the 30 closures that occurred in 2020 this not only included Disney branded channels but also Fox Networks Group channels inherited from Disney s acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019 46 The closure was mostly targeted in Asian countries In March 2022 the Russian channel was reported to be still broadcasting despite Disney s cessation of operations in the country in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 47 48 Its website kanal disney ru was later ceased operations and its social media accounts were deleted since September 30 2022 49 50 51 and it cease broadcast on December 14 2022 52 53 following their dissolution of their joint venture with Media 1 54 The closure of the global channels continued in 2022 as it closes Latin American 55 and Turkish channels 56 in the early months of the year Localization EditThe international on air channel brand s look is consistent with the Disney brand Individual channel managers can develop schedules and marketing programs to allow children s preferences in the market Additionally local programming that meets Disney s standards combined with difficulties is acquired If a program is thriving in a market its format may be developed for other Disney Channels market viewing tastes 10 But most of Disney s channels in their foreign markets were shut down since 2020 all in favor of Disney 46 The Disney Channel in different version around the world each represented by one colour Asia Edit Disney Channel Asia officially launched on January 15 2000 as a single video feed with an English audio track being the default and Mandarin audio and subtitle tracks also available The channel became available in Malaysia Singapore Brunei and the Philippines On June 1 2002 the channel was launched in the South Korea market as a Korean language feed 57 Over the first six months of 2005 Disney Channel Asia along with sister channel Playhouse Disney launched in Vietnam Palau and Thailand and finishing off with a launch of both in Cambodia its 11th market with Cambodia Entertainment Production Co Ltd as distributor 58 Disney Channel Asia was also made available on select cable providers in Bangladesh after Disney Channel India was banned in the country back in 2013 59 60 It ceased transmissions by the end of 2021 Japan Edit In April 2009 the Walt Disney Company Ltd Japan and Disney Channels Worldwide started Broadcast Satellite Disney Co Ltd to broadcast a women and family targeted channel Dlife ja with licensed received in October 2010 and debuted on March 17 2012 29 In December 2013 Dlife launched a children s programming block called Disney Time 61 The channel was shut down on March 31 2020 China Edit Disney Channel does not have a localized version for China However many of its live action and animated series are syndicated on regional channels through ABC owned Dragon Club since 1994 It also has a Chinese website 62 India Edit Previously Disney programming was available through programming blocks starting as early as 1994 with Doordarshan then moving to Zee TV until the early 2000s Disney moved its block to Sony Television for three years Star TV pick up Disney TV blocks on Star Plus Disney Time and on Star Utsav 63 In December 2004 Walt Disney Television International India launched a Toon Disney channel with three language feeds English Tamil and Telugu 64 at the same time as the Disney Channel with Star TV network distributing the channels 65 Disney reached an agreement with Doordarshan DD in November 2005 for DD to carry a half hour block called Disney Jadoo Thus Disney was up to 4 branded blocks in India 63 Canada Edit On April 16 2015 Corus Entertainment announced that it had reached a multi year agreement with Disney ABC Television Group to acquire Canadian rights to Disney Channel s programming library and launched Disney Channel in Canada on September 1 2015 the first time that a Disney Channel branded network has operated in Canada 66 Prior to this agreement rights to Disney Channel programming had been held by Family Channel a network owned by children s media conglomerate WildBrain which is licensed as a premium service but is carried as a basic service by many television providers Family was formerly owned by Astral Media which was acquired by Bell Media in 2013 As a result of the fact that the majority of Disney Channel U S s programs aired on Family coupled with the fact that both channels developed similarly in their respective countries as both began as premium services before adding availability via basic subscription Family Channel was commonly considered to be a de facto Canadian version of Disney Channel though it was often mistakenly assumed to be related to ABC Family now Freeform a sister network to Disney Channel U S which was formerly known as The emphasis added Family Channel from 1988 to 1998 citation needed a Canadian version of ABC Family now Freeform launched in March 2012 called ABC Spark 67 to avoid confusion with Family Channel to which it does not share common ownership Some Canadian produced original series produced by Family such as Life with Derek Naturally Sadie and Overruled have aired on Disney Channel in the United States and in other countries in the past In addition to its distribution agreement with Disney Channel U S Family also operated an English language version of Disney Junior as a multiplex channel as CRTC rules allow pay TV channels licensed as premium services to add multiplex channels consistent with the network s license Disney XD and a French language version of Disney Junior were also owned by DHX Media operating under separate licenses DHX s program supply agreement with Disney ended on January 1 2016 as a result of these re alignments its Disney branded networks were re launched as spin offs of the Family brand beforehand on September 18 2015 Family Jr and Telemagino and October 9 2015 Family Chrgd 66 List of Disney Channels EditCurrent channels Edit Market Country Type Formerly Launch date Availability OperatorUnited States Channel HD East 68 April 18 1983 Nationwide Disney Branded Television US 69 France Channel March 22 1997 10 France and Overseas Francophone Africa Haiti and Switzerland previously Belgium now split The Walt Disney Company France 70 Channel 1 November 2 2002 NationwideChannel HD September 20 2011Europe Middle East and Africa Channel April 2 1997 English 10 April 1 1998 Arabic 71 September 25 2006 Africa November 8 2009 Greece amp Cyprus 2009 2012 Balkans Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Greece Kosovo a Middle East amp North Africa Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia Sub Saharan Africa The Walt Disney Company LimtedChannel HD 2015 MENASpain Pay Television Channel April 17 1998 Spain Andorra Managed by Sociedad Gestora de Television Net TV 72 bFree to air channel Fly TV July 1 2008 10 Channel HD 2012 73 NationwideGermany Channel Das Vierte January 17 2014 38 c Germany Austria Switzerland The Walt Disney Company Germany 74 Channel HDLatin America Channel Mexico 75 July 27 2000 10 Nationwide Disney Media Networks Latin AmericaChannel Central 76 Caribbean Central America Colombia Dominican Republic VenezuelaChannel South 77 Argentina Bolivia Chile Ecuador Paraguay Peru UruguayChannel Brazil 78 Disney Weekend April 5 2001 79 NationwideChannel HD 80 September 2012 RegionwidePortugal Channel November 28 2001 81 Portugal Angola Mozambique The Walt Disney Company Iberia S L 82 Channel HD May 4 2021 NationwideScandinavia Channel February 28 2003 Denmark Estonia Finland Iceland Latvia Lithuania Norway Sweden The Walt Disney Company Limited 83 Japan November 18 2003 Nationwide The Walt Disney Company Japan Ltd 84 India December 17 2004 85 India Maldives 86 Nepal previously Bangladesh Bhutan and Pakistan but banned 87 88 89 Disney StarPoland Channel Disney Channel EMEA December 2 2006 d Nationwide The Walt Disney Company Limited 90 Channel HD October 1 2015 91 Israel Channel Jetix September 9 2009 92 The Walt Disney Company Israel Ltd Romania JetixDisney Channel Eastern Europe September 19 2009 e Romania Moldova The Walt Disney Company Limited 93 Bulgaria Nationwide The Walt Disney Company Limited 94 Central Europe Hungary Jetix September 19 2009 95 The Walt Disney Company Limited 96 Czech Republic Czech Republic SlovakiaNetherlands October 3 2009 Previously Belgium Flanders now split The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBelgium Channel HD Dutch Disney Channel Netherlands 2012 FlandersChannel HD French Disney Channel France June 29 2015 Wallonia LuxembourgCanada English Channel Teletoon Retro September 1 2015 Nationwide Corus Entertainment 66 97 French a The political status of Kosovo is disputed Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008 Kosovo is formally recognized as an independent state by 97 UN member states with another 15 states recognizing it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition and 96 states not recognizing it while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory b Sociedad Gestora de Television Net TV is owned by Vocento SA The Walt Disney Company Iberia S L 20 and Intereconomia Corporation SA Which in addition to the Disney channels owns Intereconomia TV a generalist channel citation needed c Relaunched via free to air replacing Das Vierte Originally launched between October 16 1999 10 to November 30 2013 98 while the HD channel between December 24 2011 99 to November 30 2013 as well 98 d Initially went localized on August 1 2010 e Initially went separated from Eastern Europe feed into a 2 channels on October 1 2019 Defunct channels Edit Market Country Type Active date Feeds other countries Operator FateUkraine Channel October 16 2010 100 January 1 2013 None The Walt Disney Company Limited Select programming moved to PLUSPLUS and NLO TV following the channel s closure Spain 1 Channel 1 73 November 16 2001 March 9 2017 None The Walt Disney Company Iberia Replaced in most operators with Disney Channel HD Fully discontinued in favor of rewind features built into cable boxes Australia Channel December 24 2003 101 November 30 2019 New Zealand June 8 1996 10 102 April 30 2020 Australia New Zealand The Walt Disney Company Australia Selected programming moved to Disney following the channel s closure Italy October 3 1998 10 May 1 2020 San Marino Vatican City The Walt Disney Company ItalyChannel 1 December 24 2004 May 1 2020Disney in English December 20 2008 October 1 2019Channel 2 October 1 2011 April 9 2018Channel Mobile October 1 2011 May 1 2020HD Channel February 1 2012 103 May 1 2020Singapore Channel February 2000 June 1 2020 104 None The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia Contract renewal failure with service providers in the country 105 It was replaced with Disney on February 23 2021 United Kingdom October 1 1995 10 October 1 2020 Ireland and the Isle of Man The Walt Disney Company UK Ltd 106 Sky and Virgin Media declined to sign a new deal to keep the Disney branded networks running after the launch of Disney in the country Selected programming moved to the service following the channel s closure Channel 1 107 September 2000 October 1 2020Channel HD 108 2011 October 1 2020Malaysia Channel January 15 2000 January 1 2021 109 Brunei The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia Selected programming moved to Disney Hotstar on June 1 2021 109 110 Asia January 15 2000 October 1 2021 Philippines July 2002 October 1 2021 Indonesia 2005 October 1 2021 Thailand Palau Vietnam amp Cambodia December 2006 October 1 2021 Papua New Guinea 2016 October 1 2021 Bangladesh Philippines Indonesia Thailand Palau Vietnam Cambodia Papua New Guinea Bangladesh It was replaced by Disney in Hong Kong Philippines South Korea and Taiwan and Disney Hotstar in Indonesia and Thailand Hong Kong April 2 2004 111 October 1 2021 None The Walt Disney Company Asia PacificKorea Channel HD July 1 2011 October 1 2021 112 Television Media Korea SK Telecom 51 and Disney Channels International 49 venture 113 The Walt Disney Company Korea LLCTaiwan Channel March 29 1995 114 January 1 2022 The Walt Disney Company TaiwanTurkey April 29 2007 115 a March 31 2022 116 56 Disney Televizyon Yayincilik A S Disney Co Turkey Programs replaced with Disney on June 14 2022 Russia August 10 2010 b December 14 2022 52 Media 1 80 The Walt Disney Company CIS 20 Dissolution of the joint venture with Media 1 due to the effect of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine The channel was replaced with Solntse a Initially went free to air on January 12 2012 117 b Replacing Jetix later went free to air on December 31 2011 replacing Seven TV 118 Channel types per market EditMarket Country Disney Channel Disney Junior Disney XD CinemagicDisney Movies OtherUnited States April 18 1983 7 West East HD West HD 119 February 14 2011 block March 23 2012 120 February 13 2009 27 None Radio Disney 1996 2021 Radio Disney Country 2015 2021 121 Taiwan March 29 1995 10 January 1 2022 2012 December 31 2021 block 122 None NoneUnited Kingdom October 1 1995 10 September 30 2020 43 1 HD May 2011 September 30 2020 43 1 HD August 31 2009 September 30 2020 43 1 HD March 16 2006 March 28 2013 as Disney Cinemagic March 28 2013 December 31 2020 as Sky Movies Disney HD ABC1 2004 2007 17 22 Australia June 8 1996 10 102 April 30 2020 May 29 2011 123 April 30 2020 April 10 2014 124 January 6 2019 125 April 10 2014 November 7 2019 as Foxtel Movies Disney 124 NoneFrance March 22 1997 10 1 HD May 28 2011 HD April 1 2009 May 1 2020 HD November 4 2007 May 8 2015 as Disney Cinemagic May 8 2015 126 April 7 2020 as Disney Cinema Disney Nature TV 2012 Middle East amp North Africa April 2 1997 10 HD April 1 2011 English May 31 2016 Arabic HD 2009 December 31 2020 HD 2018 2021 as OSN Movies Disney HD NoneSpain April 17 1998 10 a 1 HD 73 June 11 2011 September 18 2009 April 1 2020 HD July 1 2008 January 1 2015 Intereconomia TV 2005 73 Italy October 3 1998 May 1 2020 1 2 HD Mobile Disney in English May 14 2011 May 1 2020 1 September 28 2009 October 1 2019 1 2 HD None NoneGermany October 16 1999 bHD July 14 2011 September 30 2021 October 18 2009 April 1 2020 1 July 4 2009 October 1 2019 HDMalaysia January 15 2000 December 31 2020 109 HD July 11 2011 December 31 2020 HD September 15 2012 December 31 2020 HD NonePhilippines January 15 2000 September 30 2021 HD July 11 2011 127 September 30 2021 May 31 2014 December 31 2020Singapore February 2000 May 31 2020 HD July 11 2011 May 31 2020 March 16 2013 May 31 2020Latin America Spanish July 27 2000 10 April 1 2011 128 July 3 2009 129 April 1 2022 Radio Disney 130 Brazil April 5 2001 131 April 1 2011 128 April 1 2022 132 Portugal November 28 2001 November 1 2012 None October 1 2008 November 1 2012 NoneIndonesia July 2002 October 1 2021 July 11 2011 October 1 2021 October 19 2013 December 31 2020 NoneScandinavia February 28 2003 HD September 10 2011 September 12 2009 December 31 2020Belgium March 31 2003 2011 NoneJapan November 2003 Fall 2012 133 August 2009 134 January 31 2021 Dlife 2012 2020 Hong Kong April 2 2004 October 1 2021 April 2 2004 October 1 2021 None NoneIndia December 17 2004 85 October 15 2012 135 November 14 2009 136 January 9 2019 137 Disney International HD 39 Super Hungama 137 Hungama TVBindassUTV ActionUTV Movies 39 Thailand January 2005 October 1 2021 July 11 2011 October 1 2021 October 19 2013 December 31 2020 NoneVietnam May 2005 October 1 2021 NoneSouth Africa September 25 2006 138 June 1 2011 139 May 11 2011 138 October 1 2020Poland December 2 2006HD June 1 2011 September 2009Turkey April 29 2007d March 31 2022 56 April 1 2011 HD October 3 2009 January 31 2021Israel September 9 2009 July 18 2011 140 January 1 2018 February 1 2018 pop up channel on HOT 141 Bulgaria September 19 2009 June 1 2011 NoneCzechia June 1 2011 July 1 2015 block June 1 2011 channel Hungary June 1 2011 July 1 2015 block July 1 2015 December 5 2017 channel Romania June 1 2011 February 29 2012 block March 1 2012 channel Slovakia NoneNetherlands October 3 2009 September 10 2011 April 1 2019 January 1 2010Greece November 7 2009 June 1 2011 October 3 2009 January 31 2021Russia August 10 2010 c December 14 2022 2 4 7 September 1 2013 December 13 2022 block None Radio Disney 2013 2022 130 South Korea July 1 2011 October 1 2021 HD July 1 2011 113 October 1 2021 HD NoneSerbia 2012 2012 2013 citation needed 2009 December 31 2020Slovenia 2009 142 December 31 2020Canada DHX Media 143 None May 6 2011 144 September 18 2015 both English and French June 1 2011 145 October 9 2015 66 Radio Disney 130 Corus September 1 2015 both English and French December 1 2015 English channel November 30 2015 French block 146 December 1 2015 English channel June 27 2016 2019 French block 147 ABC Spark 66 97 Notes a Initially as a paid channel went free to air on July 1 2008 b Initially as a paid channel went free to air on January 17 2014 c Initially as a paid channel went free to air on December 31 2011 in a joint venture with UTH Russia d Initially as a paid channel went free to air in January 2012 See also EditWalt Disney Television Disney General Entertainment Content List of Disney Junior TV channels List of Disney XD TV channelsReferences Edit Disney Europe Animation Gets Serious As They Enter The Upcoming Serialized Animation Game With Disney Originals Walt 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