Disney Channel (international)

Logo for the EMEA variant of the channel since 1 August 2022.

This page details the international expansion of Disney Channel since launching on 18 April 1983. Its first local variants were launched on 1 September 1995 in the United Kingdom & Ireland and on 22 March 1997 in France.

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.[1] But Disney's channels in some markets were shut down due to Bob Chapek's controversial strategy of closing them down in favor of Disney+ between April 2020 and up until his ouster in December 2022,[2] which was later reversed by Bob Iger after his return as Disney CEO, who confirmed that the linear TV channels will be able to coexist with Disney+ in synergy (excluding Spain where Disney Channel was shut down due to the failure license renewal with Net TV, and Brazil where Disney channels were shut down due to the pay TV crisis in that country).[3]

The Disney Channel in different version around the world, each represented by one colour. Gray indicates that their feeds were closed.

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.[4] 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.[5] Disney Channel Asia was also made available on select cable providers in Bangladesh after Disney Channel India was banned in the country in 2013.[6][7] It ceased transmissions at the close 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.[8] In December 2013, Dlife launched a children's programming block called Disney Time.[9] The channel was shut down on March 31, 2020, but was revived on March 1, 2024, as a replacement for the Japanese version of Fox.[10]

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.[11]

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 Entertainment Television for three years. Star TV picked up the Disney TV blocks on Star Plus, Disney Time and on Star Utsav.[12]

In December 2004, Walt Disney Television International India launched a Toon Disney channel with three language feeds (English, Tamil and Telugu)[13] at the same time as the Disney Channel with Star TV network distributing the channels.[14] 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.[12]

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 1 September 2015 — the first time that a Disney Channel-branded channel in operation in Canada.[15]

Prior to this agreement, rights to Disney Channel programming were held by Family Channel, owned by WildBrain which was licensed as a premium service but was carried as a basic service by many television providers. Family was launched and formerly owned by Astral Media which was acquired by Bell Media in 2013, with Family divested to WildBrain (at the time known as DHX Media) a year later. 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 the American Freeform channel (at the time known as ABC Family)) as a result of the fact that majority of Disney Channel US programming aired on Family, coupled with both channels developing similarly in their respective countries (as both began as premium services before adding basic subscription availability), a sister channel to Disney Channel US which was formerly known as The (emphasis added) Family Channel from 1988 to 1998; a Canadian version of ABC Family (now Freeform) launched on 26 March 2012, called ABC Spark[16] 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 globally 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, later known as WildBrainTV).[15]

List of Disney Channels

Current channels

Market/Country Type Formerly Launch date Other countries Operator
United States Channel (East) N/a April 18, 1983 N/a Disney Branded Television[17]
Channel (West) N/a N/a
Channel HD N/a April 2, 2008 N/a
France Channel N/a March 22, 1997[1] N/a The Walt Disney Company France[18]
Channel +1 N/a November 2, 2002 N/a
Channel HD N/a September 20, 2011 N/a
Europe, Middle East, and Africa Channel N/a
  • April 2, 1997 (English)[1]
  • April 1, 1998 (Arabic)[19]
  • September 25, 2006 (Africa)
  • November 8, 2009
    (Greece & Cyprus)
  • 2009–2012 (Balkans)
  • February 28, 2023 (Baltics)
  • June 5, 2023 (Nordic countries)
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, MENA, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia and Sub-Saharan Africa The Walt Disney Company Limited[20]
Channel HD N/a 2015 MENA
Germany (current) Channel Das Vierte January 17, 2014[21] Austria, Switzerland The Walt Disney Company (Germany)[22]
Channel HD
Latin America Channel (Mexico)[23] Disney Weekend July 27, 2000[1] N/a Disney Media Networks Latin America
Channel (Panregional)[24][25] Argentina, Bolivia, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
Channel HD[26] N/a September 2012 N/a
Portugal Channel N/a November 28, 2001[27] Angola, Mozambique The Walt Disney Company Portugal[28]
Channel HD N/a May 4, 2021 N/a
Japan Channel N/a November 18, 2003 N/a The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.[29]
India Channel N/a December 17, 2004[30] Maldives,[31] Nepal; previously Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Pakistan, but banned.[32][33][34] JioStar
Channel HD N/a March 15, 2023[35]
Poland Channel Disney Channel (EMEA) December 2, 2006b N/a The Walt Disney Company Limited[36]
Channel HD N/a October 1, 2015[37] N/a
Israel Channel Jetix September 9, 2009[38] N/a The Walt Disney Company (Israel) Ltd.
Czech Republic September 19, 2009[39] Slovakia The Walt Disney Company Limited[40][41][42]
Hungary N/a
Bulgaria N/a
Romania Moldova
Netherlands N/a October 3, 2009 Belgium, 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 Channel (English) Teletoon Retro September 1, 2015 N/a Corus Entertainment[15][43]
Scandinavia (relaunch) Channel Disney Channel EMEA April 1, 2024[44] Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands The Walt Disney Company Nordic

^a Relaunched via free-to-air replacing Das Vierte. Originally launched between October 16, 1999[1] to November 30, 2013[45] while the HD channel between December 24, 2011[46] to November 30, 2013 as well.[45]

^b Initially became an independent feed on August 1, 2010.

Defunct channels

Market/Country Type Active date Feeds/other countries Operator Fate
Ukraine Channel October 16, 2010[47]January 1, 2013 None The Walt Disney Company Limited Select programming moved to PLUSPLUS and NLO TV following the channel's closure.
Germany (original) October 16, 1999November 30, 2013 Austria, Switzerland The Walt Disney Company (Germany) The channel became free-to-air on January 17, 2014 but Disney XD, Disney Junior & Disney Cinemagic remained
Australia & New Zealand Channel December 24, 2003[48]November 30, 2019 (New Zealand)
June 8, 1996[1][49]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[1]May 1, 2020
  • San Marino
  • Vatican City
The Walt Disney Company Italy
Channel +1 December 24, 2004May 1, 2020
Disney in English December 20, 2008October 1, 2019
Channel +2 October 1, 2011April 9, 2018
Channel Mobile October 1, 2011May 1, 2020
HD Channel February 1, 2012[50]May 1, 2020
Singapore Channel March 1, 2000[51]June 1, 2020[52] None The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia Contract renewal failure with service providers in the country.[53] It was replaced with Disney+.
United Kingdom October 1, 1995[1]October 1, 2020 Ireland, Isle of Man The Walt Disney Company (UK) Ltd.[54] 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[55] September 2000October 1, 2020
Channel HD[56] 2011October 1, 2020
Southeast Asia and Hong Kong Channel January 15, 2000January 1, 2021 Malaysia, and Brunei The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia Selected programming moved to Disney+ following the channel's closure.
  • January 15, 2000October 1, 2021 (Philippines)
  • January 15, 2000January 1, 2021 (Malaysia)[57]
  • July 2002October 1, 2021 (Indonesia)
  • April 2, 2004[58]October 1, 2021
  • 2005October 1, 2021 (Thailand, Palau, Vietnam & Cambodia)
  • December 2006October 1, 2021 (Papua New Guinea)
  • 2016October 1, 2021 (Bangladesh)
  • Philippines
  • Indonesia
  • Thailand
  • Palau
  • Vietnam
  • Cambodia
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Bangladesh
South Korea Channel HD July 1, 2011October 1, 2021[59] None Television Media Korea (SK Telecom 51% and Disney Channels International 49% venture),[60] The Walt Disney Company (Korea) LLC
Taiwan March 29, 1995[61]January 1, 2022 The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd.
Turkey Channel April 29, 2007[62]cMarch 31, 2022[63][64] Disney Televizyon Yayıncılık A.Ş. (Disney Co. Turkey)[65]
Russia August 10, 2010dDecember 14, 2022[66] Media-1 (80%)
The Walt Disney Company CIS (20%)
Dissolution of the joint-venture with Media-1 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Replaced by The sun.[67][68]
Scandinavia (original) February 28, 2003June 5, 2023
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Finland
  • Denmark
  • Iceland
The Walt Disney Company Limited Merged with the pan-EMEA feed.
Spain Channel +1[69] November 16, 2001March 9, 2017 None The Walt Disney Company Spain[70]e Replaced in most operators with Disney Channel HD. Fully discontinued in favor of rewind features built into cable boxes.
Channel April 17, 1998[1] (July 1, 2008 on DTT)–January 7, 2025 Andorra Disney Iberia did not renew its agreement with Net TV to continue operating the channel on DTT. Content can still be watch on its official YouTube channel and Disney+.
Brazil Channel[71] April 5, 2001[72]March 1, 2025 None The Walt Disney Company Brazil Closed due to high operational costs in the respective country, the dwindling pay TV ratings in Brazil and the Brazilian pay TV crisis.
Channel HD September 2012March 1, 2025
Canada Channel (French) September 1, 2015September 1, 2025 Corus Entertainment Closed as a cost-cutting measure due to financial pressure at Corus Entertainment.[73]
  • ^c Initially went free-to-air on January 12, 2012[74]
  • ^d Replacing Jetix; later went free-to-air on December 31, 2011, replacing Seven TV.[75]
  • ^e 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]

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