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Disney Branded Television
Formerly
Division
Industry Entertainment
Genre Children and family
Founded July 15, 1982; 42 years ago (1982-07-15)
Founder Alan Wagner
Headquarters ,
U.S.
Number of locations
37 (formerly)
Area served
Worldwide (except Cuba, Iran, Mongolia, North Korea and Syria)
Key people
Ayo Davis (president)
Brands
Services Television content
Parent Disney General Entertainment Content
Subsidiaries Disney Original Documentary
Disney Television Animation
It's a Laugh Productions

Disney Branded Television is an American television production company and a unit of Disney General Entertainment Content which oversees development, production and acquisition of content geared towards children, teenagers and families for Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD. The unit also oversees Disney-branded unscripted series, documentaries and specials for Disney+ and the Disney channels.

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 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. In 1982, Disney hired Alan Wagner to develop a cable channel.

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.

The Disney Channel, Inc.

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

The channel became profitable in January 1985.

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

Disney Channel, Inc.

By September 29, 1997, the corporate name was shortened to Disney Channel, Inc. 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. In December 1997, the Toon Disney channel was announced as a basic channel consisting of Disney animated programming. 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. The Toon Disney Channel was launched on April 18, 1998, on the Disney Channel's 15th anniversary.

In 2000, the Playhouse Disney preschool channel was launched in the United Kingdom. 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.

ABC Cable Networks Group

Disney Channel, Inc. changed its name to ABC Cable Networks Group, Inc. by January 31, 2001. In October 2003, ABC Family Worldwide was shifted from Disney COO Bob Iger's directly reporting unit to the ABC Cable Networks Group. 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.

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. ABC1 launched on the United Kingdom's digital terrestrial television platform on September 27, 2004.

Disney Channels Worldwide

Disney Channel HQ
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.

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

In Spain, Walt Disney Company Iberia purchased 20% of Management Company Television Net TV SA (or NET TV) in February 2008. 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.

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.

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.

Disney XD (DXD) was launched on February 13, 2009, taking over the channel space of Toon Disney in the US, while Jetix switched over to DXD (or for some Disney Channel) starting with France on April 1. 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.

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

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.

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. On March 28, 2013, Cinemagic was replaced with Sky Movies Disney in the UK market under license to BSkyB.

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. Disney formed an in-house ad sales company called Disney Media + for the channel, given that two competitors control most ad sales companies.

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.

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. 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.

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.

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. In December 2020, Disney announced that Radio Disney and Radio Disney Country would cease operations in early 2021. Following the reorganization, the management of Disney XD was moved to Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution.

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. The closure was mostly targeted in Asian countries.

In December 2021, Disney Branded Television formed Disney Original Documentary.

On March 1, 2022, Marvel HQ in India was rebranded to Super Hungama.

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. Its website (kanal.disney.ru) was later ceased operations and its social media accounts were deleted since September 30, 2022, and it cease broadcast on December 14, 2022 following their dissolution of their joint venture with Media-1.

The closure of the global channels continued in 2022, as it closed Latin American and Turkish channels in the early months of that year.

On March 15, 2023, Disney Channel HD was launched in India.

Television series

Title Year(s) Creator(s) Network Genre Co-production with
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series 2019–2023 Tim Frederle Disney+ Musical/Mockmentary Chorus Boy, Salty Pictures & Disney Channel
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers 2021–2022 Steve Brill, Josh Goldsmith & Cathy Yuspa Sports comedy Goldsmith Yuspa Productions, Brillco, Brillstein Entertainment Partners & ABC Signature
Big Shot David E. Kelley, Dean Lorey & Brad Garrett Sports comedy drama David E. Kelley Productions, Lorey Stories & ABC Signature
The Mysterious Benedict Society Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi Mystery adventure Slavkin Swimmer Productions, FamilyStyle, Halcyon Studios & 20th Television
Turner & Hooch 2021 Matt Nix Buddy cop comedy Flying Glass of Milk Productions, Wonderland Sound and Vision & 20th Television
Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. 2021–2023 Kourtney Kang Medical comedy drama Kang-Rosenblatt Productions, The Detective Agency, Steven Bochco Productions & 20th Television
Just Beyond 2021 Seth Grahame-Smith Supernatural anthology comedy Boom! Studios, KatzSmith Productions & 20th Television
The Santa Clauses 2022–present Jack Burditt Fantasy comedy Double Wide Productions, Small Dog Picture Company & 20th Television
National Treasure: Edge of History 2022–2023 Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Wibberley Action-adventure Jerry Bruckheimer Television & ABC Signature
The Crossover 2023–present Damani Johnson Sports drama Magicworthy, Big Sea EntertainmentSpringHill Entertainment, State St. Pictures & 20th Television
American Born Chinese 2023 Kelvin Yu Action comedy Mister John, The Detective Agency, Family Owned & 20th Television
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 2023–present Jonathan E. Steinberg & Dan Shotz Fantasy adventure Quaker Moving Pictures, Co-Lab21, James Bobin, Inc., Moorish Dignity Productions, The Gotham Group & 20th Television

Documentaries

Title Year(s) Genre Network Co-production with
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming 2023 Music Disney+ Imagine Documentaries, Tremolo Productions & Dave Letterman's Worldwide Pants

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. But most of Disney's channels in their foreign markets were shut down since 2020, all in favor of Disney+.

Disney Channel feeds around the world
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. 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. 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. 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. In December 2013, Dlife launched a children's programming block called Disney Time. 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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; a Canadian version of ABC Family (now Freeform) launched in March 2012, called ABC Spark 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, now known as WildBrainTV.).

List of Disney Channels

Current channels

Market/Country Type Formerly Launch date Availability Operator
United States Channel HD (East) N/A April 18, 1983 Nationwide Disney Branded Television
Latin America Channel (Mexico) N/A July 27, 2000 Nationwide Disney Media Networks Latin America
Channel (Central) N/A Caribbean, Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela
Channel (South) N/A Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
Channel (Brazil) Disney Weekend [pt] April 5, 2001 Nationwide
Channel HD N/A September 2012 Selected providers
France Channel N/A March 22, 1997 France and overseas, Francophone Africa, Haiti, Switzerland, minorly Belgium The Walt Disney Company France
Channel +1 N/A November 2, 2002 Nationwide
Channel HD N/A September 20, 2011
Europe, Middle East, and Africa Channel N/A
  • April 2, 1997 (English)
  • April 1, 1998 (Arabic)
  • 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, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Middle East & North Africa, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sweden The Walt Disney Company Limited
Channel HD N/A 2015 MENA
Spain Pay Television Channel N/A April 17, 1998 Spain, Andorra The Walt Disney Company Iberia
Free-to-air channel Fly TV July 1, 2008
Channel HD N/A 2012 Nationwide
Germany Channel Das Vierte January 17, 2014 Germany, Austria, Switzerland The Walt Disney Company (Germany)
Channel HD
Portugal Channel N/A November 28, 2001 Portugal, Angola, Mozambique The Walt Disney Company (Iberia) S.L.
Channel HD N/A May 4, 2021 Nationwide
Japan Channel N/A November 18, 2003 Nationwide The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.
India Channel N/A December 17, 2004 India, Maldives, Nepal; previously Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Pakistan, but banned. Disney Star
Channel HD N/A March 15, 2023
Poland Channel Disney Channel (EMEA) December 2, 2006 Nationwide The Walt Disney Company Limited
Channel HD N/A October 1, 2015
Israel Channel Jetix September 9, 2009 The Walt Disney Company (Israel) Ltd.
Czech Republic September 19, 2009 Czech Republic, Slovakia The Walt Disney Company Limited
Hungary Nationwide
Bulgaria
Romania Romania, Moldova
Netherlands N/A 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 Channel (English) Teletoon Retro September 1, 2015 Nationwide Corus Entertainment
Channel (French)
Scandinavia (relaunch) Channel Disney Channel EMEA April 1, 2024
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Finland
  • Denmark
  • Iceland
The Walt Disney Company Nordic

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

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, 2010January 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 November 16, 2001March 9, 2017 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, 2003November 30, 2019 (New Zealand)
June 8, 1996April 30, 2020 (Australia)
New Zealand The Walt Disney Company Australia Selected programming moved to Disney+ following the channel's closure.
Italy October 3, 1998May 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, 2012May 1, 2020
Singapore Channel March 1, 2000June 1, 2020 None The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia Contract renewal failure with service providers in the country. It was replaced with Disney+ on February 23, 2021.
United Kingdom October 1, 1995October 1, 2020 Ireland, Isle of Man The Walt Disney Company (UK) Ltd. 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 September 2000October 1, 2020
Channel HD 2011October 1, 2020
Southeast Asia and Hong Kong Channel January 15, 2000January 1, 2021 Malaysia, and Brunei The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia It was replaced by Disney+ (in Hong Kong, Philippines, South Korea, and Taiwan) and Disney+ Hotstar (in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand).
  • January 15, 2000October 1, 2021 (Philippines)
  • January 15, 2000January 1, 2021 (Malaysia)
  • July 2002October 1, 2021 (Indonesia)
  • April 2, 2004October 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 None Television Media Korea (SK Telecom 51% and Disney Channels International 49% venture), The Walt Disney Company (Korea) LLC
Taiwan March 29, 1995January 1, 2022 The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd.
Turkey Channel April 29, 2007March 31, 2022 Disney Televizyon Yayıncılık A.Ş. (Disney Co. Turkey) Programs replaced with Disney+ on June 14, 2022.
Russia August 10, 2010December 14, 2022 Media-1 (80%)
The Walt Disney Company CIS (20%)
Dissolution of the joint-venture with Media-1 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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.
  • Initially went free-to-air on January 12, 2012
  • Replacing Jetix; later went free-to-air on December 31, 2011, replacing Seven TV.

Channel types per market

Market/Country Disney Channel Disney Junior Disney XD Cinemagic
Disney Movies
Other
United States April 18, 1983
West, East HD, West HD
February 14, 2011
(block)
March 23, 2012
February 13, 2009 None Radio Disney (1996–2021)
Radio Disney Country (2015–2021)
Taiwan March 29, 1995
January 1, 2022
2012
December 31, 2021
(block)
None None
United Kingdom October 1, 1995
September 30, 2020
+1, HD
May 2011
September 30, 2020
+1, HD
August 31, 2009
September 30, 2020
+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)
Australia June 8, 1996
April 30, 2020
May 29, 2011
April 30, 2020
April 10, 2014
January 6, 2019
April 10, 2014
November 7, 2019
(as Foxtel Movies Disney)
None
France March 22, 1997
+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
April 7, 2020
(as Disney Cinema)
Disney Nature TV (2012–)
Middle East & North Africa April 2, 1997
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
+1, HD
June 11, 2011 September 18, 2009
April 1, 2020
HD
July 1, 2008
January 1, 2015
Intereconomía TV (2005)
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, 1999
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
HD
July 11, 2011
December 31, 2020
HD
September 15, 2012
December 31, 2020
HD
None
Philippines January 15, 2000
September 30, 2021
HD
July 11, 2011
September 30, 2021
May 31, 2014
December 31, 2020
Singapore March 1, 2000
May 31, 2020
HD
July 11, 2011
May 31, 2020
March 16, 2013
May 31, 2020
Latin America (Spanish) July 27, 2000 April 1, 2011 July 3, 2009
April 1, 2022
Radio Disney
Brazil April 5, 2001 April 1, 2011
April 1, 2022
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
June 5, 2023 (original)
April 1, 2024 (relaunch)
HD
September 10, 2011
March 1, 2024 (Denmark)
April 1, 2024
September 12, 2009
December 31, 2020
Belgium March 31, 2003 2011 None
Japan November 2003 Fall 2012 August 2009
January 31, 2021
Dlife (2012–2020; revived in 2024)
Hong Kong April 2, 2004
October 1, 2021
April 2, 2004
October 1, 2021
None None
India December 17, 2004 October 15, 2012 November 14, 2009
January 9, 2019
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 June 1, 2011 May 11, 2011
October 1, 2020
Poland December 2, 2006
HD
June 1, 2011 September 2009
Turkey April 29, 2007
–March 31, 2022
April 1, 2011
HD
October 3, 2009
January 31, 2021
Israel September 9, 2009 July 18, 2011 January 1, 2018
February 1, 2018
(pop-up channel on HOT)
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, 2010
December 14, 2022
+2, +4, +7
September 1, 2013
December 13, 2022
(block)
None Radio Disney (2013–2022)
South Korea July 1, 2011
October 1, 2021
HD
July 1, 2011
October 1, 2021
HD
None
Serbia 2012 2012/2013 2009
December 31, 2020
Slovenia 2009
December 31, 2020
Canada DHX Media None May 6, 2011
September 18, 2015
(both English and French)
June 1, 2011
October 9, 2015
Radio Disney
Corus September 1, 2015
(both English and French)
December 1, 2015
(English channel)
November 30, 2015
(French block)
December 1, 2015
(English channel)
June 27, 2016
2019
(French block)
ABC Spark
Notes:
  • Initially as a paid channel; went free-to-air on July 1, 2008
  • Initially as a paid channel; went free-to-air on January 17, 2014
  • Initially as a paid channel; went free-to-air on December 31, 2011, in a joint venture with UTH Russia.
  • Initially as a paid channel; went free-to-air in January 2012.

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