Disney Channel (German TV channel)

Disney Channel
Country	Germany
Headquarters	Munich, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German
Ownership
Owner	The Walt Disney Company (Germany) GmbH; (The Walt Disney Company)

Disney Channel is a German language television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (Germany) GmbH, a subsidiary of Disney Channels Worldwide, which itself is a unit of Disney-ABC Television Group that manages all of The Walt Disney Company's Disney and ABC-branded television properties. The channel is based in Munich.

Aimed at all ages, its programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming. The original programming is mainly brought by the American flagship Disney Channel.

The channel – which formerly operated as a premium service – was originally launched on October 16, 1999^[1] and a subscription television channel of Sky Deutschland. As of January 17, 2014, the German Disney Channel has become a basic cable and satellite television channel.

The network competes with Super RTL (50% owned by Disney-ABC Television Group), KiKa and Nickelodeon Germany similarly-formatted networks whose primary sources of programming is children focused.^[2]

History

Walt Disney Television International opened their German offices near Munich by March 1, 1999. The Disney Channel Germany was launched on October 16, 1999.^[1]

Disney purchased Das Vierte TV station by December 2012 from Dmitry Lesnevsky, a Russian media mogul. In April 2013, Disney announced that Das Vierte (the Fourth) would become a Disney Channel in January 2014 as a 24-hour family entertainment network under Disney Channels German head Lars Wagner.^[3]

Initial daytime programming included standard Disney channel fare Jessie, Austin & Ally, Phineas and Ferb and Gravity Falls while prime time saw Pixar films and older drawing shows like ABC Family shows plus Hallmark Channel's Cedar Cove. Disney formed an in house ad sales company, Disney Media +, for the channel given that two competitors control most ad sales companies.^[4]^[5] The channel will also be offered on two online platforms: live-stream and a catch-up service.^[4] The channel launched over the air on January 17, 2014^[5] at 6 AM with the classic animated short film Steamboat Willie.^[6] Disney reported that its launch weekend pushed them past Nick in to third place among kid broadcast channels.^[2]

Programming

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Daytime

Original series

Binny and the Ghost (Binny und der Geist)
An die Töpfe, fertig, lecker!

Current series

The 7D (Die 7Z)
Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Gummibärenbande)
Alex & Co.
American Dragon: Jake Long (American Dragon)
Austin & Ally
Art Attack
Backstage
Best Friends Whenever (Best Friends - Zu jeder Zeit)
Bizaardvark
Boyster
Bunk'd (Camp Kikiwaka)
Dinosaur Train (Dino Zug)
Doc McStuffins (Doc McStuffins, Spielzeugärztin)
Dog with a Blog (Hund mit Blog)
DuckTales (DuckTales – Neues aus Entenhausen)
Elena of Avalor (Elena von Avalor)
Evermoor
Girl Meets World (Das Leben und Riley)
Goldie & Bear (Goldie und Bär)
Good Luck Charlie (Meine Schwester Charlie)
Gravity Falls (Willkommen in Gravity Falls)
Guardians of the Galaxy
Henry Hugglemonster (Henry Knuddelemonster)
Handy Manny (Handy Helden)
I Didn't Do It (Ich war's nicht)
Jake and the Never Land Pirates (Jake und die Nimmerland-Piraten)
Jessie
Jungle Junction (Dschungel, Dschungel!)
K.C. Undercover
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (Kick Buttowski - Keiner kann alles)
Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures (Star Wars: Die Abenteuer der Freemaker)
Lilo and Stitch: The Series (Lilo & Stitch)
Liv and Maddie (Liv und Maddie)
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends
Mère et Fille (Maman & Ich)
Mickey Mouse (Micky Maus)
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Micky Maus Wunderhaus)
Miles from Tomorrowland (Miles von Morgen)
Miraculous Ladybug (Miraculous – Geschichten von Ladybug und Cat Noir)
My Friends Tigger & Pooh (Meine Freunde Tigger und Puuh)
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (My Little Pony - Freundschaft ist Magie)
Phineas and Ferb (Phineas and Ferb)
PJ Masks (PJ Masks - Pyjamahelden)
Rolling with the Ronks! (Ronks – Keine Steinzeit ohne Alien!)
Sheriff Callie's Wild West (Sheriff Callie’s wilder Westen)
Sofia the First (Sofia die Erste – Auf einmal Prinzessin)
Soy Luna
Star vs. the Forces of Evil (Star gegen die Mächte des Bösen)
Star Wars Rebels
Steven Universe (Greg und Connie, aka Steven Universe, Freunde Mächte)
Stuck in the Middle (Mittendrin und kein Entkommen)
The Emperor's New School (Kuzcos Königsklasse)
The Lion Guard (Die Garde der Löwen)
The Lodge
The Powerpuff Girls (Die Powerpuff Girls)
The Replacements (Tauschrausch)
The Smurfs (Die Schlümpfe)
The ZhuZhus (Die ZhuZhus)
Ultimate Spider-Man (Der ultimative Spider-Man)
Wander Over Yonder (Sie nannten ihn Wander)
Walk the Prank (Schreck-Attack)
We Bare Bears (We Bare Bears – Bären wie wir)

Planned series

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Andi Mack

Planned original shows

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Disney Channel Magic Room

Former series

101 Dalmatians: The Series (101 Dalmatiner)
Aladdin
A.N.T. Farm (A.N.T.: Achtung Natur-Talente)
Atomic Betty
Bear in the Big Blue House
Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
The Buzz on Maggie (Maggie)
Captain Flamingo
Cars Toons (Cars Toons – Hooks unglaubliche Geschichten)
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Chip und Chap – Die Ritter des Rechts)
Cory in the House (Einfach Cory!)
Crash and Bernstein (Crash und Bernstein)
Darkwing Duck (Darkwing Duck − Der Schrecken der Bösewichte)
Dave the Barbarian (Barbaren-Dave)
Doug
Eliot Kid (Eliot)
Even Stevens (Eben ein Stevens)
The Fairly OddParents (Cosmo und Wanda – Wenn Elfen helfen)
Fairy Tale Police Department
Famous 5: On the Case
Fillmore!
Fish Hooks (Der Fisch-Club)
Frozen: Northern Lights (Die Eiskönigin: Zauber der Polarlichter)
Gargoyles (Gargoyles - Auf den Schwingen der Gerechtigkeit)
Girlstuff/Boystuff
Goof Troop (Goofy und Max)
Hannah Montana
Hercules
The Hive (Summ, summ, super!)
House of Mouse (Mickys Clubhaus)
I.N.K. Invisible Network of Kids (I.N.K.)
Jungle Cubs (Die Dschungelbuch-Kids)
Kickin' It (Karate-Chaoten)
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Kirby)
Kim Possible
Lab Rats (S3 – Stark, schnell, schlau)
The Land Before Time (In einem Land unserer Zeit)
The Legend of Tarzan (Tarzan)
Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload (Marvel Super Heroes-Maximale Superkräfte)
Life with Derek (Mensch Derek!)
The Little Mermaid (Arielle, die Meerjungfrau)
Lizzie McGuire
Lloyd in Space
Madeline
The Magic School Bus
Mickey Mouse Works (Neue Micky Maus Geschichten)
Mighty Ducks (Mighty Ducks – Das Powerteam)
Mighty Med (Mighty Med – Wir heilen Helden)
My Dad The Rockstar
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Neue Abenteuer mit Winnie Puuh)
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (Pac-Man und die Geisterabenteuer)
Packages from Planet X (Paket von X)
Pair of Kings (Pair of Kings - Die Königsbrüder)
Pepper Ann
Pinky Dinky Doo
Pound Puppies (Pound Puppies – Der Pfotenclub)
Quack Pack (Quack Pack – Onkel D. und die Boys)
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (Randy Cunningham: Der Ninja aus der 9. Klasse)
Recess (Große Pause)
Rugrats
Sabrina: The Animated Series
Sally Bollywood
Scaredy Squirrel (Eddie Angsthorn)
The Secret Show (Die Top Secret Show)
Shake It Up (Shake It Up – Tanzen ist alles)
Sonny with a Chance (Sonny Munroe)
Special Agent Oso (Spezialagent Oso)
So Weird
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (Hotel Zack & Cody)
The Suite Life on Deck (Zack & Cody an Bord)
Stanley
Super 4: Heroes United (Super 4)
Stitch! (Yuna & Stitch)
TaleSpin (Käpt’n Balu und seine tollkühne Crew)
That's So Raven (Raven blickt durch)
Timon and Pumbaa (Abenteuer mit Timon und Pumbaa)
Totally Spies
Tupu
The Weekenders (Wochenend-Kids)
The Wiggles
Wizards of Waverly Place (Die Zauberer vom Waverly Place)

Primetime

Current series

According to Jim (Immer wieder Jim)
Baby Daddy
Cedar Cove (Cedar Cove – Das Gesetz des Herzens)
Chasing Life
Dharma & Greg
Galavant
Hindsight
Friends
My Wife and Kids (What’s Up, Dad?)
The Flintstones (Familie Feuerstein)
The Fosters
The Goldbergs (Die Goldbergs)
The Golden Girls (Golden Girls)
The Nanny (Die Nanny)
Roseanne
Scrubs (Scrubs – Die Anfänger)
Seed
Switched at Birth
White Collar

Current original shows

Disney Magic Moments

Planned series

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-

Planned original shows

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Disney Magic Moments – Das Quiz
Keyla und Stevonnie, Das Burden

Former series

8 Simple Rules (Meine wilden Töchter)
Blossom
Boy Meets World (Das Leben und Ich)
Brotherly Love (Wilde Brüder mit Charme!)
Bunheads (New in Paradise)
Dinosaurs (Die Dinos)
Everwood
Everybody Loves Raymond (Alle lieben Raymond)
Finding Carter
Gilmore Girls
Home Improvement (Hör mal, wer da hämmert)
Jane by Design
Life Unexpected (Life Unexpected - Plötzlich Familie)
Little House on the Prairie (Unsere kleine Farm)
Men in Trees
Miranda
Parker Lewis Can't Lose (Parker Lewis – Der Coole von der Schule)
Pushing Daisies
Teen Angel
The Golden Palace (Golden Palace)
The Musketeers (Die Musketiere)
The Muppet Show (Die Muppet Show)
The Lying Game
The Neighbors
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Sabrina – total verhext!)
Sister, Sister
Star-Crossed
Suburgatory

Former original shows

Availability

Via the airwaves, the station had an availability to 93% of German TV households plus on two online platforms: live-stream and a catch-up service.^[4]

Audience share

Germany

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2014^[9]	-	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%
2015^[10]	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%
2016^[11]	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%
2017^[12]	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	0.9%

References

^ ^a ^b Brockmeyer, Dieter (March 1, 1999). "Disney Channel gets digital in Germany". Kidscreen. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b Roxborough, Scott (January 20, 2014). "Disney Channel Germany Tops Nickelodeon in Ratings on Launch Weekend". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
^ Roxborough, Scott (April 17, 2013). "Walt Disney to Launch Free-TV Channel in Germany". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Roxborough, Scott (November 14, 2013). "Disney Betting on Pixar Movies, ABC Series in German Network Launch". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Lückerath, Thomas (September 26, 2013). "Disney: Ein Datum, ein Vermarkter und etwas Programm". DWDL.de (in German). Retrieved April 19, 2017. Disney: A Date, a marketer and a little program (English Translation).
^ Krei, Alexander (15 January 2014). "Lars Wagner über den Disney Channel (German)". Retrieved 17 January 2014.
^ "Das aktuelle TV-Programm des Disney Channel". Fernsehserien.de. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Disney Channel 2016/17: Mehr Filme, neue Eigenproduktionen, diverse Familienserien". Quotenmeter.de. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2014" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2015" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2016" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

External links

Official website Template:De icon
Disney Channel on YouTube
Disney Channel on Twitter
Disney Channel on Facebook (disabled outside of Germany)
Programming by Disney Channel (Germany) on Fernsehserien.de

[kidscreen-1] Brockmeyer, Dieter (March 1, 1999). "Disney Channel gets digital in Germany". Kidscreen. Retrieved 18 July 2013.

[thr0-2] Roxborough, Scott (January 20, 2014). "Disney Channel Germany Tops Nickelodeon in Ratings on Launch Weekend". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 18, 2014.

[3] Roxborough, Scott (April 17, 2013). "Walt Disney to Launch Free-TV Channel in Germany". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 18, 2014.

[thr-4] Roxborough, Scott (November 14, 2013). "Disney Betting on Pixar Movies, ABC Series in German Network Launch". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 18, 2014.

[dwdl-5] Lückerath, Thomas (September 26, 2013). "Disney: Ein Datum, ein Vermarkter und etwas Programm". DWDL.de (in German). Retrieved April 19, 2017. Disney: A Date, a marketer and a little program (English Translation).

[6] Krei, Alexander (15 January 2014). "Lars Wagner über den Disney Channel (German)". Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[7] "Das aktuelle TV-Programm des Disney Channel". Fernsehserien.de. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

[dc-8] "Disney Channel 2016/17: Mehr Filme, neue Eigenproduktionen, diverse Familienserien". Quotenmeter.de. Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[9] "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2014" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[10] "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2015" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[11] "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2016" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[12] "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

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History

Programming

Daytime

Original series

Current series

Planned series

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Former series

Primetime

Current series

Current original shows

Planned series

Planned original shows

Former series

Former original shows

Availability

Audience share

Germany

See also

References

External links