Disney Channel (Italy)
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| Launched | October 31, 1998 |
| Owned by | The Walt Disney Company |
| Audience share | 3.75% (2011 December, [1]) |
| Country | Italy |
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
| Sister channel(s) | Disney Junior Disney XD Disney in English |
| Timeshift service | Disney Channel +1 Disney Channel +2 |
| Website | disneychannel.it |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital | DVB-T, on Italy with Mediaset 1 e Mediaset 5 pay with Mediaset Premium (LCN 350 e 351/354) |
| Satellite | |
| Digital | DVB-S, on Hot Bird 8 e Hot Bird 9 pay |
| Sky | Channel 613 (HD Sky Box HD) - (SD Sky Box) Channel 614 (+1) Channel 615 (+2) Channel 673 (SD Sky Box HD) |
| Cable | |
| Digital | IPTV, on Italy on networks Fastweb and Telecom Italia pay with TV di FASTWEB and IPTV di Telecom Italia (Channel 613, 614 e 615) |
| Internet television | |
| Sky Go | |
Disney Channel Italia is the Italian version of Disney Channel. Disney Channel Italy also includes a +1 hour timeshift service (Disney Channel +1), a +2 hours timeshift service (Disney Channel +2), a channel for pre-school children (Disney Junior), an English-audio channel with subtitles (Disney in English), and a channel for male teenagers (Disney XD). Soon, it will launch Disney Cinemagic.
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[edit] History
On December 20, 1997 Disney Channel officially began broadcasting in Italian on Telepiù. The channel used the slogan La TV che accende la TV ("The TV that turns on TV") but was quickly changed to Libera la tua Immaginazione ("Free your Imagination")when the channel was launched in 1998.
Among the first programs on the channel were classic Disney cartoons, such as Timon & Pumbaa and Aladdin: The Series. It also showed classic Disney films and some Disney Channel Original Movies in Il Fantastico Mondo Disney (The Wonderful World of Disney) each evening at 20.30 (8:30pm). Also, every Saturday, a new film was shown.
[edit] Circles Era and the start of live presentation
On September 1999, Disney Channel Italy adopted the new logo and idents of Disney Channel UK (created by GÉDÉON) while still keeping the slogan "Free your Imagination." With the entry of the new logo (by CA Square) and the channel's new graphics in April 2003, the slogan was abandoned.
The 1999 re-brand also marked the launch of Disney Channel Italy's original live presentation program, Live Zone (hosted by Isabella Arrigoni and Massimiliano Ossini), where viewers can interact with the hosts and join games. Other popular programs were Live Zone Musica, Live Zone da Scoprire, Live Zone da Ridere and A Star For You.
The channel has been available since the beginning on Stream and SKY Italia and even after their mergers. On December 24, 2004 Disney introduced Disney Channel +1, where all regular programs from Disney Channel are postponed an hour.
[edit] Bounce/Ribbon Era and the end of live programs
Live Zone ended in 2004; it was replaced by Prime Time, led by the hosts of Live Zone, Isabella Arrigoni and Massimiliano Ossini. Even programs secondary to Live Zone were replaced by newer ones like Tok, Eta Beta, Skatenati and Quasi Gol and other programs were added, like Scooter and L'ora della Magia. In June 2005, all live shows were taken off air.
Prime Time gets a refresh in September 2005, with a new logo, new computer-generated graphics, and Arrigoni being the voice-over host who presented the programs. On February 2007, Prime Time changed its logo once again, and Patrizio Prata becomes the new voice-over host, although the set design and cartoons remained the same. In May 14, 2007, Prime Time ended and Disney Channel Italy adopted the Ribbon graphics of Disney Channel (US).
[edit] Today
In 2005, Disney Channel Italy began broadcasting the first of a new series called Quelli dell'intervallo, which led to the similar versions in the UK, U.S., Australia and other countries under the title As the Bell Rings. In 2006, Disney Channel Italy began airing many original language series from Disney Channel US. In Italy born Premieres Friday (originally "Venerdì Premieres"). On 1 October 2011 Disney Channel changed the logo. They have new logo but have 4:3 instead 16:9. Since 25 October 2011 they have also 16:9. From February 1 2012 Disney Channel in Italy, broadcasting in HD.
[edit] Upcoming Series
- Madison High [2]
- Austin and Ally [3]
- Lights, Camera, Muppets![citation needed]
- Gravity Falls [4]
- Almost Naked Animals
[edit] References
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- ^ http://disneyinfonet.com/2010/12/08/disney-channel-orders-pilot-for-new-show/
- ^ http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/DNR/2010/doc/dc_new_120810.doc
[edit] External links
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