Disney Channel Scandinavia
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| The Disney Channel Scandinavia | |
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| Launched | February 28, 2003 |
| Owned by | The Walt Disney Company |
| Audience share | 1.1% (Sweden 2008, [1]) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland |
| Sister channel(s) | Toon Disney, Playhouse Disney |
| Website | disneychannel.tv |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Boxer | Channel 31 (Sweden) |
| PlusTV | Channel 25 (Finland) |
| RiksTV | Channel 14 (Norway) |
| Boxer | (Denmark) |
| Televarpið | (Faroe Islands) |
| Satellite | |
| Canal Digital | Sweden, Denmark, Norway & Finland: Ch. 25 |
| Viasat | Channel 12 |
| Cable | |
| Com Hem | Channel 154 (Sweden) |
| YouSee | (Denmark) |
Disney Channel Scandinavia is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel broadcasting to the Nordic countries. It is advertising-free and funded by subscription fees.
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[edit] History
The Disney Channel was launched in February 28, 2003, and was then exclusively available through the Viasat satellite platform (Sirius 4). Later that year, it became available in digital cable networks, such as Swedish Com Hem.
In 2003, the channel also applied for a license to broadcast in the Swedish Digital Terrestrial Television network. They were among the channels recommended by the Swedish Radio and TV Authority, and the government granted the Disney Channel a broadcasting license on January 29, 2004. The terrestrial transmissions could start on February 15 via the Boxer TV Access platform. Soon after that, the channel celebrated its first anniversary by dropping encryption for one weekend.
On August 1, 2005, the channel became available to subscribers of the Canal Digital (Thor 2) satellite platform. Simultaneously, a sister channel called Toon Disney was launched. A third sister channel, Playhouse Disney, was launched on October 1, 2006.
In the autumn of 2009, the channel will start broadcasting its first original productions. Among these are a sitcom called Når klokkerne ringer produced by the Danish productions company Nobody and the music competition My Camp Rock produced by Titan Television.[2]
[edit] Programming
The channel is mainly aimed at children and their families, broadcasting Disney television series throughout the day. Disney feature films are also an important part in the mixture.
Most of the non-live-action content is dubbed into Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish with separate audio streams being available, but on (Tele2vision) you can change the audio into (english) if you dont want the dubbed version. In addition, subtitles are carried for live-action programmes like Home Improvement, Dinosaurs, Phil of the Future, Sam and Friends and Lizzie McGuire, which aren't dubbed. In Sweden, it's just Hannah Montana and some episodes of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody which are dubbed. In Norway, the channel is criticised for its dubbing.
The channel's programming includes:
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series
- Aladdin
- American Dragon: Jake Long
- Animal's World
- Boy Meets World
- Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
- Camp Lazlo
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
- Cow & Chicken
- Darkwing Duck
- Dave the Barbarian
- Disney Channel Primetime
- Disney Channel
- Disney Sing Along Songs
- Disney Family Album
- Disney Channel Games
- Disney's Doug
- Donald Duck Presents
- DuckTales
- Elmo's World
- Even Stevens
- Fillmore!
- Good Morning Raoul
- Good Morning, Mickey!
- Goof Troop
- Gumby
- Hannah Montana
- Hercules
- Henry's Amazing Animals
- House of Mouse
- Jonas Brothers:Living the dream
- Kim Possible
- Lilo & Stitch: The Series
- Little Einsteins
- Lloyd in Space
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Omba mokumba
- Pepper Ann
- Phil of the Future
- Pinball Friday
- Playhouse Disney Morning
- Quack Pack
- Raoul Show
- Recess
- Rolie Polie Olie
- Sesame Street Unpaved
- Smart Guy
- Stanley
- Studio DC: Almost Live
- Super Mario World
- Tale Spin
- Teddy Has A Big Blue House
- That's So Raven
- The Book of Pooh
- The Emperor's New School
- The Fairly Oddparents
- Theodore Tugboat
- The Gummi Bears
- The Legend of Tarzan
- The Mouse Factory
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
- The Super Mario Brothers Super Show
- The Replacements
- The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
- The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Timon and Pumbaa
- TUGS
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
- Walt Disney Presents
- WordWorld
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
[edit] Availability
The Disney Channel is available on satellite from Canal Digital/Thor 2 and Viasat/Sirius 4.
In Sweden, it became available through the DTT network via Multiplex 3 in February 2004. It is also available on the Faroe Islands.
It launched in Finland via Canal Digital in April 2006. The channel was only available in the daytime between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.[3] Nowadays, the channel broadcasts until 6 p.m., with Urheilu+kanava taking its broadcast space in the evening. The channel is not available around Turku. Canal Digital transferred the terrestrial transmissions of Disney Channel to PlusTV in October 2008.[4]
In September 2007, the digital terrestrial television package launched in Norway with Disney Channel broadcasting via RiksTV.
On November 1, 2009, the channel will launch via the terrestrial network in Denmark through Boxer TV A/S.[5]
Various cable companies, such as Com Hem, Tele2vision and YouSee, also offer the channel.
[edit] References
- ^ Årsrapport 2008, Mediamätning i Skandinavien, http://mms.se/_dokument/rapporter/ar/%C3%85rsrapport%202008.pdf
- ^ "Disney Channel stärker upp med lokalproduktioner". Dagens Media. June 5, 2009. http://www.dagensmedia.se/nyheter/article5402.ece.
- ^ "Maanpäällisen digi-tv-verkon ohjelmatarjonta kasvaa - Disney Channel osaksi CANAL+ -pakettia". April 10, 2006. http://www.digitv.fi/sivu.asp?path=1;699;8075.
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- ^ Boxer (April 16, 2009). Disney Channel på Boxers tv-sendenet. Press release. http://www.boxertv.dk/?page=1459&display=2133:4225.
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[edit] Website
The Disney Channel Scandinavia website has games just like the American one. In 2006 Disney Channel Scandinavia stopped having Halloween games on their website due to sharing with South Africa, the fact that they don't celebrate Halloween there. In 2007 Disney Channel in Scandinavia added video on their website, only Scandinavia can watch them as they are not available to other countries.
