Disney Branded Television

Disney Channel, originally established as a cable channel in the United States, has expanded worldwide. There is a similar channel called Family which broadcasts Disney Channel shows in English in Canada, and VRAK.TV with broadcasts Disney Channel's shows in French in Canada (mainly geared towards Quebec).

Africa

South Africa

Disney Channel South Africa is available in Southern Africa. Disney Channel UK is available on DSTV in all other African countries.But in islands and cities of a country of Europe is outher channel.

List

Madeira (Portugal).The channel as Disney Channel Portugal.
Canary Islands (Spain).The channel as Disney Channel Spain.
Ceuta (Spain).The channel as Disney Channel Spain.
Mayotte (France).The channel as Disney Channel France.
Melilla (Spain).The channel as Disney Channel Spain.
Réunion (France).The channel as Disney Channel France.
Saint Helena (United Kingdom).The channel is also Disney Channel UK.

Asia & Pacific

Disney Channel Asia is broadcasted in the Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.

Malaysia

Hong Kong

Aired on now TV (Channel 441)

India

Japan

Philippines

Asia only

Taiwan

Australia & New Zealand

Middle East & North Africa

It is broadcasts over the Orbit Showtime platform.

Europe

Belgium & Netherlands

Disney will launch a completely new Disney Channel via the UPC[1] analog and digital cable network on October 3rd 2009. The channel will broadcast a range of Disney series in the original version with subtitels. Only the cartoons will be broadcasted in a Dutch/Flemmish dub.

The existing Jetix channel will be rebranded as Disney XD Netherlands & Belgium. The expectation is that rebranding will take place late 2009 or early 2010.

Bulgaria

A block with "Disney stars" was launched on Jetix on August 11, 2008. A news announcement in May 2009 [2] reported that Disney Channel Bulgaria will be launched sometime later in 2009, replacing Jetix. A Disney Channel promo now airs on Jetix. The change was announced to happen on September 19, 2009, along with other Jetix rebrandings, such as the change of Jetix Poland into Disney XD. ^[1]^[2]

Czech Republic and Slovakia

The Disney Channel service is available from September 19, 2009 in the Czech and Slovak Republic.

France

Germany

Disney Channel was launched on October 1, 1999 and broadcast on Premiere.

Greece

Disney Channel will launched in 2010 and will replace Jetix (Greece)

Hungary

The channel was launched on September 19, 2009 and replaced Jetix.

Israel

Disney Channel launched on September 9, 2009 and replaced Jetix

Italy

Poland

From December 2, 2006, Disney Channel is available on the Cyfra+, Polsat and N satellite platforms.

Portugal

Disney Channel is available on ZON TVCabo on channel 40, on meo on channel 40 too, Cabovisão on channel 55 and Ar Telecom on channel 26. It's now available for free to every customer on the cable/satellite/IPTV networks above. It's funded through publicity and subscription fee. Since 2008 that, Disney Channel in Portugal broadcast without encryption on digital networks. It still premium on analogue networks Wiil Be like to elmo Bye.

Romania

Russia

Disney Channel is available as a television block on Perviy Kanal and STS. Disney is also interested in launching a separate Disney Channel, but a failed deal in early 2009 delayed such plans for the time being. ^[3] ^[4]

Scandinavia

Serbia

On Cable television since 2009

Spain

Disney Channel and Disney Channel +1 are available on the Digital+ satellite platform on channels 30 and 31, and in cable plataforms. Also Disney Channel is available for free on digital terrestrial system since July 1 2008 (channel 66). The channels broadcast in Spanish with an original language option, American and British programmes broadcast in English on the second track while anime broadcast in Japanese.

Turkey

Disney Channel was launched on April 29, 2007 and is available on Digiturk on channel 67. All live action series are subtitled except Hannah Montana which is Turkish. All animation series and movies are dubbed in Turkish.

United Kingdom & Ireland

Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America

In the 90's Disney Channel started airing in Latin America via DirecTV as a premium channel. Later, around the 2000s it became available in other cable companies. In 2003, because of the crisis in Argentina and Mexico, DirecTV removed the channel from all the subscriptions (The gap was "covered" by a few period of time by Fox Kids, but later returned and BOTH channels were on DirecTV, as Fox Kids was previously exclusive to SKY) and it came back in 2004 as part of the basic channel grid. In Latin America, programming includes Zapping Zone.

Brazil

Brazil has its own Disney Channel because the official language there is Portuguese.

Caribbean

Viewers in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and most of the Caribbean (except for Cuba and Dominican Republic) receive the US Disney Channel.

On September 23, 2007 as part of the network's 2007 re-brand campaign, the "Hip" brand name was dropped, and introduced its rectangular current logo along with cuadrilar new graphics.

Red Bee Media transformed the channel into a modern-looking scene and new promos started the week before. Idents started that next Sunday at midnight.

References

Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) (2004) [3]. Retrieved Apr. 9 2006.

^ http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2009/07/27/disney-xd-set-for-polish-launch/ Double date for Disney XD, Chris Dziadul, Broadband TV News
^ ,small>Disney Channel тръгва в България от 19 септември, Ekip News, 2009-08-04
^ http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/?p=17747 Disney scraps Russian plans Said Ham 2009 Broadband TV News
^ Interview with Tom Staggs, Disney senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, at Global Media and Communications Convergence Conference, Tuesday, 2009-06-09, http://corporate.disney.go.com/news/corporate/2009/2009_0602_tom_staggs_speaks_credit_suisse.html

External links

[1] ttp://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2009/07/27/disney-xd-set-for-polish-launch/ Double date for Disney XD, Chris Dziadul, Broadband TV News

[2] ,small>Disney Channel тръгва в България от 19 септември, Ekip News, 2009-08-04

[3] ttp://www.broadbandtvnews.com/?p=17747 Disney scraps Russian plans Said Ham 2009 Broadband TV News

[4] Interview with Tom Staggs, Disney senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, at Global Media and Communications Convergence Conference, Tuesday, 2009-06-09, http://corporate.disney.go.com/news/corporate/2009/2009_0602_tom_staggs_speaks_credit_suisse.html

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