On May 26, 2010, Disney-ABC Television Group announced the launch of a new digital cable and satellite channel targeted for young children called Disney Junior, which debuted on March 23, 2012. The Disney Junior channel – which like Disney Channel (though unlike Disney XD or the channel Disney Junior replaced, Soapnet), is commercial-free – competes with other preschooler-skewing cable channels such as Nick Jr., Qubo and Universal Kids. The channel features programs from Disney Channel's existing preschool programming library and movies from the Walt Disney Pictures film library. Disney Junior took over the channel space held by Soapnet – a Disney-owned cable channel featuring soap operas – due to that genre's decline in popularity on broadcast television, and the growth of video on demand, online streaming and digital video recorders, negating the need for a linear channel devoted to the soap opera genre.
Disney Junior
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Disney Channel | Disney Junior
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who plays the voice of john smith in pocahontas
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Mel Gibson
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when was the film released?
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June 16, 1995
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what was it's genre?
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History, romantic, drama, music are some them
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who was the director?
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Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg
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was it a commercially successful one?
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Yes, its grossed collection was  $346.1 million worldwide.
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did it appear in any television channel?
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Yes, it appear on  Disney Channel
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has it produced any video games?
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Yes, "Disney Channel All Star Party"
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what was the game about?
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It is a party game based on several Disney Channel franchises.
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does it have any channel for kids?
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Yes, Disney Junior
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when was it established?
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Disney-ABC Television Group previously planned to launch a domestic Playhouse Disney Channel in the U.S. (which would have served the same target audience as Disney Junior) in 2001, however, this planned network never launched, although dedicated Playhouse Disney Channels did launch outside of the United States.
Disney Channel | Disney Junior
Disney Junior was a British pay television kids channel owned by Disney–ABC Television Group that focuses on preschool programming. It was launched on 29 September 2000 as Playhouse Disney. The channel was rebranded as Disney Junior on 7 May 2011.
Disney Junior (British and Irish TV channel) | Introduction
During the rebrand of Disney Channel in 1997, a block titled "Disney Channel Underfives" was added, featuring programming aimed towards a young audience. In September 1999, it was rebranded as Playhouse Disney with the introduction of live presentation. In September 2000, Disney Television International launched Playhouse Disney as a standalone channel alongside Toon Disney and Disney Channel +1 on the Sky Digital platform. Since Playhouse Disney was exclusive to Sky Digital at this time, the Playhouse Disney block continued to broadcast on Disney Channel during school-term weekdays. Playhouse Disney was later launched on NTL and Telewest in 2002 and 2003 respectively.
Disney Junior (British and Irish TV channel) | History
Disney Junior is a channel focused on younger viewers, aged 2–6 years. It launched on 1 June 2011 as its own channel (channel 309) from Playhouse Disney; however, a Disney Junior block is shown weekday mornings on Disney Channel EMEA.
Disney Junior (Southern African TV channel) | Introduction
Disney Junior India is an Indian television network dedicated towards pre-schoolers that launched on 15 October 2012. It is also available as a programming block on Disney Channel that replaced India's Playhouse Disney. The channel telecasts in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
Disney Junior (Indian TV channel) | Introduction
Before 2006, Playhouse Disney was launched in India as a block on Disney Channel. On 4 July 2011, it was replaced by Disney Junior . On 15 October 2012, Disney Junior launched as a Channel.
Disney Junior (Indian TV channel) | History
"Disney Junior in Disney Channel" was a preschool block. It used to air every morning, but the block ended, as Disney Junior shows can only be seen on the localized version of Disney Junior. All programs targeted children aged 2–6 years.
Disney Channel (Portuguese TV channel) | Disney Junior
Disney Junior is a channel aimed at preschoolers which was launched in October 2006 on the Canal Digital and Viasat satellite operators as Playhouse Disney. Later on, the channel was launched on cable operators. On Com Hem, the largest cable operator in Sweden, the channel was launched on April 2, 2007. On September 10, 2011, Playhouse Disney was rebranded as Disney Junior.
Disney Channel (Scandinavian TV channel) | Disney Junior
Disney Junior is a television channel, launched as a programming block in June 2011, named as "Disney Junior Pė Disney Channel" and is Currently a channel since March 2012. Playhouse Disney was re-branded as Disney Junior on June 1, 2011. It is the kids aimed 2-7 programming block on Disney Channel. Every show on the channel is dubbed by Ager Film Studio.
Disney Junior (Romanian TV channel) | Introduction
Disney Junior is a brand of children's TV channels owned by The Walt Disney Company. Since its American debut on February 14, 2011, the brand was launched worldwide. In most countries the channel was formerly known as Playhouse Disney.
List of Disney Junior TV channels | Introduction
Disney Junior is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment which launched on December 1, 2015. It is a localised version of the U.S. network, broadcasting animated programming aimed at children between the ages of 2 and 7.
Disney Junior (Canadian TV channel) | Introduction
Disney Junior is a cable television channel and is a version of the Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Junior, broadcasting in Brazil. It is marketed to preschoolers. Disney Junior is operated by Disney & ESPN Media Networks Latin America and the Walt Disney Company Latin America, both of the Walt Disney Company. It was launched on June 1, 2008 as Playhouse Disney. On April 1, 2011 it was rebranded as Disney Junior.
Disney Channel (Brazilian TV channel) | Disney Junior
It is a pay television channel broadcasting in all Latin America using four feeds. It is directly marketed to preschoolers. It was launched on 1 June 2008 as Playhouse Disney Channel. Formerly it was only a programming block that aired on Disney Channel during mornings. Its programming is very similar to the US channel; however, it also airs non-original programming. On 23 December 2010 The Walt Disney Company Latin America announced that the channel would be rebranded as Disney Junior sometime in 2011, and the relaunched eventually happened on 1 April 2011.
Disney Channel (Latin American TV channel) | Disney Junior
Disney Junior was a 24-hour Australian cable and satellite channel available on local platforms. It launched on 5 December 2005 as Playhouse Disney and rebranded on 29 May 2011 as Disney Junior, with programming targeted towards children aged 2–7. It ceased transmission along with Disney Channel on 30 April 2020.
Disney Channel (Australian TV channel) | Disney Junior
The channel started as a programming block in the mornings of Disney Channel Latin America airing original programming focused on preschoolers. An original production, produced by RGB Entertainment, named "La Casa de Playhouse Disney" ("Playhouse Disney's House") aired on the block, with two hosts reading stories and playing games with kids, as well as introducing the series. On June 1, 2008 Disney & ESPN Media Networks Latin America launched Playhouse Disney Channel as a 24-hour independent channel, initially only in Argentina and Mexico, eventually reaching more countries in Latin America. The new channel was hosted by Ooh and Aah, two monkey hosts.
Disney Junior (Latin American TV channel) | History
Playhouse Disney started airing in 2006, as a block on Disney Channel. On 4 July 2011, it was replaced by Disney Junior, which eventually became available as 24-hour channel. The block on Disney Channel has now been discontinued.
Disney Channel (Indian TV channel) | Disney Junior
The Walt Disney Company first attempted to launch a 24-hour subscription channel for preschoolers in the United States, when the company announced plans to launch the Playhouse Disney Channel, a television offshoot of Disney Channel's daytime programming block Playhouse Disney, which launched on the channel on May 8, 1997 (airing during the morning hours seven days a week, with the Monday through Friday blocks lasting until the early afternoon). Plans for the United States network were ultimately shelved, however dedicated Playhouse Disney Channels were launched in other countries internationally. The development of Disney Junior began on May 26, 2010, when Disney-ABC Television Group announced the launch of the channel as a pay television service, which would compete with other subscription channels targeted primarily at preschool-aged children such as Nick Jr., Qubo, and Sprout; in addition, the Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel would also be renamed under the Disney Junior banner, prior to the launch of the channel of the same name.
Disney Junior | Origins
Disney Junior is a French pay television channel aimed at kids. It offers programming focused on preschoolers. It was launched as Playhouse Disney on 2 November 2002 and was rebranded as Disney Junior on 27 May 2011, receiving HD and . In France (including overseas territories) and Africa, Disney Junior is a Canal+ exclusive.
Disney Junior (French TV channel) | Introduction
Disney Junior is a former Australian pay television channel. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company in Australia and was the sister network of the flagship property Disney Channel. The channel was originally launched 2005 as Playhouse Disney, with programming targeted towards children aged 2 to 7, as well as their families, with original series and movies. The channel was relaunched as Disney Junior on 29 May 2011. The channel's programming is composed of original animated series television series sourced from Disney Junior in the United States, as well as screenings of Disney's theatrical releases and other acquired programming.
Disney Junior (Australian TV channel) | Introduction
Disney Junior Israel is a digital Israeli-language television station owned by The Walt Disney Company. In Israel, the channel launched on 18 July 2011 on YES satellite and on 27 November 2013 on HOT Cable. Its programming is aimed at young children and their parents.
Disney Junior (Israeli TV channel) | Introduction
Disney Junior is an American pay television network that is owned by the Walt Disney Television unit of The Walt Disney Company through Disney Channels Worldwide. Aimed mainly at children 2–7 years old, its programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and home media-exclusive movies and select other third-party programming. From February 2011 until January 2017, Disney Junior also lent its name to a morning and early afternoon program block seen on sister network Disney Channel, branded as "Disney Junior on Disney Channel", airing weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (6:00 to 10:00 a.m. during the summer months and designated school break periods) and weekends from 6:00 to 9:00 a.m.
Disney Junior | Introduction
Playhouse Disney, which existed as 22 channels or blocks in 156 countries and territories, rebranded as Disney Junior in 2011. In the UK and Ireland, Disney Junior began in May 2011 with its first show as "Handy Manny". At the same time, Disney Junior started broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen. The last show that aired on Playhouse Disney before it became Disney Junior was "JoJo's Circus". A high-definition simulcast of Disney Junior was made available to Sky+ HD subscribers in April 2013. In September 2017, Disney XD +1 was turned into a pop-up channel titled Mickey and Pals, which aired various programming from Disney Junior.
Disney Junior (British and Irish TV channel) | Launch
Playhouse Disney was launched the same day as Disney Channel as a block. In 2010, Playhouse Disney was launched as a channel, replacing Jetix Play. In June 2011, Playhouse Disney was replaced by Disney Junior.
Disney Channel (European TV channel) | Disney Junior
On May 26, 2010, Disney-ABC Television Group announced the launch of a new digital cable and satellite channel targeted for young children called Disney Junior, which debuted on March 23, 2012. The Disney Junior channel – which like Disney Channel (though unlike Disney XD or the channel Disney Junior replaced, Soapnet), is commercial-free – competes with other preschooler-skewing cable channels such as Nick Jr., Qubo and Universal Kids. The channel features programs from Disney Channel's existing preschool programming library and movies from the Walt Disney Pictures film library. Disney Junior took over the channel space held by Soapnet – a Disney-owned cable channel featuring soap operas – due to that genre's decline in popularity on broadcast television, and the growth of video on demand, online streaming and digital video recorders, negating the need for a linear channel devoted to the soap opera genre.
Disney Channel | Disney Junior
Disney Channel was first broadcast by Optus on 8 June 1996; the first program scheduled was the television premiere of "Aladdin". It became available though Austar on 1 April 2001, through Foxtel on 1 December 2001, and through TransTV on 21 January 2002. It was formerly available on SelecTV from September 2008 until the closure of its English service in late 2010. The network launched on New Zealand's pay television network, SKY Network Television, on 24 December 2003. Disney launched the Playhouse Disney channel in Australia and New Zealand on 5 December 2005, which later rebranded as Disney Junior in 2011.
Disney Channel (Australian TV channel) | History
The channel first launched on UPC Netherlands on 3 October 2009. On 30 October 2009 it launched in Flanders on Telenet and Belgacom. On 22 June 2010 it was added to analogue. In September 2011 the Playhouse Disney block became Disney Junior. On 1 September 2011 it launched on Ziggo. The channel was scheduled for a release on Caiway in October 2011, but that has been cancelled. In early 2012 hours were expanded and a new logo was adopted. On 16 August 2012 it launched on CanalDigitaal and TV Vlaanderen at Astra 23.5 East. In July 2013 subtitled programs were moved to late night.
Disney Channel (Dutch TV channel) | History
Disney Junior (formerly known as Playhouse Disney) is a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company. Aimed mainly for children between 2 through 8 years of age, its programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and made-for-DVD movies and select other third-party programming. Disney Junior also lends its name to an early morning program block seen on sister network Disney Channel, branded as "Disney Junior on Disney Channel." The block was discontinued on 31 July 2018 in favor of using the Disney Channel moniker. Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior ceased transmission in Singapore on 31 May 2020, on both Singtel and StarHub to make way for Disney+.
Disney Junior (Asian TV channel) | Introduction
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. 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 was launched in April 1983 as a premium channel with 16 hours of programming. The channel became profitable in January 1985. 20 months after launch, the channel moved into the home satellite dish market thus scrambling its signal. The channel started moving to the basic cable level on September 1, 1990 with TCI Montgomery Cablevision.
Disney Channels Worldwide | Disney Channel, Inc
Upon its launch on September 1, 2015, Disney Channel aired a programming block featuring Disney Junior programs. DHX's Disney Junior services were re-branded as Family Jr. and Télémagino on September 18. Corus's Disney Junior channel officially launched on December 1, 2015 along with Disney XD. DHX's rights to broadcast Disney Junior programming expired on January 1, 2016.
Disney Junior (Canadian TV channel) | History
Disney Junior Latin America is a cable television channel and is a version of The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Junior, broadcasting in all Latin America. It is broadcast in three feeds: North Zone, South Zone and Brazil. It is marketed to preschoolers. Disney Junior is operated by Disney & ESPN Media Networks Latin America and The Walt Disney Company Latin America, both of The Walt Disney Company. It was launched on June 1, 2008 as Playhouse Disney Channel. Formerly it only was a programming block in the mornings of Disney Channel Latin America, where it still is a programming block, as Disney Junior en/no Disney Channel.
Disney Junior (Latin American TV channel) | Introduction
Disney Junior launched in Hungary as separate channel from 1 July 2015.
Disney Channel (Hungarian TV channel) | Disney Junior
The Playhouse Disney programming block was rebranded to Disney Junior in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on June 1, 2011.
Disney Channel (Hungarian TV channel) | History
Disney Junior is a Portuguese pay television channel. Aimed mainly at children between 2 and 7 years of age, it replaced the Disney Cinemagic channel in 2012. Along with the new channel, Disney launched "Disney Movies On Demand" service on ZON.
Disney Junior (Portuguese TV channel) | Introduction
The website was launched on June 1, 2008 along with the channel and replacing the mini-website of the programming block on Disney Channel. There are two feeds, North Zone and South Zone. Brazil has its own website, Disney.com.br. Inside the website, each series has its own mini-website with information and downloads about the show. Different games and activities are also available. The users can listen to music from the shows, read stories or see programming schedules.
Disney Junior (Latin American TV channel) | Disneylatino.com/Junior
Disney Junior first launched as a programming block on Disney Channel on February 14, 2011 at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time with the "Little Einsteins" episode "Fire Truck Rocket" as the first program to air on the block. The Disney Junior channel was originally scheduled to launch in January 2012, but on July 28, 2011, the Disney-ABC Television Group pushed back the channel's launch date to an unspecified date in early 2012, then on January 9, 2012, the Disney-ABC Television Group announced that Soapnet's closing date for most cable providers was scheduled for March 22, 2012. Disney Junior's 24-hour subscription channel counterpart officially launched the following day on March 23, at 12:00 a.m.
Disney Junior | Network and block launches
Disney Channel (originally called The Disney Channel from 1983 to 1997 and commonly shortened to Disney from 1997 to 2002) is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of owner Disney Channels Worldwide unit of the Walt Disney Television subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Disney Channel's programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically released and original made-for-TV movies and select other third-party programming. Disney Channel – which formerly operated as a premium service – originally marketed its programs towards families during the 1980s, and later at younger children by the 2000s. A majority of Disney Channel's original programming is aimed at children aged 6–14, while its Disney Junior programs are targeted at children aged under 8.
Disney Channel | Introduction
On 5 April 2001, a Brazilian feed was launched. During that time, Disney Channel Latin America adopted a new logo and idents created by GÉDÉON, also employed in Europe. In 2004, Anne Sweeney, a veteran cable executive, took control of Disney–ABC Television Group and changed the design from the channels worldwide. On that same year, Disney Channel became a "basic" cable channel and used the 2002 look of Disney Channel US. Along with the new look, the channel started to air new series, mainly focused on teenagers and placing the original animated cartoons in earlier schedules. In the morning schedule, "Playhouse Disney" was aired with programming for children aged 2–7.
Disney Channel (Latin American TV channel) | History
On May 6, 2011, the networks were re-launched under Disney's new preschool television brand Disney Junior.
Family Jr. | As Playhouse Disney and Disney Junior
The programs are very similar to the Disney Junior channel and Disney Junior on Disney Channel block in the United States. However, the channel also airs non-original programming. On December 23, 2010 The Walt Disney Company Latin America announced that the channel would be replaced by Disney Junior sometime in 2011, and the relaunch happened on April 1, 2011.
Disney Junior (Latin American TV channel) | Introduction
These included some providers such as Cox Communications, Optimum, DirecTV, Verizon FiOS, and Time Warner Cable, which continued to carry Soapnet while having added the Disney Junior channel onto their channel lineups in turn. Soapnet's operations continued sixteen months later than had been originally planned, until the network finally ceased operations on December 31, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. In 2012, Disney Junior launched the movie night anthology as Magical World of Disney Junior. The channel also premiered its first Disney Junior Original Movie, "Lucky Duck" during Magical World on Friday, June 20, 2014.
Disney Junior | Network and block launches
The Playhouse Disney block later reduced its hours of programming featured and was eventually disposed of in July 2004. In June 2006, a Playhouse Disney block was added to the morning schedule of ABC1. It was removed after Disney ceased transmission of ABC1 in September 2007. ABC1's slot itself on Sky would be used to launch a 25-minute timeshift of Playhouse Disney + in October 2007.
Disney Junior (British and Irish TV channel) | History
Eastern and Pacific Time. As of January 2016, the channel is available to 74.0 million households in the U.S.
Disney Junior | Introduction
, Disney Channel is the only major American cable channel aimed at children that does not directly maintain a dual audience of both kids and adults (Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network each feature nighttime programming for families and/or adults). Movies shown during primetime were also reduced from an average of two to three features to only one each night of the week. The channel phased out reality and scripted drama series from its original programming slate, while substantially increasing the channel's reliance on live-action sitcoms and animated series. On October 7, 2002, Disney Channel introduced a new on-air logo designed by CA Square (using an outline of Mickey Mouse's head as its centerpiece) that would later be adopted by its international sister channels in May 2003, and unveiled a new graphical design to fit the network's new look.
History of Disney Channel | 2002–2007: Peak
The channel originally launched as Playhouse Disney on November 30, 2007; as Family is licensed as a premium service which allows for the addition of multiplex channels that are consistent with the network's licence (which dictates that it provide a service with programming aimed at youth aged 17 and younger), no additional licence was required to launch the service, and the channel would be offered at no additional charge to television providers who already carry Family Channel. A French-language version, originally known as Playhouse Disney Télé, was launched on July 5, 2010. Unlike the English version, it operates under a separate Category B license.
Family Jr. | As Playhouse Disney and Disney Junior
On 2 November 2002, the portfolio of Disney-branded channels in France expanded from one to four channel with the launch of Toon Disney, Playhouse Disney (now Disney Junior), and Disney Channel +1. The movie channel Disney Cinemagic (now Disney Cinéma) was launched in September 2007. On 1 April 2011, the channel was launched on IPTV platforms. On 19 April 2011, Disney and Free ISP launched a VOD service on Freebox called Disney-Tek On 1 May 2011 the channel rebranded its graphical package.
Disney Channel (French TV channel) | History
The Disney Channel launched nationally as a premium channel on April 18, 1983, at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The first program ever aired on the channel was also its first original series, "Good Morning, Mickey!", which presented Disney animated shorts. At the time of its launch, The Disney Channel's programming aired for 16 hours each day from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time (comparatively, its competitors HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, The Movie Channel and Spotlight all had been operating on 24-hour programming schedules for a few years at the time). By the fall of 1983, the channel was available to more than 532,000 subscribers in the United States; this total would increase to 611,000 subscribers in December of that year.
History of Disney Channel | 1983–1990: As a premium channel and early years
On May 26, 2010, Disney-ABC Television Group announced the launch of Disney Junior, a relaunching of Playhouse Disney that would serve as the brand for the Disney Channel block and a new standalone digital cable and satellite channel in the United States, as well as the new brand for the existing Playhouse Disney-branded cable channels and program blocks outside the US. The Playhouse Disney block ended its 14-year run on February 13, 2011, with the last program to air being an episode of the short series "Handy Manny's School for Tools" at 1:55 p.m. Eastern Time. The Disney Junior block debuted on February 14, 2011, with "Little Einsteins" as its first program.
Playhouse Disney | Disney Junior
The announcement also called for the 22 existing programming blocks and pay channels outside of the United States bearing the Playhouse Disney name being rebranded as Disney Junior. The flagship channel in the United States intended to replace Soapnet, a Disney-owned channel featuring daytime soap operas seen on the major broadcast networks (including sister network ABC) and reruns of former primetime drama series, due to the continued decline in popularity and quantity of soap operas on broadcast television, along the growth of video on demand services (including the online streaming availability for soap operas) and digital video recorders that negated the need for a linear channel devoted to the genre.
Disney Junior | Origins
Moreover, starting in May 2003, the channel began using a series of bumpers that are still used to this day, primarily featuring actors and animated characters from its original programs (and occasionally from Disney's theatrical releases) drawing the channel's logo using a wand (in actuality, a glowstick). Playhouse Disney became the only program block introduced in 1997 to remain on Disney Channel by this point (it was later relaunched as Disney Junior in February 2011). Around this time, Disney Channel's original series began airing as part of corporate sister ABC's Saturday morning children's program block; most of the shows that began airing on the block in 2006 would remain on the network until September 2011, when it was replaced by the Litton Entertainment-produced block Litton's Weekend Adventure.
History of Disney Channel | 2002–2007: Peak
Disney Channel (formerly known as The Disney Channel from 1996 to 1997) is a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia). Most of its original programming is aimed at pre-teens and adolescents ages 10–16 while its Disney Junior programs are targeted at younger children, although certain programs are aimed at audiences of all ages. The channel's programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming. Some countries do not carry the channel, due to either a lack of capacity or government restrictions.
Disney Channel (Southeast Asian TV channel) | Introduction
By this point, Disney Channel began to air more programmes than movies, although the latter was still the main focus. Around this time, a pre-school block called the "Under-Fives block" began airing, featuring mostly acquired preschool programming. A new set of idents were introduced in 1998. In 1999, Disney Channel gained a new look, and in September 1999, a Playhouse Disney branded programming block was launched, being the first Playhouse Disney to launch outside the United States.
Disney Channel (British and Irish TV channel) | Post-launch
On November 30, 2007, Family launched Playhouse Disney Channel, a separate channel featuring programming aimed at a preschool audience, based on Disney's Playhouse Disney brand. Subject to carriage, the multiplex channel was made available at no additional charge to television providers and subscribers who receive its parent network. It was rebranded as Disney Junior on May 6, 2011, following the launch of the brand in the United States earlier that year. On September 18, 2015, due to Corus Entertainment's acquisition of rights to Disney's children's programming and brands, the channel was re-branded as Family Jr. As Family was licensed as a premium service, it is allowed to operate multiplex channels that carry additional programming consistent with its licensing and nature of service.
Family Channel (Canadian TV network) | Family Jr. and Télémagino
Disney Junior Scandinavia is a television channel for preschoolers targeting the Nordic countries and Arab world. It doesn't screen advertising and is funded by subscriptions instead. It was launched in October 2006 on the Canal Digital and Viasat satellite platforms. Cable networks launched it later on. Com Hem, the largest cable network in Sweden, launched it on April 2, 2007. Before September 10, 2011, this channel was called Playhouse Disney, the last show as Playhouse Disney was Special Agent Oso at 6:30 PM. It currently time shifts with Viasat Series from 6 AM to 7 PM
Disney Junior (Scandinavian TV channel) | Introduction
An automated Soapnet feed continued to exist for providers that had not yet made carriage agreements for Disney Junior (such as Dish Network) and those that have kept Soapnet as part of their lineups while adding Disney Junior as an additional channel (such as DirecTV and Cox Communications); After a period during which cable providers unwilling to drop the network immediately retained it to prevent subscriber cancellations, Soapnet ceased full operations on December 31, 2013. The former Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel was rebranded as Disney Junior on February 14, 2011; the 22 existing Playhouse Disney-branded cable channels and program blocks outside the United States rebranded under the Disney Junior name over the next two years, concluding with the rebranding of the Russian and Chinese versions in September 2013.
Disney Channel | Disney Junior
Since its launch, Disney Junior became initially available to subscribers of Xfinity, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Bright House Networks, and Verizon FiOS; other providers would sign carriage agreements to run the network following its launch:
Disney Junior | Television carriage
Eastern Time with the "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" episode "Mickey's Big Surprise" as the first program to air on the channel. Programming featured on the channel's initial lineup included "Jake and the Never Land Pirates", "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" and freshman original series "Doc McStuffins"; the channel also launched a new short-form series "A Poem Is." as well as the weekend movie block, the "Magical World of Disney Junior". Though it in effect took over the channel space held by Soapnet, an automated feed of that channel continued to exist for providers that had not yet reached agreements to carry Disney Junior (similar to other automated channel feeds that continued to operate during the transitions of Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids to The N (now TeenNick) and Fox Reality Channel to Nat Geo Wild), or held out so as to not lose subscribers due to the immediate loss of that network.
Disney Junior | Network and block launches
The channel was launched on 2 April 1997 on satellite provider Orbit. At first, it was available only in English, but on 1 April 1998, a separate Arabic feed was added. Cartoons were dubbed in Arabic, while the live-action shows and most of live-action movies were subtitled. Disney Channel Middle East was then picked up by satellite provider Showtime in fall 2001. The channel featured the logos (resembling Mickey Mouse head) in two versions (the one with the channel's name written in English and the other in Arabic for each feed) until June 2003 when it adopted the 2002 US Disney Channel logo.
Disney Channel (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) | History
The programming block on Disney Channel Latin America is still aired in the mornings but with a reduced schedule. The "Playhouse Disney" show with the two hosts was dropped both from the programming block and from the channel, being totally replaced with Ooh and Aah since June 1, 2008 (in Latin America Ooh and Aah were hosts only). This segment is renamed "La casa de Playhouse Disney in Brazil A Casa do Playhouse Disney" (Playhouse Disney's House).
Disney Junior (Latin American TV channel) | History
The new logo has debuted on the Czech feed first, prior to appearing on the UK, German, French, Dutch and Spanish feeds. The Playhouse Disney programming block was rebranded to Disney Junior in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on June 1, 2011. Since 2012, most of the channel's promos are being produced in widescreen. In December 2012, Disney Channel Central Europe has adapted the same on-air presentation and graphics, with minor differences, used by Disney Channel UK. This update has been fully complete in spring.
Disney Channel (Czech TV channel) | History
Disney Junior, formerly known as Playhouse Disney, is available around the world.
Disney Junior | International channels
Disney Junior's programming schedule mainly consisted of animated series for children, sourced from Disney Junior in the United States. Titles airing in the 2010s have included "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" and "Jake and the Never Land Pirates". Disney Junior's schedule also included internationally produced series acquired by Disney Channel Worldwide, including "PJ Masks", "Claude", "Gigantosaurus", "101 Dalmatian Street" and "Go Away, Unicorn!". The channel aired event screenings of Disney's theatrical releases, including "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas".
Disney Junior (Australian TV channel) | Programming
The debut of its new on-air look coincided with the cable television premiere of "Pocahontas". The channel continued to transition from a premium service into a basic cable channel around this time, albeit with a similar programming format to the one it carried as a full-fledged pay service. However, the channel began shifting its target audience more toward kids (but continued to cater to family audiences at night), as it decreased the amount of older films it aired, and its music programming shifted focus towards the pre-teen and teenage demographic, incorporating music videos and revamping its concert specials to feature younger musicians popular with that demographic.
History of Disney Channel | 1997–2002: Relaunch
On December 1, 1986, The Disney Channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day. By September 1983, The Disney Channel was available on cable providers in all 50 U.S. states. In October 1983, the channel debuted its first made-for-cable movie, "Tiger Town", which earned the channel a CableACE Award. The first "classic" Disney animated film to be broadcast on the channel, "Alice in Wonderland", premiered on the network in January 1984. By January 1985, the channel's programming reached 1.75 million subscribers, at which time the channel had reached profitability.
History of Disney Channel | 1983–1990: As a premium channel and early years
In 1977, Walt Disney Productions executive Jim Jimirro brought forth the idea of a cable television network that would feature television and film content sourced from the studio. Disney chairman Card Walker turned down the proposal, citing the company's focus on developing the Epcot Center at Walt Disney World. The idea was revived in November 1981, when Disney entered into a partnership with Group W Satellite Communications. In September 1982, Group W rescinded its interest in the intended joint venture, due to disagreements over creative control of the channel and financial obligations that would have had Group W shoulder 50% of the service's start-up costs.
Disney Channel | History
Toon Disney launched on April 18, 1998 (coinciding with the 15th anniversary of parent network Disney Channel's launch), and was aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 18 years old. The network's main competitors were Warner Bros./WarnerMedia's Cartoon Network and Boomerang, and Viacom/MTV Networks' Nicktoons. Toon Disney originally operated as a commercial-free service from April 1998 to September 1999, when it became advertiser-supported (unlike Disney Channel). The channel carried a mix of reruns of Walt Disney Television Animation and Disney Channel-produced animated programming, along with some third-party programs from other distributors, animated films and original programming. In 2004, the channel debuted a nighttime program block aimed at children ages 7–14 called Jetix, which featured action-oriented animated and live-action series.
Disney Channel | Toon Disney
Programming on the Disney Junior channel includes original series (such as "Vampirina"), shows formerly seen on the now-defunct Playhouse Disney block (such as "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse"), plus re-runs of former original shows (such as "Doc McStuffins") - including some that also air on the companion Disney Channel morning block and short-form series, as well as reruns of some older animated series that had previously been seen on sister network ABC, CBS (made prior to 1996) and programs from Disney Channel and Toon Disney, which are aired by the channel by popular demand (especially during the overnight graveyard slot). However, the channel also carries several non-Disney preschool shows (such as "PJ Masks" and "Bluey").
Disney Junior | Programming
In 2000, while Disney Channel in the United States changed its "premium television" label to "basic" subscription TV network, the channel was launched in Latin America using the same graphical branding as Disney Channel in Europe but with the same programming as the US version. In the beginning, the network's broadcast was divided in two feeds": North feed, aimed towards Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and South feed, aimed towards South America (excluding Brazil), each with different programming schedules. Disney Channel also launched its first original production, "", with hosts bringing news and introducing the Disney Channel Original Series to the audience.
Disney Channel (Latin American TV channel) | History
Walt Disney Productions continued on with the channel's development with help from the channel's founding president Alan Wagner, and formally announced the launch of its family-oriented cable channel in early 1983. The Disney Channel launched nationally as a premium channel at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time on April 18, 1983. The channel – which initially maintained a 16-hour-per-day programming schedule from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time – would become available on cable providers in all 50 U.S. states by September 1983, and accrue a base of more than 611,000 subscribers by December of that year.; In October 1983, the channel debuted its first made-for-cable movie, "Tiger Town", which earned the channel a CableACE Award.
Disney Channel | History
On 3 May 2010 Disney Junior was first launched as Playhouse Disney in the Netherlands and on 22 June in Belgium. It also launched under the same name as a block on the main Disney Channel. Disney Junior replaced Playhouse Disney on 1 September 2011 and was launched in Proximus TV and then Ziggo on 10 September 2011. Ziggo announced that Disney Junior as a TV channel would close down in the Netherlands on 1 April 2019. Disney Channels Benelux is planning to distribute its programmes differently (on Disney+). The Dutch channel continues broadcasting in Belgium.
Disney Junior (Dutch TV channel) | History
Disney Channel was a kids and teen's entertainment channel that was available in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland from 1 October 1995 until 1 October 2020. A one-hour timeshift service called Disney Channel +1 was available on Sky and Virgin Media. At the time of closure, the channel had two sister channels; Disney Junior and Disney XD.
Disney Channel (British and Irish TV channel) | Introduction
Prior to September 2015, DHX Media (previously Astral Media) operated Disney Junior-branded television services in Canada in the English and French languages as spin-offs of Family Channel since May 6, 2011. In April 2015, Corus acquired Canadian rights to Disney Channel's programming and associated brands. Upon the announcement of the rights deal, Corus stated that it would launch "select Disney branded kids linear television offerings" in the future, after the launch of a Canadian version of Disney Channel. In August 2015, television provider VMedia stated on its website that Corus would launch Disney Junior and Disney XD channels on December 1, 2015.
Disney Junior (Canadian TV channel) | History
They competed with a proposal by Disney Channels Worldwide for a network devoted to preschool programming. Much to the dismay of the ABC Daytime staff, Sweeney would choose Disney Channel's proposal. On May 26, 2010, Disney Junior was officially announced as Disney Channels Worldwide's new preschool television brand. Replacing Playhouse Disney, Disney Junior would launch as a block on Disney Channel on February 14, 2011, and was to launch a 24-hour cable channel in January 2012, replacing Soapnet. On July 28, 2011, due to issues in reaching carriage deals for the new network, the launch of the Disney Junior channel was delayed to an unspecified date in early 2012.
Soapnet | Decline and end of operations (2010–2013)
Two other segments were also featured. The first was "Circle Time", presented by Jason Canning, where he alongside a few children, made up stories from animated drawings that viewers sent in. The other was "Art Play", presented by Sara-Louise Harper, which featured her and a few children creating a piece of artwork based on a popular Disney movie.
Disney Junior (British and Irish TV channel) | Presentation
In 2009, Disney Channel was launched in HD. The schedule is the same as the original. However, there are no ads and all programs are shown in widescreen. On June 9, 2017, the HD feed was renamed as Disney Channel + (Disney Channel Plus), as its programming is different from the original channel including Disney XD and Disney Junior series.
Disney Channel (Brazilian TV channel) | HD
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).
Disney Channels Worldwide | Canada
Corus stated that it would transition "select Disney branded kids linear television offerings" to new properties under its ownership in the future; new Corus-run Disney Junior and Disney XD services launched on December 1, 2015. In the meantime, Disney Channel aired blocks featuring selected Disney Junior and XD programs. Before the Disney XD and Junior blocks ended on this channel and for the 2015–16 television season, DHX consequently re-branded its Disney XD and Junior networks as Family Chrgd and Family Jr. respectively, and began phasing out Disney programming from the two channels and Family; DHX Media's licensing agreement with Disney formally ended in January 2016.
Disney Channel (Canadian TV channel) | Launch and development (2015–2017)
A one-hour timeshift service of the channel, Disney Junior +, launched on 29 October 2007 as Playhouse Disney +, replacing the now defunct channel ABC1. It launched on the same day that the Disney Channels were reshuffled on Sky, involving Disney Cinemagic and Disney Cinemagic +1 moving down the EPG, to enable Playhouse Disney to move up the EPG to allow Playhouse Disney + to launch next to it on Sky 611 and 612 respectively. Playhouse Disney + was initially a 25-minute timeshift service until 11 April 2011 when it became a 1-hour timeshift service. It was renamed as Disney Junior +1 on 7 May 2011.
Disney Junior (British and Irish TV channel) | Disney Junior +
Prior to Playhouse Disney's launch, Disney Channel had aired a lineup of preschool-targeted programs (which were mixed alongside animated series aimed at older children) during the morning hours since its debut in April 1983. On April 6, 1997, Disney Channel underwent a relaunch that signified the beginning of its full conversion into a commercial-free basic cable channel, and its morning program block now utilized a similar graphics package for its promotions as that used for the channel's afternoon children's programs. After Disney Channel's preschool block premiered three new original series in 1998 ("PB&J Otter", "Rolie Polie Olie", and "Out of the Box"), the block rebranded as Playhouse Disney on February 1, 1999.
Playhouse Disney | History
Vidéotron categorically denied the accusation. Vrak.TV Junior was launched on July 5, 2010 as Playhouse Disney Télé (now Télémagino) on Bell Satellite TV. Vidéotron launched the channel on March 1, 2011.
Yoopa | Dispute with Vrak.TV Junior
Disney Channel is a children's television channel owned by Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International broadcast in Israel. It was previously known as Fox Kids and Jetix. It launched in its current form on 9 September 2009.
Disney Channel (Israeli TV channel) | Introduction
Disney Junior, along with their sister channels Disney XD and Disney Channel, closed in the UK on 30 September 2020, after 20 years on-air, due to Disney failing to reach a new carriage deal with Sky and Virgin Media. The closure was announced on 25 June that year. All of the channel's content was transferred to Disney's streaming service, Disney+. Virgin Media removed the channels on 29 September, with CBBC and CBeebies taking the network's former Sky EPG slots on 1 October.
Disney Junior (British and Irish TV channel) | Closure
Disney Channel Spain was launched in 1998, when The Walt Disney Company and Sogecable came to an agreement to distribute a Spanish version of the American Disney Channel on the satellite platform Canal Satélite Digital. The channel began broadcasting on April 17, 1998. The channel carried local-made shows and Disney's animation library. A Spanish version of the British show Art Attack, hosted by Jordi Cruz, was also produced and broadcast, among others. In September 1999, Disney Channel Spain adopted Disney Channel UK's "Circles" logo and ident set created by GÉDÉON. 3 years later, Disney started to offer three more channels: a timeshift channel, called Disney Channel +1, Toon Disney and Playhouse Disney.
Disney Channel (Spanish TV channel) | History
At the time of its launch in 1988, Family Channel, owned by DHX Media, held Canadian rights to Disney Channel's programming library. As such, it operated licensed Canadian versions of Disney Channel's spinoff brands, Disney XD and Disney Junior as sister networks.
Disney Channel (Canadian TV channel) | Background (1988–2015)
Besides the TV channel there is also a Disney Junior program block on Disney Channel from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM.
Disney Junior (Dutch TV channel) | Disney Junior on Disney Channel
Disney Channel airs American, Canadian, Japanese, Australian, British and European programs. Disney Channel expanded to Asia in 1996 operating also with Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines with live feeds from New York and London since their first broadcast in 1995. In November 2003, the Disney Channel was launched in Japan.
Disney Channel (Japanese TV channel) | History
Disney Channel is a Brazilian pay television channel aimed at kids. It is operated by Disney Media Networks Latin America and The Walt Disney Company Latin America Inc., which are owned by The Walt Disney Company. It was launched in 2001 as a premium channel, and became a basic-tier network in 2004.
Disney Channel (Brazilian TV channel) | Introduction
By 2002, Disney Channel was available in 80 million cable homes nationwide. In early September of that year, Disney Channel began a gradual rebranding, beginning with the discontinuance of the "Zoog" brand from on-air use (though Zoog Disney would continue to exist as a separate website until 2003, when the site's content was consolidated onto Disney Channel's primary website, DisneyChannel.com). On September 9, the Vault Disney overnight block was replaced by same-day repeats of the channel's original and acquired programs, primarily to contribute to the network's then-upcoming "hip" image. The block's removal resulted in Disney Channel not featuring programs aimed at adults for the first time in its history – with the channel's primetime feature films becoming the only programs that intentionally targeted a broader family audience.
History of Disney Channel | 2002–2007: Peak
On September 1, 1990, TCI's Montgomery, Alabama, system became the first cable provider to carry the channel as a basic cable service. In 1991, eight additional cable providers volunteered to move the channel to their expanded basic cable tiers, with the first to make the transition (as a test run) being Jones Intercable's systems in Fort Myers and Broward County, Florida. Other cable providers eventually began moving the channel to their basic tiers, either experimentally or on a full-time basis. Even as major providers such as Cox Communications and Marcus Cable began offering The Disney Channel on their basic tiers, executives for The Walt Disney Company denied that the channel had plans to convert into an ad-supported basic service, stating that the move from premium to basic cable on some systems was part of a five-year "hybrid" strategy that allowed providers to offer the channel in either form.
History of Disney Channel | 1990–1997: As a hybrid premium/basic channel
It is a pay television channel broadcasting throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. It was launched on 8 November 1996 as Fox Kids, rebranded on 1 August 2004 as Jetix, and took on its current branding on 3 July 2009. It is broadcast using four feeds. It features male-focused series along with action, comedy and animated series. It is marketed to boys from 6 to 14. It is operated by Disney & ESPN Media Networks and The Walt Disney Company Latin America, which are owned by The Walt Disney Company.
Disney Channel (Latin American TV channel) | Disney XD
In 2012, Disney Junior launched a variant of the movie night anthology as "Magical World of Disney Junior" on its new 24/7 channel. The channel also premiered its first Disney Junior Original Movie, "Lucky Duck" during "Magical World" on Friday, June 20, 2014.
Walt Disney anthology television series | "The Magical World of Disney Junior"
In 1991, The Disney Channel tested a two-channel multiplex service on two cable systems. HBO, Cinemax and Showtime also launched their own multiplex services that same year. However, The Disney Channel would not make its own multiplex service permanent, unlike the others. By 1992, a third of the channel's subscriber base were estimated by Nielsen Media Research to be adults that did not have children; and by 1995, its subscriber base expanded to 15 million cable homes, eight million of which paid an additional monthly fee to receive the channel. In March 1992, the channel debuted the original children's program "Adventures in Wonderland", a contemporary live-action adaption of "Alice in Wonderland" (which, in turn, was based on the novel "Alice Through the Looking Glass").
History of Disney Channel | 1990–1997: As a hybrid premium/basic channel
The Polish version of Disney Channel launched on December 2, 2006 at 17:00 (GMT+1) with film "The Incredibles". It was started with Disney shows: "", "Brandy & Mr. Whiskers", "Kim Possible", "", "The Emperor's New School", "Classic Cartoons", "Fillmore!", "Goof Troop", "House of Mouse", "Lloyd in Space", "Recess", "The Buzz on Maggie", "The Legend of Tarzan", "Quack Pack", "Hannah Montana", "Boy Meets World", "Phil of the Future", "Smart Guy", "That's So Raven", "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody", and the Nickelodeon show "The Fairly OddParents". Soon, the channel had many films, new shows, programs and Disney Channel Games. On May 1, 2011 the channel changed its logo.
Disney Channel (Polish TV channel) | History
Disney Junior broadcasts every day from 6am to 8am. Shows include "Handy Manny", "Imagination Movers", "Jake and the Never Land Pirates", "Jungle Junction", "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse", "Special Agent Oso", "The Hive", and "Timmy Time".
Disney Channel (Polish TV channel) | Disney Junior
On April 6, 1997, The Disney Channel underwent a significant rebranding, shortening its name to just "Disney Channel" – though the channel was typically referred to simply as "Disney" in on-air promotions and network identifications until September 2002 – and introducing a new logo designed by Lee Hunt Associates (a black Mickey ear-shaped TV set, though with the introduction of a new graphics package for on-air promotions and IDs during the channel's daytime and evening lineup in 2000, the TV's patterning often varied; early versions of the logo featured people and animated characters appearing within the TV set element of the logo such as a 1930s-era Mickey Mouse).
History of Disney Channel | 1997–2002: Relaunch
In 1977, Walt Disney Productions executive Jim Jimirro brought forth the idea of a cable television network that would feature television and film material from the studio. Since the company was focusing on the development of the Epcot Center at Walt Disney World, Disney chairman Card Walker turned down the proposal. Instead, they made a deal with HBO to air a select number of Disney films, cartoons, and specials, including a live production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" at Radio City Music Hall. However, Disney revived the idea in November 1981, entering into a partnership with the satellite unit of Group W (which had sold its 50% ownership stake in one of The Disney Channel's early rivals, Showtime, to Viacom around the same time); however, Group W would ultimately drop out of the intended joint venture that September, due to disagreements over the channel's creative control and financial obligations that would have required Group W to pay a 50% share of the channel's start-up costs.
History of Disney Channel | 1977–1983: Origins
Several former Playhouse Disney series were carried over to the relaunched block including "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse", "Special Agent Oso", "Imagination Movers", "Handy Manny", and "Little Einsteins". With the relaunch of the block, the block's mascots Ooh and Aah were retired and several of its older programs were entirely discontinued (however, "Ooh and Aah & You" was later carried on the Disney Junior cable channel). The 24-hour cable channel debuted on March 23, 2012 with the "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" episode "Mickey's Big Surprise" as its first program, mainly featuring a mix of original series and programs held over from the Playhouse Disney library (which largely aired as part of the channel's overnight schedule until mid-2014).
Playhouse Disney | Disney Junior
On February 28, 2003, the Disney Channel was launched, and was then at the time exclusive to the Viasat satellite platform (Sirius 4). Later that year, it became available on digital cable networks, such as the Swedish Com Hem. Once the channel was originally launched, the only programs aired were animated, many of which were not Disney Channel Original Series (as they are called in the U.S.). The first live-action series aired on Disney Channel was "Smart Guy", which debuted in 2005. In 2003, the channel also applied for a license to broadcast in the Swedish digital terrestrial television network.
Disney Channel (Scandinavian TV channel) | History
It shares its video feed with Disney Junior China, America, Sweden and Africa while broadcasting in both Greece and Russia.
Disney Junior (Greek TV channel) | Introduction
Launched in 1983, Disney Channel was originally a premium channel geared towards young children, families and adults. However, in 1988, the channel made its first attempt to appeal to an adolescent audience with its first original sitcom "Good Morning, Miss Bliss". "Miss Bliss" detailed the lives of middle schoolers who got into various wacky adventures but had the guidance of their kind-hearted homeroom teacher Miss Bliss (portrayed by former Disney teen idol Hayley Mills). It was short-lived and was retooled later into NBC's "Saved by the Bell" which enjoyed much more success on the broadcast network and syndication. Another attempt came with 1989 reboot of "The Mickey Mouse Club (MMC)" which contained a mix of sketch comedy, musical and dance numbers (often covers of then-popular pop songs), celebrity guest stars and serial dramas.
Teen sitcom | Disney Channel
Disney Channel is a Latin American pay television network broadcasting throughout Latin America and the Caribbean region. It was officially launched in 2000 as a premium-label channel and it became a basic pay-TV network in 2004. It is available using five different feeds, each with different programming schedules and timings. It is mostly marketed to children; however, in recent years the diversity of viewers has expanded to include an older audience. Disney Channel is operated by Disney Media Networks Latin America and The Walt Disney Company Latin America, both of which are owned by The Walt Disney Company ().
Disney Channel (Latin American TV channel) | Introduction