Disney Channel (European, Middle Eastern, and African TV channel)

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This article is about Disney Channel in EMEA. For the original U.S. version, see Disney Channel. For other international versions, see Disney Branded Television.
Disney Channel
The wordmark logo used since 2022
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast area
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Programming
Language(s)
Picture format
Ownership
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company Limited.
ParentDisney Branded Television
Sister channels
List
History
Launched
    • 2 April 1997; 27 years ago (1997-04-02) (MENA Feed)
    • 25 September 2006; 17 years ago (2006-09-25) (African Feed)
    • 8 November 2009; 14 years ago (2009-11-08) (Greek Feed)
    • 2012; 12 years ago (2012) (distribution in the Balkans)
    • 1 August 2022; 2 years ago (2022-08-01) (Croatia)
Links
Website

Disney Channel (Arabic: قناة ديزني, romanized: qanaat dizni[b]) is a pan-regional pay television kids channel, originally owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company Limited.

It currently broadcasts in the Middle East (except Iran, Israel, Syria, and Turkey), North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa; Greece, Cyprus, and most of the Balkans (excluding Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova). The channel separates and broadcasts into three sub-feeds; MENA, Greek & African, with the distribution of the Balkan countries from the English MENA feed, and subtitled.

It was originally launched on 2 April 1997 as a channel in the Middle East & North Africa; exclusively for Orbit TV subscribers (now OSN).[1][2] And in 2006, it began expanding to markets in Sub-Saharan Africa[3] and the Balkans. The channel previously used to cover Poland[4] and Turkey,[5] with respective audio tracks for the two markets, until 2010[6] and 2012[7] respectively when two fully-localized feeds were launched for the two countries. In Albania, the EMEA feed was previously available from 2012 to 2018, with Albanian subtitles available for programs.[8]

History

The Disney Channel began broadcasting on 2 April 1997 on satellite provider Orbit in the Middle East & North Africa region.[1][2][9] At first, the channel was only available in English, but on 1 April 1998, a separate Arabic sub-feed was added. Animated films and series were dubbed in Arabic,[10] while live-action films and series 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.

Somewhere at that time, both the Arabic and English feeds of the channel were merged. In consequence, on 3 January 2005 Disney Channel Middle East started to simulcast Disney Channel Scandinavia, including its schedule and the prints of the series and movies for this feed (which were modified to also include Arabic dubbing credits). Then somewhere between November and December 2005, Disney Channel Scandinavia and Middle East started to add dubbing credits to its programming through subtitles.

Disney Channel Scandinavia and Middle East started gradually becoming individual feeds in 2006, starting with a different rotation of films (that gradually got more different), though this did not stop Arab satellite provider Orbit from adding a Swedish audio track to the Middle Eastern feed on 16 April 2007 (which was subsequently removed years later).

The Middle Eastern feed became a pan-regional network, as the channel was launched in Sub-Saharan Africa on 25 September 2006,[11][3] Poland on 2 December 2006,[4][3] Turkey on 29 April 2007;[5][12] and Greece along with Cyprus on 8 November 2009.

In September 2009, when the feed separation from Disney Channel Scandinavia was complete, the Middle East feed (now broadcasting in most of the EMEA region) started to share promotions and events with the CEE feed.

On 1 August 2010, the EMEA feed in Poland was separated and replaced with a fully localized Polish feed.

On 12 January 2012, Disney Channel EMEA in Turkey was replaced by an independent Turkish feed,[7] and became a free-to-air network.[13]

Since 6 April 2012. Disney Channel EMEA began broadcasting in the Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Bosnia & Herzegovina; and expanded in Slovenia on September 2012. It was launched in Albania on 1 June 2012 with Albanian-language subtitles available.[8]

The channel adopted a new logo and underwent a rebrand on 21 July 2014.[14] In 2015, Disney Channel EMEA switched its aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9.

In 2017, a high-definition feed of the channel was launched. It includes Arabic subtitles for live-action films and TV series. Also in that year, Disney Channel EMEA rebranded using the 2017 European branding package. And on 2018, the Albanian sub-feed was closed down.

Disney Channel programs are currently available on Disney+, which was launched in South Africa on 18 May 2022,[15] the Arab countries on 8 June 2022;[16] and Greece, Serbia, Slovenia and Eastern Europe on 14 June 2022,[17][18] concluding Europe's launch.

On 24 June 2022, Disney Channel EMEA, Israel, Spain and Portugal rebranded with a new graphics,[19] with the customized wordmark logo. Designed by Flopicco from Rome, Italy.[20]

Sub-feeds

Disney Channel Middle East

The Middle East sub-feed is the oldest sub-feed, and began broadcasting in the Middle East on 2 April 1997.[1][2][9] The feed is currently available in both English and Arabic, and also broadcast in North Africa. The vast majority of all animated series can be watched with Arabic dubbing, but live-action programs are almost always aired in English only with Arabic subtitles instead. It also have a website in both English and Arabic versions.

Balkan distribution

Began its expansion on 6 April 2012 in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia (including the disputed Kosovo) and September 2012 in Slovenia. and later expanded in Croatia on 1 August 2022 on Hrvatski Telekom's MaxTV; distributing the English Middle East feed. All programs are exclusively aired with English audio, with Serbian, Croatian and Slovene subtitles.

Disney Channel Africa

The African sub-feed was launched on 25 September 2006 on Multichoice's DStv;[11] broadcasts on most of Sub-Saharan Africa. This feed airs programs in English only, without foreign-language subtitles. It also have a website based from South Africa.

Disney Channel Greece

The Greek sub-feed was launched in Greece and Cyprus on 8 November 2009 on NOVA. The feed is currently available in both English and Greek. Most programs whether animated are generally dubbed into Greek on this sub-feed, although some programs are aired with live-action Greek subtitles instead. The vast majority of all animated series can be watched with Greek dubbing, but live-action programs are almost always aired in English only with Greek subtitles instead. It also has a website in both English and Greek versions.

Sister channels

Disney Junior

Main article: Disney Junior (Southern African TV channel)

Disney Junior is a pan-regional and sister channel; focused on toddlers and preschoolers, aged 2–6 years old. It launched on September 1, 2010, in MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa, Greece & Cyprus as Playhouse Disney. On June 1, 2011, Disney Junior was launched, replacing Playhouse Disney.[21]

On 31 May 2016, Disney Junior was launch in a full Arabic language counterpart; exclusively on OSN.[22]

On 1 August 2022, Disney Junior was later launched in Croatia via Hrvatski Telekom's MaxTV.[23][24][25]

Disney XD (closed)

Main article: Disney XD (Africa)
Logo of Disney XD

Disney XD was a pan-regional and sister channel; focused on older kids and teenagers (mostly boys). It was launch in the MENA, Greece, Serbia and Slovenia[26] in 2009; and in Sub-Saharan Africa in May 2011.[27]

In South Africa in June 2014, Multichoice fined R5000 (around $300) after failing to provide a warning before airing an advertisement for the fantasy drama series WolfBlood, containing horror scenes on the morning of 31 December 2013.[28]

The channel was later closed in Sub-Saharan Africa on 1 October 2020;[29] the MENA region along with Serbia and Slovenia, on 31 December 2020;[30][31] and Greece on 31 January 2021.[32]

Programming

Current programming

Note: Some programs are available to stream on Disney+.

Former programming

Upcoming programming

Disney Channel Original Movie premieres

See also: List of Disney Channel original films

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Notes

  1. ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as an independent state by 100 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 93 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.
  2. ^ قناة ديزني (qanaat dizni) is used as a translating name, especially during continuities and promos, while the Greek (κανάλι της Disney); Serbian, Croatian (Dizni/Disney kanal); and Slovene (Disneyjev kanal) translations weren't used. It keed its original name (Disney Channel), with different pronunciations.

Logo tipos

  • 1983-1987

    1983-1987

  • 1987-1997

    1987-1997

  • 2002-2010.

    2002-2010.

  • 2010 Disney Channel logo.svg

    2010-2014.

  • 2014-2019.

    2014-2019.

  • 2019-2022

    2019-2022

  • 2022-presente

    2022-presente

References

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