Disney Channel around the world

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Disney Channel, originally established as a cable channel in the United States, has expanded worldwide.

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[edit] Africa

[edit] Asia Pacific

Main article: Disney Channel Asia

Disney Channel Asia is broadcasted in the Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam and other countries from Southeast Asia.

[edit] India

Main article: Disney Channel India

[edit] Japan

[edit] Taiwan

[edit] Australia & New Zealand

Main article: Disney Channel Australia

[edit] Middle East & North Africa

Main article: Disney Channel Middle East

It is broadcasts over the Orbit Network and Showtime Arabia platforms.

[edit] Europe

[edit] France

Main article: Disney Channel France

[edit] Germany

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

[edit] Italy

Main article: Disney Channel (Italy)

[edit] Poland

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

[edit] Portugal

Disney Channel is available on TV Cabo on channel 40.

[edit] Romania

Disney Channel will be launched on may 26, 2008 as a television block on Jetix and then as a television channel.

[edit] Scandinavia

Main article: Disney Channel Scandinavia

[edit] Russia

Disney Channel is available as a television block on Perviy Kanal and on STS.

[edit] Spain

Disney Channel, Disney Channel +1, TOON Disney and Playhouse Disney are available on the Digital+ satellite platform on channels 30, 31, 32 and 33. 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.

[edit] Turkey

Disney Channel was launched on April 29, 2007 and is available on Digiturk on channel 67.

[edit] United Kingdom

Main article: Disney Channel (UK)

[edit] Latin America and the Caribbean

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 like Intercable. In 2003, because of the crisis in Argentina and Venezuela, 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 "Studio Disney" and "Zapping Zone".

The channel clears all of the same series as the US network, down to the Playhouse Disney block in the morning. Old series like So Weird, Teacher's Pet and Teamo Supremo are broadcasted over Jetix. The shows over Disney Channel Latin America have Spanish and English soundtracks; it takes approximately 2 or 3 months (after the premiere in the US) to translate a season in Spanish, but it's very common that some episodes were shower before the US premiere.

Brazil has its own version because the official language there is Portuguese instead of Spanish.

Viewers in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and most of the Caribbean (except for Cuba) 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.

[edit] References

  • Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) (2004) [1]. Retrieved Apr. 9 2006.

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