Disney Channel around the world

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[edit] Asia Pacific

Main article: Disney Channel Asia

During the same decade the Disney Channel expanded its operations to Africa and by 2000 to much of Asia.

The first Disney Channel outside the US was in Taiwan and it was also the first Disney Channel that allowed commercials in their breaks at that time. (The American counterpart started airing advertisements in 2006.) In 1997, the Company hired British TV veteran Robin Paxton to be in charge of the expansion of its channels in Asia. Robin subsequently a series of strong television executives in the Asian and European broadcast industry including Eddy Tan (launched Cartoon Network and CNBC Asia), James Gilbey (Creative Producer from Nick UK) and Nigel Haunch (Pearson Group UK) to involve in the launches of various channels in Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore.

After the success of the launch, Eddy Tan and James Gilbey were assigned to re-structure the creative team in Disney's Singapore broadcast center. Both guys took three months to reshape the team as well as introduce promo sharing idea to the company for the first time. In the first year of their take over, the team won the first ever 'Best Children Promo' at the International Promax Award, an honor for promo production in the television industry worldwide.

[edit] India

Main article: Disney Channel India

[edit] Australia & New Zealand

Main article: Disney Channel Australia

Disney Channel Australia, originally available exclusively in Australia through Optus Television, is now also available through Foxtel and Austar, and in New Zealand by SKY Network Television since December 2003. Since 2001 TransACT (which is in the Australian Capital Territory) television service which is TransTV Digital has been broadcasting the channel. In December 2005, Disney Channel launched Playhouse Disney. The Australia/New Zealand version of Disney Channel also features many of the shows the U.S. version broadcasts. This version of the channel shows it programs and movies a few months after they are shown in America e.g. Buffalo Dreams a DCOM is to be shown in August 2006 in Australia, and was shown in March 2005 in America.

[edit] Middle East, North Africa, and the Levant territories

The Middle East's variant is a-la-carte. It is broadcast over Showtime Arabia.

[edit] Europe

[edit] United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland

Main article: Disney Channel (UK)

A British version of the Disney Channel went on air 1 October 1995. Like its American counterpart, the Disney Channel in the UK does not broadcast commercial advertisements, relying instead on subscription fees paid by the viewer. Despite the lack of commercials, most non-movie programming is broadcast with breaks, during which trailers for Disney's programming, consumer promotions and short programmes can be shown.

Until recently, Disney Channel UK regularly featured live continuity between programmes. The best known example of this was Studio Disney (launched as Disney Channel Live in September 1997 and rebranded in April 2001), a weekday after-school segment, during which viewers had the chance to phone in to participate in interviews and games. Guests, usually popular music artists in the UK or stars of Disney shows, were often invited to the studio to take part.

The channel currently runs four channels, the original Disney Channel, a time shift Disney Channel +1, Disney Cinemagic, Disney Cinemagic + 1 and Playhouse Disney.

[edit] Scandinavia

Main article: Disney Channel Scandinavia

In 2003 the Disney Channel started broadcasting in Scandinavia exclusive via Viasat. The Scandinavian edition broadcasts four different soundtracks with Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish dubbing. At first the Disney Channel was exclusively provided by Viasat, but after some months other companies started distributing the channel. In Sweden, the Disney Channel can be watched through cable via Com Hem, through satellite via Viasat and in the terrestrial network via Boxer. In Denmark it can also be watched via cable-TV with TDC. Since 1 August 2005 Disney Channel has also been transmitted by Canal Digital through the Thor Satellite.

[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 Animes broadcast in Japanese.

[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 2000's 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, 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.

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 and the Dominican Republic) receive the US Disney Channel.

[edit] Other versions

The Disney Channel is also available in Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Lebanon and Japan.

Canada does not have its own version of Disney Channel but an equivalent named Family Channel.

[edit] Reference

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

[edit] External links

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