Disney Channel
Logo used since 2019
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersDisney Studios, Burbank, California
Programming
Language(s)
  • English
  • Spanish (via SAP audio track)
Picture format
Ownership
OwnerDisney Entertainment
ParentDisney Branded Television
Sister channels
List
History
LaunchedApril 18, 1983; 40 years ago (1983-04-18)
Former namesThe Disney Channel (1983–1997)
Links
WebcastWatch live
WebsiteOfficial website
Availability
Streaming media
Service(s)Fubo TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV

Disney Channel is a cable television network that is owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel shows programs that are made for family audiences, mostly pre-teens and teenagers. The channel began on the morning of April 18, 1983. Its programs ran for 18 hours a day until December 1986. From 1983 to 1997, the channel was called The Disney Channel.


Programming blocks

Disney Junior

Disney Channel programs shows targeted at preschool-age children on weekdays from 6 a.m.-2 p.m. ET/PT (6-10 a.m. during the summer months) and weekends from 6-9 a.m. ET, called Disney Junior. As of 2010, the only programming featuring classic Disney characters is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the Disney Junior block. Other programming in this block includes Mickey and the Roadster Racers, Hotel Transylvania: The Series, Sofia The First, and Elena of Avalor.

On May 26, 2010, it was announced that the Playhouse Disney block will be re-branded under the name Disney Junior starting on February 14, 2011 which later became its own digital cable and satellite channel on March 23, 2012, replacing SOAPnet. The Disney Junior channel is a direct competitor to Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. network and PBS and Comcast's PBS Kids Sprout.[1]

Programming

Removed

Programming

See the main article: List of programs broadcast by Disney channel

Disney XD

See also: Disney XD

References

  1. ↑ PreSchool Programs Replace SOAPnet, New York Times, May 27, 2010
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