Editing Disney Channel (section)

== Related channels and programs ==

===Current sister channels===
==== Disney Jr. ====
{{Main|Disney Jr.|Playhouse Disney}}
Disney Jr. is a daily morning program block aimed at preschoolers, spiritually succeeding ''Playhouse Disney'' which launched on April 6, 1997, as part of Disney Channel's morning lineup. On May 26, 2010, Disney General Entertainment Content (at the time known as ''Disney-ABC Television Group'') announced the expansion of the block in to a 24/7 cable and satellite channel which debuted on March 23, 2012<ref name="dgedischan" /> The channel would be commercial-free channel and compete with other preschooler-skewing cable channels such as the [[Nick Jr. Channel]] and [[Universal Kids]] (previously known as ''PBS Kids Sprout'' and then ''Sprout'').<ref name=" PreSchool Programs Replace SOAPnet">{{cite news|date=27 May 2010|title=PreSchool Programs Replace SOAPnet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/business/media/27disney.html?src=busln|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=24 June 2012|archive-date=25 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625221708/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/business/media/27disney.html?src=busln|url-status=live}}</ref> The channel features programs from Disney Channel's existing preschool programming library and films/movies from the Walt Disney Pictures film library. On its launch, Disney Junior took over the channel space held by [[Soapnet]] – a Disney-owned cable channel featuring [[soap opera]]s – due to that genre's decline in popularity on broadcast television and the growth of [[video on demand]], [[streaming media|online streaming]], and [[digital video recorder]]s negating the need for a linear channel devoted to the soap opera genre. After a period during which cable providers unwilling to drop the network immediately retained it to prevent subscriber cancellations, Soapnet ceased all operations on December 31, 2013.<ref name="soapnetdrain">{{cite web|last=James|first=Meg|date=9 November 2013|title=Disney's SOAPnet channel headed for the drain|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-disney-soapnet-20131109,0,3311291.story|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=November 10, 2013|archive-date=6 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306063407/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-disney-soapnet-20131109,0,3311291.story|url-status=live}}</ref> The former [[Playhouse Disney]] block on Disney Channel rebranded as Disney Junior on February 14, 2011, along with the existing international channels; they had their names shortened to "Disney Jr." since June 1, 2024, although spelt/pronounced the same as before. Disney-ABC Television Group once planned to launch a ''Playhouse Disney''-branded channel in the [[United States]] in 2001, however it never happened despite launching internationally.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76166895.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624034312/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-76166895.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2011|title=Play nice now; Walt Disney Co. plans to introduce Playhouse Disney Channel|date=June 25, 2001|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]}}</ref>

====Disney XD====
{{Main|Disney XD}}
Launched on February 13, 2009,<ref>{{cite news|title=Disney XD Set to Launch on TV and Online|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1623346711.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624034302/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1623346711.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2011|work=Targeted News Service|date=January 7, 2009}}</ref> as the successor to Toon Disney, Disney XD is a cable and satellite television channel which was originally aimed at young male audiences aged 6 to 14, but has since included girls in its programming.<ref>{{cite web|date=7 August 2008|last=Chmielewski|first=Dawn C|title=Enough with the girls, tween boys get their own brand of Disney love|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-07-fi-disney7-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930193135/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-07-fi-disney7-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The channel showcases action and comedy programming from Disney Channel and the former Jetix block from Toon Disney, alongside some first-run original programming and off-network syndicated shows. Disney XD, unlike its sister channels Disney Channel and Disney Junior, operates as an ad-supported service, similar to its predecessor Toon Disney. The channel carries the same name as an unrelated mini-site and media player on [[Disney.com]], which stood for [[Disney Xtreme Digital]], though it is said that the "XD" in the channel's name does not have an actual meaning.<ref>{{cite news|date=17 January 2007|title=Disney to offer safe social site for kids|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-157749732.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624034420/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-157749732.html|archive-date=24 June 2011|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>

===Former sister channels ===

* '''[[Toon Disney]]''' – Launched on April 18, 1998, during the 15th anniversary celebration of the launch of sister network, Disney Channel,<ref>{{cite news |title= Disney Channel to Take Wing of Running 24 Hours of Cartoons |url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83894737.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110624034409/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83894737.html |url-status=dead |archive-date= June 24, 2011 |work= Daily News  |date= December 9, 1997}}</ref> this channel was aimed at children and teenagers between the ages of 6 and 18. The network's main competitors at launch were [[Cartoon Network]] from ''[[Warner Bros. Discovery]]'' (a merged company of previous owner [[WarnerMedia|Time Warner/WarnerMedia]] (who absorbed [[Turner Broadcasting System]], the company that launched the channel) and [[Discovery, Inc.]]) and [[Nickelodeon]] from [[Paramount Global]] (formerly [[Viacom (1952–2005)|the first]] and [[viacom (2005–2019)|the second incarnations of ''Viacom'']] and ''ViacomCBS''). Toon Disney initially operated as a commercial-free service from its launch until September 1999 when, unlike Disney Channel, it became ad-supported. The channel carried a mix of reruns of animated productions from [[Disney Television Animation]] (formerly ''Walt Disney Television Animation'') and Disney Channel, alongside some third-party programs from other distributors, animated films and original programming. In 2004, the channel introduced a nighttime program block aimed at children ages 7 to 14 called [[Jetix]], which featured action-oriented animated and live-action series. During Toon Disney's first year on the air, Disney Channel ran a sampler block of Toon Disney's programming on Sunday nights for interested subscribers. The network's successor, Disney XD, which launched on February 13, 2009, is also a channel also aimed at children and features a broader array of programming, with a heavier emphasis on live-action programs.
* '''[[Jetix]]''' launched as a programming block in the United States on [[Toon Disney]] on February 14, 2004, to compete with [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Toonami]] block,<ref name="amag">{{cite news |last=Ball |first=Ryan |date=13 February 2004 |title=Toon Disney Launches Jetix, Live Card Game |newspaper=[[Animation Magazine]] |url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/toon-disney-launches-jetix-live-card-game/ |access-date=3 March 2014 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327223510/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/toon-disney-launches-jetix-live-card-game/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and in Europe in April 2004.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|date=5 January 2005|title=Postul TV Fox Kids Romania a devenit Jetix Romania|trans-title=Fox Kids Romania TV station becomes Jetix Romania|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-rhiva-1245863-postul-fox-kids-romania-devenit-jetix-romania.htm|website=HotNews|location=[[Bucharest]]|access-date=23 December 2014|language=ro-RO}}</ref> By the end of 2004, Jetix started to completely replace global [[Fox Kids]]-branded channels, with the first of them being [[Disney Channel (France)|the French version]] in August 2004<ref name="brcl2">{{cite web|date=20 August 2004|title=Fox Kids Europe becomes Jetix to appeal to boys|url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/220094/Fox-Kids-Europe-becomes-Jetix-appeal-boys/?HAYILC=RELATED|website=Brand Republic|access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref> and the last one being [[Disney Channel (Germany)|the German version]] in June 2005.<ref>{{cite web|date=23 December 2006|title=Jetix Europe Financials|url=http://www.jetixeurope.com/site/pdf/financials/1046---PDF.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019095445/http://www.jetixeurope.com/site/pdf/financials/1046---PDF.pdf|archive-date=19 October 2014|website=[[Jetix Europe]]|access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref> The network's successor, Disney XD, launched on February 13, 2009, and features heavier emphasis on live-action programs.
** '''[[Jetix Play]]''' was the sister channel to Jetix and owned by its dedicated company [[Jetix Europe]] that was broadcast in a small number of regions, such as [[Central and Eastern Europe]] and [[Middle East]]. The channel officially launched on January 1, 2005, and was available for 12 hours per day from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M.<ref>{{cite web|date=23 January 2005|title=Jetix Annual Review Report and Financial Statements 2006 PDF|url=http://www.jetixeurope.com/site/investor_relations/annual_report/2006/pdf/JETIXRA2006web.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330105233/http://www.jetixeurope.com/site/investor_relations/annual_report/2006/pdf/JETIXRA2006web.pdf|archive-date=30 March 2007|access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref> Jetix Play was aimed at a younger audience than the main Jetix channel and primarily showed archived programming from the catalogues of [[BVS Entertainment]] (previously known as ''Saban Entertainment'') and Fox Kids Europe. Jetix Play was replaced with [[Playhouse Disney]] and later [[Disney Jr.]]{{efn|It was previously shown and spelt visually as '''Disney Junior''' between its launch in 2011 until 2024.}} in most regions by 2010.
* '''[[Radio Disney]]''' was a [[radio network]] aimed towards music programming is oriented towards children, pre-teens and teenagers. Launched on November 18, 1996, the network focused mainly on [[contemporary hit radio|current hit music]] and placed a heavy emphasis on talents who signed with [[Walt Disney Records]] and/or [[Hollywood Records]], the two record labels of [[Disney Music Group]]. On December 3, 2020, the Walt Disney Company announced its closure in first quarter of 2021 during the company's restructuring activities.<ref>{{cite web|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=2020-12-03|title=Radio Disney Shutting Down Amid Restructuring|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/radio-disney-shutting-down-amid-restructuring-4099864/|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=14 January 2022|archive-date=14 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114051629/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/radio-disney-shutting-down-amid-restructuring-4099864/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="variety1">{{cite web|last=Low|first=Elaine|date=2020-12-03|title=Radio Disney, Radio Disney Country to End Operations in Early 2021|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/radio-disney-shut-down-operations-early-2021-1234845630/|access-date=14 January 2022|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=17 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217182129/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/radio-disney-shut-down-operations-early-2021-1234845630/|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 14, 2021, its feeds ceased totally when its last remaining terrestrial station was changed to a simulcast of KSPN.<ref name="variety1" />

=== Other services ===
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! style="background:darkRed;"| Service
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| style="text-align:center; width:200pt;"|'''Disney Channel HD''' || Disney Channel HD is a high-definition simulcast feed of Disney Channel that broadcasts in the [[720p]] resolution format; the feed first began broadcasting on April 2, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=DirecTV adds Disney Channel HD, Toon Disney HD and ESPNews HD |url=https://www.engadget.com/2008-04-02-directv-adds-disney-channel-hd-toon-disney-hd-and-espnews-hd.html |website=Engadget |date=2 April 2008 |publisher=Darren Murph |access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref> Most of the channel's original programming since 2009 is produced and broadcast in HD, along with feature films, Disney Channel original movies made after 2005, and select episodes, films, and series produced before 2009. Disney XD and Disney Jr. also offer their own high-definition simulcast feeds.
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| style="text-align: center; width:200pt;"| {{anchor|Disney Channel On Demand}}''' Disney Channel On Demand''' || Disney Channel On-Demand is the channel's [[Video on demand|video-on-demand]] service, offering select episodes of the channel's original series and Disney Junior programming, along with select original movies and behind-the-scenes features to digital cable and IPTV providers.
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| style="text-align:center; width:200pt;"|'''[[DisneyNow]]'''|| [[DisneyNow]] is a [[TV Everywhere]] service that allows subscribers to Disney Channel on participating television providers to stream the channel's programming live and on-demand.<ref name="tc-disneynow">{{Cite news|last=Perez|first=Sarah|title=Disney releases DisneyNow, a new app that combines live TV, on-demand, games and music|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/29/disney-releases-disneynow-a-new-app-that-combines-live-tv-on-demand-games-and-music/|website=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327204929/https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/29/disney-releases-disneynow-a-new-app-that-combines-live-tv-on-demand-games-and-music/|url-status=live}}</ref> The service succeeds Disney Channel's original TV Everywhere service, "Watch Disney Channel", which launched in June 2012;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Disney launches streaming apps for the iPhone and iPad, Comcast gets them first|website=[[The Verge]]|date=13 June 2012|url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/6/13/3083336/disney-launches-streaming-apps-iphone-ipad-comcast|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=30 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930084820/https://www.theverge.com/2012/6/13/3083336/disney-launches-streaming-apps-iphone-ipad-comcast|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mcn-modelforfuture">{{cite web|last=Reynolds|first=Mike|date=9 January 2012|title=Comcast-Disney Deal a Model for Future|url=http://multichannel.com/news/policy/comcast-disney-deal-model-future/264273|work=Multichannel News|publisher=NewBay Media|access-date=2 January 2014|archive-date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115726/http://multichannel.com/news/policy/comcast-disney-deal-model-future/264273|url-status=live}}</ref> in September 2017, Disney replaced the separate apps for Disney Channel Jr. and XD with DisneyNow.<ref name="tc-disneynow"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=28 February 2017|title=As 'Kids' Upfront' Kicks Off, Disney Woos Madison Avenue|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/disney-tv-upfront-2017-advertising-kids-1201998365/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=28 September 2017|archive-date=12 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112191019/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/disney-tv-upfront-2017-advertising-kids-1201998365/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center; width:200pt;"|'''[[Disney+]]''' || Launched in November 2019, Disney+ is a [[video on demand|subscription video-on-demand]] [[streaming media|streaming]] service owned and operated by the [[Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution|Direct-to-Consumer & International]] (DTCI) (now the ''Media & Entertainment Distribution'') division of [[the Walt Disney Company]]. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|the Walt Disney Studios]] and [[Disney General Entertainment Content]], with the service advertising content from Disney's [[Marvel Studios|Marvel]], [[National Geographic Partners|National Geographic]], [[Pixar]] and ''[[Star Wars]]'' brands.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gebhart|first=Andrew|date=7 September 2017|title=Marvel and Star Wars films will ditch Netflix for Disney's own service|website=[[CNET]]|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/marvel-and-star-wars-films-will-ditch-netflix-for-disney/|access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907190259/https://www.cnet.com/news/marvel-and-star-wars-films-will-ditch-netflix-for-disney/|archive-date=2017-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kastrenakes|first=Jacob|date=8 August 2017|title=Disney to end Netflix deal and launch its own streaming service|website=[[The Verge]]|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/8/16115254/disney-launching-streaming-service-ending-netflix-deal|access-date=5 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406102020/https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/8/16115254/disney-launching-streaming-service-ending-netflix-deal|archive-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>
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! style="background:darkRed;" colspan="2" | Former services
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| style="text-align:center; width:200pt;"|'''Disney Family Movies''' || Disney Family Movies is a defunct subscription video-on-demand service that launched on December 10, 2008, replacing Disney's previous service [[MovieBeam]], which used a data stream from over-the-air television stations to offer purchasable films from the studio via a set-top box. The service offered a limited selection of movies and [[short film]]s from the Walt Disney Pictures film catalog for a fee of about $5 to $10 per month, making it similar in structure to Disney Channel's original model as a premium service.<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney Family Movies|url=http://dadt.com/dfm/|work=[[Disney–ABC Domestic Television]]|access-date=November 3, 2013|archive-date=4 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104102254/http://dadt.com/dfm/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Now available On Demand: Disney Family Movies|url=http://www.cox.com/sandiego/newsroom/service/2008/20081210-disney.asp|website=[[Cox Communications]]|location=[[San Diego]], [[California]]|access-date=3 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725140224/http://www.cox.com/sandiego/newsroom/service/2008/20081210-disney.asp|archive-date=25 July 2011}}</ref> Disney Family Movies was discontinued on October 31, 2019, prior to the launch of [[Disney+]], which offers a wider film selection beyond cable on-demand provider deliveries.<ref>{{cite news|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=18 October 2019|title=Disney Family Movies SVOD Service Is Shutting Down Ahead of Disney Plus Debut|url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/disney-plus-disney-family-movies-shutdown-1203375291/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-date=26 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026033030/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/disney-plus-disney-family-movies-shutdown-1203375291/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Production studios ===

==== Disney Television Animation ====
{{Main|Disney Television Animation}}

Also known by its trade name, "'''Disney Channel Animation'''", it is the television animation production studio division of [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|the Walt Disney Studios]] and based in [[Glendale, California]], providing original animated programming for the three main Disney-branded television channels.

==== It's a Laugh Productions ====
{{Main|It's a Laugh Productions}}

A live-action production studio based in [[Studio City, Los Angeles]], [[California]], that provides original sitcoms and comedy programs primary for Disney Channel. Despite being the prime production source of Disney Channel shows, many of its projects are still co-produced and financed by [[the Walt Disney Company]].

==== Walt Disney EMEA Productions ====
'''Walt Disney EMEA Productions Limited''' is the network's European production studio located in [[London]], England, which co-produces original programs within Europe alongside other companies.

==== Disney Original Documentary ====
'''Disney Original Documentary''' is a banner from [[Disney Branded Television]] for [[documentary film|documentary]]-based programs broadcast on Disney Channel and released on Disney+ that launched on December 9, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|date=9 December 2021|title=Disney Branded Television Acquires Doc Short 'Sophie & The Baron' As First Title Under Newly Formed Disney Original Documentary Banner|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/sophie-the-baron-disney-branded-television-acquires-documentary-short-1234887454/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=1 September 2022|archive-date=1 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901015620/https://deadline.com/2021/12/sophie-the-baron-disney-branded-television-acquires-documentary-short-1234887454/|url-status=live}}</ref>