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* {{Start date and age|1999|10|16|df=y}} (pay TV)
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| picture_format = * [[HDTV]] [[1080i]]
* [[SDTV]] [[576i]] (downscaled)
* [[SDTV]] [[576i]] (downscaled)
| owner = The Walt Disney Company (Germany) [[GmbH]]
| owner = The Walt Disney Company (Germany) [[GmbH]]
| type =
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| country = Germany
| country = [[Germany]]
| language = [[German language|German]] and English (via Disney+)
| language = * [[German language|German]]
* [[English language|English]] (via [[Disney+]])
| area = Germany<br>[[Austria]]<br>[[Switzerland]]
| area = [[Germany]]<br>[[Austria]]<br>[[Switzerland]]
| headquarters = Lilli-Palmer-Str. 2
| headquarters = Lilli-Palmer-Str. 2
80636, [[Munich]], Germany
80636, [[Munich]], Germany
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'''Disney Channel''' is a German [[free-to-air]] [[television channel]] owned by The Walt Disney Company Germany. The channel is based in [[Munich]] and for children.
'''Disney Channel''' is a German [[free-to-air]] [[television channel]] owned by The Walt Disney Company Germany. The channel is based in [[Munich]] and is for children.


Aimed at all ages, its programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming. The original programming is mainly supplied by its [[Disney Channel|U.S. counterpart]].
Aimed at all ages, its programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming. The original programming is mainly supplied by its [[Disney Channel|American counterpart]].


The channel was originally launched on 16 October 1999<ref name=kidscreen>{{cite news|last=Brockmeyer|first=Dieter|title=Disney Channel gets digital in Germany|url=http://kidscreen.com/1999/03/01/24586-19990301/|access-date=18 July 2013|newspaper=Kidscreen|date=March 1, 1999}}</ref> as a subscription television channel on the [[Sky Deutschland]] platform. However, it was later closed down on 30 November 2013. It was transformed into a free-TV channel on 17 January 2014 replacing [[Das Vierte]].{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
The channel was originally launched on 16 October 1999<ref name=kidscreen>{{cite news|last=Brockmeyer|first=Dieter|title=Disney Channel gets digital in Germany|url=http://kidscreen.com/1999/03/01/24586-19990301/|access-date=18 July 2013|newspaper=Kidscreen|date=March 1, 1999|archive-date=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003035327/http://kidscreen.com/1999/03/01/24586-19990301/|url-status=live}}</ref> as a subscription television channel on the [[Sky Deutschland]] platform. However, it was later closed down on 30 November 2013. It was transformed into a free-TV channel on 17 January 2014, replacing [[Das Vierte]].{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}


The network competes with other channels primarily aimed at children such as [[Super RTL]] (50% owned by [[Disney-ABC Television Group|Disney Television]] until March 2021), [[KiKa]] and [[Nickelodeon (Germany)|Nickelodeon Germany]].<ref name=thr0>{{cite news|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|title=Disney Channel Germany Tops Nickelodeon in Ratings on Launch Weekend|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-channel-germany-tops-nickelodeon-672457|access-date=February 18, 2014|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 20, 2014}}</ref>
The network competes with other channels primarily aimed at children, such as [[Super RTL]] (50% owned by [[Disney-ABC Television Group|Disney Television]] until March 2021), [[KiKa]] and [[Nickelodeon (Germany)|Nickelodeon Germany]].<ref name=thr0>{{cite news|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|title=Disney Channel Germany Tops Nickelodeon in Ratings on Launch Weekend|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-channel-germany-tops-nickelodeon-672457|access-date=February 18, 2014|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 20, 2014|archive-date=26 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226231927/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-channel-germany-tops-nickelodeon-672457|url-status=live}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
Walt Disney Television International opened their German offices near Munich on 1 March 1999. Disney Channel Germany was launched on 16 October 1999 as a subscription channel.<ref name=kidscreen/>
Walt Disney Television International opened their German offices near Munich on 1 March 1999. Disney Channel Germany was launched on 16 October 1999 as a subscription channel.<ref name=kidscreen/>


Disney purchased [[Das Vierte]] (lit. The Fourth), a free-to-air TV station, in December 2012 from [[Dmitry Lesnevsky]], a Russian media mogul, and former owner of Russia's [[REN-TV]]. In April 2013, Disney announced that Das Vierte would become Disney Channel in January 2014 as a 24-hour family entertainment network under Disney Channel's German head Lars Wagner.<ref>{{cite news|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|title=Walt Disney to Launch Free-TV Channel in Germany|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/walt-disney-launch-free-tv-441396|access-date=February 18, 2014|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 17, 2013}}</ref>
Disney purchased [[Das Vierte]] (lit. The Fourth), a free-to-air TV station, in December 2012 from [[Dmitry Lesnevsky]], a Russian media mogul, and former owner of Russia's [[REN-TV]]. In April 2013, Disney announced that Das Vierte would become Disney Channel in January 2014 as a 24-hour family entertainment network under Disney Channel's German head Lars Wagner.<ref>{{cite news|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|title=Walt Disney to Launch Free-TV Channel in Germany|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/walt-disney-launch-free-tv-441396|access-date=February 18, 2014|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 17, 2013|archive-date=28 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228023626/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/walt-disney-launch-free-tv-441396|url-status=live}}</ref>


[[File:Disney Channel Germany Logo 2014.png|thumb|200px|Evening Logo, used from '''20:15''' (Primetime) daily, it used till 1 February 2024.]]
[[File:Disney Channel Germany Logo 2014.png|thumb|200px|Evening Logo, used from '''20:15''' (Primetime) daily, it used till 1 February 2024.]]


Initial daytime programming included standard Disney Channel fare including ''[[Jessie (2011 TV series)|Jessie]]'', ''[[Austin & Ally]]'', ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' and ''[[Gravity Falls]]'' while prime time saw [[Pixar]] films and older drawing shows including those from [[ABC Family]] as well as [[Hallmark Channel]]'s ''[[Cedar Cove (TV series)|Cedar Cove]]''. Disney formed an in house ad sales company, Disney Media +, for the channel given that two competitors control most ad sales companies.<ref name=thr>{{cite news|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|title=Disney Betting on Pixar Movies, ABC Series in German Network Launch|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-betting-pixar-movies-abc-655983|access-date=February 18, 2014|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 14, 2013}}</ref><ref name=dwdl>{{cite news|last1=Lückerath|first1=Thomas|title=Disney: Ein Datum, ein Vermarkter und etwas Programm|url=http://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/42763/disney_ein_datum_ein_vermarkter_und_etwas_programm/|access-date=April 19, 2017|work=DWDL.de|date=September 26, 2013|language=de}} [http://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/42763/disney_ein_datum_ein_vermarkter_und_etwas_programm/ Disney: A Date, a marketer and a little program (English Translation)].</ref> The channel will also be offered on two online platforms: live-stream and a catch-up service.<ref name=thr/> The channel launched over the air on 17 January 2014<ref name=dwdl/> at 6 AM with the classic animated [[short film]] ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dwdl.de/interviews/44265/wagner_im_zweifelsfall_haben_wir_einen_langen_atem/ |title= Lars Wagner über den Disney Channel (German) |last=Krei |first=Alexander |access-date=17 January 2014 |date=15 January 2014}}</ref> Disney reported that its launch weekend pushed them past Nick in to third place among kid broadcast channels.<ref name=thr0/>
Initial daytime programming included standard Disney Channel fare including ''[[Jessie (2011 TV series)|Jessie]]'', ''[[Austin & Ally]]'', ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' and ''[[Gravity Falls]]'' while prime time saw [[Pixar]] films and older drawing shows including those from [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] as well as [[Hallmark Channel]]'s ''[[Cedar Cove (TV series)|Cedar Cove]]''. Disney formed an in house ad sales company, Disney Media +, for the channel given that two competitors control most ad sales companies.<ref name=thr>{{cite news|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|title=Disney Betting on Pixar Movies, ABC Series in German Network Launch|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-betting-pixar-movies-abc-655983|access-date=February 18, 2014|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 14, 2013|archive-date=18 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318063515/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-betting-pixar-movies-abc-655983|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=dwdl>{{cite news|last1=Lückerath|first1=Thomas|title=Disney: Ein Datum, ein Vermarkter und etwas Programm|url=http://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/42763/disney_ein_datum_ein_vermarkter_und_etwas_programm/|access-date=April 19, 2017|work=DWDL.de|date=September 26, 2013|language=de|archive-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928135555/http://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/42763/disney_ein_datum_ein_vermarkter_und_etwas_programm/|url-status=live}}</ref> The channel will also be offered on two online platforms: live-stream and a catch-up service.<ref name=thr/> The channel suspended transmission on 30 November 2013 and launched over the air on 17 January 2014<ref name=dwdl/> at 6 AM with the classic animated [[short film]] ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dwdl.de/interviews/44265/wagner_im_zweifelsfall_haben_wir_einen_langen_atem/ |title=Lars Wagner über den Disney Channel (German) |last=Krei |first=Alexander |access-date=17 January 2014 |date=15 January 2014 |archive-date=17 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117014031/http://www.dwdl.de/interviews/44265/wagner_im_zweifelsfall_haben_wir_einen_langen_atem/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Disney reported that its launch weekend pushed them past Nick in to third place among kid broadcast channels.<ref name=thr0/>


== Programming ==
== Programming ==
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Latest revision as of 17:39, 17 December 2024

Disney Channel (Germany)
CountryGermany
Broadcast areaGermany
Austria
Switzerland
HeadquartersLilli-Palmer-Str. 2 80636, Munich, Germany
Programming
Language(s)
Picture format
Ownership
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company (Germany) GmbH
Sister channels
History
Launched
  • 16 October 1999; 25 years ago (1999-10-16) (pay TV)
  • 17 January 2014; 10 years ago (2014-01-17) (free TV)
ReplacedDas Vierte (relaunch)
Closed30 November 2013; 11 years ago (2013-11-30) (pay TV)
Links
WebsiteOfficial website
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television (Germany)Various; region dependent (HD / encrypted)

Disney Channel is a German free-to-air television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company Germany. The channel is based in Munich and is for children.

Aimed at all ages, its programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming. The original programming is mainly supplied by its American counterpart.

The channel was originally launched on 16 October 1999[1] as a subscription television channel on the Sky Deutschland platform. However, it was later closed down on 30 November 2013. It was transformed into a free-TV channel on 17 January 2014, replacing Das Vierte.[citation needed]

The network competes with other channels primarily aimed at children, such as Super RTL (50% owned by Disney Television until March 2021), KiKa and Nickelodeon Germany.[2]

History

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Walt Disney Television International opened their German offices near Munich on 1 March 1999. Disney Channel Germany was launched on 16 October 1999 as a subscription channel.[1]

Disney purchased Das Vierte (lit. The Fourth), a free-to-air TV station, in December 2012 from Dmitry Lesnevsky, a Russian media mogul, and former owner of Russia's REN-TV. In April 2013, Disney announced that Das Vierte would become Disney Channel in January 2014 as a 24-hour family entertainment network under Disney Channel's German head Lars Wagner.[3]

Evening Logo, used from 20:15 (Primetime) daily, it used till 1 February 2024.

Initial daytime programming included standard Disney Channel fare including Jessie, Austin & Ally, Phineas and Ferb and Gravity Falls while prime time saw Pixar films and older drawing shows including those from ABC Family as well as Hallmark Channel's Cedar Cove. Disney formed an in house ad sales company, Disney Media +, for the channel given that two competitors control most ad sales companies.[4][5] The channel will also be offered on two online platforms: live-stream and a catch-up service.[4] The channel suspended transmission on 30 November 2013 and launched over the air on 17 January 2014[5] at 6 AM with the classic animated short film Steamboat Willie.[6] Disney reported that its launch weekend pushed them past Nick in to third place among kid broadcast channels.[2]

Programming

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Main article: List of programs broadcast by Disney Channel (Germany)

Availability

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Via the airwaves, the station had an availability to 93% of German TV households plus on two online platforms: live-stream and a catch-up service.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Brockmeyer, Dieter (1 March 1999). "Disney Channel gets digital in Germany". Kidscreen. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b Roxborough, Scott (20 January 2014). "Disney Channel Germany Tops Nickelodeon in Ratings on Launch Weekend". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  3. ^ Roxborough, Scott (17 April 2013). "Walt Disney to Launch Free-TV Channel in Germany". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Roxborough, Scott (14 November 2013). "Disney Betting on Pixar Movies, ABC Series in German Network Launch". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  5. ^ a b Lückerath, Thomas (26 September 2013). "Disney: Ein Datum, ein Vermarkter und etwas Programm". DWDL.de (in German). Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  6. ^ Krei, Alexander (15 January 2014). "Lars Wagner über den Disney Channel (German)". Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
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