Disney Channel (Australia and New Zealand)

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Disney Channel
Launched 8 June 1996[1]
Owned by The Walt Disney Company Australia
Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9)
Audience share 1.3% (February 2008, [1])
Slogan The Best Place to Be
Country Australia
Language English
Broadcast area Australia
New Zealand
Fiji
Tuvalu
Formerly called The Disney Channel (1996-1997)
Sister channel(s) Disney Junior
Disney XD
Website disneychannel.com.au
Availability
Satellite
Foxtel Channel 707
SKY Network Television (NZ) Channel 100
Cable
Optus TV Channel 707
Foxtel Channel 707
TransTV Digital Channel 201
Neighbourhood Cable Channel 28
Vodafone (NZ) Channel 100
IPTV
Xbox 360 Channel 707

Disney Channel is a television channel that is broadcast in Australia and New Zealand. It is mainly aimed at children and their families. The programming is broken up by a number of breaks, during which trailers for Disney's programs are usually shown. It does occasionally broadcast commercial advertisements. On 1 September 2009, Disney Channel started broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen.

History

The Disney Channel has been broadcast by Optus since 8 June 1996.[1] It became available though Austar on 1 April 2001,[2] through Foxtel on 1 December 2001,[3][4] through TransTV on 21 January 2002,[5] and is also available on Neighbourhood Cable. It was formerly available on SelecTV from September 2008 until the closure of its English service in late 2010.[6][7]

It has been broadcast on New Zealand's pay television network, SKY Network Television, since December 2003. On 5 December 2005, Disney Channel launched the Playhouse Disney channel in Australia on the Foxtel, Austar, and Optus television digital services and in New Zealand on the SKY Networktelevision digital service. On 1 September 2009, the channel started 16:9 widescreen broadcasting. On 6 February 2012, a new logo was adopted.

Current programming

Original series

Live-action series

Title Premiere date Current season Note(s)
Austin & Ally 23 March 2012 4 [lower-alpha 1]
Liv and Maddie 11 October 2013 3 [lower-alpha 1]
Girl Meets World 25 August 2014 2 [lower-alpha 1]
K.C. Undercover 5 March 2015 1 [lower-alpha 1]
Best Friends Whenever 16 October 2015 1 [lower-alpha 1]

Short series

Title Premiere date Note(s)
Mickey Mouse 1 July 2013
Descendants: Wicked World 16 October 2015

Repeats of ended series

Title Finale date Note(s)
Boy Meets World* 5 May 2000
That's So Raven 10 November 2007
Cory in the House 13 September 2008
Hannah Montana 16 January 2011
The Suite Life on Deck 13 August 2011
Wizards of Waverly Place 11 February 2012
Shake It Up 13 February 2014
Good Luck Charlie 31 March 2014
A.N.T. Farm 6 May 2014
Fish Hooks 19 June 2014
  • Boy Meets World was not a Disney Original series. The show is played on 'Disney Channel Replay' mainly to advertise the show's Disney sequel, Girl Meets World.

Acquired series

Acquired live-action series

Title Premiere date Note(s)
The Next Step 31 January 2014
Extreme Babysitting 31 July 2014
Mako Mermaids 12 May 2015

Future programming

Original live-action series

Sister channels

Disney Junior

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Main article: Disney Junior (Australia and New Zealand)

Disney Junior is a 24-hour Australian cable and satellite channel available on local platforms. It launched on 5 December 2005 as Playhouse Disney and on 29 May 2011 as Disney Junior. All of the programs target younger kids.[9][10]

Disney XD

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Main article: Disney XD (Australia)

Disney XD is a 24-hour Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel. It launched on 10 April 2014. All of the programs target boys aged 6–14.[11]

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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