Disney Channel
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Disney Channel is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company.[1]
Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Burbank, California, U.S. |
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Owner | Disney Entertainment |
Parent | Disney Branded Television |
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Launched | April 18, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-04-18) |
Former names | The Disney Channel (1983–1997) |
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Webcast | Watch live |
Website | Official website |
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Service(s) | Fubo TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV |
Launched on April 18, 1983, under the name The Disney Channel as a premium channel on top of basic cable television systems, it originally showcased programming towards families due to availability of home television sets locally at the time. Since 1997, as just Disney Channel, its programming has shifted focus to target mainly children and adolescents between ages 7 and 17. The channel showcases original first-run children's television series, theatrically-released and original television films and other selected third-party programming.
As of November 2023[update], Disney Channel is available to approximately 70,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 100,000,000 households.[2]
There were 46 Disney Channels available in 33 languages worldwide,[3] but some have either shut down or declined in viewership since 2016 in parts of Europe and most of the Asia-Pacific due to the rise of social media and streaming media platforms as well as the successful launch of Disney+ in certain countries/regions/territories from 2020 onward.