The channel was closed on 1 October 2021, while Taiwan's branch ended on 1 January 2022, as part of a wider switch to streaming services Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar.

The channel's distributor was Po-Hsin Entertainment,[3] a company partly-owned by the then-ruling Kuomintang and was in hot water during the legalization of cable TV in Taiwan.

[4] For this end, the company announced plans in January 1995 to set up a satellite earth station in Singapore, with its Singaporean television subsidiary running the facility.

[6] The facilities were formally open on 26 March 1995, three days before the launch of the Taiwanese channel, with a speech by Minister of the Arts Brigadier-General George Yeo, who delivered a speech mainly centered on the American cultural industry and the contrasts between the wholesomeness of Mickey Mouse and the cynicism of Beavis and Butt-Head, and how the rest of the world felt unsure about American culture as a whole.

Yeo affirmed that the resurgence of interest in Disney and similar products reflected a "deeper renewal of human society" and that even in a conservative country like Singapore, a country still dominated by "old-fashioned" values, products and programs from Disney were seen as "very comfortable" with consumers.

[7] The satellite station alone cost S$14 million with the possibility of Singapore being the second country in Asia to receive Disney Channel, pending negotiations with Singapore Cable Vision, which was set to start its regular cable service in June.

[11] Between January and February 2000, Disney Television International Asia-Pacific launched Disney Channel in more countries and was made available for Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines;[12][13][14][15][16][17][18] broadcasting with an English audio track with Mandarin subtitles.

[19] During the launch, the channel featured premiere movies, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, Hercules, George of the Jungle, The Parent Trap and the live action version of 101 Dalmatians, including the series The Wonderful World of Disney.

On 1 June 2002, the channel was launched in the South Korean market,[21][22] with additional Korean subtitles under English language, in July 2002, Disney Channel expands to Indonesia,[23][24][16] which later aired programs in Indonesian dub.

In December 2002, Disney Channel Asia moved its headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore,[25] seven years after launching its satellite broadcasting center back in 1995.

[36] It later launches Playhouse Disney in some markets since 2004 in the Philippines,[37][38] Singapore,[39] Malaysia,[40] Brunei,[41] and South Korea.

[42] In December 2006, Disney Channel expanded to Papua New Guinea on the HiTron cable service.

[53] Due to the closure of the channel, India-based Disney International HD started broadcasting in Bangladesh as a replacement.

[64] After the closure, Disney Channel in Taiwan continued operations,[65] until its cessation on New Year's Day (1 January 2022),[66][67] concluding with a Big Hero 6 short also at midnight (In Taipei's Time), with Nickelodeon serving as its replacement in some cable providers,[68][69] while most of its content (including third-party programs) will be replaced on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar depends on their countries' versions.

As of 2020, it has also used elements of the US "Item Age" graphics, while Hong Kong & Taiwan keep its old branding before the closure.

The pan-Asian feed was available in Thailand, Fiji, Palau, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, and Bangladesh.

This feed was ceased operations on 1 June 2020, after failing to renew their contracts on both StarHub & Singtel;[58] due to the launch of Disney+ on 23 February 2021.

[75] Began in July 2002; the schedule was very similar to the main feed, with the exclusions of movies at launch.

[32][33] A one-hour time-shifted version of the main Asia feed with local advertisements, Vietnamese translations in promos, and subtitles.

The feed ceased operations on 1 January 2022,[80] after 26 years of broadcasting, due to the launch of Disney+ on 12 November 2021.

It was a Southeast Asian television channel, amid for big kids and teenagers six to fifteen (6–15) years old, the channels launch on 15 September 2012 in Malaysia,[47][48] 16 March 2013 in Singapore,[49] 19 October 2013, in Indonesia and Thailand;[50] and 31 May 2014 in the Philippines,[51] concluding its launch.