The Walt Disney Company was preparing the channel for Latin America as early as 1997, which also included the production of a dedicated Brazilian feed, initially scheduled to launch in 1998.

In November 4, 2001, a version of Zapping Zone premiered on the OTA network, airing on Sundays.

[8] On July 1, 2002, a localized Playhouse Disney block launched, with the studio segments being filmed in Buenos Aires to optimize resources.

[9] On September 1, 2002, the channel aired a Rouge concert, the band that won the first edition of SBT's Popstars.

[10] Disney Channel left DirecTV in March 2003, after Galaxy Latin America entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy status.

[11] In order to become a basic cable channel, it was announced in December 2003 that Disney Channel would start carrying commercial advertising, at an event held in Buenos Aires by ESPN's regional marketing team for Brazil and the Southern Cone.

[13] On August 4, 2005, it was announced in São Paulo that Disney Channel would begin broadcasting on Net, reaching 800,000 subscribers.

[15] On September 14, 2006, it launched on SKY, alongside seven other channels that were previously carried by DirecTV and entered the provider as a result of the merger.

[16]Shortly afterwards it started airing a raft of new local productions: the first season of Floribella from Band and Um Menino Muito Maluquinho, adapted from Ziraldo, which was produced for TVE Brasil.

[19] In 2009, the channel premiered Quando Toca o Sino, adapted from the Italian format Quelli dell'intervallo which also made it to the United States.

[20] In November 2015, it announced a local version of the Pijama Party gameshow, with filming beginning in December.

As of January 2009 the non-original productions aired are Mortified, Life with Derek, The Fairly OddParents, A Kind of Magic, George of the Jungle and Um Menino Muito Maluquinho.

Disney Channel Brazil produced an original show called Zapping Zone, in which hosts interacted with viewers with games and trivia.

Its transmission was not live, and viewers can call to participate in games, all of them containing questions and trivia about Disney films and series.

The hosts of Zapping Zone presented Disney Channel Original Series, which were aired in the block as a primetime.

There were also blocks such as Contratempo, Metidas de Pata (Bloopers), and Sextas Xtremas (Xtreme Friday).

It airs on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays after Zapping Zone and sometimes any other weekday after Wonderful World of Disney.