[2] The unit also oversees Disney-branded unscripted series, documentaries and specials for Disney+ and the Disney channels.

On November 10, 1981, Walt Disney Productions and Westinghouse Broadcasting announced that they had joined up to start a family-oriented cable television service.

[4] 20 months after the launch, the channel moved into the home satellite dish market thus scrambling its signal.

The channel started moving to the basic cable level on September 1, 1990, with TCI Montgomery Cablevision.

[6] In March 1995, the second Disney Channel began broadcasting in Taiwan[7] while the third is launched in October for the United Kingdom.

She founded a kids channel codename ABZ, which the media speculated to be aimed at preschoolers.

[12] Disney Channel, Inc. changed its name to ABC Cable Networks Group, Inc. by January 31, 2001.

[17] In 2006, Disney Television India acquired Hungama TV from UTV Software Communications Limited[18] Disney Cinemagic began broadcasting in the UK in March 2006[19] to of several Cinemagic channels, including timeshift and HD versions across Western Europe.

[22] In late May 2008, the company announced the move of Disney Channel to the digital over-the air space, replacing NET TV's Fly Music on July 1, 2008.

[28] Jetix Play closed down on August 1, 2010, in most countries,[29] on September 1, 2010, in Turkey, and in Romania on March 12, 2011.

[33] On March 28, 2013, Cinemagic was replaced with Sky Movies Disney in the UK market under license to BSkyB.

This general entertainment channel is in English and HD, targeted to ages 14 to 25 while only tapping Disney live action shows.

In June 2020, Disney Channels Worldwide announced that all three of the networks owned by Disney Channels Worldwide in the United Kingdom would be shut down on October 1, with content thereafter to be available via the Disney+ streaming service, as the extension of a carriage deal with Sky and Virgin Media could not be reached.

[47] In March 2022, Disney announced it would suspend its operations in Russia in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[48][49] Its Russian channel however continued operating until the dissolution of Disney's joint venture with local broadcaster Media-1 on December 14, 2022.

Additionally, local programming that meets Disney's standards, combined with difficulties, is acquired.

[28] In December 2013, Dlife launched a children's programming block called Disney Time.

However, many of its live-action and animated series are syndicated on regional channels through ABC owned Dragon Club since 1994.

[66] Prior to this agreement, rights to Disney Channel programming had been held by Family Channel, a network owned by children's media conglomerate WildBrain which is licensed as a premium service but is carried as a basic service by many television providers.

Some Canadian-produced original series produced by Family (such as Life with Derek, Naturally, Sadie, and Overruled!)