Disney Cinemagic was launched in the UK and Ireland on 16 March 2006 on BSkyB's premium package.

[4] In November 2008 at 8:30pm, Disney Cinemagic HD debuted in France, broadcasting on CANALSAT from 6am to 1am daily,[5] making Disney Cinemagic the first children and family HDTV channel in a French market.

[7] In October 2008, Disney Cinemagic Portugal was launched and in January 2009, it launched Disney Cinemagic HD being the first children's channel in Portugal to have an HD feed, with SIC K being the second.

[16] The last program on Disney Cinemagic Germany was Zenon: Z3 on 30 September 2019, which finished at 11:53 pm.

[17] The first movie on Sky Cinema Special in Germany was The Greatest Showman at 12am on 1 October 2019.