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Disney Channel (Asia)

Revision as of 10:50, 26 December 2020 by Dimpsboyno7 (Message Wall | contribs) (In March 1995, Disney Channel Asia was launched in Taiwan became the first overseas feed of Disney Channel. On September 1, 1996, Disney Channel Asia was launched on the STAR TV platform. The channel was broadcast across the continent of Asia, reaching from the Far East to the Middle East and was transmitted via the AsiaSat, Palapa, Apstar and PanAmSat satellites. On April 2, 1997, a separate feed of Disney Channel was l...)
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Disney Channel
Disney Channel logo 2019 KM959SX 1B
Launched September 1, 1996
Owned by Disney Channels Worldwide
(Walt Disney Television)
The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia

(Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International)

Picture format 480i, 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Slogan The Best Place to Be

Find Your Story!

Language English
Chinese
Malay
Tamil
Indonesian
Thai
Vietnamese (subtitles)
Broadcast area Mainland China
Hong Kong
Macau
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Asia
Headquarters 4 Loyang Ln #01-01/02 and #02-01/02., Singapore508914
Formerly called The Disney Channel (1996-1997)
Sister channel(s) Disney Junior
Disney XD
Website DisneyChannel.asia

Availability

Terrestrial
Nexmedia
 

(Indonesia)

Channel 105 (SD)
Satellite
Astro
 

(Malaysia)

Channel 614 (HD)

Channel 634 (SD)

Cignal
 

(Philippines)

Channel 71 (SD)

Channel 221 (HD)

Indovision
 

(Indonesia)

Channel 45 (HD)
TransVision
 

(Indonesia)

Channel 200 (HD)
Aora TV
 

(Indonesia)

Channel 110 (SD)
Sky Net
 

Myanmar

Channel 63 (SD 4:3)
TrueVisions
 

(Thailand)

Channel 447/91 (HD)
Kristal-Astro
 

(Brunei)

Channel 614 (HD)

Channel 634 (SD)

HiTRON
 

(Papua New Guinea)

Channel 33 (SD)
Sky Direct
 

(Philippines)

Channel 18 (SD)
TVB Network Vision (Hong Kong) Channel 60
Cable
SkyCable
 

(Philippines)

Channel 47 (digital; SD)

Channel 250 (digital; HD)

Destiny Cable
 

(Philippines)

Channel 50 (analog; SD)

Channel 47 (digital; SD)
Channel 250 (digital; HD)

Cablelink
 

(Philippines)

Channel 25 (SD)
Mountain View Satellite Corporation
 

(Philippines)

Channel 36 (SD)
MultiNetwork Cable Television
 

(Philippines)

Channel 24 (SD)
Parasat Cable TV
 

(Cagayan de Oro, Philippines)

Channel 52 (SD)
Bohol Community Cable TV
 

(Tagbilaran,Bohol, Philippines)

Channel 40 (SD)
NVC Maharlika Cable Systems
 

(Philippines)

Channel 46 (SD)
Pioneer Cable Vision Incorporated (PCVI)
 

(Baybay City,Leyte, Philippines)

Channel 16 (SD)
First Media
 

(Indonesia)

Channel 120 (SD)

Channel 373 (HD)

max3 by Biznet
 

(Indonesia)

Channel 105 (SD)
TrueVisions
 

(Thailand)

Channel 447/91 (HD)
HTVC
 

(Vietnam)

Channel 50 (analog/digital; SD)
Hanoi Cable Television BTS
 

(Vietnam)

Channel 42 (SD)
FPT Telecom
 

(Vietnam)

Channel 24 (HD)
Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT)
 

(Vietnam)

Channel 14 (HD)
Palau National Communications Corporation
 

(Palau)

Channel 12 (SD)
Cambodia Cable Television
 

(Cambodia)

Channel 21 (SD)
Cable TV Hong Kong
 

(Hong Kong)

Channel 135 (SD)
Available on most Taiwanese cable systems Channel 23 (SD)
IPTV
Mio TV
 

(Singapore)

Channel 234 (HD)

Channel 235 (VOD; HD)

now TV
 

(Hong Kong)

Channel 441 (SD)
Mountaintop Cable TV
 

(Philippines)

Channel 50 (SD)

Disney Channel Southeast Asia (formerly known as The Disney Channel from 1996 to 1997) is a basic cable and satellite television channel that broadcasts in Southeast Asia as the flagship property of owner Disney Channels Worldwide unit of the United States-based Disney–ABC Television Group and operated by The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia.

Most of its original programming is aimed at pre-teens and adolescents ages 10–16, while its Disney Junior programs are targeted at younger children ages 3–9, although certain programs are aimed at audiences of all ages. The channel's programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming. Some countries do not carry the network, due to either a lack of capacity or government restrictions.

History

In March 1995, Disney Channel Asia was launched in Taiwan became the first overseas feed of Disney Channel. On September 1, 1996, Disney Channel Asia was launched on the STAR TV platform. The channel was broadcast across the continent of Asia, reaching from the Far East to the Middle East and was transmitted via the AsiaSat, Palapa, Apstar and PanAmSat satellites. On April 2, 1997, a separate feed of Disney Channel was launched in the Middle East, as carried by the satellite provider Orbit. This apparently replaced the pan-Asian feed in the region. Disney Channel Asia was launched on cable TV in Singapore in January 2000 with a single video feed and two audio tracks in English and Mandarin, as well as subtitles in Mandarin too. The channel became available in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines. On June 1, 2002, the channel was launched in the South Korean market with a Korean language feed. Over the first six months of 2005, Disney Channel Asia, along with sister channel Playhouse Disney (now Disney Junior) was launched in Vietnam, Palau and Thailand. It finished off with a launch of both in Cambodia, its 11th market, with Cambodia Entertainment Production Co. Ltd. as distributor.

On September 12, 2017, Walt Disney International announced a restructuring of its business in Asia, and that Mahesh Samat is to lead the new Disney South Asia division, combining India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam, while Luke Kang will be leading the North Asia division, combining Mainland China, South Korea and Japan.[4]

HD channel

On May 1, 2015, The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia launched a high-definition simulcast feed of Disney Channel in the Philippines, available on SkyCable and Destiny Cable distributed by Asian Cable Communications, Inc. (ACCION) in that country. Just like its SD counterpart, the HD simulcast of the channel airs the same shows shown in the SD feed.

Feeds

Asia

The main feed was available in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Palau and Cambodia), South Asia and the Middle East.

Vietnam

Same schedule as Asia feed but it’s been time-shifted to 1-hour with Vietnamese subtitles for all the programs and local advertisements.

Singapore

Same schedule as Asia feed, plus new episodes of live-action shows and local advertisements. It was later shut down on June 1, 2020, in favor of Disney+.[1]

Malaysia

Same schedule as the Asia feed, plus local advertisements. For viewers in Malaysia and Brunei based in Klang Valley (surrounding area in Kuala Lumpur and Brunei-Muara, which itself is also a surrounding area in Bandar Seri Begawan) on Channel 20 in UHF, and is available in three languages: English, Malay and Chinese. This channel is only available on Astro in Malaysia and Kristal-Astro in Brunei on Channel 615 (in SDTV) and Channel 635 (in HDTV) and UniFi in Malaysia on Channel 137 (in SDTV) and Channel 157 (in HDTV). The feed in Malaysia will cease operations on December 31, 2020.

Philippines

Same schedule as the Asia feed, plus selected live-action sitcoms & local advertisements.

Mainland China

Own schedule with local advertisements. Broadcast in Chinese.

Hong Kong and Macau

Own schedule with local advertisements; separated from Asia feed on April 2, 2004. Broadcast in Cantonese and English.

Taiwan

Own schedule with local advertisements; the first overseas feed of Disney Channel; began operations in March 1995; broadcast in Taiwanese Mandarin, English, Hokkien, and Japanese.

North Korea

Disney Channel Asia does not broadcast in North Korea because the North Korean government bans the transmission of any foreign satellite channels not made there.

South Korea

Japan

Current Programming

Original animated programming

Locally-produced shows

  • Club Mickey Mouse Malaysia (currently on hiatus)
  • The Oddbods Show (co-production with One Animation)
  • Wizards of Warna Walk (August 30, 2019; Malaysian version of Wizards of Waverly Place; currently on hiatus)

Third-party shows

  • BoBoiBoy
    • BoBoiBoy Galaxy
  • Banzi's Secret Diary
  • Cupcake & Dino: General Services (from Netflix) (May 25, 2020-present)
  • Ejen Ali
  • Hotel Transylvania: The Series
  • Kaitou Joker (season one and two, previously aired on Disney XD Asia)
  • Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (2018–present) (Because of The Walt Disney Company France has sign the agreement deal with ZAG Animation and Method Animation to acquired the international broadcasting right to the show)
  • The Owl & Co
  • Oswaldo (reruns)
  • Pokémon series
    • Black & White: Adventures in Unova and Beyond
    • Sun & Moon
    • Sun & Moon: Ultra Adventures
    • Pucca Love Recipe (aka Pucca season 3)
  • Rabbids Invasion (July 8, 2019 – present; originally on Nickelodeon) (Season 4-present)
  • The Strange Chores 
  • Upin & Ipin

Shorts

Original live-action series

All of original live-action series aired every Friday to Sunday at 10pm (9pm JKT). As of July 2019, Sydney to the Max is the only sitcom to air on daytime, only for new episodes.

Programming blocks

  • Disney Channel Movie - Daily 8pm (except Indonesia, as of September 1, 2020)
  • Monstober – Every October
    • Monstober Scream-a-Thon
    • Monstober Freeek-end Movies - October 2020 onward
  • Dis the Season (formerly known as Fa-la-la-lidays) – every November–December (2015-2016)
    • Holidays Unwrapped - December 14-25, 2020
  • 25 Days of Christmas - every November–December (2017-2018)
  • School's Out! - Every March–August (2019-present)
  • Fab Fridays - Every Friday from November till December 2019
  • All-New Fridays - Every Friday staring from February 21, 2020 until March 6, 2020
  • Break-Out Fridays - From April 3, 2020 until June 26, 2020
  • Friendly Gatecrashers - November 20, 2020
  • Movies Unlimited - Every days in December 2020
  • Princess Forever - December 14-25, 2020
  • Pixar Perfect Weekends - Friday-Sunday on January 2021

Future Programming

Upcoming

Former Programming

Original Programming

Animated series

Live-action series

Localy-produced shows

  • Art Attack (Singapore: Seasons 1-3; Philippines: Seasons 4-5)
  • As the Bell Rings (Singapore)
  • Studio Disney Asia (Initally titled Disney Buzz, the show was renamed Studio D in 2003)
  • Harry & Bunnie (co-production with Animasia Studios)
  • Waktu Rehat (Malaysian version of As the Bell Rings)

Programming from Jetix/Disney XD

Third-party shows

  • 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (200?-2004)[4]
  • According to Jim
  • Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Aesop's World
  • The Amazing Spiez!
  • America's Funniest Home Videos (2002-2009)[5] (now on Blue Ant Entertainment)
  • Are You Afraid of the Dark?[2]
  • Art Attack (original British series) (200?-March 2008)
  • Arthur[2]
  • Beyblade: Burst (now on Disney XD Asia)
  • Beyblade: Burst Evolution (April 14, 2018-??? 2018) (now on Disney XD Asia)
  • Bill Nye the Science Guy
  • Black Hole High
  • Blossom
  • Bola Kampung
  • Boy Meets World[6]
  • Brotherly Love[7]
  • Bubu Chacha
  • Caitlin's Way[2]
  • Camp Lakebottom
  • Chimpui (Moved to Animax)
  • Chuck Chicken (2015-18; now on Disney XD Asia)
  • Chuck Finn[3]
  • Counterfeit Cat (2016-17; now on Disney XD Asia)
  • Crash Zone
  • Dennis and Gnasher (2011)
  • Dinosaurs[7]
  • Donkey Kong Country[2]
  • Dude, That's My Ghost!
  • Evolution: The Animated Series
  • Gadget Boy & Heather[2]
    • Gadget Boy's Adventures in History[2]
  • Generation O! (December 2002-2004)[8][9]
  • George of the Jungle
  • The Gnoufs
  • The Golden Girls (now on Hits)
  • Hello Jadoo
  • Hole in the Wall (November 9, 2012-2013)
  • Home Improvement (now on Hits)
  • Horseland
  • Inspector Gadget's Field Trip
  • Jackie Chan Adventures
  • Jumanji
  • Just for Laughs: Gags (moved to Comedy Central)
  • Just Kidding
  • Kid vs. Kat (now on Disney XD Asia)
  • The Lampies[2]
  • Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
  • Line Town (April 6, 2015-2017)
  • Martin Mystery
  • Marvel's Disk Wars: The Avengers (Philippines only)
  • Maya & Miguel
  • MetaJets
  • Men in Black: The Series
  • Monster Allergy
  • Mortified (2006-2008)
  • Mr. Bean: Animated TV Series (January 2003-??? 2015) (Moved to Cartoon Network & Boomerang)
  • Mr. Bean: Live Action TV Series (200?-December 2016) (Moved to Comedy Central)
  • My Life Me
  • My Wife & Kids
  • The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo[10]
  • Ned's Newt
  • Ninja Hattori
  • Ninja Warrior
  • Numb Chucks (Philippines only)
  • Oggy and the Cockroaches (Moved to Cartoon Network, Boomerang & Nickelodeon)
  • Oscar's Oasis
  • Perman
  • The Pink Panther Show
  • Pokémon series
    • Black & White (2017-2019)
    • Black & White: Rival Destinies (May 29, 2017-2020)
  • Poochini's Yard[2]
  • Potatoes and Dragons
  • Redakai: Conquer the Kairu (Philippines only)
  • Rimba Racers (May 4-June 30, 2020)
  • Rolling with the Ronks!
  • Sabrina: The Animated Series
  • Sabrina's Secret Life
  • Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
  • Scaredy Squirrel
  • Shaun the Sheep (Moved to Boomerang)
  • Shaolin Wuzang
  • Sheeep
  • Short Cuts[4]
  • Shuriken School
  • Slugterra (except Singapore)
  • The Sleepover Club
  • So Little Time[5]
  • Strawberry Shortcake
  • Student Bodies
  • Supa Strikas
  • Takeshi's Castle
  • Tales from the Cryptkeeper
  • Teen Angel[11]
  • Thunder Alley
  • Thunderstone
  • Totally Spies! (now on their own YouTube channel)
  • Tracey McBean
  • Tutenstein
  • The Twisted Whiskers Show
  • Wheel Squad[2][4]
  • Wicked Science (2005-July 2008)
  • Wipeout (moved to AXN but later dropped out)
  • Wolves, Witches and Giants
  • The Wonder Years (now on Hits)[3]
  • The Zack Files[12]
  • Zig & Sharko (2011-November 30, 2018)
  • Zip Zip (now on Disney XD Asia)

Shorts

Programming from Playhouse Disney/Disney Junior

Unaired shows

Presentation and Logos

With the launch of the channel in 1996, Disney Channel Asia adopted the UK network's presentation designed by Lambie-Nairn. It then used the splat logo in 1997 with the opening of Disney Channel France. Later in 1999, Disney Channel Asia began to use the "Circles" presentation package until late 2003, when the US logo (and design package by CA Square) became the channel's on-air presentation format. Two more redesigns were made in 2012, then in 2014 with the current wordmark logo.

External links

References

  1. ↑ https://geekculture.co/disney-plus-singapore-incoming-disney-channels-dropped-from-starhub-and-singtel/
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 http://web.archive.org/web/20010802122810/http://www.astro.com.my/whats_on/channel_listings/listing.pl?channel=0107
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://web.archive.org/web/20030910061411/http://www.disneychannel-asia.com/DisneyChannel/channelguide/index.html
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 http://web.archive.org/web/20040224021709fw_/http://www.disneychannel-asia.com/DisneyChannel/channelguide/cgi-bin/showschedule.cgi
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://web.archive.org/web/20030204091248/http://www.dream.com.ph/thisweek/disney.htm
  6. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20010827143400/http://www.dream.com.ph/thisweek/disney.htm
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://web.archive.org/web/20000515000000/http://www.astro.com.my/whats_on/channel_listings/listing.pl?channel=0107
  8. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20021201081331/http://www.disneychannel-asia.com/index2.html
  9. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20021217175009/http://cabletv.starhub.com/eng/weeklyhighlight/0,1757,75283-4,00.html
  10. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20011108125217/http://astro.com.my/whats_on/channel_listings/listing.pl?channel=0107
  11. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20010604020037/http://www.astro.com.my/whats_on/channel_listings/listing.pl?channel=0107
  12. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Dec2001Listings
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