Disney Channel | |
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Launched | April 17, 1998 |
Owned by |
The Walt Disney Company (operated by Vocento) |
Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) (December 1, 2011) |
Broadcast area | National |
Formerly called | Fly Music (only on DTT) |
Sister channel(s) | |
Website | disneychannel |
Availability
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Terrestrial | |
DTT | Spain: 68UHF and 23UHF |
Satellite | |
Digital+ | Dial: 30 |
Cable | |
ONO | Dial: 49 |
R | Dial: 29 Dial 30 (DC+1) |
Euskaltel | Dial: 76 |
telecable | Dial: 33 |
IPTV | |
Movistar TV | Dial: 50 Dial 51 (DC+1) |
Orange TV | Dial: 41 Dial 42 (DC+1) |
Disney Channel Spain is a free-to-air television channel and is an edition of The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel, broadcasting in Spain. It is marketed to mostly children; however, in recent years the diversity of viewers has increased with an older audience. It is owned by Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group. which is owned by The Walt Disney Company and by Spanish group Vocento which includes the conservative Spanish newspaper ABC (unrelated to Disney's American TV network also named ABC). It began broadcasting in 1998 as a satellite television channel. On July 1, 2008, it replaced the channel Fly Music on the Spanish digital terrestrial television, thus becoming the first Disney Channel available on free television.
A 1-hour timeshift channel called Disney Channel +1 is available on some satellite television services. It has three sister channels, Disney Junior, Disney XD and Disney Cinemagic.
Disney Channel Spain was launched in 1998, when The Walt Disney Company and Sogecable came to an agreement to distribute a Spanish version of the American Disney Channel on the satellite platform Canal Satellite Digital. The channel began broadcasting on April 17, 1998. The channel carried local-made shows and Disney's animation library. A Spanish version of the British show Art Attack, hosted by Jordi Cruz, was also produced and broadcast, among others.