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Disney Channel - news archive

This is an archive of news about Disney Channel. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Disney Channel goes FTA in Spain, not UK
From Digital Spy. Posted May 29 2008, 10.40am
The Disney Channel is going free-to-air on DTT in Spain, but a similar change is not planned for the UK. (more)

Disney to test digital TV scheme in Spain
From Financial Times. Posted May 29 2008, 3.00am
The Disney Channel, which has launched franchises from Hannah Montana to Camp Rock , will be available free-to-air for the first time under an experiment... (more)

Disney to test free TV scheme in Spain
From Financial Times. Posted May 28 2008, 5.46pm
The Disney Channel, which has launched franchises from Hannah Montana to Camp Rock, will be available free-to-air for the first time under an experiment in Spain that could herald a new business model for the Walt Disney property (more)

Disney Channel says free-to-air move in Spain will not be repeated in UK
From Media Guardian. Posted May 28 2008, 4.31pm
Disney is making its Spanish kids' TV channel free to air - a first among the 27 Disney Channels worldwide - but says it has no plans to ditch the pay-TV model in the UK. By Katie Allen. (more)

Disney star regrets flashing her flesh for Vanity Fair's Leibovitz
From The Independent. Posted April 29 2008, 12.00am
Sitting for Vanity Fair photographer Annie Leibovitz may have seemed like a good idea at the time, but Miley Cyrus, the 15-year-old television superstar who plays Hannah Montana in the popular Disney Channel show of the same name, is now wishing she hadn't. (more)

Video: Famous Five get on case for Disney
From Media Guardian. Posted March 25 2008, 7.17am
Watch a clip from Disney Channel's new animated series Famous Five: On the Case, to premiere on April 5. It was co-produced with Famous Five rights owner Chorion and French studio Marathon (more)

Jonas Brothers to star in reality show
From Digital Spy. Posted March 20 2008, 9.40am
The Disney Channel is to make a reality show about US pop-rock band the Jonas Brothers. (more)

Premiere loses Disney exclusivity
From Rapid TV News. Posted March 4 2008, 2.46pm
Disney Channel has amended its distribution strategy in Germany, with pay-TV platform Premiere no longer enjoying binding exclusivity. (more)

Disney Channel UK boss moving to Asia
From Digital Spy. Posted January 16 2008, 9.18am
The managing director of Disney Channel in the UK is promoted to a role in Asia-Pacific. (more)

Disney launches its first HD channel
From Digital Spy. Posted November 28 2007, 5.13pm
Disney Channels EMEA will launch its first entirely high definition channel in France on Friday. (more)

Disney Channel joins Sky's picnic
From Digital Spy. Posted November 22 2007, 11.19am
Disney is the first third-party broadcaster to join the lineup for Sky's proposed new DTT service. (more)

Disney Channel invests in UK producers
From Media Guardian. Posted November 21 2007, 5.37pm
Disney Channel has announced two programming deals with UK producers to increase local production. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

Playhouse Disney timeshift joins Sky EPG
From Digital Spy. Posted October 30 2007, 4.56pm
Pre-school channel Playhouse Disney Plus makes its Sky EPG debut; other Disney channels shuffled. (more)

'High School Musical' proves UK ratings hit
From Digital Spy. Posted September 24 2007, 10.09am
Disney Channel UK's High School Musical 2 premiere attracts a 1.2 million audience on Friday night. (more)

School rocks: why kids love High School Musical
From Media Guardian. Posted August 31 2007, 1.00am
The High School Musical phenomenon has filled a gap for programmes celebrating being at school, the managing director of the British Disney Channel said today. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Disney Channel signs IPTV programming deal
From Digital Spy. Posted June 7 2007, 10.52am
Disney hooks up with Tiscali to supply three new branded IPTV channels for the ISP's customers. (more)

Hardcore porn replaces Disney show on cable
From Digital Spy. Posted May 3 2007, 3.40pm
A technical fault at a cable headend in New Jersey results in hardcore porn going out on the Disney Channel. (more)

Disney Channel to screen cartoons for Orange mobile users
From Brand Republic. Posted January 4 2007, 11.01am
LONDON - The Disney Channel has signed a deal with Orange to screen a number of its animated series, including 'Kim Possible' and 'Recess' and children's TV dramas 'Jake Long: American Dragon' and 'Hannah Montana', to mobile customers. (more)

Disney partners with Orange in mobile deal
From Digital Spy. Posted October 11 2006, 12.43am
Disney Channel signs deal with Orange to provide mobile children's TV on demand services. (more)

Disney's High School Musical continues success in UK
From Brand Republic. Posted September 27 2006, 11.09am
LONDON - Almost 2m tuned in to watch Disney Channel's squeaky-clean teenage hit movie 'High School Musical' debut in the UK, ahead of its appearance on BBC One at Christmas, while the soundtrack is tipped to be number one this week. (more)