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Disney Channel is an American pay television channel owned by Ubisoft. The channel was launched on TBA 1975 and is aimed mainly at children and young teenagers between the ages of 5 to 12. Its programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and home media-exclusive movies and select other third-party programming. The channel's slogan is "Everything comes out of Disney Channel (1975-2010) and The Best Place to Be (2010-present)".
== History ==
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=== Ownership ===
When launched, the channel was originally owned by a consortium made up of various other 90's American specialty services and producers: Disney acting as managing partner at 53.3% (Buena Vista), The Bloo at 26.7% (Viacom), DiC Entertainment, and Hallmark Cards with 10% each.
In 1999, DiC and Hallmark withdrew from the consortium, making Disney Channel a 50/50 joint venture between Disney and Ubisoft.
== Shows ==
Main article: List of programs broadcast by Disney Channel
== Brandings ==
The channel has four brandings for each time of the day. One for the morning, one for the afternoon, one for the evening, and one for the night.
== Content agreements ==
* Verizon Media
** Nickelodeon (Nicktoons and animated films only)
** Nick Jr. (animated series, Blue's Clues, Blue's Clues and You, and animated films only)
** Paramount Animation
** Games Animation Inc.
** Paramount Pictures (animated films)
** DreamWorks Animation
** Paris Animacoes
** Ubisoft Animation
** Mauricio de Sousa
*** DreamWorks Classics
**** Harvey Entertainment
**** Bullwinkle Studios
**** Big Idea Productions
** WildBrain
*** Cookie Jar Group
*** DiC Entertainment
*** Coliseum Entertainment
*** Studio B Productions
*** Decode Entertainment
*** Halifax Film Company
*** Colossal Pictures
** Aardman Animations
*** Alternative
* Warner Bros. Entertainment
** Warner Bros. Pictures (animated films only)
** New Line Cinema (animated films only)
** Warner Animation Group
** Warner Bros. Animation
** Turner Entertainment (animated films and series only)
** Hanna-Barbera
** Cartoon Network
** DC Comics (animated films and series only)
* MBS Corp
** MBS
** Funhouse
* Discovery, Inc.
** Discovery Family (animated series only)
** Discovery Kids Latin America
* The Walt Disney Company
** Walt Disney Animation Studios
** Pixar Animation Studios
** Blue Sky Studios
** Marvel Animation
** 20th Century Animation
** The Muppets Studio
** Touchstone Pictures (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Gnomeo and Juliet, and The Nightmare Before Christmas only)
** Disney Television Animation
** Disney Channel (animated series and films only)
** Disney XD (animated series and films only)
** Disney Junior
* Comcast
** Illumination Entertainment
** Universal Animation Studios
* Corus Entertainment
** Teletoon
** YTV
** Nelvana
* MGM Holdings
** Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (animated films and series only)
** Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
* Rovio Animation
* Sony Pictures Entertainment
** Columbia Pictures (family films only)
** Sony Pictures Television
** Sony Pictures Animation
* Lionsgate
* Sega
* Hasbro
** Allspark
** Boulder Media
** Entertainment One
*** eOne Television
*** eOne's Family & Brands
* Archie Comics
* The Lego Group
* PBS
** PBS Kids (animated series only)
* Nintendo
* Netflix
* Amazon
** Amazon Prime Video
* Xilam
* The Jim Henson Company
== Blocks ==
* The Magical World of Disney - used as a Sunday night umbrella for movies and specials on The Disney Channel from September 23, 1990 to November 24, 1996, originally airing exclusively on Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific. From December 1, 1996 to 1999, The Magical World of Disney served as the overall branding for Disney Channel's nightly evening lineup of films starting at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific.
* The American Legacy - ran on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific from January 7, 1992 to August 27, 1996. Originally launched in honor the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the United States, the block featured movies, documentaries and specials about the contributions, history and scenic wonders of the nation.
* Toonin' Tuesday - Running from October 5, 1993 to August 27, 1996, "Toonin' Tuesday" was a weekly program block featuring various animated programs. Each Tuesday from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, "Toonin' Tuesday" featured primarily animated films and specials (though reruns of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show sometimes aired as part of the block). The block ended on August 27, 1996 due to changes to the channel's programming schedule. 
* Bonus! Thursday - From October 7, 1993 to August 29, 1996, The Disney Channel ran a weekly program block called "Bonus! Thursday" (or "Bonus!" for short), which ran each Thursday from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific.  The block featured programs aimed at teens, including series such as Kids Incorporated, The All-New Mickey Mouse Club, various Mickey Mouse Club serials (including Teen Angel and Match Point), and Eerie Indiana, followed by movies and specials.  The block ended on August 29, 1996 due to changes to the channel's programming schedule.
* Totally Kids Only ("TKO") - a weekday morning lineup of live-action and animated series, which became the brand for the channel's morning and midday block (from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific) aimed at children ages 2 to 8 that ran from 1993 to April 1997.
* Triple Feature Friday - ran each Friday starting at 5:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific from October 8, 1993 to May 30, 1997, featured three different films – sometimes regardless of each film's genre – that were tied to a specific subject
* Disney Drive-In - ran each Saturday starting at 1:30 p.m. Eastern/Pacific from October 8, 1994 to August 31, 1996, featured Disney series such as Zorro, Texas John Slaughter and Spin and Marty, followed by Disney films and specials. The block ended on August 31, 1996 due to changes in the channel's schedule.
* Block Party - From October 2, 1995 to August 28, 1996, four animated series that previously aired in syndication on The Disney Afternoon (Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin, DuckTales and Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers) were rerun together on The Disney Channel as a two-hour programming block called "Block Party", which aired weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific.[40] The "Block Party" branding was dropped on September 3, 1996, when Darkwing Duck was removed as the block's lead-in and Goof Troop was added to end the lineup. This unnamed block continued to air into 1997.
* Magical World of Animals - an hour-long block of wildlife series aimed at children that ran from August 1997 to 1999. Promoted as an offshoot of the Magical World of Disney and airing Sunday evenings from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, the block consisted of two series: Going Wild with Jeff Corwin and Omba Mokomba.
* Vault Disney - debuted in September 1997, five months after Disney Channel's first major rebrand, replacing the Disney Nighttime lineup. Originally airing only on Sunday nights from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time,  Vault Disney expanded to seven nights a week in September 1998 (the Monday through Saturday editions of the block at this time aired from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Eastern/Pacific; the start time of the block as a whole was moved uniformally to midnight daily in September 1999). The vintage programming featured during the late night schedule changed to feature only Disney-produced television series and specials (such as Zorro, Spin and Marty, The Mickey Mouse Club and the Walt Disney anthology television series), along with older Disney television specials. Older Disney feature films also were part of the lineup from 1997 to 2000, but aired in a reduced capacity. The block also featured The Ink and Paint Club, an anthology series featuring Disney animated shorts, which became the only remaining program on the channel to feature these shorts by 1999, upon the removal of Quack Pack from the schedule. The channel discontinued the block in September 2002, in favor of running reruns of its original and acquired series during the late evening and overnight hours (which comparative to the adult-focused Vault Disney, are aimed at children and teenagers, an audience that is typically asleep during that time period).
* Zoog Disney - launched in August 1998, a program block that originally aired only on weekend afternoons from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific. The hosts for the block were "Zoogs", animated anthropomorphic robot/alien creature-hybrid characters with human voices (some of whom acted like teenagers). The block unified television and the internet, allowing viewer comments and scores from players of ZoogDisney.com's online games to be aired on the channel during regular programming in a ticker format (which the channel continued to use after the block was discontinued, however the ticker has been all but completely dropped from on-air usage as of May 2010).[20] From September 2001 to August 2002, the afternoon and primetime lineups on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays were branded under the umbrella title "Zoog Weekendz". The Zoogs were redesigned with cel shading and given mature voices in 2001, though the remade Zoog characters were discontinued after less than a year; the entire Zoog Disney block was phased out by September 2002.
* Disney Replay - "Disney Replay" was a block that debuted on April 17, 2013, featuring episodes of defunct Disney Channel Original Series that premiered between 2000 and 2007 (such as Lizzie McGuire, That's So Raven and Hannah Montana). Airing Wednesday nights/early Thursday mornings (as a nod to the popular social media trend "Throwback Thursday"), originally from 12:00 to 1:00 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time, the block expanded to six hours (running until 6:00 a.m. Eastern/Pacific) on August 14, 2014.[45] Programs featured on Disney Replay were added to the WATCH Disney Channel service on August 16, 2014. The block was discontinued on April 28, 2016 and moved to Freeform with a new name: That's So Throwback.
* Disney XD on Disney Channel - "Disney XD on Disney Channel" is the defunct branding of two blocks airing on Friday and Saturday nights; an animated block airing Fridays from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., showing series mainly exclusive to Disney XD such as Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Milo Murphy's Law, and DuckTales, and a live-action block airing Saturdays from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., airing series such as MECH-X4 and Walk the Prank. It was discontinued as Disney XD's carriage became equivalent to that of Disney Channel.
* Disney Channel Invaded: A block that involves a continuing storyline of an alien invasion that runs through five different episodes of five different shows.
== International channels ==
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== Trivia ==
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