Disney Channel (Europe, Middle East, and Africa)

Disney Channel is a European-managed pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company Limited. It currently broadcasts in all ex-Yugoslav countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo), Albania, Greece, the Middle East and Africa.
It originally launched on April 2, 1997 as a MENA-only channel,Disney Factbook 1997 - Disney Through the Decades but began to roll out in other countries beginning in 2005. It previously used to cover Poland and Turkey with their respective audio tracks until 2010 and 2012 respectively, when two localised feeds were launched for those countries.
==History==
The channel was launched on 2 April 1997 on the satellite provider Orbit,Disney Channel Added in the Middle EastA Salute to Disney Channel: International: Vive le Mickey it was available only in English, but on 1 April 1998, a separate Arabic feed was added. Cartoons were dubbed in Arabic, while the live-action shows and most of live-action movies were subtitled. Disney Channel Middle East was then picked up by satellite provider Showtime in fall 2001. The channel featured the logos (resembling Mickey Mouse head) in two versions (the one with the channel's name written in English and the other in Arabic for each feed) until June 2003 when it adopted the 2002 US Disney Channel logo.
It started to be managed from the United Kingdom. Somewhere at that time, both the Arabic and the English feed of the channel were merged. In consequence, on 3 January 2005 Disney Channel Middle East started to simulcast Disney Channel Scandinavia, including its schedule and the prints of the series and movies for this feed (modified to feature also Arabic dub credits). Then on November/December 2005 Disney Channel Scandinavia and Middle East started to add dub credits to the series and movies through subtitles.
Disney Channel Scandinavia and Middle East started gradually becoming individual feeds in 2006 starting with different rotation of films (that gets more different as the time goes by), however it didn't stop Arab satellite provider Orbit to add a Swedish audio track to the Middle Eastern feed on 16 April 2007 (that was later removed years later). The Middle Eastern feed became a Pan-European network as the channel was launched in Sub-Saharan Africa on 25 September 2006,Disney channel Africa goes 24/7Disney Factbook 2008 in Poland on 2 December 2006, on Turkey on 29 April 2007, in ex-Yugoslav countries and on Greece on 7 November 2009.
In fall 2009, when the feed separation from Disney Channel Scandinavia was complete, the Middle East feed (now broadcasting in most of the EMEA region) started to share promotions and events with Disney Channel Central and Eastern Europe.
On 1 August 2010, the channel stopped broadcasting in Poland due to the launch of a localised Polish feed of Disney Channel.
On 12 January 2012, Disney Channel EMEA stopped broadcasting in Turkey with the launch of a localised Turkish feed of the network.
The channel adopted a new logo and underwent a brand design on 21 July 2014. In 2015, Disney Channel EMEA switched its aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9.
In 2017, a high-definition feed of the channel was launched. An Arabic subtitle track was added for the broadcast of English-language live-action series, including credits, which is not available in the SD feed.
==Programming==
As of :https://tv.en.disneyme.com/whats-on
* Big City Greens
* Bunk'd
* Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life
* Descendants: Wicked World
* The Ghost and Molly McGee
* Hamster & Gretel
* The Owl House
* Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
* Phineas and Ferb
* Raven's Home
* Secrets of Sulphur Springs
* Sydney to the Max
* The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti
* Walk the Prank
* Little Einsteins
===Former Programming===
====Original programming====
* 101 Dalmatians: The Series
* Adventures of the Gummi Bears
* Aladdinhttp://web.archive.org/web/20010417005534/http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/schedule/schedule.asp?channel=disn&Day=0
* American Dragon: Jake Long
* Amphibia
* A.N.T. Farm
* As the Bell Rings (US)
* Bear in the Big Blue House
* Binny and the Ghost
* The Book of Poohhttp://web.archive.org/web/20011106175724/http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/schedule/schedule.asp?channel=disn&Day=0
* Brandy & Mr. Whiskers
* Brian O'Brian
* Bug Juicehttp://web.archive.org/web/20010611054519/http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/schedule/schedule.asp?channel=disn&Day=0
* Bunnytown
* Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
* Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
* Cory in the House
* Darkwing Duck
* Dave the Barbarian
* Disney's Animal Worldhttp://web.archive.org/web/20011120213643/http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/schedule/schedule.asp?channel=disn&Day=0
* Disney's Doug
* DuckTales (1987)http://web.archive.org/web/20001213193600/http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/schedule/schedule.asp?channel=disn&Day=0
* DuckTales (2017)
* The Emperor's New School
* Even Stevenshttp://web.archive.org/web/20010805011504/http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/schedule/schedule.asp?channel=disn&Day=0
* The Famous Jett Jackson
* Fillmore!
* Fish Hooks
* Flash Forwardhttp://web.archive.org/web/20020411090302/http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/schedule/schedule.asp?channel=disn&Day=0http://web.archive.org/web/20020815132046/http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/schedule/schedule.asp?channel=disn&Day=0
* Gargoyles
* Goof Troop
* Gravity Falls
* Hannah Montana
* Higglytown Heroes
* House of Mouse
* In a Heartbeat (2002-2003)
* The Jersey
* JoJo's Circus
* Jonas L.A.
* Jungle Cubs
* Kim Possible
* The Legend of Tarzan
* Legend of the Three Caballeros
* Lilo & Stitch: The Series
* The Little Mermaid
* Lizzie McGuire
* Lloyd in Spacehttp://web.archive.org/web/20020614200746/http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/schedule/schedule.asp?channel=disn&Day=0
* Marsupilami
* Marvel's Spider-Man
* Mickey Mouse & Friendshttp://web.archive.org/web/20020812220619/http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/schedule/schedule.asp?channel=disn&Day=0
* Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
* Mickey Mouse Works
* Mighty Ducks (2001-200?)http://web.archive.org/web/20010427094159/http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/schedule/schedule.asp?channel=disn&Day=0
* My Friends Tigger & Pooh
* The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
* PB&J Otter
* Penny on M.A.R.S.
* Pepper Ann
* Phil of the Future
* The Proud Family
* Quack Pack
* Raw Toonage
* Recess
* The Replacements
* Shnookums & Meat
* Sonny with a Chance
* So Random!
* So Weird (until 2004)
* Stanley
* Star vs. the Forces of Evil
* The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
* The Suite Life on Deck
* Tangled: The Series (formerly also aired on Disney Jr.)
* TaleSpin
* Teacher's Pet
* Teamo Supremo (2002-2004/05)
* That's So Raven
* Timon & Pumbaa
* Totally Hoops
* Ultimate Spider-Man
* Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion
* The Weekenders
* Win, Lose or Draw
* Wizards of Waverly Place
* The Wuzzles
====Acquired programming====
* 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
* Ace Lightning
* The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
* Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
* Alex & Co. (currently on hiatus)
* Amazing Animals
* America's Funniest Home Videos
* Animal Stories (until 2002)
* Art Attack
* Bill Nye the Science Guy
* Boy Meets World
* Brotherly Love
* Caitlin's Way
* Crash Zone (2001-2002)
* Daddio
* Dinosaurs (2001-2002)
* The Fairly OddParents (Nelvana-distributed seasons only)
* Famous 5: On the Case
* Ghostforce (until March 2023)
* Going Wild with Jeff Corwinhttp://web.archive.org/web/20010821013703/http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/schedule/schedule.asp?channel=disn&Day=0
* H20: Just Add Water
* Hank Zipzer
* Home Improvement
* Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
* Hotel Transylvania: The Series
* Incredible Story Studios
* Jake & Blake
* Kids Say the Darndest Things (November 2001-2005?)
* A Kind of Magic
* Let's Wiggle!
* Lisa
* Mako Mermaids
* Microsoap
* Mr. Young
* My Babysitter's a Vampire
* My Wife & Kids
* The Next Step
* Ocean Girl
* Open Sesame (2001-February 2004)
* Road to Avonlea
* Rolie Polie Olie
* Sabrina: The Animated Series
* Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch
* Science Court
* Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
* The Sinbad Show (2001-2002)
* Spellbinder
* Smart Guy
* Swiss Family Robinson
* Student Bodies
* Teen Angel
* Thunder Alley
* The Torkelsons
* Totally Spies!
* A Twist in the Tale
* Untalkative Bunny
* Vikingskool (until March 2023)
* Viva S Club
* Violetta (until March 2023)
* Wheel Squad
* The Wiggles
* Worst Best Friends
* Wuz Wuz and Bott Bott
* The Zack Files
* The ZhuZhus
== References ==
Category:TV channels
Category:Disney Channel