PBV Dìzni

**PBV Dìzni**, formerly known as **Disney Channel** (Sallish: **Dìznikanal**), was a Sallilandic cable and satellite channel, launched on 18 April 2003. It was wholly owned by PBV Sjajòqija with branding and programming licensed by Disney. It shut down on 26 March 2023.

## History

Disney Channel Salliland was split from Disney Channel Kaninichia on 18 April 2003. The date was chosen as it was both Good Friday and the twentieth anniversary of the US Disney Channel. Much of Disney Channel's programming had not been dubbed into Sallish yet, including all live-action series, so any program without a dub aired in English with Sallish subtitles. At request of Disney, press and announcers on the channel were allowed to use the name *Dìznikanal* and a localised logo, but on-air graphics had to use the English name Disney Channel. Three days later, on 21 April 2003, Playhouse Disney was also launched as a programming block and sister channel.

By 2005, all programs were dubbed into Sallish. A SAP track was then added on the premise of "providing the original audio". The majority of programming had an English audio track, while for example *Totally Spies!* had a French audio track and *Winx Club* had an Italian audio track. However, by 2011, the SAP audio track became specifically an English audio track, and all programs began to use English audio on the track, even if it was not produced in English.

On 1 July 2006, Disney Channel Salliland premiered Disney Channel Kaninichia original series, *Fashionistas with Issues*. Spin-off series *Les Fashionistas* premiered on 17 May 2008. On 2 May 2009, Disney Channel Salliland premiered *Fakaua*, before the Kaninichian feed did.

The channel began to use the "Ribbon" graphics package from the United States on 6 April 2007, and the screen bug was changed slightly to feature a smaller "Disney Channel" inscription. The channel also began to indicate "Subtitled" (*"Titulovuzka"*) at the beginning of all programs that contained closed captioning.

The channel began to broadcast in anamorphic widescreen on 1 March 2010, initially only for movies and *Les Fashionistas* and *Fakaua*. Later seasons of other programs, including *Hannah Montana*, *Wizards of Waverly Place* and *Phineas & Ferb*, followed suit, while the Playhouse Disney block continued to broadcast solely in 4:3 with widescreen programs being subject to cropping or non-anamorphic letterboxing.

On 2 September 2011, alongside Disney Channel Kaninichia, it rebranded to the "smartphone-app" logo and began full widescreen broadcasting. 4:3 programs were broadcast in an anamorphic format, with the screen bug adjusted to fit. However, the Playhouse Disney block continued to be broadcast entirely in 4:3 with widescreen programs still being subjected to cropping or non-anamorphic letterboxing. Additionally, the channel stopped using a specific screen bug for Playhouse Disney, and solely used the main 4:3 version of the Disney Channel screen bug.

The Playhouse Disney block stopped airing on Disney Channel Salliland after 8 January 2012, with the Playhouse Disney channel rebranding to Disney Junior on 23 March 2012 to coincide with the launch of the Disney Junior channel in the United States.

Disney Channel Salliland rebranded to the 2014 German logo on 3 April 2015 alongside Disney Channel Kaninichia, and rebranded to the 2017 European branding on 3 June 2017. On 25 July 2021, due to the launch of Disney+ in the region a year before, Disney Channel Salliland was rebranded to PBV Dìzni. The channel remained airing due to PBV not licensing Sallish dubs to Disney+, but it was eventually shut down on 12 March 2023 anyway.

## Programming

As Disney Channel, a mixture of original and acquired programs were aired. Due to the contract with PBV, the channel was expected to air a "reasonable" amount of original programming and programming from European sources, although shows acquired from the American version of Disney Channel still took up a significant amount of the schedule. The majority of programming was distributed by Glitch Media and broadcast terrestrially on other PBV-owned channels, although some aired on other channels, due to PBV only having pay-TV rights.

From 2003 until 2008, many Nickelodeon original programs, such as *SpongeBob SquarePants*, aired on Disney Channel Salliland. However, after 13 April 2008, all were moved to the Nickelodeon Go! programming block on Up Kanal. However, many acquired programs would continue airing or go on to air on both channels, such as *Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures* which premiered in 2010. Later seasons of *Winx Club*, which were co-produced with Nickelodeon USA, did not air on Nickelodeon in Salliland, but continued to air on Disney Channel.