Disney Channel is a

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-managed children's television channel owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company Limited. It broadcasts in the

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and

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, the latter sharing its feed with a Hungarian audio track. It was previously known as

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, and later as Jetix. It was first launched in Hungary in September 2000, and was later expanded to the Czech Republic and Slovakia in February 2001.

History

After

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successfully launched on 13 February 2009 in the US, Disney-ABC Television Group rolled it out to

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on 1 April 2009 and it was expected to be rolled out to other European territories in 2009. In 2009, Disney announced that the Jetix channel in certain countries (namely the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria) would be rebranded as

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, marking that channel's first introduction in these countries. The channel was replaced on 19 September 2009. On 3 May 2011, Disney Channel Central Europe started using the same and updated on-air logo as in the United States, along with several other Disney Channels across Europe, completing its transitional rebrand to the new look. The new logo has debuted on the Czech feed first, prior to appearing on the UK, German, French, Dutch and Spanish feeds. The Playhouse Disney programming block was rebranded to Disney Junior in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on June 1, 2011. Since 2012, most of the channel's promos are being produced in widescreen. In December 2012, Disney Channel Central Europe has adapted the same on-air presentation and graphics, with minor differences, used by Disney Channel UK. This update has been fully complete in spring. In June 2014, Disney Channel Central Europe adapted the new logo currently used by Disney Channel Germany. It started broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen format from 29 January 2015.

Logos

file:FOX Kids logo.svg, 2000-2005 file:Jetix logo.png, 2005–2009 file:2002 Disney Channel logo.svg, 2009–2011. file:2010 Disney Channel logo.svg, 2011–2014. file:2014 Disney Channel logo.svg, 2014–2017. file:2017 Disney Channel logo.svg, 2017–2022 file: 2022 Disney Channel logo.svg, 2022–present

References

External links

Disney Channel Česko
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Television channels and stations established in 2001 Children's television networks Television stations in the Czech Republic Television channels and stations established in 2009 2009 establishments in the Czech Republic Czech-language television stations