Disney Channel (on-air known as Disney Csatorna) is a

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-managed Hungarian

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channel, owned and operated by

The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was founded on October 16 ...

. It is aimed at children and teens. It was previously known as

Fox Kids Fox Kids (originally known as Fox Children's Network and later as the Fox Kids Network; stylized in all caps) was an American children's programming block and branding for a slate of international children's television channels. Originally a j ...

, and later as

Jetix Jetix (stylized in all caps) was a children's entertainment brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The brand was for a slate of action and adventure-related programming blocks and television channels. Jetix programming mainly originated fr ...

. The channel is broadcast in

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, the

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, and

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

, the two latter sharing its feed with a Czech audio track. It's currently the only Disney-branded TV channel in Hungary since the closure of

Disney Junior Disney Jr. (formerly Disney Junior) is an American pay television network owned by the Disney Branded Television sub-division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. Aimed mainly at children two to seven year ...

in 2017

History

The channel launched in Hungary as Fox Kids in November 2000. While it was similar in programming and scheduling to the standard CEE feed, it was entirely localized in Hungarian and held its own space within the Astra 1F satellite. On 23 February 2001, the channel increased its coverage area to the Czech Republic and Slovakia with the addition of a Czech audio track to the channel. On 18 April 2004, Fox Kids launched Jetix as a programming block, and later, on 1 January 2005, the channel was rebranded as Jetix. On 11 August 2008, Jetix started broadcasting a block of "Disney stars", featuring the series ''

Kim Possible ''Kim Possible'' is an American animated Action comedy TV series, action comedy television series created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle for Disney Channel. The Kim Possible (character), title character is a teenage girl tasked with saving ...

Phineas and Ferb ''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on t ...

, American Dragon,

Hannah Montana ''Hannah Montana'' is an American teen sitcom created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll, and Barry O'Brien that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between March2006 and January2011. The series centers on Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cy ...

'' and later ''

Wizards of Waverly Place ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' is an American fantasy teen sitcom created by Todd J. Greenwald that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between October 2007 and January 2012. The series centers on Alex Russo (Selena Gomez), a teenage wi ...

''. After

Disney XD Disney XD is an American pay television television channel, channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Entertainment units of The Walt Disney Company. The channel is aimed primarily at older children ages six to eleven years old ...

was launched on 19 February 2009 in the US, the

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has started re-branding Jetix channels in all countries. However, in certain countries (including Hungary), Jetix was replaced by Disney Channel, marking that channel's introduction in these countries. On 8 July 2009, Jetix started broadcasting promotional ads that announced the launch of Disney Channel in Hungary with the series ''

'', ''

'', ''JONAS'', ''

'', ''American Dragon'' and ''Wizards of'' ''Waverly'' ''Place''. Thus, Jetix was rebranded as Disney Channel on 19 September 2009. On 21 July 2014, the channel adopted the new logo. The channel switched to 16:9

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on 29 January 2015. 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

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programming block was rebranded to

in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 June 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. On 1 July 2015, Disney Junior launched in Hungary, but closed on 5 December 2017.

Logos

File:2002 Disney Channel logo.svg, 2009-2010 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 TV Magyarország
{{Television in Hungary 2000 establishments in Hungary

Television channels and stations established in 2000 Television channels in Hungary