Disney Channel (Spanish TV channel)

Disney Channel
Country	Spain
Broadcast area	Spain; Andorra; Equatorial Guinea
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom (formerly); Calle de José Bardasano Baos, Madrid, Spain (current);
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish (dubbing/subtitles); English
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	The Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L.; Disney Branded Television (Disney Entertainment)
Sister channels	Disney Channel (Portugal); Disney Junior (Spain); Disney Junior (Portugal);
History
Launched	17 April 1998; 26 years ago (pay television); 1 July 2008; 16 years ago (terrestrial television);
Replaced	Fly Music (on DTT)
Closed	9 March 2017; 7 years ago (Disney Channel +1); 14 February 2024; 9 months ago (Disney Channel SD);
Links
Website	tv.disney.es
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel 23 (Madrid, HD)

Disney Channel is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company Iberia (Spain & Portugal) and was localized version of the original United States channel of the same name.

It was launched on 17 April 1998 as a pay television channel, aimed for children to teenagers. In 2001, Disney launched a timeshift channel, 'Disney Channel +1', broadcasts the same programming one hour late. And on 1 July 2008, it was launched and replaced Fly Music on Spanish digital terrestrial television, thus becoming the Disney Channel that broadcasts in free TV,^[1] a practice that would be replicated in other markets in the following years.

An HD feed of the channel is available and exclusive to pay TV operators, while on DTT it only broadcasts at a standard definition of 576i.

^ FormulaTV. "Disney Channel comienza a emitir en abierto a través de la TDT". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

[1] FormulaTV. "Disney Channel comienza a emitir en abierto a través de la TDT". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

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