Disney Channel Scandinavia
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For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel (international). For the original Disney Channel, see Disney Channel
.
Disney Channel Scandinavia is an edition of The Walt Disney Company
-owned Disney Channel
broadcasting to the Nordic countries
and Baltic states
. It is advertising-free and funded by subscription fees.
satellite platform (Sirius 4). Later that year, it became available in digital cable networks, such as Swedish Com Hem
.
In 2003, the channel also applied for a license to broadcast in the Swedish Digital Terrestrial Television network. They were among the channels recommended by the Swedish Radio and TV Authority, and the government granted the Disney Channel a broadcasting license on January 29, 2004. The terrestrial transmissions could start on February 15 via the Boxer TV Access
platform. Soon after that, the channel celebrated its first anniversary by dropping encryption for one weekend.
On August 1, 2005, the channel became available to subscribers of the Canal Digital
(Thor 2) satellite platform. Simultaneously, a sister channel called Toon Disney
was launched. A third sister channel, Playhouse Disney
, was launched on October 1, 2006.
In the autumn of 2009, the channel will start broadcasting its first original productions. Among these are a sitcom called Når klokkerne ringer produced by the Danish productions company Nobody
and the music competition My Camp Rock
produced by Titan Television.
Most of the non-live-action content is dubbed into Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish with separate audio streams being available, but on Tele2Vision
you can change the audio into (English
) if you don't want the dubbed version. In addition, subtitles are carried for live-action
programmes like Home Improvement, Dinosaurs
, Phil of the Future
, Sam and Friends
and Lizzie McGuire
, which aren't dubbed. In Sweden, only Wizards of Waverly Place
, JONAS
and some episodes of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody are dubbed. In Norway, the channel is criticised for its dubbing.
.
/Thor 5
and Viasat
/Astra 4A
.
In Sweden, it became available through the DTT network via Multiplex 3 in February 2004. It is also available on the Faroe Islands
.
It launched in Finland via Canal Digital
in April 2006. The channel was only available in the daytime between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Nowadays, the channel broadcasts until 6 p.m., with Urheilu+kanava
taking its broadcast space in the evening. The channel is not available around Turku
. Canal Digital transferred the terrestrial transmissions of Disney Channel to PlusTV
in October 2008.
In September 2007, the digital terrestrial television package launched in Norway with Disney Channel broadcasting via RiksTV
.
On November 1, 2009, the channel was launched via the terrestrial network in Denmark through Boxer TV A/S
.
Various cable companies, such as Com Hem
, Tele2vision
and YouSee, also offer the channel.
In Estonia you can see Disney Channel Scandinavia thru Elion Digitv, it's in children's theme pack.
In Iceland, Disney Channel can be seen on -Digitalísland- microwave system by vodafone
and (stod2/bylgjan)
on ch.60 . ,
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
.
Disney Channel Scandinavia is an edition of The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
-owned Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
broadcasting to the Nordic countries
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
and Baltic states
Baltic states
The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...
. It is advertising-free and funded by subscription fees.
History
The Disney Channel was launched in February 28, 2003, and was then exclusively available through the ViasatViasat
Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
satellite platform (Sirius 4). Later that year, it became available in digital cable networks, such as Swedish Com Hem
Com Hem
Com Hem AB of Sweden, supplies triple play services that include cable tv, digital television, broadband, telephony and HDTV.Founded in 1983 as Televerket Kabel-TV as part of the former state-owned Televerket, the company has been successively named Svenska Kabel-TV AB and Telia InfoMedia...
.
In 2003, the channel also applied for a license to broadcast in the Swedish Digital Terrestrial Television network. They were among the channels recommended by the Swedish Radio and TV Authority, and the government granted the Disney Channel a broadcasting license on January 29, 2004. The terrestrial transmissions could start on February 15 via the Boxer TV Access
Boxer TV Access
Boxer TV Access is a Swedish company providing pay television channels on the digital terrestrial television network in Sweden. Modeled on the British ITV Digital, it was founded in October 1999. Some channels on the Swedish DTT are free-to-air, but most of the channels require subscription from...
platform. Soon after that, the channel celebrated its first anniversary by dropping encryption for one weekend.
On August 1, 2005, the channel became available to subscribers of the Canal Digital
Canal Digital
Canal Digital is a Scandinavian television distributor and internet service provider that was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay-TV company Canal+ and the Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor...
(Thor 2) satellite platform. Simultaneously, a sister channel called Toon Disney
Toon Disney Scandinavia
Toon Disney Scandinavia was a television channel broadcasting to the Nordic countries owned by The Walt Disney Company. It was launched on August 1, 2005 on the Canal Digital and Viasat satellite platforms, later on expanding into cable systems....
was launched. A third sister channel, Playhouse Disney
Playhouse Disney Scandinavia
Disney Junior Scandinavia is a television channel for preschoolers targeting the Nordic countries and Arab world. It doesn't screen advertising and is funded by subscriptions instead. It was launched in October 2006 on the Canal Digital and Viasat satellite plaltforms. Cable networks launched it...
, was launched on October 1, 2006.
In the autumn of 2009, the channel will start broadcasting its first original productions. Among these are a sitcom called Når klokkerne ringer produced by the Danish productions company Nobody
Nobody
Nobody may refer to:* Nobodies, a race of beings in the Kingdom Hearts video game series* nobody , the name of a Unix account which has no particular privileges* Nobody, a radio drama by Daniel Brocklehurst...
and the music competition My Camp Rock
My Camp Rock
My Camp Rock is a singing competition based on the Disney Channel Original Movie, Camp Rock. Two series have been broadcast in the United Kingdom and two series in 2009 and 2010 in Sweden, Denmark and Norway as My Camp Rock Scandinavia...
produced by Titan Television.
Programming
The channel is mainly aimed at children and their families, broadcasting Disney television series throughout the day. Disney feature films are also an important part in the mixture.Most of the non-live-action content is dubbed into Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish with separate audio streams being available, but on Tele2Vision
Tele2Vision
Tele2Vision is a Swedish cable television distributor owned by Tele2. It was started in 1986 .Tele2 was relatively late in adopting digital television, broadcasting analogue only until early 2006...
you can change the audio into (English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) if you don't want the dubbed version. In addition, subtitles are carried for live-action
Live action
In filmmaking, video production, and other media, the term live action refers to cinematography, videography not produced using animation...
programmes like Home Improvement, Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs (TV series)
Dinosaurs is an American family sitcom that was originally broadcast on ABC from April 26, 1991 to July 20, 1994. The show, about a family of anthropomorphic dinosaurs, was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions and Jim Henson Television in association with Walt Disney Television and Buena Vista...
, Phil of the Future
Phil of the Future
Phil of the Future is an American situation comedy that originally aired on Disney Channel from June 18, 2004, to August 19, 2006 for a total of two seasons. The series was created by Tim Maile and Douglas Tuber and produced by 2121 Productions, a part of Brookwell McNamara Entertainment...
, Sam and Friends
Sam and Friends
Sam and Friends was an early live-action/puppet television show created by puppeteer Jim Henson and his eventual wife Jane. It was taped and aired locally in Washington, D.C...
and Lizzie McGuire
Lizzie McGuire
Lizzie McGuire is an American teen sitcom which premiered on the Disney Channel on January 12, 2001 and ended February 14, 2004. A total of 65 episodes were produced and aired. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescents...
, which aren't dubbed. In Sweden, only Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place is a Disney Channel Original Series that premiered on October 12, 2007. It won "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009...
, JONAS
Jonas
- Jonah name :* Jonah Metropolitan of Moscow , also known as Saint Jonas* Jonah, Old Testament prophet-Places:* Jonas , a hamlet in the municipalities Epe and Apeldoorn in the Netherlands* Jonas, Pennsylvania- Other :...
and some episodes of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody are dubbed. In Norway, the channel is criticised for its dubbing.
Animated programs
Around the launch, the channel originally only aired animated programs. A lot of them were not Disney Channel Original Series (As they are called in the US). The live-action, which aired in 2005 was Smart GuySmart Guy
Smart Guy is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis. The series ran on The WB for three seasons from April 2, 1997 to May 16, 1999.-Premise:The show centers on the misadventures of boy genius T.J...
.
Website
The Disney Channel Scandinavia website has games just like the American one. In 2006 Disney Channel Scandinavia stopped having Halloween games on their website due to sharing with South Africa, the fact that they don't celebrate Halloween there. In 2007 Disney Channel in Scandinavia added video on their website, only Scandinavia can watch them as they are not available to other countries. DC Scandinavia will bring back Halloween-themed episodes and movies October 2011Availability
The Disney Channel is available on satellite from Canal DigitalCanal Digital
Canal Digital is a Scandinavian television distributor and internet service provider that was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay-TV company Canal+ and the Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor...
/Thor 5
Thor 5
Thor 5, also known as Thor 2R is a Norwegian communications satellite. It was successfully launched for Telenor atop an International Launch Services Proton-M/Briz-M carrier rocket, at 11:34 GMT on 11 February 2008. It is based on the Star-2 satellite bus, and was constructed by Orbital Sciences...
and Viasat
Viasat
Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
/Astra 4A
Astra 4A
Astra 4A is one of the Astracommunications satellite owned and operated by SES at the Astra 5°E orbital slot providing digital television and radio broadcasts, data, and interactive services to Nordic countries, eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa in the 11.70 GHz-12.75 GHz range of the...
.
In Sweden, it became available through the DTT network via Multiplex 3 in February 2004. It is also available on the Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
.
It launched in Finland via Canal Digital
Canal Digital
Canal Digital is a Scandinavian television distributor and internet service provider that was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay-TV company Canal+ and the Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor...
in April 2006. The channel was only available in the daytime between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Nowadays, the channel broadcasts until 6 p.m., with Urheilu+kanava
Urheilu+Kanava
Nelonen Pro 1 is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by Nelonen.The channel was launched in June 2007 as part of the PlusTV package. It broadcasts as an encrypted pay channel, as opposed to its parent channel, which is free-to-air. The channel was previously known as Urheilu+Kanava, but...
taking its broadcast space in the evening. The channel is not available around Turku
Turku
Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
. Canal Digital transferred the terrestrial transmissions of Disney Channel to PlusTV
PlusTV
PlusTV is a Finnish digital terrestrial television distributor. It is one of two pay television distributors in the Finnish terrestrial network, the other being Canal Digital....
in October 2008.
In September 2007, the digital terrestrial television package launched in Norway with Disney Channel broadcasting via RiksTV
RiksTV
RiksTV is the distributor of pay television in the Norwegian digital terrestrial television network. It is owned by Norges televisjon as, a consortium owned by Norsk rikskringkasting, the TV 2 Group and Telenor....
.
On November 1, 2009, the channel was launched via the terrestrial network in Denmark through Boxer TV A/S
Boxer TV A/S
Boxer TV A/S is a company that is broadcasting pay television channels on the digital terrestrial television network in Denmark since February 1, 2009...
.
Various cable companies, such as Com Hem
Com Hem
Com Hem AB of Sweden, supplies triple play services that include cable tv, digital television, broadband, telephony and HDTV.Founded in 1983 as Televerket Kabel-TV as part of the former state-owned Televerket, the company has been successively named Svenska Kabel-TV AB and Telia InfoMedia...
, Tele2vision
Tele2Vision
Tele2Vision is a Swedish cable television distributor owned by Tele2. It was started in 1986 .Tele2 was relatively late in adopting digital television, broadcasting analogue only until early 2006...
and YouSee, also offer the channel.
In Estonia you can see Disney Channel Scandinavia thru Elion Digitv, it's in children's theme pack.
In Iceland, Disney Channel can be seen on -Digitalísland- microwave system by vodafone
Vodafone Iceland
Vodafone Iceland is an Icelandic telecommunications company and is part of the Icelandic IT company Teymi. Although the company carries the Vodafone brand and trademark, Vodafone Group owns no interest in the company, but rather franchises the brand and associated advertising styles to Teymi, the...
and (stod2/bylgjan)
365 (media corporation)
365 is a mass media company in Iceland; a service company in the fields of television, radio broadcasting, news and publication of newspapers. The firm broadcasts over six TV stations, five radio stations and publishes one newspaper and one news website....
on ch.60 . ,