Disney Channel | |
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Launched | April 18, 1983; 36 years ago |
Owned by | Disney Channels Worldwide (Walt Disney Television) |
Picture format | 720pHDTV (downscaled to letterboxed480i for the SDTV feed) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Burbank, California, United States |
Formerly called | The Disney Channel (1983–97) |
Sister channel(s) | |
Timeshift service | Disney Channel East Disney Channel West |
Website | disneychannel.disney.com |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
DirecTV | Channel 290 (East; HD) Channel 291 (West; SD) Channel 1290 (VOD) |
Dish Network | Channel 172 (east; HD) Channel 173 (west; SD) |
C-Band | Galaxy 14 – Channel 107 (H2H 4DTV) Galaxy 15 – Channel 7 (4DTV Digital) |
Cable | |
Available on every American cable provider | Channel slots vary |
IPTV | |
Verizon FiOS | Channel 250 (SD) Channel 780 (HD) |
AT&T U-verse | Channel 302 (SD) Channel 1302 (HD) |
Google Fiber | Channel 427 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
YouTube TV | Internet protocol television |
DirecTV Now | Internet Protocol television |
PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
Hulu Live TV | Internet Protocol television |
Service | Description |
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Disney Channel HD | Disney Channel HD is a high-definition simulcast feed of Disney Channel that broadcasts in the 720p resolution format; the feed first began broadcasting on March 19, 2008. Most of the channel's original programming since 2009 is produced and broadcast in HD, along with feature films, Disney Channel original movies made after 2005 and select episodes, films and series produced before 2009. Disney XD and Disney Junior also offer their own high-definition simulcast feeds. |
Disney Channel On Demand | Disney Channel On Demand is the channel's video-on-demand service, offering select episodes of the channel's original series and Disney Junior programming, along with select original movies and behind-the-scenes features to digital cable and IPTV providers. |
Disney Family Movies | Disney Family Movies is a subscription video-on-demand service that launched on December 10, 2008. The service offers a limited selection of movies and short films from the Walt Disney Pictures film catalog for a fee of about $5 to $10 per month, making it similar in structure to Disney Channel's original model as a premium service.[52][53] |
DisneyNow | DisneyNow is a TV Everywhere service that allows subscribers to Disney Channel on participating television providers to stream the channel's programming live and on-demand.[54] The service is a successor to Disney Channel's original TV Everywhere service, 'Watch Disney Channel', which launched in June 2012;[55][56] in September 2017, Disney replaced the separate apps for Disney Channel, Junior, and XD with a new app known as DisneyNow.[54][57] |