Disney Channel (Spain)
Final logo used from 1 July 2022 to 7 January 2025 | |
| Country | Spain |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Spain Andorra |
| Headquarters | Calle de José Bardasano Baos, Madrid, Spain |
| 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) (license) Net TV (playout) |
| Sister channels | Disney Jr. (Spain) Disney Jr. (Portugal) |
| History | |
| Launched |
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| Replaced | Fly Music (on DTT) |
| Closed | 7 January 2025 |
| Replaced by | Disney+ (on Streaming Services) Squirrel (on DTT) |
| Links | |
| Website | tv |
Disney Channel was a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company Iberia and is based on the original U.S. pay network of the same name.
It was originally launched on 17 April 1998, as a pay television channel, aimed at children and teenagers. In 2001, a timeshift feed of the channel was launched, named Disney Channel +1, broadcasting the same content as the main feed with a one-hour delay. In 2008, it became the first Disney Channel in the world to broadcast free-to-air after being launched on Spain's digital terrestrial television platform nationwide. This set a precedent for The Walt Disney Company for the potential launch of the network on free-to-air television on other countries, which was later carried out in Russia, Turkey and Germany.
A HD feed of Disney Channel was launched in December 2011, but it was restricted to subscription television providers. It only launched on DTT in 2024, after the Spanish government ordered television broadcasters to remove their SD feeds on the platform and exclusively broadcast in HD.