Disney Channel (Europe, Middle East and Africa)

Disney Channel EMEA
New logo since 24 June 2022
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast area
  • Africa
  • Balkans
  • Baltics
  • Cyprus
  • Middle East
Headquarters3 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9PE
Programming
Language(s)
  • English
  • Arabic (dubbing/subtitles)
  • Greek (dubbing/subtitles)
  • Albanian (subtitles; formerly)
  • Serbian (subtitles; formerly)
  • Croatian (subtitles; formerly)
  • Slovene (subtitles; formerly)
Picture format
    • HDTV 1080i
    • SDTV 576i
Ownership
Owner
Sister channels
History
Launched
    • 2 April 1997 (1997-04-02) (MENA feed)
    • 25 September 2006 (2006-09-25) (Africa)
    • 8 November 2009 (2009-11-08) (Greece and Cyprus)
    • 2009-2012 (distribution in the Balkans)
    • 28 February 2023 (2023-02-28) (distribution in the Baltics)
    • 5 June 2023 (2023-06-05) (distribution in the Nordics)
Closed1 April 2024 (2024-04-01) (distribution in the Nordics)
Links
Website

Disney Channel is a children's pay television channel owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company Limited, the international business division of the Walt Disney Company serving television markets across the Middle East (except Iran, Israel, Syria, and Turkey), North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Greece, Cyprus, the Baltics, and most of the Balkans (excluding Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova, including Croatia and Slovenia).

Originally launched on 2 April 1997 as a channel in the Middle East and North Africa; exclusively for Orbit TV (now OSN) subscribers, it began expanding to markets in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2006 and the Balkans.

The channel previously used to cover Poland and Turkey, with respective audio tracks for the two markets, until 2010 and 2012 respectively when two fully-localized feeds were launched for the two countries. In Albania, the EMEA feed was previously available from 2012 to 2018, with Albanian subtitles available for programs.

Majority of programming from Disney Channel are also available on Disney+ throughout the regions and South Africa.