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Disney Channel
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Launched	8 June 1996
Owned by	The Walt Disney Company
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9)
Audience share	1.3% (February 2008, [1])
Country	Australia, New Zealand
Language	English
Broadcast area	Australia; New Zealand; Fiji; Tuvalu
Sister channel(s)	Playhouse Disney Australia (launched 5 December 2005)
Website	disneychannel.com.au
Availability
Satellite
Foxtel Digital	Channel 707
Austar	Channel 16
SKY Network Television (New Zealand)	Channel 040
SelecTV	Channel 129
Cable
Optus Television	Channel 707
Foxtel Digital	Channel 707
Austar Digital	Channel 707
TransTV Digital	Channel 201
Neighbourhood Cable	Channel 14
TelstraClear InHomeTV (New Zealand)	Channel 40

For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. For the original Disney Channel, see Disney Channel.

Disney Channel (Australia) is a television channel that is broadcast in Australia and New Zealand. It is mainly aimed at children and their families. It does occasionally broadcast commercial advertisements and programming is broken up by a number of breaks, during which trailers for Disney's programming are usually shown. On September 1 2009 Disney channel started broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen.

[edit] History and Availability

Disney Channel has been broadcast by Optus since June 8, 1996.^[1] It became available on TransTV in 2001, Foxtel on 1 December 2001^[2], and Austar since 2002, and by SelecTV in September 2008.

It has been aired on New Zealand's pay television network (SKY Network Television) since December 2003.

On 5 December 2005, Disney Channel launched Playhouse Disney Channel in Australia on the Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television digital services and in New Zealand on the SKY Network Television digital service.

Starting on 1st of September 2009 Disney Channel Australia started 16:9 widescreen broadcasting. This has been a long time coming with many newer Disney Channel shows like JONAS, Sonny With A Chance and many cartoons like American Dragon: Jake Long as well as Kim Possible and many other notable Disney channel programs available in widescreen. It was move Disney Channel needed to make due to many TV series and movies being available in the 16:9 widescreen format.

Disney Channel Australia is expected^{[citation needed]} to launch a Timeshift Version of the Original Channel and Disney XD on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Digital Services sometime in 2010 after the Optus D3 Satellite launch. They are expected to launch at the same time on New Zealand's pay television network SKY Network Television.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Ratings

Most of the programming on the channel is at a certain level. Almost all of Disney's shows are rated G and usually feature low level violence. When there is a DCOM, the ratings sometimes go up to PG, being the cause of violence, action and sci-fi themes throughout the showing of the movie.

The G rating is used for most of the sitcoms on the channel.

The PG rating is used for some DCOM's on the channel.

[edit] Shows

Disney Channel (Australia) features many of the shows the U.S. version broadcasts. The channel also airs shows made in Australia, such as H2O: Just Add Water, Wicked Science, Mortified & As The Bell Rings.

Shows are often shown on Disney Channel a few months after their US counterpart, although there are some exceptions.

[edit] Current shows

[edit] Sitcoms

Show title	Original Run	Disney Channel Run
As the Bell Rings	2007-Present	2007-Present
Cory In The House	2007-Present	2007-Present
Even Stevens	2000-2003	2001-Present
Hannah Montana	2006-Present	2006-Present
Lizzie McGuire	2001-2004	2001-Present
Mortified	2007-Present	2008-Present
Phil Of The Future	2004-2006	2004-Present
That's So Raven	2003-2007	2003-2010
The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody	2005-2008	2005-Present
The Suite Life On Deck	2008-Present	2008-Present
Wizards of Waverly Place	2007-Present	2007-Present
Sonny with a Chance	2009-Present	2009-Present
JONAS	2009-Present	2009-Present

[edit] Drama/Sci Fi

Show title	Original Run	Disney Channel Run
H2O: Just Add Water	2006-Present	2007-Present
Young Dracula	2006-2008	2008-Present
Aaron Stone	2009-Present	2009-2009 (only showing on iDecide)

[edit] Animated Shows

American Dragon: Jake Long (2004-2007) premiered in United States in 2005
Dave the Barbarian (2003-2004) premiered in United States in 2004
Famous Five: On the Case
George of the Jungle
Kim Possible
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Phineas and Ferb
Proud Family
The Buzz On Maggie
The Emperor's New School
The Replacements
W.I.T.C.H.

[edit] Other Shows

Disney Channel Games (Annually during January- February)

[edit] New programs to be aired

[edit] Former Programming

[edit] Movies

Disney Channel (Australia) traditionally broadcasts most of Disney's movies, including Walt Disney Studio movies and Disney Channel Original Movies. Until 2003, these broadcasted daily at 7pm under the title of The Wonderful World of Disney, which was aired since the mid 1990s. They now broadcast under the title of Disney Channel Movie or Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM). Movies, like all Disney Channel Australia content as of September 1 2009, are broadcast in a 16:9 format, presented in letterbox (film) format for those viewing on regular 4:3 television sets.

Starting on 1 September (when Disney Channel went 16:9 Widescreen) all movies are now shown in their original 16:9 widescreen format.

Disney Channel also airs many movies produced by Disney Channel, and Fox Family and ABC Family Channel, many of which are no longer shown in the United States, among them include Searching for David's Heart, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, Escape to Witch Mountain, Stepsister From Planet Weird, and Au Pair.

Disney Channel also played the following successful DCOMs:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Elder, Bruce (1996-06-02). "Disney to the rescue". Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, Australia: Fairfax Media): p. 1. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news960602_0153_7992. Retrieved 2009-12-21. "The Disney Channel, which kicks off with the TV premiere of Aladdin at 6.30 pm on Saturday, June 8"
^ "Package Updates"Foxtel2001archived from the original on 2001-12-14 http://web.archive.org/web/20011214001411/www.foxtel.com.au/about/packageupdate.jsp. Retrieved 2009-12-01 "You'll be able to enjoy a world of fun and adventure, with Disney Channel coming to FOXTEL for the first time! Disney Channel becomes part of our Entertainment Plus package, moving TCM from Entertainment Plus into the Movies package."

[edit] External links

[optusdate-0] Elder, Bruce (1996-06-02). "Disney to the rescue". Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, Australia: Fairfax Media): p. 1. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news960602_0153_7992. Retrieved 2009-12-21. "The Disney Channel, which kicks off with the TV premiere of Aladdin at 6.30 pm on Saturday, June 8"

[1] "Package Updates"Foxtel2001archived from the original on 2001-12-14 http://web.archive.org/web/20011214001411/www.foxtel.com.au/about/packageupdate.jsp. Retrieved 2009-12-01 "You'll be able to enjoy a world of fun and adventure, with Disney Channel coming to FOXTEL for the first time! Disney Channel becomes part of our Entertainment Plus package, moving TCM from Entertainment Plus into the Movies package."

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