Disney Channel was a

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24-hour

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television network owned and operated by Disney Televizyon Yayıncılık A.Ş. ( transl.: Disney Television Broadcasting Inc.); part of The Walt Disney Company Turkey. Broadcasting for children and youth-oriented shows in

, targeted for ages 7 to 14 years old.

History

It launched on 29 April 2007 on

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. All the programming were dubbed in Turkish, while the network was headquartered in

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. On 1 May 2011, Disney Channel updated the logo by putting the Mickey Mouse silhouette in a smartphone application icon. The same thing happened in other countries from Europe and CEE. On 21 December 2011, Disney started the test transmission for the Turkish Disney Channel and started broadcasting mainly promotional ads; no advertising or programs included. It later it became a free-to-air channel on 12 January 2012, with an episode of ''Phineas & Ferb'' as its first program. On 28 October 2013, Disney Channel launched its VOD service in Turkey. The network was closed on 31 March 2022, and removal from the channel list on 2 April 2022, and its programming became part of

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when it launched on 14 June 2022.

Sister channels

Disney Junior

Disney Junior is a pre-school channel, under The Walt Disney Company Limited. It began as Disney Channel's morning block, known as

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on 29 April 2007. It launched as television channel on 1 September 2010, and rebranded as Disney Junior on 1 June 2011. As of March 31, 2022, Disney Junior is currently the only Disney-branded channel in Turkey, since it is operated from London. On 31 March 2023, Disney Junior was closing with programming moving to Disney+.

Disney XD (closed)

Disney XD launched on 3 October 2009, becoming a 24-hour channel on 3 October 2018, and was exclusive to

. On 31 January 2021, Disney XD was closed; but however, Disney Channel continued to operate until 31 March 2022, with programming moving to Disney+ when it launched on 14 June 2022.

References

External links

Disney Channel Türkiye
{{Television in Turkey

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Defunct television channels in Turkey Television channels and stations established in 2007 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2022 Children's television networks 2007 establishments in Turkey 2022 disestablishments in Turkey