Disney XD (Malaysia)

Disney XD was a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. and part of the Disney Branded Television unit of the United States-based Walt Disney Television, it was also operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific during the acquisition on both Disney and Fox in 2019. It was aimed primarily at children, 6–15 years old.

Its programming lineup included Marvel and Star Wars shows, reruns of programs previously aired on Disney Channel and certain action series. It also aired some pre-school related programs from Disney Junior.

History

Disney XD first began broadcasting in Malaysia on 15 September 2012. The channel was expanded to Singapore on 16 March 2013, Indonesia and Thailand on 19 October 2013, and lastly, the Philippines on 31 May 2014.

After the ban of Disney Channel India and Disney XD India in Bangladesh due to broadcasting in Hindi language and heavy localisation of the Indian feeds, Disney XD Asia was made available on few digital cable platforms there in 2016.

Due to Astro's Refreshed Kids Pack on 14 December 2020 and the launch of Disney+ Hotstar on 1 June 2021, this channel, along with Disney Junior, will not be available on Astro and Astro-owned TV providers (including NJOI and Kristal-Astro). Therefore, there's the only impact that The Walt Disney Company will be shutting down Disney XD in Southeast Asia on the same date and time by following the review of Disney's business in this region, just before Astro have already confirmed with this statement before Astro really shutting down both Disney Channel and Disney Junior on the same date and time. However, The Walt Disney Company didn't announce that Astro will be shutting down Disney Channel and Disney Junior on New Year's Day 2021 at midnight.

On 28 February 2019, the Malaysian feed of Disney XD Asia was merged into the main feed, with timings on promos now saying MAL/PHIL instead of SIN/PHIL. Astro, the sole operator in Malaysia that formerly carried Disney channels made Disney XD an HD only channel from 1 March 2019 and the SD version on Disney XD (617) disappeared in Astro list on 14 March 2019.

Disney XD was not distributed to Hong Kong and Vietnam, and therefore selected programs from Disney XD was available on Disney Channel Asia.

Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior ceased transmission in Singapore on June 1, 2020, on both Singtel and StarHub. Selected programs from these 3 channels are moved to, replaced with and made it available on Disney+ on 23 February 2021.

Due to a review of Disney's business in this region and after more than 8 years of broadcasting, Disney XD has ended all operations at 1:10am on 1 January 2021. Disney XD's content was moved to the Southeast Asian Disney Channel (which already ceased transmission in Malaysia and Singapore but continued to broadcast in other Southeast Asian countries until its cessation on 1 October 2021), Disney+ Hotstar (in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand) and Disney+ (in Singapore and the Philippines).

In the Philippines, it showed a Test Card on 2:15 am. The channel space was now replaced by Metro Channel on January 4, 2021, on Cignal.

In Malaysia, it showed a Grey Message on 12:05 am. The channel space was now replaced by Astro's TA-DAA! on March 15, 2021, on Astro.

Final programming

This is a list of television programmes on Disney XD in Southeast Asia.

Former programming

Original animated series

*''The 7D'' (27 July 2020 – 31 December 2020)
*'' Big Hero 6: The Series'' (13 May 2018, 25 July 2020,- Baymax Returns)
*'' Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer''
*''DuckTales'' (21 January 2018)
*'' Future-Worm'' (November 2015-25 December 2019)
*''Gravity Falls'' (October 2012; June 2017-June 2019)
*'' Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil'' (2012-2017; 10 May 2020; 6 July 2020 - 31 December 2020)
*'' Legend of the Three Caballeros''
*'' Lego Star Wars: All-Stars''
*'' Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures''
*''Milo Murphy's Law'' (11 January 2020 – 31 December 2020)
*''Motorcity''
*'' Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero'' (2018 – 31 December 2020)
*''Phineas and Ferb'' (2013-2018; 29 February 2020; 1–22 June 2020)
*'' Pickle & Peanut''
*'' Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja''
*'' Right Now Kapow''
*''Star Wars Rebels'' (4 October 2014 – 2018)
*''Star Wars Resistance'' (12 October 2018 – 1 March 2020; 5 June 2020 – Unknown)
*'' Tron: Uprising''
*''Wander Over Yonder'' (1 January 2018 – Unknown)

Original live-action series

*''Club Mickey Mouse Malaysia'' (15 September 2017; January 2018 – Unknown) (also on Disney Channel)
*'' Crash & Bernstein''
*'' Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge''
*'' Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything'' (24 March 2016 – 31 October 2019; 3 July 2020 – Unknown)
*'' Kickin' It''
*''Kirby Buckets'' (16 May 2015 – 25 December 2019; 7 July 2020 – Unknown)
*''Lab Rats'' (2013-December 25, 2019)
*'' Lab Rats: Elite Force'' (201?-October 31, 2019; July 2, 2020 – Unknown)
*'' Mech-X4'' (2017-June 28, 2019; July 8, 2020-Unknown)
*''Mighty Med''
*'' O11CE'' (2018–Unknown)
*''Pair of Kings''
*''Parker Plays'' (June 6-July 27, 2020; season 2 only)
*''Player Select'' (June 6, 2020 – Unknown)
*''Wizards of Warna Walk'' (August 30-September 6, 2019; March 14, 2020 – Unknown)
*'' Walk the Prank'' (August 10, 2016 – June 26, 2019; July 6, 2020 - Unknown)

Disney Channel UK original series

*''101 Dalmatian Street'' (7 September 2020 – 31 December 2020)

Repeats of Disney Channel series

*''Sydney to the Max'' (June 2019) (the show continues on Disney Channel from July 5, 2019 – present)
*''The Suite Life on Deck''

Marvel programming

*'' Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.''
*'' Marvel's Avengers Assemble'' (November 24, 2013 – Unknown)
*''Marvel Future Avengers''
*'' Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers''
*'' Marvel's Spider-Man'' (October 14, 2017 – December 31, 2020) (also on Disney Channel)
*''Guardians of the Galaxy''
*''Ultimate Spider-Man'' (September 15, 2012 – September 1, 2020)

Disney Junior series

*''Jake and the Never Land Pirates''
*'' Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures'' (January 25–26, 2020) (The show continues on Disney Junior)
*'' Mira, Royal Detective'' (July 18, 2020; preview only)
*''Miles from Tomorrowland''
*'' T.O.T.S.'' (September 28, 2019) (the show continues on Disney Junior)

Jetix Programming

*'' Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'' (until September 1, 2020)
*''Yin Yang Yo!'' (until September 1, 2020)
*'' Pucca'' (February 14, 2020)

Short series

*''Gravity Falls Shorts''
*''Mickey Go Local''
*'' Mickey Mouse Shorts'' (airs occasionally)
*''Star Wars Rollout''
*'' Two More Eggs''

Acquired programming

*''Atomic Puppet''
*''Beyblade Burst'' (January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2020)
**'' Beyblade Burst Evolution''
**'' Beyblade Burst Turbo'' (May 2019 – December 31, 2020)
**'' Beyblade Burst Rise'' (May 23, 2020 – December 31, 2020)
*''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo''
*''Boyster''
*'' Chuck Chicken'' (until December 31, 2020)
*'' Cross Fight B-Daman''
**''Cross Fight B-Daman ES''
*'' Counterfeit Cat''
*'' Danger Mouse''
*'' Digimon Fusion Battles''
*''Fangbone!''
*'' Freaktown'' (2016–18; May 8-July 3, 2020; September 2, 2020 – December 31, 2020)
*''Gigant Big Shot Tsukasa'' (May 25, 2017 – 2019)
*''Heroman''
*''Inuyasha''
*'' Inuyasha: The Final Act''
*'' Iron Man: Armored Adventures''
*'' Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong!'' (June 16, 2014-Mid 2014)
*''Johnny Test''
*'' Kaitou Joker'' (2016-2020) (now rerunning on Disney Channel)
*'' Kid vs. Kat''
*'' Kiko'' (May 25, 2020 – December 31, 2020)
*'' Line Town''
*'' Mega Man: Fully Charged''
*'' Mr Bean (animated TV series)'' (November 2015 – 2016) (now on Boomerang and Cartoon Network)
*''Nerds and Monsters''
*''Ninja Warrior''
*''Numb Chucks''
*'' Oscar's Oasis''
*''Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures'' (December 3, 2013 – 2015)
*'' Packages from Planet X'' (December 23, 2013 – 2015)
*''Pirate Express'' (2015-October 1, 2019)
*'' Pokémon: Black & White'' (June 4, 2016 – 2017)
*'' Redakai: Conquer the Kairu''
*''Rekkit Rabbit''
*''Rimba Racer''
*'' Rob the Robot''
*'' Rocket Monkeys'' (June 1, 2015 – October 1, 2019)
*''Rolling with the Ronks!'' (2018-2019; May 4, 2020 - Unknown)
*''Ryukendo''
*'' Scaredy Squirrel''
*''Sidekick''
*''Slugterra'' (2013-May 3, 2020)
*''Supa Strikas''
*''Tayo the Little Bus''
*''Takashi's Castle''
*'' Tenkai Knights''
*'' Upin & Ipin''
*''Zak Storm'' (2018 – December 31, 2020)
*'' Zig and Sharko''
*''Zip Zip''

External links

Disney XD Asia Schedule
(now closed)

References

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{{Disney Channel

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