List of Disney TV programming blocks

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Disney stand alone programming TV blocks are block of Disney shows on non-Disney channels or TV stations around the world. Disney puts together stand alone TV block to reach those audiences that do not have access to cable or satellite.[1][2]

By the end of March 2000, Disney was in 35 countries in three regions, Latin America, Europe and Asia-Pacific (13 countries) with 82 blocks with more than 9,000 hours total per year. The block were under various names: Disney Club, Disney’s FilmParade, Disneytime, Disney!, DisneyKid, Club Disney, Saturday Disney, Disney Adventures, Disney Animation Hour, Disney Fun Time, Good Morning Disney, Disney Hour, Disney Sandhya, Disney Toontown, Sunday Club Disney, I Love Disney, Disney Animation Time, Dragon Club (China).[3]

Disney also had a series of channels and blocks called Jetix, originally called Fox Kids, acquired in the purchase of Fox Family Worldwide, now ABC Family Worldwide.

List of blocks

Market block channel/network type length (hrs) premiered closed

A

Argentina Playhouse Disney an Artear channel 2007[4]
Australia Total Girl 7Two weekday mornings 2.5 Template:Dts †
K-Zone 7mate
Saturday Disney Seven Network/7flix[5] Saturday 3 Template:Dts[6] Template:Dts[7]
Playhouse Disney Seven Network weekly .5 Template:Dts[8][9] Template:Dts

Brazil

Brazil Disney on TV (Disney en TV) TV Globo[10] Template:Dts Template:Dts[11]
Disney World (Mundo Disney)[12] SBT[11] daily 2 Template:Dts Template:Dts[13]
Disney Movies (Cine Disney) 1980s
Success Screen (Tela de Sucessos) 1997 2004

C

Canada The Disney Afternoon (DA) CITV-DT weekday 2/day Template:Dts[14]
Czech Republic Disney Club TV Nova weekly 2 2006[15]

China

Disney Adventures provincial broadcasters, free-to-air and cable[16]
Disney Club 12 stations (8/1997) 1995[17] Template:N/a
Dragon Club ‡ 80% of cable providers daily 2/day Template:Dts[18][19]
Panda Club ‡ four of China's five regional broadcasters 3 blocks 2/block[20] Template:Dts[18][19]

D

Denmark Template:Ill DR 1 weekly on Fridays 1 -early 1990s-

G–H

Germany

unnamed (or unrevealed name) Kirch Media's ProSieben Sunday afternoon movie 2002[21]
Disney Club RTL Saturday and Sunday[22][23] 2002[21]
ProSieben Saturday 2002[21]
Disney Filmparade RTL movie 2000[22] 2005[24]
ProSiebenSat.1 Group channel 2005[24]
Disney Time RTL -2000-[22]
ProSieben Sunday 2 late December 2004[24]
Kabel 1 3 late December 2004[24]
Hungary Disney Klub RTL Klub Saturday morning 1 Template:Dts[8]

India

India

Disney Time Star Plus 1 -2005-[25]
unnamed or unmentioned DD National -1994-[1][2]
unnamed or unmentioned Zee TV's Alpha language channels, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati and Bengali Template:Dts Template:N/a ↑
Disney Fun Time DD Metro 2000 2001
Disney Jadoo DD National (purchased time) Saturday 10am .5 Template:Dts[1][2]
Good Morning Disney Zee TV morning 2 2000[1][2][26]
Sony TV 2000 2002[1][2][26]
Disney Hour Zee TV afternoon 2000[1][2][26]
Sony TV 2000 2002[1][2][26]
unmentioned STAR Utsav -2005-[1][2]
Disney Sandhya' Eenadu TV daily Telugu dubbed Template:Dts[27]

I–N

Italy Disney Cinemagic Sky Cinema Family weekend movies[28]
Japan Disney Time Dlife Template:Dts[29]
Kazakhstan Disney Club KTK weekly - 2006 (renewed) -[30]
Mexico Disney Club Azteca 7[31] 1998 2001[32]
new format 2001[32] 2016
New Zealand Disney Club TV NZ Template:Dts[9]

R–T

Romania Disney Club RTV[8]
Spain Club Disney Tele 5 -1991-[33]
Thailand Disney Club BBTV Saturday 1 2002[9]
1.5 2002[9] 2006[15]
100-minute 2006[15] 2018
weekend 35-minute 2018

U–V

UAE Disney Club Dubai TV daily .5; Thu. & Fri. 1 2006[34]

United Kingdom

Diggin’ It ↔ GMTV Template:Dts[35]
Playhouse Disney ABC1 weekday mornings 1.5 Template:Dts Summer[36] Template:Dts[37]
Saturday Disney GMTV Template:Dts[38]
USA ABC Kids (formerly Disney's One Saturday Morning) ABC Saturday morning 2 September 13, 1997 August 27, 2011
The Disney Afternoon (DA) syndication weekday afternoons 2/day Template:Dts[39] Template:End date[40]
Disney-Kellogg Alliance, unbranded (DKA; formerly DA) syndication weekday afternoons 1.5/day Template:Start date[40] Template:End date[41]
Disney's One Too (formerly DKA) UPN & syndication Sunday mornings & weekdays 2/day Template:Dts[42] Template:Dts
That's So Throwback Freeform Monday-Thursday late night 2[43] Template:Dts
Treasures from the Disney Vault TCM quarterly classics ~9 Template:Dts[44]
Vietnam Toon Disney HCMC TV Template:Dts[45]

Notes

†Seven launched two weekday blocks (from 6:30am–9:00am) with mostly Disney programming on March 5, 2012 named after and aligned with affiliated Pacific Magazines's two tween magazines:[46][47]

† Total Girl: is a girl focused block on 7Two with launch programs of Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, Jonas LA, Sonny With a Chance, Good Luck Charlie, Shake it Up and The Fairies.
† K-Zone is a boy aimed block on 7mate with launch programs of Handy Manny, Stitch!, Kick Buttowski, Phineas and Ferb, Pair of Kings, Zeke and Luther and I'm in the Band.

‡These two Chinese clubs found by ABC and DIC Entertainment before Disney's purchase of CC/ABC.
↔ This block had a companion website, www.diggit.co.uk, created in 2000 that allowed for personalization and creation of a "Dink", a custom virtual character.[48]
↑under a one-year revenue-sharing agreement with Zee marketing the block and guaranteeing a minimum revenue to Disney.[49]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Disney takes up weekend branded block on DD. Indian Television.com(November 15, 2005). Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Disney takes up weekend branded block on DD. AnimationXpress(November 17, 2005). Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ Where the blocks are Majors' block-building global reach. Kidscreen(April 1, 2000). Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ 'High School' remake for Argentina. Variety(April 25, 2007). Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ Happy Easter!. Yahoo7 TV(2016). Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  6. ↑ 1990: January 27-February 2. Television.AU(26 January 2010). Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Farewell to Saturday Disney, Knox, David. TV Tonight(25 September 2016). Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Disney signs raft of output deals. Screen Daily(October 9, 2002). Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Blocks and packages for Buena Vista Asia-Pacific. C21 Media(October 9, 2002). Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  10. ↑ Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media: TWO-VOLUME SET{{#if:Moran|, Moran}. SAGE Publications(December 14, 2006). ISBN 9781452265513
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 For 18 years, SBT and Disney closed first major agreement; recall how it was. NaTelinha(July 21, 2015). Retrieved August 29, 2016. Translated.
  12. ↑ Disney announces schedule "Disney World," which opens in SBT. NaTelinha(August 27, 2015). Retrieved August 29, 2016. Translated.
  13. ↑ Flávio Ricco - Fim da parceria: Contrato da Disney não será renovado no SBT.
  14. ↑ Timeline: 40 Years of 'Our' TV. Global News(August 28, 2014). Retrieved March 30, 2015. (scroll timeline image)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 BVITV ties up with European & Asian broadcasters. Indiantelevision.com(April 4, 2006). Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  16. ↑ Disney Live! Presents Three Classic Fairy Tales Worldwide Premiere in Shanghai. Press Release(April 22, 2008). Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  17. ↑ Has Disney Become The Forbidden Studio?. Businessweek(August 3, 1997). Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 ABC will launch. (children's television programs in China). Mediaweek(August 22, 1994). Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 ABC, DIC target children in China; two-form programing venture to create kids programing channels there. Broadcasting & Cable(August 22, 1994). Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  20. ↑ U.S. nets grow their Asia footprint. Kidscreen(May 1, 1999). Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Kirch bounces back with Disney deal. C21Media(November 25, 2002). Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 People in new jobs. Kidscreen(November 1, 2000). Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  23. ↑ Kidcasters vie for eyeballs in the 'shark's basin' that is the German market. Kidscreen(October 1, 1999). Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 BVITV, ProSieben Sign New Licensing Pact. Animation Magazine(January 19, 2005). Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  25. ↑ Buena Vista inks deal with Star One for 'Jetix' block. Indiantelevision.com(June 6, 2005). Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 SONY : THE BIG PICTURE. Indian Television.com(December 30, 2000). Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  27. ↑ Buena Vista Television to launch Disney cartoons in Telegu. India Today(June 7, 1999). Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  28. ↑ Disney Cinemagic - Tutti i week end su Sky Cinema Family. Sky Mag. Sky Italy. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  29. ↑ Jennifer Wolfe. (December 2, 2013). Loyalkaspar Helps Bring Dlife’s Disney Time to Life. AWN News (AWN, Inc.). Accessed on December 19, 2013.
  30. ↑ KTK Kazakhstan, BVITV ink deal for 'Desperate Housewives'. Indiantelevision.com(April 5, 2006). Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  31. ↑ Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media: TWO-VOLUME SET{{#if:Moran|, Moran}. SAGE Publications(December 14, 2006). ISBN 9781452265513
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 New Azteca topper. Variety(October 11, 2001). Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  33. ↑ Kids clubs dominate the Spanish TV scene. Kidscreen(September 1, 1999). Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  34. ↑ BVITV signs deals with Dubai TV for 'Disney Club' branded block. Kidology(April 4, 2006). Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  35. ↑ GMTV renews Disney output deal. C21 Media(October 14, 2004). Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  36. ↑ New kid on the U.K. Freeview block. Kidscreen(April 1, 2006). Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  37. ↑ ABC News Now to launch in the UK(5 November 2007). Retrieved 2007-11-05.
  38. ↑ Morning Glory: A History of British Breakfast Television{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Kelly(2004). ISBN 190305320X
  39. ↑ The Disney Films, by Leonard Maltin, 1995. Page 300. Via Chronology of the Walt Disney Company. Late 1990.
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 Tooning in the Fall Season. Animation World Magazine({Template:Date).
  41. ↑ Disney kids to play UPN. Variety(January 20, 1998). Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  42. ↑ It's Show Time! The Fall TV Preview. Animation World Magazine({Template:Date).
  43. ↑ Lizzie McGuire, That's So Raven to Air on Freeform. TVGuide.com(2 May 2016). Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  44. ↑ Disney Pairs Up With Turner to Promote TCM and Great Movie Ride. New York Times(November 25, 2014). Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  45. ↑ Disney's BVITV-AP brings 'Toon Disney' block to Vietnam. Indiantelevision.com(February 1, 2007). Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  46. ↑ New Kids line-up coming to 7TWO and 7mate. TV Tonight(February 23, 2012). Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  47. ↑ Pacific Magazines stretches into tween TV. Ad News(2 March 2012). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  48. ↑ Disney links with GMTV for animated kids site. Brand Republic(December 13, 2000). Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  49. ↑ Walt Disney signs one-year pact with Zee Telefilms for animation content. Indian Express(September 23, 2000). Retrieved August 12, 2014.
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