Disney Channel (Romanian TV channel)

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Disney Channel
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CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaRomania, and Moldova
Headquarters3 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9PE, United Kingdom [1]
Programming
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Ownership
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History
Launched
  • 1 April 1999;25 years ago (1999-04-01) (as Fox Kids)
  • 1 January 2005;19 years ago (2005-01-01) (as Jetix)
  • 19 September 2009;14 years ago (2009-09-19) (as Disney Channel)
Former names
Links
Website tv.disney.ro

Disney Channel is a British-managed Romanian pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company Limited in London. [2] [1]

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It broadcasts for preschoolers and kids, and also for teenagers and adults, [3] from series and movies.

It shares its feed with Disney Channel Bulgaria. Disney Channel was launched in Romania on 1 April 1999 as Fox Kids, it changed its name to Jetix on 1 January 2005 and finally to the current name on 19 September 2009.

History

After Disney XD was successfully launched on 13 February 2009 in the United States, the Disney-ABC Television Group re-branded Jetix France to Disney XD on 1 April 2009 and it was expected to be rolled out to other European countries in that same year. [4] [5] In May, Disney announced that Jetix in certain countries (namely Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria) would be rebranded as Disney Channel, marking that channel's first introduction in those countries. The change occurred on 19 September 2009. [6]

In May 2010 Disney Channel Eastern Europe was removed from Hot Bird satellite. Advertising is shown in Romanian and Bulgarian; the voices in the ads are only heard on the respective audio tracks.[ citation needed ]

In 1 September 2022 Disney Channel Romania was rebranded, but Promo as only Time, Later the Localised promo text was added.[ citation needed ]

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References

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  2. "Despre Noi". Disney România (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. "Strategia Disney Channel dupa rebranding". Wall-Street (in Romanian). 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
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