Disney Cinemagic

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Disney Cinemagic
Disney Cinemagic.svg
CountryWestern Europe
HeadquartersUnited Kingdom
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
Timeshift serviceDisney Cinemagic +1
Ownership
Owner
Sister channels
History
Launched
  • 16 March 2006;18 years ago (2006-03-16) (UK)
  • September 4, 2007 (2007-09-04) (France)
  • July 1, 2008 (2008-07-01) (Spain)
  • October 1, 2008 (2008-10-01) (Portugal)
  • July 4, 2009 (2009-07-04) (Germany)
  • December 3, 2011 (2011-12-03) (Italy)
Replaced Toon Disney (UK & Ireland, France and Spain)
Closed
  • November 1, 2012 (2012-11-01) (Portugal)
  • March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28) (UK)
  • January 1, 2015 (2015-01-01) (Spain)
  • May 8, 2015 (2015-05-08) (France)
  • June 30, 2019 (2019-06-30) (Italy)
    30 September 2019;5 years ago (2019-09-30) (Germany)
Replaced by
Links
Website cinemagic.disney.de (closed, but archived)

Disney Cinemagic was a European programming block and television channel brand that was active from 2006 to 2019, owned by the Walt Disney Company Limited (UK) (50%) Sky plc (50%) [1] and operated by the Disney Channels Worldwide division of the Walt Disney Company. [2] It used to be broadcast on most countries in Western Europe; currently, formerly-branded Disney Cinemagic channels in France (Disney Cinema) and the United Kingdom and Ireland (Sky Movies Disney) are run by third parties which primarily airs films by the Walt Disney Studios.

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History

Disney Cinemagic was launched in the UK and Ireland on 16 March 2006 on BSkyB's premium package. [3] On 4 September 2007, the France market version of Disney Cinemagic was launched. [4]

In November 2008 at 8:30pm, Disney Cinemagic HD debuted in France, broadcasting on CANALSAT from 6am to 1am daily, [5] making Disney Cinemagic the first children and family HDTV channel in a French market. [6] In December 2008, Disney Cinemagic HD was launched in the UK with programming in high definition with initial availability through Sky+ HD with a Sky Movies subscription. [7] In October 2008, Disney Cinemagic Portugal was launched and in January 2009, it launched Disney Cinemagic HD being the first children's channel in Portugal to have an HD feed, with SIC K being the second.

In November 2012, Disney Cinemagic Portugal was replaced by Disney Junior, [8] while its HD feed was rebranded as Disney Movies on Demand. [9]

On 28 March 2013, Disney Cinemagic was replaced in the UK with Sky Movies Disney, as part of a deal between BSkyB and Disney which allowed Sky to stream Disney movies on Sky's video on demand services and the last program on Disney Cinemagic UK was an episode of Lilo & Stitch: The Series . [10] In a similar move in Australia, Foxtel has launched Foxtel Movies Disney in April 2014, along with Disney XD. [11]

Disney Cinemagic in Spain closed in January 2015. [12] Disney Cinemagic in France was replaced by Disney Cinema in May 2015. [13] Sky rebranded its Sky Movies channels to Sky Cinema, including Sky Movies Disney, in July 2016. [14] On 31 December 2020, Sky Cinema Disney closed.

Duplicating Sky Movies Disney arrangement in the UK, Movistar+ launched Movistar Disney in December 2017. [15] The channel shutdown, films moved to Disney+.

Disney Cinemagic along with all other international Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD were transferred from Disney–ABC Television Group, half of Disney Media Networks segment, to Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International segment on 14 March 2018. [16]

The last program on Disney Cinemagic Germany was Zenon: Z3 on 30 September 2019, which finished at 11:53 pm. The final Disney Cinemagic, the Germany version, was replaced with Sky Cinema Special on 30 September 2019, thus bringing an end to Disney Cinemagic after 13 years, 6 months, and 2 weeks. [17] The first movie on Sky Cinema Special in Germany was The Greatest Showman at 12am on 1 October 2019.

Versions

MarketNameTypeFormerlyLaunch dateReplacementReplace date
United Kingdom, IrelandCinemagic [1] channel Toon Disney [18] 16 March 2006 [3] Sky Movies Disney 28 March 2013 [10]
France, BelgiumCinemagicchannelToon Disney [19] 4 September 2007 [20] Disney Cinema 8 May 2015 [13] [21]
SpainCinemagicchannelToon Disney [22] 1 July 2008 [1] discontinued1 January 2015 [12]
Germany, Austria, LuxembourgCinemagicchannel4 July 2009 [23] [24] Sky Cinema Special [25] 30 September 2019
Cinemagic HDchannel, HDSky Cinema Special HD [25]
United Kingdom, IrelandCinemagic +1 [1] channel, timeshiftdiscontinued28 March 2013
France, BelgiumCinemagic +1channel, timeshift [1] Toon Disney +1Disney Cinema +18 May 2015 [21]
SpainCinemagic +1channel, timeshift [1] discontinued1 January 2015 [12]
PortugalCinemagicchannel1 October 2008 [26] Disney Junior1 November 2012 [27]
France, BelgiumCinemagic HDchannel, HD30 November 2008 [5] Disney Cinema8 May 2015 [13] [21]
SpainCinemagic HDchannel, HD [1] 1 July 2010 [28] discontinued1 January 2015 [12]
United Kingdom, IrelandCinemagic HDchannel, HD1 December 2008 [7] Sky Movies Disney HD28 March 2013 [10]
PortugalCinemagic HDchannel, HD1 January 2009 [21] Disney Movies on Demand1 November 2012 [27]
ItalyCinemagicblock, weekends on Sky Cinema Family [29] 3 December 2011discontinued30 June 2019
ScandinaviaCinemagicblock, weekends 19:00 CET on Disney Channel [30] 2014

Other channels

MarketNameTypeFormerlyLaunch dateReplacementReplace date
United Kingdom, Ireland Sky Cinema Disney [10] channelCinemagic [10] 28 March 2013 Sky Cinema Five Star Movies 31 December 2020
Sky Cinema Disney HDchannel, HDCinemagic HD [31] 2013 Sky Cinema Five Star Movies HD
Australia Foxtel Movies Disney channel [11] 10 April 2014 Foxtel Movies Kids 7 November 2019
France, BelgiumDisney Cinemachannel, HDCinemagic [13] [21] 8 May 2015 Disney+ 1 May 2020 [32]
New Zealand Sky Movies Disney channel, HD1 July 2015 Sky Movies Family 31 October 2019 [33]
Spain Movistar Disney channel, HD [15] 22 December 2017 Disney+ 31 March 2020 [34]
Middle East and North Africa OSN Movies Disney channel HD [35] 1 March 2018

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