Disney Channel (Germany)

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Disney Channel
Station logo
TV station ( private law )
Program type Special-interest program (entertainment)
reception Analog: Cable
Digital: DVB-C , DVB-S , DVB-T2 HD , IPTV , WebTV
Image resolution 576i ( SDTV )
1080i ( HDTV )
Start of transmission October 16, 1999
(change to free TV on January 17, 2014)
language German
Seat Munich , Germany
owner The Walt Disney Company
executive Director Roger Crotti , Marsha L. Reed , Boris Solbach
Program director Ralf Gerhardt
List of TV channels
Website

The German Disney Channel is an offshoot of the US Disney Channel . It started on pay TV on October 16, 1999 and switched to free-to-air television on January 17, 2014 after a two-month break from broadcasting .

history

As a pay TV broadcaster (1999 to 2013)

On May 6, 1999, Buena Vista (Germany) GmbH submitted an application to the Bavarian State Center for New Media (BLM) for a nationwide entertainment program called Disney Channel . This was finally approved by the BLM on July 22, 1999.

The German offshoot of the Disney Channel went on October 16, 1999 with the claim Dein Ideensender. initially only on the air at Premiere World as part of the Family World package via cable and Astra . Before the pay-TV distribution was discontinued , it could be received via cable or satellite via the digital pay-TV platform Sky , the digital pay-TV platform Teleclub , and the IPTV service Telekom Entertain from Deutsche Telekom .

Disney Channel Germany broadcast Disney series and films before their free TV premiere.

In the fall-winter of 2008, the Disney Channel wanted to switch its program to the 16: 9 format, but did not. When this should be the case was still unclear at the time. With the introduction of the new logo (which had already been announced a few months beforehand through commercials) on December 8, 2011, the station switched to the 16: 9 format.

On March 21, 2009, the Disney Channel had broadcast only one series for the first time 24 hours: "Hannah Montana". Corresponding marathons followed later with "The Magicians of Waverly Place" and "Wickie and the Strong Men". The series JONAS - The series was broadcast for the first time in Germany for the station's tenth anniversary .

The distribution of the Disney Channel on pay TV was stopped on November 29, 2013.

As a free-to-air television station (since 2014)

In September 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired the station Das Vierte from Mini Movie International, but initially waived any changes to the program that were perceptible to the public. In April 2013, however, Disney announced that it would replace The Fourth with a free-to-air Disney Channel.

On January 1, 2014 at midnight, Das Vierte ceased broadcasting with a farewell trailer; This was followed by the activation of a trailer informing about the contents of the new Disney channel. On January 17, 2014 at 6:00 a.m., the Disney Channel started its broadcasting operations again as a full program with the first animated cartoon with the cartoon character Mickey Mouse , Steamboat Willie . Broadcasts generally take place between 5:45 a.m. and around 1:00 a.m., and various teleshopping windows are broadcast between around 1:00 a.m. and 5:45 a.m.

Since the restart on free-to-air television, the station's slogan has been “Disney for us all”.

Station voices of the new Disney Channel are Dominik Auer , Marieke Oeffinger and Daniela Hoffmann .

From July 14, 2014, there was a Disney Channel app for devices with Android or iOS operating systems . In addition to the program schedule and the live stream of the station, you could also watch videos from the past 7 days in the media library. As announced, the app was discontinued on March 6, 2020. The same applies to the live stream and the media library, but the official YouTube channel will remain. Many of the Disney Channel series can also be found on Disney + .

The Disney Channel was initially broadcast officially as a full program, as the former broadcast license was taken over by Das Vierte . However, due to the lack of news broadcast, an application was made to switch to a special interest program . With the expiry of the broadcasting license, the station has been operated as a specialty program since October 2014. In 2017, the station had a market share of 1.2% among 14 to 49 year olds in Germany.

Disney Channel HD

The HD offshoot of the old Disney Channel had been available via Tele Columbus and Sky since December 24, 2011.

Like the SD version, the HD offshoot was switched off on November 29, 2013 and starts, like the new, free-to-air SD version, on January 17, 2014 at 6:00 a.m. The station can currently be received via HD + and various cable packages, including Vodafone Kabel Deutschland since March 3, 2014 and DVB-T2 HD since March 29, 2017 .

program

During the day from 6:00 a.m., the program is geared towards children, teenagers and young adults. In the evening from 8:15 p.m., a female target group is to be increasingly addressed, but programs for the whole family are also to be broadcast. The program of the new Disney Channel not only includes current Disney productions, but also classics such as Aristocats , Cinderella and The Muppet Show . In addition, programs from ABC and ABC Family as well as PIXAR productions will find their place and round off the program together with German-language in-house productions. The aim of the new station is to make the Disney brand better known in Germany.

The homepage is also offered by the program organizer to accompany the program. According to the imprint, the teletext is officially the responsibility of The Walt Disney Company (Germany) .

Own productions by Disney Channel Germany

Daytime

Title genre premiere final Season (s) Ref.
Disney's short break Sitcom September 18, 2006 October 24, 2008 3 seasons, 80 episodes + 1 special
Binny and the ghost Crime - Fantasy - Dramedy - Youth Series March 23, 2013 May 15, 2016 2 seasons, 23 episodes
On the pots, ready, delicious! Cooking show 2nd April 2017 TBA 4 seasons, 60 episodes + 1 special
The Beni Challenge Challenge show April 21, 2018 TBA 4 seasons, 49 episodes + 1 special
Gag attack Sketch show January 12, 2019 TBA 1 season, 9 episodes + 2 specials
Animal duel Challenge - knowledge broadcast September 8, 2019 TBA 1 season, 14 episodes

Prime time

Title genre premiere final Season (s) Ref.
Ducks & Friends Talk show January 18, 2014 April 12, 2014 1 season, 13 episodes
Disney Family Time Game show February 28, 2014 September 21, 2014 1 season, 6 episodes
Full board with strangers Docutainment May 20, 2014 5th August 2014 1 season, 8 episodes
My assignment: the perfect proposal Docutainment August 12, 2014 2nd September 2014 1 season, 4 episodes
The festival under control ?! Docutainment September 9, 2014 September 30, 2014 1 season, 4 episodes
Mission Kindness - My 100 Day Experiment TV experiment October 7, 2014 November 11, 2014 1 season, 6 episodes
Disney Magic Moments Ranking show November 25, 2014 18th December 2017 4 seasons, 25 episodes + 12 specials
Disney Magic Moments - The Great Quiz Show Quiz show 4th February 2019 TBA 1 season, 4 episodes

Moderators

Moderator seen on Disney Channel Broadcasts) Free TV Pay TV
Amy Mußul 2005-2013 Premiere party for ..., fan shows X
Andrea Kaiser 2002 Live @ Five X
Benedikt Weber 1999-2013; since 2018 Action Show, Art Attack , Beni Querbeet , Live @ Five, Die Beni Challenge , Woozle Goozle X X
Berit Sochor 2004 X-Tieria - The search for traces X
Caroline Grove 1999-2002 Live @ Five X
Dennis Wilms 2004-2006 A star for you , X-Tieria - The search for traces X
Isabella Soric 2008-2013 Special programs X
Jan Köppen 2014 Mission Kindness - My 100 Day Experiment X
Jasmin Wagner 2004-2006 A star for you X
Lea Kalbhenn 2008-2013 Special programs X
Marco Ströhlein 2014 Disney Family Time , My Mission: The Perfect Proposal X
Mary Amiri 1999-2002 Live @ Five X
Nova Meierhenrich 2014 Ducks & Friends X
Sabrina El Ahl X
Steven Gätjen 2014 Disney Magic Moments X
Tahnee Schaffarczyk 2014 Disney Family Time X
Jonathan Beck since 2019 Animal duel X
Patricia Strasburger since 2019 Animal duel X

reception

The free-to-air Disney Channel took over the distribution channels of Das Vierte via Astra 1M satellite and cable TV and was able to reach over 28.5 million and thus 80 percent of all German television households as well as Austria and Switzerland from the start. In addition, DVB-T is used in northern Germany (Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein) and in the Berlin area . Furthermore, in German-speaking countries there is the possibility of reception via the Internet as live streaming and via IPTV . The Disney Channel has also been fed in via Kabel Deutschland's analogue cable network in Bavaria since March 3, 2014. The activation in the analog cable network of Kabel Deutschland in Berlin took place on June 5, 2014. The station replaced NDR television . In addition, the station is also fed into Germany's analog cable networks in some regions in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

Logos of the SD branch

The new logo was first used in Germany and internationally since May 22, 2014.

Logos of the HD branch

Sister station

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Disney Channel ( Memento from September 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) - program page on the homepage of the Commission for Determining Concentration in the Media Area (KEK)
  2. Timo Niemeier: No more full program: Disney Channel is now officially a special interest channel . DWDL.de . September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  3. Disney Channel - medienhb.de station database medienhb.de
  4. a b Disney Channel reveals the programs and the scheme. DWDL.de
  5. a b Disney: A Date, a Marketer, and Some Program. DWDL.de
  6. The start of the Disney Channel
  7. Rupert Sommer: Shutdown dates have now been set: Disney pulls the plug on the pay station fairly early. kress.de, October 11, 2013
  8. Alexander Krei: Now official: Disney confirms purchase of Das Vierte . DWDL.de . September 25, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  9. Thomas Lückerath: New Disney Channel will replace Das Vierte from January . DWDL.de . April 17, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  10. DWDL.de: "Disney: One date, one marketer and some program"
  11. Disney Channel App in the Google Play Store
  12. Disney Channel launches free app
  13. Disney Channel. In: dc-app.disney.de. February 6, 2020, accessed February 7, 2020.
  14. Video thumbnail. February 6, 2020, accessed February 7, 2020.
  15. Disney Channel App | Disney Channel Games & Videos. In: tv.disney.de. Retrieved February 12, 2020 .
  16. Disney as a full program: license violation, so what?
  17. The 10-year balance of television: Big channels lose market share to small ones - only ZDF not , meedia.de , July 24, 2017
  18. Disney Channel HD launches January 17th via HD +. digitalfernsehen.de
  19. Disney Channel HD at KD
  20. “You know us”: Disney uses the Merkel tactic. DWDL.de
  21. Disney's Short Break - Episode Guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  22. Binny and the Ghost - Episode Guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  23. To the pots, set, delicious! - Episode guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  24. The Beni Challenge - Episode Guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  25. Gag Attack - Episode Guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  26. Animal Duel - Episode Guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  27. Ducks & Friends - Episode Guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  28. Disney Family Time - Episode Guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  29. Full board with strangers - episode guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  30. My mission: The perfect application - episode guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  31. The festival under control ?! - Episode guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  32. Mission Kindness - My 100 Day Experiment - Episode Guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  33. Disney Magic Moments - Episode Guide . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  34. Disney Magic Moments - The Great Quiz Show . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  35. ^ David Gordon, The Woozle and the Theater of the Absurd: An Examination of an Examination . In: Curriculum Inquiry . tape 19 , no. 2 . Woozle Goozle, 1989, ISSN  0362-6784 , p. 221 , doi : 10.2307 / 1179412 .
  36. Disney Channel HD at KD
  37. HD-Offensive ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. KDG Helpdesk (helpdesk.kdgforum.de) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / helpdesk.kdgforum.de
  38. HD-Offensive ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. KDG Helpdesk (helpdesk.kdgforum.de) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / helpdesk.kdgforum.de