PlayhouseDisneyFlashGamesThis little pegasus pony wants a new outfit Change color, wings, mane, tail and cutiemark Observe her reactions to find out what she likes She is really. The Disney Channel debuted on April 18, 1983 as a premium cable channel its original primary. Watch Disney Channel TV shows, original movies, full episodes and videos. Play Disney Channel games. Buy Tickets for Concerts, Sports, Theatre and More Online at Tickets. Disney Channel Disney Wiki. Disney Channel. Disney Channel logo from 2. Launched. January 1, 1. Pre LaunchedApril 1. The Disney ChannelOwned by. The Walt Disney Company. Picture format. 48. SD7. 20p HDHeadquarters. Burbank, California, United States. Playhouse Disney Flash Games' title='Playhouse Disney Flash Games' />Disney Channel is a US basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney ABC Television Group President Ben Sherwood. The channels headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. Burbank, California. Disney Channel International Networks, currently run by President Carolina Lightcap, is a global portfolio of more than 9. Buy Peppa Pig tickets from the official Ticketmaster. Find Peppa Pig schedule, reviews and photos. The platform brands are Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior, Disney Cinemagic, Hungama TV and Radio Disney. The channel specializes in television programming for children through original childrens television series and movies, as well as third party programming. It is marketed mostly toward young children, with the exception of their weekend prime time block that is aimed at both children and pre teens ages 7 1. Disney Junior programming block aimed at little kids ages 36 year olds. In recent years, the diversity of viewers has increased with an older audience, typically teenagers, young adults and young families. Since November 1. Spanish language audio feed, either via a separate channel as part of a Spanish language network package sold by cable and satellite providers or via a separate audio track with the SAP option, depending on the TV provider. History. 19. 771. Conception and launch. In early 1. 97. 7, Jim Jimirro of Walt Disney Productions brought forth the idea of a cable television network with material from the studio. Since the company was focusing on the Epcot Center, Disney chairman Card Walker turned down the proposal. Disney tried again in January 1. Group W, though the deal never came to fruition. In January 1. 98. Disney Channel was formed under the leadership of its first president, Alan Wagner. Disney later invested US1. Galaxy 1, a Hughes Communications satellite, and spent US2. Disney Channel Premiere Countdown Always Disney. The Disney Channels launch on April 1. In 1. 98. 3, Walt Disney Productions announced its launch of the family oriented cable channel. Ammonia Piping Installation Costs. The Disney Channel launched nationally on April 1. ET with the Disney Channel produced series Good Morning, MickeyThe channels programming during its run as a premium channel, carrying through to its transition to a basic cable channel, targeted children and teenagers during the daytime, families during primetime and adults at night. At the time of its launch, Disney Channel was a premium channel that aired for 1. ETPT 6 a. m. 1. CT, 8 a. MT. During its first full year, the channel was available to more than 5. U. S. In April 1. ETPT, 6 a. m. midnight CT, 8 a. MT. 1. 98. 31. 99. Early years. Welcome to Pooh Corner and You and Me Kid along with several foreign animated series and movies including Asterix, The Raccoons, Paddington Bear, and the Australian western Five Mile Creek the original late night schedule featured reruns of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. As filler material, the channel also featured D TV, a series of MTV style music videos which showed popular music interwoven with classic Disney animation. The original Disney Channel logo 1. The original alternate Disney Channel logo 1. First Disney Channel logo 1. Subscribers initially received a monthly program guidemagazine, though it was phased out by the time the channel began targeting itself as a commercial free basic channel. Disney Channel received a special citation from the United States President Ronald Reagan in 1. As a premium channel, The Disney Channel would air week long previews four times a year, as well as two free preview weekends periodically with ads targeted to non subscribers, in the same manner as other premium channels such as HBO, Cinemax and Showtime. On December 1, 1. Disney Channel began broadcasting on a 2. Outside of daytime programs for children, the network also aired movies and original specials largely concert specials, largely during the nighttime hours. Early in 1. 98. 6, the musical sitcom Kids Incorporated, about a pre teen and later teen to young adult gang of friends who formed a pop group, mixing their everyday situations with variety show and music video style performances. It became a hit for the channel, spawning many future stars in both music and acting during its 1. Martika who went by her real name of Marta Marrero in the shows first season, eventual Party of Five co stars Scott Wolf and Jennifer Love Hewitt billed as Love Hewitt, and Stacy Ferguson, nicknamed Fergie, of The Black Eyed Peas. In 1. 98. 8, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, a starring vehicle for Hayley Mills of Polyanna and The Parent Trap fame, made its debut the series was cancelled after 1. NBC picked up the series in 1. Saved by the Bell, with Miss Bliss actors Mark Paul Gosselaar, Dustin Diamond, Lark Voorhies and Dennis Haskins carried over to the new show Saved by the Bell achieved major success on NBCs Saturday morning lineup producing two spinoffs in the process and in worldwide syndication. In early 1. 98. 9, the channel revived one of the companys early TV staples with The All New Mickey Mouse Club, which was an immediate hit that proved Disneys basic variety show formula could still work, unlike in the short lived 1. The latest version contained many of the classic elements from theme days to updated mouseketeer jackets, but the scripted and musical segments were more contemporary. MMC had a stellar young cast, launching the careers of future stars Christina Aguilera, JC Chasez, Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Keri Russell and others. By 1. 98. 9, The Disney Channel had a total of about five million pay subscribers nationwide. In 1. 99. 1, eight cable providers volunteered to move The Disney Channel to their expanded basic cable packages, instead of offering it as a premium channel Jones Intercable was the first provider to carry the channel as a basic network, initially carried on the Basic Plus tier on its Fort Myers and Broward County, Florida systems as a test run. Soon after, other cable systems began to transition the channel to their basic tiers, either as an experiment or full time. Even as larger multiple system operators such as Cox Communications and Marcus Cable began to offer The Disney Channel on their basic tiers, Walt Disney Company executives continued to deny any plans to convert the channel to an ad supported basic service, referring to the switches to basic on some systems as part of a five year hybrid strategy allowing providers to offer it as either a pay service or a basic service. Also in 1. 99. 1, The Disney Channel experimented with multiplexing its service, rather than broadcast three channels of its service like HBO did that same year, The Disney Channel instead tested a two channel multiplex service to two cable systems. By 1. 99. 2, Nielsen Media Research estimated that a third of its subscriber base were adults without children in the home and by 1. The Disney Channels subscriber base had expanded to 1. In 1. 99. 6, Anne Sweeney was appointed to oversee The Disney Channel, and the channel began offering a nightly primetime film. Split into Zoog, Vault, and Playhouse Disney.