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I don't think DC Iberia has ever had Next bumpers even during both the Red & Blue and Circles eras. They only started implementing the Now (Ahora) bumpers during Bounce. DC UK also didn't use Next bumpers as much, naturally since they're the only DCI network to have continuity announcers during...

Nope, it was already gone by the time the Bounce era came along in November 2002. My guess is that they didn't exactly know what to do with it in the new brand direction for the channel and/or engagement with the block itself took a sharp decline that year when the internet became slightly more...

These idents, by the way, were produced by Media Odyssey / Charlie Company, an Australian design agency, with VFX work done by Maurice Powell. There are two other idents from this particular package: Stargazing and Keyboard (shown here). The latter is mainly used as a website promo. And yes...

Promoting Disney Channel as "the imagination station" and/or "the place for Disney magic" was a very common thing in the past for the contemporary DCI networks. For reference, these were the slogans for each DCI region during the Circles era: UK: "Let Your Imagination Run Wild!" / "Unlock the...

A promo tape from Disney Channel France, circa 2000. Appears to be distributed via Disney Store locations during that time.

An early Circles-era commercial break from DC France. Includes a behind-the-scenes featurette of Tarzan.

A promo for The Wonderful World of Disney on DC UK from early 1999. Beginning on February 15th of that year, weeknight film airings would move one hour earlier from 8pm to 7pm so they match the weekend timeslots; the first film to air under the schedule change was The Sword in the Stone (1963).

This part is very strange, since they did make new graphics for the Consumer Arcade segments during the Red & Blue and Circles eras, but they somewhat reverted to using the 1995 graphics by the time Bounce arrived. That trait also got into some of the other EMEA regions such as DC Scandinavia.

There's also Disney Channel HD, which to be fair, is more of a breakaway channel than a simulcast of the main Indian feed.

About time. And this means that (with the notable exception of Disney International HD) the Glass branding has finally been put to rest after 12 years.

Probably due to that feed's switch from being a dedicated feed run by WDT Singapore to a carbon-copy of the Scandinavian feed in 2005. It's likely that The Proud Family was able to air a lot on DC ME during the former phase; and since DC Scandinavia didn't air said show, that trait soon got into...

There are several that did become famous in their own right; Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter come to mind, in particular.

Disney Channel transitioning from a premium network to a basic cable offering since the mid-90's was a helpful factor in allowing it to expand on the tween demographic. Although to be fair, during the time when Lizzie and Even Stevens had their first-runs, DC was still perceived as an all-around...

Starting next month, DC Germany will be made available to subscribers of Disney+ in the country at no additional cost.

Well, no. TWWOD also aired on other weekdays, so Liga Disney Channel airing on Tuesdays meant freeing up space for more shows on the slot where TWWOD would be in. Speaking of which... Disney Channel Spain schedule (Thursday, July 12, 2001): 5:30am - Mickey Mouse & Friends (a.k.a. Mouse...