International Disney Networks Thread Part 17

[Markus]

I don't see adult focused shows airing. They will be more or less the same with friendly sitcoms for the family.

 

[Francisque]

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What show is this??

This is not a show, it is from a DC Italy promo from 2005-6 for the weekend afternoon movies.

The animations belong to that.

@zQwmy yeah, I kind of expected that.
I think I've even stated this, after the introduction of non-kids blocks in the morning.

@zakawer2 The English track on satellite is lacking for very good reasons: being a FTA channel, they would have to encrypt their signal, instead

 

[Markus]

Descendants movies to air on DC WE unified on the weekend of July 11th and 12th at 11:35 and 20:50 to hype Wicked Wonderland. The biggest live-action franchise that remains to be the only one to get the best treatment.

The Descendants premiere airs at 11:35a. How weird. It should be on primetime. It airs three times that day but the first showing needs to be at evening time. The movie reruns at 3:20 and 8:50p.

 

[RandomMe]

Modern Family is technically 12+, so that counts

 

[Francisque]

I wholeheartly approve of the choice, since the German Disney Channel was peculiar in its DNA. Hopefully the presentation is similiar to the one of Disney+ Cinema, it's quite nice and it can work in this case.

Yeah, to be fair, the current set up is too "strange"* to go on forever, so kind of a wise choice to rebrand the channel to something else.

*I mean, it wasn't so strange when 6:00-20:15 were kids content and 20:15-6:00 Prime Time (aside from the odd branding choices), but later, Prime Time began spreading at other times .

The problem is that I kind of agree with @zQwmy , kids content will probably not last long, and the branding seems like a way to potentially get rid of that in the future.

I see they are adding more FX drama and Disney+ content post-20:15, and it makes sense. As much as I like the likes of Home Improvement, they have been repeated for too long.

Effectively turning the channel into more of a Disney+ channel is more future proof.
I loved the Disney Channel branding, but this is more going to work, probably the branding being more similar to Disney+ Cinema in the UK.
Disney is now apparently more neutral and not as child-friendly as in the past, due to Disney+

@RandomMe The focus is on Disney now, which is the big seller.
Star doesn't say much, and is not even a section of Disney+ anymore.
Plus , the way I see it, the channel will likely be used to promote and cross promote Disney+ a lot

 

[RandomMe]

Also, is it me or does the logo remind me of Pluto TV and similar services?

 

[Markus]

The Disney Channel brand will stay in other countries even when the kids channels are struggling. Eveything is unified and it's cheap to run for as long as they can still squeeze more money out of it with advertisers and cable companies.

I'll admit there's a bigger chance for the UK to get Disney TV than DIsney Channel now as sad as it seems. I now have to accept this while initially didn't want to do so.

 

[Francisque]

Also, is it me or does the logo remind me of Pluto TV and similar services?

Kind of.

I mean, originality is not most companies' forte, although it goes without saying that a circle is hardly a Pluto TV exclusive

 

[Markus]

Hard to make a different logo when hundreds, if not thousands of logos are available. There are so many companies out there.

 

[RandomMe]

Kind of.

I mean, originality is not most companies' forte, although it goes without saying that a circle is hardly a Pluto TV exclusive

Must be a new trend, think of most streaming services having a plus sign or a written Plus

 

[Markus]

Looks like I'm talking to a wall but I'm saying again that because of so many streaming services and companies out there, it's hard to be original.

 

[AllDayEveryDay]

As much as I like the likes of Home Improvement, they have been repeated for too long.

I remember when Disney Channel Germany did the same thing to The Nanny. They clinged to it in primetime for too long as well.

 

[RandomMe]

I remember when Disney Channel Germany did the same thing to The Nanny. They clinged to it in primetime for too long as well.

They tried to make those shows their equivalents of the US sitcoms ProSieben reruns ad infinitum

 

[Francisque]

Home improvement and some older sitcoms must have been rather popular in Germany, even they are to these days.

DC Germany showed it quite a bit, and well 10 years or so with the DC free-too-air relaunch, they would even get it back.

I like that retro factor, although yes, it couldn't continue for ever either

 

[Perla Magica]

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What show is this??

Isn't this just a regular ident and those characters were made for this ident?

Disney Channel Germany will rebrand to Disney TV in late 2026.

Rebranding & neuer Fokus: Aus Disney Channel wird Disney TV - DWDL.de

Mit einigen Neuigkeiten überraschte das Screening von Disney Advertising am Donnerstagmittag in Düsseldorf: Neben dem gewohnten Fokus auf die Expertise im Storytelling gab es News zum FreeTV-Sender und einer neuen deutsche Hulu-Serie.

www.dwdl.de

The channel will feature a much more broad selection of programming with "more content for adult audiences": Exclusive Disney+ content, documentations, FX, Marvel and Star Wars content.

Kids programming and family movies will still remain with dedicated slots as an integral part of the line-up, apparently (for now)


I personally unfortunately have to admit that this makes sense in terms of viewership and ad revenue, yet it is still extremely sad to see them gradually distance from kids programming

I didn't expected this, the small changes in the TV schedule via adult sitcoms in Mein Morgen somehow worked enough for the bigger changes.

 

[RandomMe]

Home improvement and some older sitcoms must have been rather popular in Germany, even they are to these days.

DC Germany showed it quite a bit, and well 10 years or so with the DC free-too-air relaunch, they would even get it back.

I like that retro factor, although yes, it couldn't continue for ever either

Likewise Dosney owns that show since its inception. I get it why they had to remove it, because one time a Disney Portugal employee at Comic Con Portugal or something like that, said in 2014 that if the same shows were still airing forever, they would get tired quickly. Something like that.

 

[RegularMan]

I'm not remotely surprised. Kids content has been such an afterthought for them for the longest time. Guess that's what happens when you dedicate half the day to Bluey.

 

[RandomMe]

I'm not remotely surprised. Kids content has been such an afterthought for them for the longest time. Guess that's what happens when you dedicate half the day to Bluey.

It's a bit of an industry trend, what with the kids content crisis and all that

 

[Zzman]

Talking about disney channel germany can we talk about how different they use the daytime and night time graphics, the night time graphics are used nicely but the way they use the signature strokes graphics in the daytime is a mixed bag sometimes they use it good sometime not so much (Like how they at times barely utilize seasonal brands like summer, or they almost never air bumpers)

 

[RandomMe]

Talking about disney channel germany can we talk about how different they use the daytime and night time graphics, the night time graphics are used nicely but the way they use the signature strokes graphics in the daytime is a mixed bag sometimes they use it good sometime not so much (Like how they at times barely utilize seasonal brands like summer, or they almost never air bumpers)

With the rename, they're definetly going to drop the 2022 look in the daytime, that's for sure