International Disney Networks Thread Part 16

[JulianRO]

Continuation of Part 15, as it reached 1000 posts.

Happy posting everybody ^^

 

[Perla Magica]

DC Portugal continuity from 5th March:

 

[Francisque]

Courtesy of Alexmusic (alexmusic.net - Television Pages), also Zwobot on Digital-Forum, a testcard prior to the launch of Toon Disney, Playhouse Disney and Disney Channel +1 in France on the 2nd of November at 6pm

The launch happened during Zapping Zone on Disney Channel (the channel's live presentation).
Little is known what was shown on the channel themselves on the EPG, aside from this testcard

From the same website, a DC Scandinavia pre-launch promo (shown on the channel before launching) in 2003 on Viasat.
The provider was Corinthian, obviously the same as DC UK

 

[RandomMe]

DC Portugal continuity from 5th March:

Little more than a year has passed since the feed lost its independence.

Courtesy of Alexmusic (alexmusic.net - Television Pages), also Zwobot on Digital-Forum, a testcard prior to the launch of Toon Disney, Playhouse Disney and Disney Channel +1 in France on the 2nd of November at 6pm

The launch happened during Zapping Zone on Disney Channel (the channel's live presentation).
Little is known what was shown on the channel themselves on the EPG, aside from this testcard
View attachment 317964

From the same website, a DC Scandinavia pre-launch promo (shown on the channel before launching) in 2003 on Viasat.
The provider was Corinthian, obviously the same as DC UK
View attachment 317965

IIRC, the only +1 channel in France was Disney Channel. France was where the format barely caught on, if anything it was likely a necessity from Disney in the core markets.

Even more strange was the fact that Toon Disney launched before Playhouse Disney in Italy. There was no centralized launch scheme unlike other countries, they should have launched them along SKY, but then again, their priorities differed. A LOT.

 

[E-Scope]

DC Portugal continuity from 5th March:

I find it odd that they accidentally shown the Kiff bumpers in French rather than Portuguese.

 

[RandomMe]

I find it odd that they accidentally shown the Kiff bumpers in French rather than Portuguese.

I miss the days of near-localized playout from Spain for a team that had to tackle both sides of the border, grammatical mistakes and such. In today's INETSAT environment, such mistakes can cover more languages.

 

[Francisque]

Little more than a year has passed since the feed lost its independence.

IIRC, the only +1 channel in France was Disney Channel. France was where the format barely caught on, if anything it was likely a necessity from Disney in the core markets.

Even more strange was the fact that Toon Disney launched before Playhouse Disney in Italy. There was no centralized launch scheme unlike other countries, they should have launched them along SKY, but then again, their priorities differed. A LOT.

Disney Cinemagic also had a +1 in France, in 2006.

Keep in mind that until 2006, the Disney expansion in Western Europe heavily focused on the 4 scheme channels: DC, DC+1, Toon Disney, Playhouse Disney.

While DC+1 was not a "Channel", It was treated as such because It was a new strange concept in countries outside of the UK.
But It was almost treated like that in the UK, at times, in promotions.

Toon Disney was easier to launch than Playhouse Disney, as PD in most of Europe, had live presentation until at least 21:00.
While heavily prerecorded, It was more of an investiment than Toon Disney

 

[CricketDoodle]

As seen here, Disney + Cinema has brought in new presentation, promos and idents whilst also still being a test channel. The Disney Channel promos are still standing the test of time.
(Not my video)

 

[MagiaDiWinx]

Disney Cinemagic also had a +1 in France, in 2006.

Keep in mind that until 2006, the Disney expansion in Western Europe heavily focused on the 4 scheme channels: DC, DC+1, Toon Disney, Playhouse Disney.

While DC+1 was not a "Channel", It was treated as such because It was a new strange concept in countries outside of the UK.
But It was almost treated like that in the UK, at times, in promotions.

Toon Disney was easier to launch than Playhouse Disney, as PD in most of Europe, had live presentation until at least 21:00.
While heavily prerecorded, It was more of an investiment than Toon Disney

Do you know when PHDC FR used to close down for the night?

 

[RandomMe]

As seen here, Disney + Cinema has brought in new presentation, promos and idents whilst also still being a test channel. The Disney Channel promos are still standing the test of time.
(Not my video)

Even if its graphics are finaally ready, it's not a soft launch to me

 

[Francisque]

Do you know when PHDC FR used to close down for the night?

At 21:00, definitely in 2003 at least.
Earlier than PD UK, but at least DC FR had been 24/7 for ages.

But I do not know when It became 24/7, but definitely was 24/7 by 2005-6.

@RandomMe The Channel hasn't launched though, there are still a lot of things to fix.
Probably though, they had planned to launch today

 

[AllDayEveryDay]

Disney Channel Germany is airing season 3 of Baby Daddy for the first time right now as I'm typing this:

 

[RandomMe]

At 21:00, definitely in 2003 at least.
Earlier than PD UK, but at least DC FR had been 24/7 for ages.

But I do not know when It became 24/7, but definitely was 24/7 by 2005-6.

@RandomMe The Channel hasn't launched though, there are still a lot of things to fix.
Probably though, they had planned to launch today

I don't care about the delayed launch, for me the channel entered into an advanced state of testing

 

[Two Two's]

Disney Cinemagic also had a +1 in France, in 2006.

Keep in mind that until 2006, the Disney expansion in Western Europe heavily focused on the 4 scheme channels: DC, DC+1, Toon Disney, Playhouse Disney.

While DC+1 was not a "Channel", It was treated as such because It was a new strange concept in countries outside of the UK.
But It was almost treated like that in the UK, at times, in promotions.

Toon Disney was easier to launch than Playhouse Disney, as PD in most of Europe, had live presentation until at least 21:00.
While heavily prerecorded, It was more of an investiment than Toon Disney

Cinemagic was such an odd channel here too, you basically got what was a Toon Disney with more movies

 

[RandomMe]

Cinemagic was such an odd channel here too, you basically got what was a Toon Disney with more movies

It was like that everywhere it launched as a channel, even here where it launched from scratch

 

[themidnightlore]

As seen here, Disney + Cinema has brought in new presentation, promos and idents whilst also still being a test channel. The Disney Channel promos are still standing the test of time.
(Not my video)

The aurora theming going on with the presentation is just this good. It looks quite nice!

 

[Two Two's]

The aurora theming going on with the presentation is just this good. It looks quite nice!

Sort of reminds me of what Sky were doing back in the 2000s it's all coming back together.

 

[Francisque]

Cinemagic was such an odd channel here too, you basically got what was a Toon Disney with more movies

I actuslly liked the concept, although disliking It on paper.

It made a lot of sense to move DC and PD to basic packages, at One point

 

[RandomMe]

I didn't like it when they moved the 90s shows to the new paid channel.

My only chance to watch a little of that was during the occasional free previews and at the activity room at school. The school had two TV sets with NOS satellite decoders with the highest package (near the library and in the activity room), but it was in the activity room that they had the TVCine channels and Disney Cinemagic

 

[Two Two's]

I actuslly liked the concept, although disliking It on paper.

It made a lot of sense to move DC and PD to basic packages, at One point

Cinemagic DID at the very least have better variety, in a way I see it like how Disney treated Toon Disney US until Jetix...