Toon Disney (Scandinavia)

Toon Disney Scandinavia
Launched August 1, 2005
Closed September 11, 2009
Owned by The Walt Disney Company
Audience share 0.4% (Sweden 2008, [1])
Broadcast area Nordic countries and the Arab World
Replaced by Disney XD
Sister channel(s) Disney Channel
Playhouse Disney

Toon Disney Scandinavia was a television channel broadcasting to the Nordic countries owned by The Walt Disney Company, available in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and the Arab World.

It was launched on August 1, 2005 on the Canal Digital and Viasat satellite platforms,[2][3] later on expanding into cable systems. Swedish cable network Com Hem added the channel on November 15.[4]

Toon Disney Scandinavia broadcast between 6 am and 10 pm[5] (CET) [7 am and 11 pm Finland] and featured audio tracks in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, and English. It was advertising-free[5] and was funded mainly by subscriptions.

The Scandinavian version of Toon Disney, and its sister channel Jetix, were replaced by Disney XD on September 11, 2009.[6]

References

  1. Årsrapport 2008 (PDF), Mediamätning i Skandinavien
  2. Viasat får fire nye tv-kanaler, 1 juli 2005, tvnyt.com
  3. "Tre Disneykanaler hos Canal Digital". Canal Digital. 1 March 2005.
  4. "Disneyfeber på Com Hem". Resumé. 31 October 2005.
  5. 1 2 "Ny Disneykanal hos Com Hem Premiär för Toon Disney 15 november". Com Hem. 31 October 2005.
  6. "Disney lanserar Disney XD i Sverige" (PDF). Disney Channel Scandinavia. 10 June 2009.
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