- Disney Channel Hong Kong
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Disney Channel Hong Kong Launched 1 April 2010 Owned by Buena Vista International Inc., The Walt Disney Company Picture format 480i (SDTV)
720p (HDTV)Country Hong Kong
Language English/Cantonese/Mandarin Broadcast area Hong Kong Headquarters Hong Kong Sister channel(s) Playhouse Disney Channel Asia Website Disney Channel
Hong Kong WebsiteAvailability Cable Cable TV Hong Kong Channel 135 IPTV now TV Channel 441 HKBN bbTV Channel 311 Disney Channel Hong Kong is a franchise of Disney Channel, airing in Hong Kong.
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Programming
Every month, Disney Channel is releasing one or more of new episodes or new seasons, new movies, new original movie, new original series as well as new Third-Party titles.
Upcoming premieres including the premieres of new DCOMs Starstruck and Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars on June 20 and June 27, respectively. Another new movie Taking Five premiered on June 13.
Motion pictures from Walt Disney Pictures are usually premiered sooner than US counterpart.
Schedules
Disney Channel Asia has made a lot of scheduling changes which started in July 2007 to present. This is due to a lot of series have been removed and they're replaced with a different show/s. The last change was made on April 10, 2009.
Movies are shown at 6.30pm (VIE/THAI) everyday and additionally at 1pm (VIE/THAI) everyday and at 9pm on weekend. In some special events, movies are shown at some different slots, thus, leads to changing showing time of other shows or sometimes, advancing to the next show on the uniformed schedule.
Several Disney Channel Original Series are currently being shown on very late time slots, starting at 10pm (VIE/THAI) with Phineas and Ferb, following by The Suite Life on Deck, Sonny with a Chance while Wizards of Waverly Place, Hannah Montana and JONAS is being shown in the afternoon time slots.
A detailed schedule is shown here.
Sister Channels
Current Channels
Playhouse Disney Channel
Main article: Playhouse Disney AsiaPlayhouse Disney is the pre-schooler's channel that was once aired in Brunei, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Korea. On 1 January 1994, it was separated into a different channel called "Playhouse Disney Channel Asia".
Disney Junior
In 2011, Disney announced that Playhouse Disney would be replaced by a new channel, Disney Junior. Playhouse Disney Asia will be ceased broadcast on July 10, 2011 and was replaced with Disney Junior Asia launched on July 11, 2011.
Criticism
Since Disney Channel Hong Kong mostly follows Disney Channel guideline, the channel has met similar criticism with its US counterpart: the channel moved from premium, more limited cable to more basic, widespread cable; pulled away from the characters that the networks parent company was based on and programs on Disney Channel geared only toward pre-teens and teenage girls.
As a channel of Disney, in Asia, Disney Channel Hong Kong did not air many teen-themed films of Walt Disney Pictures. It lost the premieres to STAR Movies in recent years.
Enchanted was only the first movie to issue this - which the fact is it featured animation, show the first time on the channel on January 9, 2010 though it first aired on STAR Movies about 2 years ago.
See also
- Disney Channel
- Disney Channel Asia
- Playhouse Disney
- Playhouse Disney Asia
- Disney Junior Asia
External links
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Farm · PrankStars · JessieUpcoming series Austin & AllySee also Disney Channel Original Movies 1990s Northern Lights (1997) · Under Wraps (1997) · You Lucky Dog (1998) · Brink! (1998) · Halloweentown (1998) · Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999) · Can of Worms (1999) · The Thirteenth Year (1999) · Smart House (1999) · Johnny Tsunami (1999) · Genius (1999) · Don't Look Under the Bed (1999) · Horse Sense (1999)2000s Up, Up, and Away (2000) · The Color of Friendship (2000) · Alley Cats Strike (2000) · Rip Girls (2000) · Miracle in Lane 2 (2000) · Stepsister from Planet Weird (2000) · Ready to Run (2000) · Quints (2000) · The Other Me (2000) · Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire (2000) · Phantom of the Megaplex (2000) · The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000) · Zenon: The Zequel (2001) · Motocrossed (2001) · The Luck of the Irish (2001) · Hounded (2001) · Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001) · The Jennie Project (2001) · Jumping Ship (2001) · The Poof Point (2001) · Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001) · 'Twas the Night (2001) · Double Teamed (2002) · Cadet Kelly (2002) · Tru Confessions (2002) · Get a Clue (2002) · Gotta Kick It Up! (2002) · A Ring of Endless Light (2002) · The Scream Team (2002) · You Wish! (2003) · Right on Track (2003) · The Even Stevens Movie (2003) · Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off (2003) · The Cheetah Girls (2003) · Full-Court Miracle (2003) · Pixel Perfect (2004) · Going to the Mat (2004) · Zenon: Z3 (2004) · Stuck in the Suburbs (2004) · Tiger Cruise (2004) · Halloweentown High (2004) · Now You See It... (2005) · Buffalo Dreams (2005) · Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama (2005) · Go Figure (2005) · Life Is Ruff (2005) · The Proud Family Movie (2005) · Twitches (2005) · High School Musical (2006) · Cow Belles (2006) · Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006) · Read It and Weep (2006) · The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006) · Return to Halloweentown (2006) · Jump In! (2007) · Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (2007) · High School Musical 2 (2007) · Twitches Too (2007) · Minutemen (2008) · Camp Rock (2008) · The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008) · Dadnapped (2009) · Hatching Pete (2009) · Princess Protection Program (2009) · Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009)2010s Starstruck (2010) · Den Brother (2010) · Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010) · Avalon High (2010) · The Suite Life Movie (2011) · Lemonade Mouth (2011) · Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (2011) · Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011) · Geek Charming (2011)Upcoming Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011)Categories:- Disney Channel
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