Disney Channel India

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Disney Channel India
Launched	17 December, 2004
Owned by	The Walt Disney Company India
Country	India
Broadcast area	South Asia
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Sister channel(s)	Disney XD (India) Hungama TV
Website	Official Website
Availability
Satellite
Tata Sky	Channel 605
Dish TV	Channel 523
BIGTV	Channel 603
Airtel Digital TV	Channel 360
Cable
Hathway	Channel 411/64/305
Available on most cable systems	Check Local Listings for channels

Disney Channel India is an Indian television channel specializing in television programming for children through original series and movies as well as third party programming. It aired in India in 2004 and is marketed to children and families entertainment. The channel is available on basic cable and satellite television, and is a division of Disney India. The network is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.^[1]Disney Channel India Is the 1st Cartoon channel to cross 200+ GRPs in 5 years.

History and Availability

Disney Channel began broadcasting in India in 2004.^[2] The Channel is very popular to Children between 5–17 years of age.^[1] The network is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra and is available on local cable. It is also available on Tata Sky on channel 605, Dish TV on channel 523, BigTV on channel 603, and Airtel Digital TV on channel 360. On digital cable services, it is available on DEN Digital on channel 407 and on Hathway Cable on Channel 410.

Currently Disney Channel India has two subsidiary stations Disney XD India and Hungama TV. It also has a block 'Disney Junior', a re-branded form of Playhouse Disney.

Disney Junior India

See also: Disney Junior India

October Fiesta

Disney Channel India has announced a variety of shows this October. They include:

• New episodes of Jake and the Neverland Pirates in the Disney Junior Block (Sundays 9am)
• New Season of Art Attack India (Starts 16th October, Sundays 9:30am)
• New Season (Season 3!) of Phineas and Ferb (Starts 24th October, 4pm)
• New Season (Season 2!) of Best of Luck Nikki Starts Soon!

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Disney Channel India

Main article: Disney Channel India Original Series

Main article: List of Disney Channel India series

[The last list (page) is completely un-updated]

List of Programs being demanded by viewers

• JONAS L.A.
• Shake it up
• So Random
• Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
• Jessie
• Wizards Of Waverly Place

Disney Channel Old Blocks

Summer Belongs To You

It is the summer block that started on Disney Channel India in April 2011. It featured all through April, May and June 2011. It had introduced many new shows, new episodes of Disney shows, new seasons, tons of contests and also viewers' favorite Disney movies.

• Best of Luck Nikki
• Art Attack
• Phineas and Ferb Season 2
• Doraemon New Episodes
• Fish Hooks
• Mai ka Laal

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Disney Channel's Superstar Summer

This summer block started in mid April 2010 as a major block consisted of multiple sub-blocks. It featured many shows that were on-going in those days. This block included Hannah Montana Season 3 and Wizards of Waverly Place Season 2, Karishma Ka Karishma, Majooba Ka Ajooba, The Magic Make-Up Box and Shararat. Along with these, it also included the Indian premiere of a lot of shows which includes Kya Mast Hai Life Season 2, Ishaan,ishaan 2, Pink Lemonade Series 2, Sonny With A Chance Season 2, Phineas and Ferb Season 2 and The Suite Life on Deck Season 2.

Superstar Mornings

This block started in the month of April along with the premiere of Disney Channel's Superstar Summer block, from 10 AM showing programs like Karishma Ka Karishma, Majooba Ka Ajooba, The Magic Make-Up Box, Shararat (sitcom) and Kya Mast Hai Life all summer long.

Big Bada Boom

Hosted by Zain, Tara, Murtuza, Bumpy and Nakshatra this block featured new episodes of Phineas and Ferb, Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, Kya Mast Hai Life and Ishaan. Also it showcased Karishma Ka Karishma and Shararat (sitcom).

This block ended in the mid of June, 2010, but the show Big Bada Boom continued.

Disney Triple Treat Movie

The Disney Triple Treat Movie is a block used to to air on weekends and began in April, 2007. This movie block featured the airing of three movies on each weekend on Disney Channel India. This block ended in June, 2007.

Phineas and Ferb-ruary

Disney channel's this block started to air on February 1, 2010 replacing the re-run airing of Jonas L.A.. It featured the new episodes of the Disney Channel's original series Phineas and Ferb. As the name suggests itself, this block ended by the end of February, 2010.This block was also held in 2009 & 2011

Note: This block also aired on Disney XD UK, in February 2011

Dhan-Te-Nan

Dhan-Te-Nan is the block that was held in the festive season thats is October and November in 2009.The block showed many shows and movies including the premiers of High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Sky High, The Elephant Princess, Patito Feo and Hannah Montana.

12 Days of Christmas

This block also showed new episodes and movies for 12 days in December 2009.The shows and movies included JONAS, The Incredibles etc.

Note: This block also aired on Disney Channel UK, in 2007, 2008 & 2009

The Great Comedy Challenge

This block was the first block of 2010. It included a comedy challenge between many Disney Channel Original Shows like Kya Mast Hai Life season 1, Hannah Montana season 3, Vicky & Vetaal , JONAS L.A., Wizards of Waverly Place, That's So Raven.

The Fully Funny First Day

This was the first day of 2010 as the name suggests.On the First day of 2010 thing like High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Kya Mast Hai Life Bloopers, Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana were shown.

Oye Summer Summer Oye!

This was the biggest ever block organised by disney channel in 2009.It included many shows and movies like Hannah Montana 3, Wizards of Waverly Place 2, Sonny with a Chance, The Suite Life on Deck, Shararat (sitcom), Shaka Laka Boom Boom, Son Pari, Karishma Ka Karishma etc; many new episodes were also shown. NOTE-The Title track of this block as well as the name was inspired from the movie OYE LUCKY LUCKY OYE. The block sub-included many blocks such as Oye Summer Mornings/Movies/Weekends Oye!. Oye Summer fridays featured the new episodes of Disney Channel's original series, Wizards of Waverly Place.

Kya mast hai Disney Channel

This block was shown in July–August 2009. The name was taken from The NEW DCOM Kya Mast Hai Life which became very popular thats why the song was also filmed on the Kya Mast Hai Life cast. The block feauted new episodes of shows like Hannah Montana, Kya Mast Hai Life, Wizards of Waverly Place, Sonny with a Chance.

New Year's Celebrations 2009

This block was shown in the last 5 days of year 2009 and was hosted by the main cast of Kya Mast Hai Life.

Special Hello

This was not basically a block but was shown in the year 2009-2010. In This block the cast of famous shows Greeted Indians for special occasions in Hindi. The cast of Sonny With a Chance greeted India on Diwali and the cast Of The Suite Life On Deck greeted India on New Year 2010.

Wiz-Tember

This block was shown in September 2009 in reference to the USA's Disney Channel Block WIZ-TOBER.This block showed magical shows such as Wizards of Waverly Place season 3/4, The Elephant Princess, Shararat.

Club H.S.M

This block was shown in october 2009 before Dhan-Te-Nan as the name suggests,it referred to the premiere of High School Musical 3: Senior Year after many special previews and interviews.

Hannah Montana Forever in India

Disney Channel India showed Hannah Montana Forever on 30 October And the Season Finale Episode of Hannah Montana aired on 7 November 2010 at 5 PM. It is same day of Finale in the USA. With the last episode "I will always remember you" the season was told to be ended by the channel on 7 November, although some episodes were yet to be announced. But on May 13th, 14th, 20th & 21st, 2011, the remaining few episodes were telecasted and the series finally ended also in India. Althogh, still the episode "Can you see the real me" is yet to be telecasted.

Recent Contests

My School Rocks

Disney Channel channel has also organized a "My School Rocks" contest in which teams from participating schools perform a Hindi version of "Get'cha Head in the Game" from High School Musical. The winning school, St. Xavier's of Mumbai, participated in a music video directed by Saroj Khan. This contest has been closed now. The contest was again held for High School Musical 2 and Camp Rock

Disney Princess

It started from 2006 and ended in by the end of the same year. It started a Disney Princess competition held in Mumbai by Dia Mirza. The winner of the competition was a Sikh girl named Kashish Gorawari.

See also

• Buena Vista International India
• Disney XD (India)
• History of Disney in India
• The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd.
• Toon Disney India

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "The Walt Disney Company". Disney.in. http://www.disney.in/corporate/. Retrieved 2010-07-17. 
2. ^ "The Walt Disney Company". Disney.in. http://www.disney.in/corporate/milestones.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-17. 
3. ^ "Summer Belongs To You". Dishtracking.com/blog. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/disney-channels-summer-belongs-to-you/431070/. Retrieved 2011-04-14. 

External links

• Disney Channel India: Official Website