Disney Channel (International)

For Disney Channel in the United States, see Disney Channel.

For Disney Channel in Latin America, click here.

1989 (Postponed)


In 1989, Disney Channel was originally planed to launch in 1989 on the newly launched Sky satellite television service. It will use Disney Channel US' first logo. However, due to an apparent dispute, the original launch was postponed. Sky Television filed a lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company for not launching the channel on the original date, then the launch was moved to October 1995.

1995–1997


In 1 October 1995, Disney Channel UK was officially launched. Its first logo was the same as Disney Channel USA. Its idents were created by Lambie-Nairn. According to Lambie-Nairn:

''Disney is one of the world’s biggest and most powerful brands. When Disney decided to extend their Disney Channel franchise to the UK, they recognized the need to take account of cultural differences outside the United States. The task was to customize this well-known brand for television viewers in the UK and elsewhere. Our solution revolved around maximizing the universally recognized icon of Mickey Mouse, using a variety of visually distinctive devices to create Mickey’s silhouette.''

The idents were used in tandem with the next logo until August 1997.

Digital Fernsehen - Disney Channel

1997–1999


In March 1997, Disney Channel France was launched and it recieved their first facelift, using a splat logo that was adopted in the UK in July 1997. Some idents are in stop-motion, some in live action, and some traditionally animated. Many 1997 Disney Channel fans recognize this logo because of its unique design that allows it to become any object. The idents mainly use red and blue colors on irregularly shaped objects that form the logo. They were dropped in 30 April 1999 in the UK and in France on 30 June 1999. This also the first time the signature three-note jingle was introduced.


 * MEDIAS.lenodal.com - Disney Channel 1997
 * TVARK - Disney Channel
 * Jus de Prod - Disney Channel 1997

1999–2003


In 1 May 1999, as Disney Channel expanded worldwide, Disney Channel International released a new logo, with simple circles forming the familiar Mickey Mouse head. The splat logo from 1997 is now modified to fit with the new logo. New idents were created in CGI, live-action, stop-motion, and 2D animation, including two stopwatches and a basketball, two red splats and a blue splat, and two UFO's and a planet. The idents were created by GÉDÉON, a France-based design agency. GÉDÉON recognized that the unique and simple design makes it possible for any circular object to form the logo. Other design agencies, such as Canada-based Gamma Studios, Mexico-based Estructura7, and German design agency Pedall also provided the idents for the project. Disney Channel International's sister networks also shared the same look. Both Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney use the simple 3-note jingle from 1997 at the end of the idents, while Toon Disney uses an independent 4-note jingle. Some idents have two circles moving towards the big circle, some idents feature the big circle moving towards the two circles, and others feature the two circles and big circle forming the logo at the same time.

In March 2000, Disney Channel France opened a contest called the Les Grands Prix De L'imagination, where animators from all around France create idents for Disney Channel International, and two winners will have their idents shown on the French channel. The winners were Marc du Pontavice, the producer of Oggy and the Cockroaches and Zig and Sharko (who did the "Glass Charger/Laboratory" ID along with GÉDÉON for the 1999 line-up), and Eric Berthier (who did the "Alien" ID for the 1997 package).

Starting on April 2001, all idents now include the website of Disney Channel International depending on the region, such as www.disneychannel.co.uk in the UK, disneychannel.fr in France, disneychannel.it in Italy, and disneychannel.com.au in Australia. In some occasions, the slogan of a Disney Channel international network may also appear under the text, such as Libera la tua Immaginazione in Italy, and L'Imaginachaine in France. Also, in the same year, new idents were created by Pedall and Weapons of Mass Design. They were dropped on 15 March 2003.


 * Le Monde - Disney Channel France Refresh 1999
 * Gabriel Matula - Disney Channel Logos 1999
 * GÉDÉON - Disney Channel 1999
 * Gamma Studios - Disney Channel 2000
 * Pedall - Disney Channel 2001
 * YouTube - Disney Channel Italy Idents and Bumpers 2000

1999 Idents


Other Logo Variants
For more variants, see Disney Channel (International)/Other Logo Variants.

2003-2011
In 15 March 2003, Disney Channel International uses the same logo as Disney Channel US that was used from 2002. The idents and graphics were created by CA Square. The idents are also used for Disney Channel US. This logo is still used in some countries in tandem with the current logo. Both Disney Junior & Disney Channel now uses the 4-note jingle at the end of the idents, while the defunct Playhouse Disney still uses the 1997 jingle and Toon Disney uses the boink sound, which continued until the present day.

In 2007, the 'hip' look was replaced by new idents and bumpers which feature a ribbon that twirls around the screen before transforming to the 2002 logo.

2010 Idents
These are the idents prior to the 2011 rebrand.

2011-


In 2011, Disney Channel International now uses Disney Channel US' smartphone app logo.

YouTube - Disney Channel UK Idents 2011

2011 Idents
The 2010 idents now feature the new smartphone app logo and the ribbon is replaced by a sparkling comet.