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The Disney Channel

1982-1983

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During the development of The Disney Channel, this was a logo proposed to be used for the cable network;^{[citation needed]} indicating that The Disney Channel and Disney would have had similar branding upon its launch. This logo above would feature Alice from Alice in Wonderland.

1983–1986

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The Disney Channel debuted on April 18, 1983 as a premium cable channel; its original primary logo, used until 1986, features a rounded TV screen with horizontal lines, and a Mickey Mouse ears silhouette.

1986–1997

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The lettering below the logo was changed sometime on February 1986, made to resemble the wordmark logo of channel parent The Walt Disney Company. The wordmark portion of the logo was sometimes seen without the TV screen with the silhouette of Mickey Mouse's head, and vice versa, the screen logo was sometimes not seen alongside the wordmark portion of the logo.

Disney Channel

1997–2002

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To reflect the fact that the Disney Channel was transitioning from a premium channel to a commercial-free basic cable service, its presentation was overhauled dramatically in 1997. The logo was often seen without the "CHANNEL" underneath the main logo, and the channel was usually referred to as just "Disney". Alternate versions of this logo were used for the channel's three program blocks that were launched after the rebrand, preschool-oriented morning block Playhouse Disney, adult-oriented nighttime block Vault Disney and preteen-targeted weekend block Zoog Disney. The new look was created by Lee Hunt Associates, with help from Cuppa Coffee, and English & Pockett. This logo was also shown with many other characters in it, an element that was dropped in 2000, though the original variant of the logo continued in use until 2002 during the Playhouse Disney and Vault Disney program blocks.

1999–2002

A restyled variant of the 1997 logo was introduced in late 1999, featuring varied coloring of the "Mouse Ears TV"; this variant was used only during afternoon and evening programming until October 6, 2002. After Vault Disney was discontinued in September 2002, this logo also appeared during the late night hours until the original version of the current logo was introduced.

2002–present

Disney Channel started introducing a new look during September 2002. It came with a new logo, still based on the Mickey Mouse silhouette and Disney's signature. This logo was to be rolled out to other countries during the following year. Design agency Razorfish was involved in the rebranding. On YouTube, this era was known as the "logo loop". This logo appeared on-screens on September 20 of the same year.^[1] It is used in tandem with the current one. Moreover, Disney Channel started using a series of celebrity bumpers still in use, featuring live-action or animated characters often drawing the Disney Channel logo using a glow stick.

2010–present

Disney Channel updated its on-air look on May 7, 2010 and began using a modified version of the 2002 logo, which originally was introduced two months earlier, being seen only in bumpers for the channel's weekend evening programming. The Mickey Mouse head silhouette is inside a box resembling a smartphone application icon this time. It's still used in several bumpers and promos.

2010 (unused)

This logo was intended to be used as part a planned rebrand of the channel in 2010, but this rebrand was aborted for undetermined reasons; the modified version of the 2002 logo seen above was introduced instead.

Planned rebrand pitch (video)

References

↑ http://www.closinglogos.com/page/Disney+Channel+Originals

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The Walt Disney Company

Predecessors:

Laugh-O-Gram Studios | 21st Century Fox | Capital Cities/ABC Inc. | News Corporation

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American Broadcasting Company

Part of The Walt Disney Company

Predecessor companies
American Broadcasting Companies | Capital Cities/ABC

United States broadcast television
ABC (HD) | ABC News | Localish

Radio networks
ABC Audio | ABC News Now | ABC News Radio

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ABC Radio, Inc.

Note: All stations listed by market size -- largest to smallest -- with call letters at the time they were sold.

WFDF was originally in the Flint radio market before moving to Farmington Hills in the Detroit radio market in 2006. As a result of the station's move to Detroit, WFRO in the Toledo market as well as another station in Northern Michigan (also on 900) were taken off the air to allow WFDF to increase its broadcast power.
Disney/ABC never owned the station, but operated it under a Local Marketing Agreement. Birach Broadcasting has since taken complete, outright control of the station.
These stations are either silent or completely off the air at this time.
WGVX also simulcasts on 105.3 and 105.7.

Sources: ABC Radio, Cumulus Media, Cumulus Media Networks, Radio Disney and Westwood One on Wikipedia

Television production
ABC News Studios | ABC Signature

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ABC News

Part of ABC (The Walt Disney Company)

Special programming
ABC News Special Report

Television production
ABC News Studios

Affiliate news-sharing video service
ABC News One

Live-streaming networks
ABC News Live

Other assets
ABCtek

Radio networks:
ABC Audio | ABC News Radio | ABC News Now | ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra

Broadcasting assets:
Radio stations
Radio Disney stations: Rádio Disney Brasil⁸ | Radio Disney Peru

Disney XD
Canada¹² | Netherlands and Flanders | Poland

Cinecanal
Latin America | Brazil

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The Walt Disney Company India

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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Disney Star

Part of Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

Star Sports:
English: Star Sports 1 | Star Sports 2 | Star Sports 3 | Hindi: Star Sports 1 Hindi | Star Sports First
Regional languages: Star Sports 1 Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bangla and Marathi
Star Sports Select: Star Sports Select 1 , Star Sports Select 2

Planned channels:
National channels: 'Kids:' Hungama¹
Regional languages: 'Bengali:' Jalsha Josh

International channels:
United Kingdom and Europe: Utsav Plus , Utsav Gold and Utsav Bharat
Middle East and Southeast Asia: Vijay TV, Asianet Middle East
Africa: Star Life, Star Select

Former channels and properties:

Notes:
¹Originally owned, sold or discontinued by The Walt Disney Company India before its acquisition of Star.
²Joint venture with Tata Group.
³Sold to ABP Group.
⁴Sold to CJ ENM.
⁵Joint venture between Star and Viacom. Dissolved in 1994 with the launch of Channel V and Channel V India.
⁶Sold to China Media Capital.
⁷Sold to Visi Media Asia, which had owned 80% of the channel (Star formerly owned 20%).
⁸Rebranded from Star to Fox channels in 2017. Defunct since 1 October 2021.
⁹Relaunched as Pinoy Box Office, later known as PBO.

Other assets:
Disney+ Hotstar | UTV Software Communications (UTV Motion Pictures)

Defunct assets:
UTV Indiagames | UTV Ignition Games

Other assets:
A+E Networks⁴ (assets) | Disney Advertising Sales

Other assets: Disney Cruise Line | Disney Vacation Club | Adventures by Disney | Storyliving by Disney | Walt Disney Imagineering

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ESPN

Owners: The Walt Disney Company (80%) | Hearst Communications (20%)

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ESPN on ABC

Current programming:

U.S. radio stations
ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra | ESPNU Radio | ESPN All Access

International:
Australia (ESPN2) | Brazil (2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6) | Caribbean | Latin America (2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Premium (Argentina | Chile)) | Africa (ESPN 2) | Netherlands (2 | 3 | 4 | Ultra HD)

Canadian networks (Co-owned with Bell Media):
The Sports Network (TSN1 | TSN2 | TSN3 | TSN4 | TSN5 | TSN 4K) | RDS | RDS2 | RDS Info

Japanese networks (J Sports)
J Sports 1 | J Sports 2 | J Sports 3 | J Sports 4

¹Operated by BT under license.
²Also airs on MLB Network.
³Partnership with TV5 Network Inc. Now known as One Sports.
⁴Partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India.
⁵Joint-venture with University of Texas at Austin and Learfield.

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Marvel

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Created by Marvel Studios

Part of The Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)

Animated series:
Phase Four: What If...? Season 1 | I Am Groot Season 1
Phase Five: I Am Groot Season 2 | What If...? Season 2
Upcoming: Marvel Zombies | Eyes of Wakanda | What If...? Season 3

Special presentations:
Phase Four: Werewolf by Night | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

Marvel Television series:
ABC: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Agent Carter | Inhumans
Netflix⁶: Daredevil | Jessica Jones | Luke Cage | Iron Fist | The Defenders | The Punisher
Hulu/Star: Runaways | Helstrom
Freeform: Cloak & Dagger

Entities
Stark Industries | Time Variance Authority

¹ Distributed by Paramount Pictures
² Distributed by Universal Pictures
³ Distributed by Sony Pictures
⁴ Released on Hulu for a limited time along with release on Disney+
⁵ Released under the Marvel Spotlight label
⁶ Content migrated to Disney+ in 2022

Other
Marvel Stadium⁶

¹ Distributed by 20th Century Fox
² Distributed by Sony Pictures
³ Distributed by Universal Pictures
⁴ Distributed by Netflix
⁵ Produced by Toei
⁶ Sponsorship with Australian Football League

Notes
¹Disney manages film catalog created for ABC; remainder of library controlled by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
²Disney manages certain film and television rights, rest of the Saban catalog is currently owned by Hasbro.
³Joint venture with Paramount Pictures.
⁴Joint venture with Hearst Communications, which owns 20% of ESPN and 50% of A&E Networks.
⁵Co-owned with Westinghouse Broadcasting (aka Group W)
⁶Joint venture with Rádio Holding Participações Ltda.
⁷Joint venture with Electronic Arts.
⁸Joint venture with Sky Limited.
⁹Joint venture with Telefónica.
¹⁰Owned by Corus Entertainment.
¹¹Joint venture with Sky Network Television.
¹²Joint venture with Global Group.
¹³Joint venture with Apollo Global Management.
¹⁴Joint venture with GMA Network Inc.
¹⁵Joint venture with CJ ENM.
¹⁶Owned by Televisión Nacional de Chile, but distributed by Disney in Latin America.
¹⁷Co-owned with NBCUniversal
¹⁸Co-owned with Paramount Global.
¹⁹Co-owned with Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (RTL Group)
²⁰Joint venture with TV Globo.
²¹Sold to Paramount International Networks.
²²Co-owned with TDC Group.
²³Acquired by its subsidiary Disney Interactive.
²⁴Sold to Nordic Entertainment Group.
²⁵Owned by The Oriental Land Company under license from Disney.
²⁶Co-owned with Arnon Milchan.

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Disney Channel

Contents

The Disney Channel

1982-1983

1983–1986

1986–1997

Disney Channel

1997–2002

1999–2002

2002–present

2010–present

2010 (unused)

References

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