An 86-date concert tour featuring the group was ranked as one of the top 10 concert tours of 2006 the tour broke a record at the Houston Rodeo that was set by Elvis Presley in 1973, selling out with 73,500 tickets sold in three minutes.
The second movie was the most successful of the series, bringing in 8.1 million viewers in the United States. The first film in 2003 was the first made-for-TV movie musical in Disney Channel's history and had a worldwide audience of over 84 million viewers. The Cheetah Girls films were also notably successful in terms of merchandise and sales for its concert tour and soundtrack albums. High School Musical 2 is currently the most successful DCOM in terms of popularity and accolades, setting a basic cable record for the single most-watched television program, as its August 2007 debut was watched by 17.2 million viewers (counting sports, this record stood until a Decemtelecast of a New England Patriots- Baltimore Ravens game on corporate sibling ESPN's Monday Night Football, which was watched by 17.5 million viewers). Main article: List of Disney Channel original films On April 6, 1997, the channel – which was officially renamed as simply Disney Channel. Between 19, a steadily increasing number of cable providers began shifting The Disney Channel from a premium add-on offering to their basic tiers, either experimentally or on a full-time basis however, Walt Disney Company executives denied any plans to convert the channel into an ad-supported basic service, stating that the premium-to-basic shifts on some providers was part of a five-year "hybrid" strategy that allowed providers to offer the channel in either manner. In September 1990, TCI's Montgomery, Alabama, system became the first cable provider to carry the channel as a basic cable service. The channel had reached profitability by January 1985, with its programming reaching 1.75 million subscribers by that point. In October 1983, the channel debuted its first made-for-cable movie, Tiger Town, which earned the channel a CableACE Award. states by September 1983, and accrue a base of more than 611,000 subscribers by December of that year. Eastern and Pacific Time – would become available on cable providers in all 50 U.S. The channel – which initially maintained a 16-hour-per-day programming schedule from 7:00 a.m. The channel's development with help from the channel's founding president Alan Wagner, and formally announced the launch of its family-oriented cable channel in early 1983. The Disney Channel launched nationally as a premium channel at 7:00 a.m. There are 46 Disney Channels available in 33 languages worldwide. Disney Channel-branded content spans television, online, mobile, VOD platforms and the DisneyNOW app.
homes and to millions of other viewers on Disney Channels around the world. Currently available on basic cable and satellite in over 88 million U.S. There are 46 different versions of Disney Channel available in 33 languages. Disney Channel–which formerly operated as a premium service–originally marketed its programs towards families during the 1980s, and later to younger children by the 2000s.Īs of May 2022, Disney Channel is available on basic cable and satellite in over 88 million homes in the US and to millions worldwide. The channel was originally called The Disney Channel from 1983 to 1997, then shortened to "Disney" from 1997 to 2002, until settling with "Disney Channel".ĭisney Channel's programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically released and original made-for-TV movies and select other third-party programming. Disney Channel (occasionally shortened as Disney) is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Company.