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Disney Cinema

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Disney Cinema
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaFrance
Wallonia
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Headquarters3 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9PE, United Kingdom[1]
Programming
Language(s)French
English
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
576i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company Limited
Sister channelsDisney Channel
Disney Junior
Disney XD
History
Launched8 May 2015; 9 years ago (2015-05-08)
Closed7 April 2020; 4 years ago (2020-04-07)
Former namesToon Disney (2000-2007)
Disney Cinemagic (2007-2015)
Links
Websitetv.disney.fr/disney-cinema

Disney Cinema (or Disney Cinéma) was a French television channel and an on-demand service owned by The Walt Disney Company Limited in London.[1] This channel replaced the previous Disney Cinemagic channel in that area on May 8, 2015.[2]

This service used to sit alongside Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD (which also shut down in 2020) on the Canal+ platform.

The channel was available exclusively on Canal+.

Regular Disney films, launch on the channel in the first pay TV window, ten months after their theatrical release. Disney films appear eight months after their theatrical release (22 months for Star Wars films).

In 2020, the channel closed along with Disney XD.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Disney Cinema (French language service)". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. ^ "New Disney channel launches in France". TBI Vision. 29 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
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